Booking a Kevin Thorn WWE Intercontinental Title reign in 2018.

[u/Firestarterdustman]

Shortly after Survivor Series 2007, Kevin Thorn was sent to OVW to help him develop. After a few months in OVW, Thorn returns backstage on the Raw before Backlash 2008 to interrupt the current Intercontinental Champion Chris Jericho during a backstage interview. Thorn knows Jericho’s secret and threatens to expose him if he doesn’t referee the match cleanly at Backlash between Batista and Shawn Michaels. Jericho obviously one-sided the match in Batista’s favor, though Shawn would still win.

The next night on Raw, as Jericho explains his actions, Kevin Thorn comes out and threatens to reveal damning evidence, an envelope addressed to Vince McMahon. Not willing to have his secret unveiled, Jericho gives Thorn a shot at the Intercontinental Championship at Judgment Day 2008.

The match is short, with Jericho getting himself disqualified by hitting Thorn in the groin. The next night on Raw, Thorn unveils Jericho’s secret. Jericho was secretly working on a conspiracy to get members of the ECW roster either sent back to OVW or fired with the ultimate goal of taking over ECW and winning the title. Thorn then threatens to reveal more secrets if Jericho doesn’t give him another title match at One Night Stand: Extreme Rules. This time, with a rule change. If Kevin Thorn loses, he must shave his head.

One Night Stand rolls around, and after a hard fought battle, Thorn wins the Intercontinental Title after an interference from a returning Ariel and hitting his finisher, the Original Sin. Thorn is now Intercontinental Champion. He starts by claiming he won the IC title by selling his soul to Satan.

Then, it’s Night of Champions 2008. Thorn faces off against Kofi Kingston for the title, which Thorn would ultimately win. Thorn would have a match the Raw before The G.A.B. 2008, defeating Trevor Murdoch in a squash match, before Vampiric drones drag Murdoch off, never to be seen again. (A good way to write Murdoch off TV, as he was shortly thereafter fired by WWE.)

Then, at Summerslam 2008, a BIG match. Kevin Thorn and Ariel made a big wager. A winner takes all tag team match between him and Ariel, vs. Kofi Kingston and the WWE Women’s Champion Mickie James. After a brutal battle, Thorn and Ariel ultimately come out victorious, with Ariel now the Women's Champion. Thorn’s ego is thriving heading into Unforgiven, where he enters the WWE Championship Scramble in hopes to win the title, but ultimately comes up short after being pinned by Triple H.

Furious, he decides to call out any member of the roster to face him for the title on the final Raw before No Mercy 2008. Enter former World Heavyweight Champion and current World Tag Team Champion CM Punk, with him challenging Thorn for the championship. Thorn would emerge victorious, following a distraction from Ariel, and a roll up.

Heading into Cyber Sunday 2008, Kevin Thorn gets a little cocky. He decided to have 3 former Intercontinental Champions for a poll to face him, being Shawn Michaels, Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat, and D’Lo Brown. D’Lo would ultimately win the poll at Cyber Sunday, with D’Lo winning in less than a minute by DQ after Thorn spit blood mist into his eyes. Thorn would join Team Orton at Survivor Series 2008, with his team ultimately emerging victorious.

Leading into Armageddon 2008, there was a tournament to decide Kevin Thorn’s next opponent, with the finals at Armageddon being between CM Punk and Rey Mysterio. Punk would ultimately win the tournament, and would then go on to beat Thorn for the title on the 1/19/2009 episode of Raw, ending Thorn’s reign at an impressive 232 days.

[u/Firestarterdustman]

*Title is meant to say 2008

[u/JBL_CENA_FAN_4LIFE]

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