WWF Intercontinental Championship (September 1979 - May 2002)

WWE Intercontinental Championship (May 2002 - )

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Most Times Held	Longest Reign	Shortest Reign	Most Cumulative Time
1. Chris Jericho (8) 2. Jeff Jarrett (6) 2. Rob Van Dam (6) 4. Triple H (5) 4. Edge (5)	1. Honky Tonk Man (454) 2. Pedro Morales (425) 3. Randy Savage (414) 4. Don Muraco (385) 5. Greg Valentine (285)	1. Chris Jericho (10 min) 2. Dean Douglas (11 min) 3. Bob Holly (1) 3. Edge (1) 3. Jeff Jarrett (1)	1. Pedro Morales (619) 2. Don Muraco (541) 3. Honky Tonk Man (454) 4. Tito Santana (443) 5. Razor Ramon (438)

Won By	#	Won From	Date/Location	Days	Notes
Pat Patterson	-	Tournament Final	September 1979 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	233	Fictitious tournament.
Ken Patera	-	Pat Patterson	April 21, 1980 New York, NY	231
Pedro Morales	-	Ken Patera	December 8, 1980 New York, NY	194
Don Muraco	-	Pedro Morales	June 20, 1981 Philadelphia, PA	156
Pedro Morales	[2]	Don Muraco	November 23, 1981 New York, NY	405
Don Muraco	[2]	Pedro Morales	January 22, 1983 New York, NY	405
Tito Santana	-	Don Muraco	February 11, 1984 Boston, MA	226
Greg Valentine	-	Tito Santana	September 24, 1984 London, Ontario	285
Tito Santana	[2]	Greg Valentine	July 6, 1985 Baltimore, MD	217
Randy Savage	-	Tito Santana	February 8, 1986 Boston, MA	414	Santana continues to defend the title for two weeks before Savage's win airs on television.
Ricky Steamboat	-	Randy Savage	March 29, 1987 Pontiac, MI WrestleMania III	65
Honky Tonk Man	-	Ricky Steamboat	June 2, 1987 Buffalo, NY Sunday Superstars	454
Ultimate Warrior	-	Honky Tonk Man	August 29, 1988 New York, NY SummerSlam	216
Rick Rude	-	Ultimate Warrior	April 2, 1989 Antlantic City, NJ WrestleMania V	148
Ultimate Warrior	[2]	Rick Rude	August 28, 1989 East Rutherford, NJ SummerSlam	216
VACANT	-	Utimate Warrior	April 1, 1990 Toronto, Ontario WrestleMania VI	22	Ultimate Warrior defeated Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania VI to win the WWF World Heavyweight Title and thus vacated the Intercontinental Title.
Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig	-	Tournament Final	April 23, 1990 Austin, TX Sunday Superstars	126
Texas Tornado	-	Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig	August 27, 1990 Philadelphia, PA SummerSlam	84
Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig	[2]	Texas Tornado	November 19, 1990 Rochester, NY Sunday Superstars	280
Bret Hart	-	Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig	August 26, 1991 New York, NY SummerSlam	144
The Mountie	-	Bret Hart	January 17, 1992 Springfield, MA	2
Roddy Piper	-	The Mountie	January 19, 1992 Albany, NY Royal Rumble	77	Piper took Bret Hart's place at the Royal Rumble due to Hart's illness. Piper won.
Bret Hart	[2]	Roddy Piper	April 5, 1992 Indianapolis, IN WrestleMania VIII	146
British Bulldog	-	Bret Hart	August 29, 1992 London, England SummerSlam	59
Shawn Michaels	-	British Bulldog	October 27, 1992 Terre Haute, IN SN Main Event	202
Marty Jannetty	-	Shawn Michaels	May 17, 1993 New York, NY Monday Night Raw	20
Shawn Michaels	[2]	Marty Jannetty	June 6, 1993 Albany, NY	101
VACANT	-	Shawn Michaels	September 7, 1993	20	Title is vacated due to the 30 Day Limit after Shawn Michaels briefly leaving the WWF.
Razor Ramon	-	Battle Royal	September 27, 1993 New Haven, CT	198	Razor Ramon eliminated Rick Martel to win the vacant title.
Razor Ramon	-	Shawn Michaels	March 20, 1994 New York, NY WrestleMania X		Shawn Michaels was still claiming to be the champion. To settle who the real Intercontinental Champion, Razor Ramon and Shawn Michaels fought in a ladder match with both belts hanging from the ceiling. Razor grabbed both to win the spectacular match.
Diesel	-	Razor Ramon	April 13, 1994 Rochester, NY Sunday Superstars	138
Razor Ramon	[2]	Diesel	August 29, 1994 Chicago, IL SummerSlam	146
Jeff Jarrett	-	Razor Ramon	January 22, 1995 Tampa, FL Royal Rumble	117
Bob Holly	-	Jeff Jarrett	April 29, 1995 Moline, IL WWF TV	1
VACANT	-	Bob Holly	April 30, 1995	6	Holly's controversial win caused the title to be upheld awaiting a rematch.
