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Do you think putting John Cena in the intercontinental title picture would elevate the title or harm Cena's standing/image?
It would elevate the IC title I think. Nobody cared about the World Heavyweight Championship unless Cena was holding it, I imagine the same would carry over for the IC belt as well. Plus, with Cena's recent "the future has to go through me" promos he had, having him hold the title that was essentially the gateway to the upper card back-in-the-day is a logical thing.
I actually don't want the IC and US titles unified though. Having two lower tier belts is a good thing.