Is it bigger than the IC belt as far it being a stepping stone to bigger and better things
The MITB only happens once a year, and the winner, gets a shot to face any champion he wants. The Winner has always won in that case, and became a champion. Edge used it and was shot into the main event. RVD won it and became a good champion, though short lived due to his charges. CM Punk is always in the pursuit.
But when you compare them to the IC Champions of the past, few of them are in the main events of the WWE right now. So right now, if a wrestler is about to be shot into the main event, should he win the IC belt, or should he win MITB?
*Not all my own.