Jeff Jarrett	[2]	Bob Holly Rematch	May 6, 1995 Moline, IL WWF TV	-
Razor Ramon	[3]	Jeff Jarrett	May 19, 1995 Montreal, Quebec	3
Jeff Jarrett	[3]	Razor Ramon	May 22, 1995 Trois Rivieres, Quebec	63
Shawn Michaels	[2]	Jeff Jarrett	July 23, 1995 Nashville, TN In Your House	91
Dean Douglas	-	Forfeit	October 22, 1995 Winnipeg, Manitoba In Your House	11 min	Shawn Michaels forfeits the title, again, due to an injury sustained in a bar in Syracuse, NY. Dean Douglas is named the new Intercontinental Champion.
Razor Ramon	[4]	Dean Douglas	October 22, 1995 Winnipeg, Manitoba In Your House	91
Goldust	-	Razor Ramon	January 21, 1996 Fresno, CA Royal Rumble	85
Savio Vega	-	Goldust	April 1, 1996 Monday Night Raw	1	Vega's controversial win caused the title to be upheld awaiting a rematch.
VACANT	-	Savio Vega	April 1, 1996	-	Savio Vega is not recognized as winning the title.
Goldust	[2]	Savio Vega Rematch	April 1, 1996 Monday Night Raw	62
Ahmed Johnson	-	Goldust	June 23, 1996 Milwaukee, WI King of the Ring	50
VACANT	-	Ahmed Johnson	August 12, 1996	42	Due to Faarooq Asad's surprise attack on Ahmed, Ahmed suffered a severe kidney injury forcing him to vacate the title.
Marc Mero	-	Tournament Final	September 23, 1996 Hershey, PA Monday Night Raw	28	Defeated Faarooq in the tournament final to fill the vacant title.
Hunter Hearst Helmsley	-	Marc Mero	October 21, 1996 Fort Wayne, IN Monday Night Raw	115
Rocky Maivia	-	Hunter Hearst Helmsley	February 13, 1997 Lowell, MA Thurday Raw Thursday	74
Owen Hart	-	Rocky Maivia	April 28, 1997 Omaha, NE Raw is War	97
Steve Austin	-	Owen Hart	August 3, 1997 East Rutherford, NJ SummerSlam	36	Defeats Owen after being temporarily paralyzed due to Owen's tombstone piledriver.
VACANT	-	Steve Austin	September 8, 1997 Cincinatti, OH Raw is War	27	Austin refused to forfeit the title, but WWF Commissioner Sgt. Slaughter started a tournament anyway.
Owen Hart	[2]	Tournament Final	October 5, 1997 St. Louis, MO Badd Blood IYH	35	Defeated Faarooq in tournament final to fill vacant title.
Steve Austin	[2]	Owen Hart	November 9, 1997 Montreal, Quebec Survivor Series	30
Rocky Maivia	[2]	Steve Austin Forfeiture	December 8, 1997 Portland, ME Raw is War	266	Austin is forced to forfeit the title to The Rock by Vince McMahon.
Hunter Hearst Helmsley	[2]	The Rock	August 30, 1998 New York, NY SummerSlam	39
VACANT	-	Triple H	October 9, 1998	3	Vacates the title after 30 days due to a torn ligament in his knee suffered during the match at SummerSlam.
Ken Shamrock	-	Tournament Final	October 12, 1998 Uniondale, NY Raw is War	125	Defeated X-Pac in the finals of an 8-man one night tournament.
Val Venis	-	Ken Shamrock	February 14, 1999 Memphis, TN St. Valentine's Day Massacre IYH	29
Jesse James	-	Val Venis	March 15, 1999 San Jose, CA Raw is War	14
Goldust	[3]	Jesse James	March 29, 1999 New York, NY Raw is War	14
Godfather	-	Goldust	April 12, 1999 Detroit, MI Raw is War	43
Jeff Jarrett	[4]	Godfather	May 25, 1999 Moline, IL Raw is War	54
Edge	-	Jeff Jarrett	July 24, 1999 Toronto, Ontario	1
Jeff Jarrett	[5]	Edge	July 25, 1999 Buffalo, NY Fully Loaded	1
D'Lo Brown	-	Jeff Jarrett	July 26, 1999 Raw is War	27
Jeff Jarrett	[6]	D'Lo Brown	August 22, 1999 Minneapolis, MN SummerSlam	56
Chyna	-	Jeff Jarrett	October 17, 1999 Cleveland, OH No Mercy	56	First female wrestler to win a heavyweight title.
Chris Jericho	-	Chyna	December 12, 1999 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Armagedon	16
Chris Jericho & Chyna	-	-	December 28, 1999 Miami, FL SmackDown	26	Due to a double pinfall counted by two referees, both are awarded the title on the condition that if one loses a match, they both lose the title.
Chris Jericho	[2]	Chyna Bob Holly	January 23, 2000 New York, NY Royal Rumble	35	Defeats both Chyna and Bob Holly in a triple threat match to end the dispute over the title.
