WWE: 3 potential challengers for Shinsuke Nakamura’s Intercontinetal Championship
By Brett Grega
2. Aleister Black
For whatever reason, WWE seems insistent on pushing this whole angle about how no one wants to knock on Aleister Black’s door to challenge him for a fight. It’s been going for awhile now, well past the in-ring debut that should have put an end to those segments.
To make it even better, WWE then decided to have the Authors of Pain return on Raw to make a similar spiel in a darkly lit room about no one wanting to fight them.
Hopefully, that’s just a sign then that WWE is finally about to let Aleister Black move past this ridiculous angle, and into a real rivalry.
Considering one of his only opponents since his door-themed reboot was Sami Zayn, why not have that rivalry be against Shinsuke Nakamura?
The match itself is practically guaranteed to be great. Black and Nakamura are arguably the two best strikers in WWE today, and on top of that, the psychological warfare that they could wage against each other between the ropes would undoubtedly be a treat to watch.
Throw in the backstory of Sami Zayn wanting a little revenge for his defeat a little while ago, and it seems to me like you have an easy Intercontinental Championship feud on your hands.
A feud that would hopefully finally pull Aleister Black into the various WWE title pictures full-time from now.