>create a 3rd-tier, lower midcard belt
>give it to arguably the #1 guy in your company
What did the World Wrestling Federation mean by this?
>>3107085
build some cred for it before it becomes the jobber belt
Had to get belt over somehow
>>3107085
Getting him prepped for his midcard future
Why else do you think Shawn mysteriously "retired"?
>>3107085
>>create a 3rd-tier, lower midcard belt
>>give it to arguably the #1 guy in your company
>What did the New Japan Wrestling Federation mean by this?
He wasn't supposed to win it, he just didn't want to job to Bulldog so had the match changed so he would go over
Probably Shawn's worst move, even worse than the screwjob, since Bulldog dedicated the match to his dying sister