5 potential opponents for WWE Intercontinental Champion Big E

#2 Cesaro

Like Shinsuke Nakamura, former WWE United States Champion Cesaro appeared to be in support of his former Artist's Collective partner Sami Zayn on the Christmas Edition of SmackDown, where Big E defeated Zayn in a lumberjack match to become WWE's newest Intercontinental Champion.

There is a history between Cesaro and Big E that could be explored to develop a title feud. At The Horror Show at Extreme Rules back in July, Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura ended Big E and Kofi Kingston's reign as WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champions, and at the end of the match, Cesaro took the win by power bombing Kingston through a table, leaving him injured.

To develop a rivalry between Cesaro and Big E, the former animosity between the pair back in the summer could be explored.

Cesaro has not had a singles run in WWE for quite some time. A feud between Cesaro and Big E could establish him as a singles star once more, and the duo could be set to put on a great series of matches if this was to be the case. The pair had great in-ring chemistry in their matches in tag teams, and it would be exciting to see how their dynamic would play out in a singles title feud.