At Payback , Axel won the Intercontinental title after pinning a downed Barrett, capitalizing on The Miz's finishing moves. Axel was originally scheduled to defend the title on the following night on Raw against Barrett until Vickie Guerrero chose Christian to face Barrett in an impromptu match. During that same week on the June 21st episode of Friday Night Smackdown Axel faced Barrett in a title rematch successfully retaining his championship. During that same week on Smackdown , Axel would face Jericho in a rematch, losing once again to Jericho via count-out.
Axel made another title defense on the following episode of SmackDown, defeating Chris Jericho. Axel was set to team with Heyman in an elimination handicap match against Punk at Night of Champions. During the pay-per-view, Heyman begged Triple H to cancel the match, but Triple H refused, not only confirming the match, but making Axel defend his Intercontinental Championship against Kofi Kingston, who had beaten him twice.
Axel would defeat Kingston and retain the title, but he would be eliminated by Punk later in the night, leaving Heyman alone to fight Punk by himself. Ryback would then later interfere in the match by slamming Punk through a table. On the September 30 episode of Raw he was defeated by R-Truth in a non-title match, which gave him a title match at Battleground.
R-Truth picked up the victory for his team, pinning Axel. Langston , however the match was cancelled due to Curtis' legitimate hip injury. Axel lost the title to Langston on the November 18 Raw. On the April 14 episode of Raw, along with nine other superstars, they attacked The Shield again under orders from Triple H.
With Ryback injured and later to return as a fan favorite again, solo, RybAxel seemingly broke up. At the Royal Rumble , Axel was set to enter the Rumble match at 6, but was attacked by Erick Rowan on the entrance ramp, rendering him unable to compete. Axel was defeated by Rowan on the following week's episode of Main Event. Axel then began an angle where he began referring to himself as "the true winner of the Royal Rumble", claiming that he still hadn't been eliminated from the match and that he deserved a shot at Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 31 for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship as a result.
This involved Axel interrupting segments involving the likes of Dean Ambrose , John Cena and Rusev to protest his cause, and also led to Axel starting his own hashtag, AxelMania. On the May 11 episode of Raw , Axel turned face when he shook hands with Damien Sandow dressed as "Macho Mandow" , similar to the handshake of The Mega Powers when they formed a tag team. After this, Axel began impersonating Hulk Hogan while teaming with Sandow. The two were dubbed The Meta Powers.
The Meta Powers were defeated by the Ascension at Payback kickoff. On the January 4 , episode of Raw , Axel turned heel when he, along with Heath Slater , Adam Rose and Bo Dallas , debuted a new stable and went on to assist Slater in defeating Dolph Ziggler , calling themselves "social outcasts". Curt Hennig was a massive star in the WWE with some fans thinking that he should have held the title before he left.
With his father's last name, McGillicutty could have already claimed a minor title and become a mid-card talent. Instead of being a random heel McGillicutty can be a heel who has struggled with being the son of "Mr. Perfect" to the point of changing his name just to get away from the comparisons. Plenty of young men, especially the sons of athletes, have fallen beneath their father's shadow at one point in their life.
McGillicutty could be a great example. McGillicutty could struggle to face the gap between him and his father who was deemed as one of the greats who had competed.
It could be used to have McGillicutty cheat to win his matches because of the pressure he feels is on him. He could even have former older wrestlers come up to him and mention how great his father was and how they'll be watching him closely. Having McGillicutty struggle with these demons and the burden of his name would give the fans a character to support as empathize with whether he is heel or face.
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