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For now I will be posting my list of best IC title changes in the first post. Please keep in mind a match will only be listed once I (Re)watch it.


Val Venis (c) vs Road Dogg - Raw - March 15, 1999
This was made after Venis pinned Road Dogg the previous night on Heat during a tag match (With Billy Gunn and Hardcore Holly). Not sure how a loser can get a title match against a guy who already defeated him, but here we go. The early going is all Venis. Lawler tells us that Venis promises a win in under three minutes. Road Dogg moves out of the way of a Money Shot. Soon after, Dogg hits his pump handle slam, but Venis kicks out. Venis thinks he's won the match with his feet on the ropes, but referee Tim White saw the cheating. During the argument, Road Dogg rolls Venis up for a two. Dogg finishes off Venis with a DDT that Val sells great. This would be part one of the New Age Outlaws winning singles gold for the second time. (Billy would win the Hardcore title later in the night). This is classic Russo booking, but one that I can actually see the logic in. The Outlaws were an insanely over tag team. Splitting them up should result in an insanely over part time tag team and two new over single wrestlers. To Road Dogg's defense, he was easily the better member of the Outlaws. However, splitting the team up killed the tag team division. Jarrett and Hart needed solid tag teams and D-Lo Brown and Mark Henry just couldn't cut it. Too short to be anything great, but for as short as it was, it was a lot of fun. 2 stars.

Road Dogg (c) vs Goldust - Raw - March 29, 1999
Taking place the night after Wrestlemania, this is a rematch of the final two men in the four way elimination match. At WM, Ryan Shamrock (Who was dating Goldie at the time) accidentally cost Goldust the match. Afterward, Goldust dumped her and we now have this. Blue Meenie plays the roll of Goldust's "Son" while Goldust is his "Mother." Eh, it's Goldust, what do you expect. Early on, Ryan Shamrock comes out, but Meenie forces her to go back to the locker room. Not much happens for a few minutes. Meenie tries to interfere, but Road Dogg bulldog's his head into Goldust below the belt. Speaking of which, Meenie them grabs the IC title and waits for the perfect time to hit Road Dogg. Once the hit happens, Goldust nails the Curtain Call to win his third IC championship. After the match, Goldust cuts a strange (Even for him) promo about how he knows who he is now and that he has a surprise for everyone that will be revealed real soon. I can't think of anything it could be unless he's talking about going back to WCW.
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While it was longer than Road Dogg's title win, the match wasn't as entertaining. It's just your basic Raw filler that isn't bad, but you just don't care. 2 Stars.

Goldust (c) vs The Godfather - Raw - April 12, 1999
Originally booked as Goldust vs The Boss Man, but Godfather comes out and offers one of his hoes to Boss Man to take his spot. Boss Man asks for all five instead and Godfather agrees. These two wrestled the previous week with Godfather thinking he won the belt. Godfather botches some sort of a move where he lifts Goldust up as if he's going to press him up in the air, but he hangs on to Goldust for too long. Goldust lands awkwardly. More botches follow. Godfather hits the Ho Train and gets the win after a poor looking Pimp Drop (Death Valley Driver). Afterward, the hoes come back to the ring proving that either the Godfather reneged on his offer or Boss Man is very fast. The pimp gimmick was Godfather's only over character, but for as over as it was, it's not a character you give a major single's title to. Much like with the Road Dogg, giving him the title only made the IC title look worse. Goldust would be phased out of the WWE by time his departure from the company in late May. It's a shame, I really dug Goldust's character around this time. 1 3/4 Stars.

The Godfather (c) vs Jeff Jarrett - Raw - May 31, 1999
Owen Hart was booked to win the title from The Godfather at Over the Edge. Once the accident happened, the WWE took the easy approach and just started booking Jarrett against Godfather. This managed to work out seeing how Jarrett and Hart were partners. A few weeks before this match, Godfather defeated Jarrett in a title defense which was Debra as a ho vs title. However, Jarrett reneged on the deal. Godfather continues his awful wrestling. However, Jarrett's a good enough wrestler that he's able to add in some entertaining work (Often time just by himself) that it's not a complete dud. Godfather has everything just about wrapped up when Debra climbs on the apron and opens up her jacket, allowing Jarrett time to recover. One of the hoe's takes offense to this so she gets on the apron and removes her jacket. Foolishly, this allows Debra to hand her Women's title to Jarrett who knocks Godfather out with it. Jarrett wins and gives the fans a much better IC champion. Due to Jarrett, I was going to go easy on this, until the ending. The ending was just an insult to the rich history of the IC title. Godfather sucked and the ending was terrible. That results in a poorly done title change. Thank-God Jarrett has the belt now though. 1 1/2 Stars.

Jeff Jarrett (c) vs Edge - Toronto House Show - July 24, 1999
For the first time ever, this match was made available to be seen on Edge's recent DVD. Matt Striker and Edge are commentating. This was originally supposed to be Jarrett defending the gold against Ken Shamrock, but for one reason or another, Shamrock missed the show. So Edge, already having one match that night (Teaming with Christian to defeat the APA), gets a free title shot. Edge gets in a few near falls quickly. Jarrett thinks about leaving, but returns to the ring. Edge continues to look as if he can pull off the giant upset. Debra climbs on the apron and tries to distract Edge. Edge moves out of the way from Jarrett attempting to hit him from behind. Off of the ropes, Edge spears Jarrett for the three count. Edge is announced as the new champion, but then the title is returned to Jarrett since Edge wasn't the signed opponent. Blackjack Lanza (Road agent) talks it over with the referee and they decide to let the title change happen. Edge wins his first ever WWE title. While he was hardly in the position to be a champion at this point, Edge was good enough to leave the Toronto fans happy. On top of that, it set-up the natural rematch the very next night at Fully Loaded. Very short, but it's always fun seeing an underdog pull off the upset. The commentating from Edge and Striker wasn't in the moment, but they kept it entertaining. One of the few reasons the Edge DVD was worth buying. 2 Stars.

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