3 Reasons why Roman Reigns is challenging Shinsuke Nakamura for the Intercontinental Championship
A few hours ago, WWE announced that 'The Big Dog' Roman Reigns will challenge Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura on the next episode of Friday Night SmackDown.
For many WWE fans, this news comes as a surprise, especially since Reigns never gave us any hints that he is preparing himself for a feud against the 'King of Strong Style.' Nakamura, with Sami Zayn in his corner, will be looking forward to putting 'The Big Dog' away before Reigns can take home Intercontinental gold.
As previously mentioned, many WWE fans have no idea why Reigns is challenging Nakamura for the Intercontinental Championship. There has been no build and no indication in the storyline that this would even be a possibility. In this article, we take a look at a few reasons why 'The Big Dog' is setting his sights on WWE's workhorse title.
#3. Shinsuke Nakamura's title reign has been bland
Shinsuke Nakamura is one of the most gifted wrestlers in the world.The aptly named 'King of Strong Style' is probably the best pure striker in WWE. However, even with his immense in-ring capabilities, Nakamura has not been able to give the WWE Universe a memorable Intercontinental Championship reign.
Nakamura won the Intercontinental title from Finn Balor at Extreme Rules 2019 in the Kickoff Show. Despite that huge victory, Nakamura did not make it to the SummerSlam card. The only time Nakamura defended his Intercontinental Championship on television was at Clash of Champions against The Miz. Nakamura also failed to make it to the Hell in a Cell card.
Moreover, Sami Zayn's live commentary during Nakamura's matches is annoying to say the least. Although we cannot completely blame these two Superstars, we cannot turn a blind eye towards the fact that Nakamura's current Intercontinental title reign is devoid of anything that even resembles entertainment.
A fresh feud with Roman Reigns might rejuvenate Nakamura or rejuvenate the title by putting it on one of WWE's most popular Superstars.