The monumental IYH “It’s Cold!” IC title switch

​Shawn was always dropping that title to Dean Douglas, yes. They had a battle royale on RAW the next week (which I just covered) and Owen won it, but you could just as easily have seen Razor win it and get the title shot instead, which is how I think they would have done the transition if not for stuff happening. The forfeit just sped up the process by doing the Shawn-Dean-Razor sequence on the night of the show to keep fans happy and put a babyface over.

Now, [Vince mode] NOTWITHSTANDING THAT [/Vince mode] , what are the chances of Shawn actually doing that job in the ring if he was healthy? I dunno. But certainly the plan and belief was that Shawn was dropping the title that night.