Kurt Angle	-	Chris Jericho	February 27, 2000 Hartford, CT No Way Out	35
Chris Benoit	-	Chris Jericho Kurt Angle	April 2, 2000 Anaheim, CA WrestleMania 2000	30	Triple Threat 2-Falls Match where Kurt Angle entered carrying both the WWF Intercontinental Title and the WWF European Title. The stipulation of the match was that that whoever scored the first pinfall would be awarded the Intercontinental Title and the second pinfall would win the European Title. Benoit pinned Jericho followed by Jericho pinning Benoit. Angle lost both belts and was never pinned.
Chris Jericho	[3]	Chris Benoit	May 2, 2000 Richmond, VA SmackDown	6
Chris Benoit	[2]	Chris Jericho	May 8, 2000 Long Island, NY Raw is War	53
Rikishi	-	Chris Benoit	June 20, 2000 Memphis, TN SmackDown	15
Val Venis	[2]	Rikishi	July 4, 2000 Ft. Lauderdale, FL SmackDown	54
Chyna	[2]	Val Venis	August 27, 2000 Raleigh, NC SummerSlam	8	Pinned Trish Stratus in a mixed tag team match of Eddie Guerrero/Chyna vs Val Venis/Trish Stratus with the title on the line.
Eddie Guerrero	-	Chyna Kurt Angle	September 4, 2000 Lexington, KY Raw is War	78	Triple Threat Match.
Billy Gunn	-	Eddie Guerrero	November 21, 2000 Ft. Lauderdale, FL SmackDown	19
Chris Benoit	[3]	Billy Gunn	December 10, 2000 Birmingham, AL Armageddon	42
Chris Jericho	[4]	Chris Benoit	Jan 21, 2001 New Orleans, LA Royal Rumble	72
Hunter Hearst Helmsley	[3]	Chris Jericho	April 3, 2001 Oklahoma City, OK SmackDown	7
Jeff Hardy	-	Triple H	April 10, 2001 Philadelphia, PA SmackDown	7
Hunter Hearst Helmsley	[4]	Jeff Hardy	April 17, 2001 Knoxville, TN SmackDown	34
Kane	-	Triple H	May 21, 2001 Sacramento, CA Raw is War	36
Albert	-	Kane	June 26, 2001 New York, NY SmackDown	27
Lance Storm	-	Albert	July 23, 2001 Buffalo, NY Raw is War	27
Edge	[2]	Lance Storm	August 19, 2001 San Jose, CA SummerSlam	35
Christian	-	Edge	September 23, 2001 San Jose, CA Unforgiven	28
Edge	[3]	Christian	October 21, 2001 St. Louis, MO No Mercy	15
Test	-	Edge	November 5, 2001 Uniondale, NY Raw is War	13
Edge	[4]	Test	November 18, 2001 Greensboro, NC Survivor Series	53	Defeats Test to unify the WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Title with the WCW United States Heavyweight Title. The WWF team defeated the WCW team in the main event to decide which promotion would survive, so the unified titled remained named the Intercontinental Championship.
William Regal	-	Edge	January 20, 2002 Atlanta, GA Royal Rumble	56
Rob Van Dam	-	William Regal	March 17, 2002 Toronto, ON WrestleMania X-8	35
Eddie Guerrero	[2]	Rob Van Dam	April 21, 2002 Kansas City, MO Backlash	35
Rob Van Dam	[2]	Eddie Guerrero	May 27, 2002 Edmonton, Alberta Raw	63
-	-	-	July 21, 2002 Grand Rapids, MI Vengeance	-	Rob Van Dam defeats Jeff Hardy to unify the WWE European Title.
Chris Benoit	[4]	Rob Van Dam	July 29, 2002 Greensboro, NC Raw	27
Rob Van Dam	[3]	Chris Benoit	August 25, 2002 Uniondale, NY SummerSlam	22
-	-	-	August 26, 2002 New York, NY Raw	-	Rob Van Dam defeated Tommy Dreamer to unify the WWE Hardcore Title.
Chris Jericho	[5]	Rob Van Dam	September 16, 2002 Denver, CO Raw	14
Kane	[2]	Chris Jericho	September 30, 2002 Houston, TX Raw	20
Hunter Hearst Helmsley	[5]	Kane	October 20, 2002 Little Rock, AK No Mercy	-	Triple H defeated Kane to unify the Intercontinental Title with the World Heavyweight Title. The Intercontinental title becomes defunct.
DEFUNCT	-	-	October 20, 2002 Little Rock, AK No Mercy	210
Christian	[2]	Battle Royal	May 18, 2003 Charlotte, NC Judgement Day	50	Co-GM of Raw, Steve Austin, declared that the Intercontinental Title would return to WWE. A Battle Royal was held with former Intercontinental Champions invited to participate. Booker T eliminated Christian and was presented the title by Pat Patterson, but the referee was knocked out. Christian re-entered the ring, hit Booker T with the belt, and the referee saw Booker T hit the floor.
Booker T	-	Christian	July 7, 2003 Montreal, Quebec Raw	37
Christian	[3]	Booker T	July 14, 2003 Indianapolis, IN Raw	-	Christian pinned Booker T with the help of the ring ropes. Referee Nick Patrick gave the 3 count and awarded the match to Christian, but the second referee, who had come down after Booker T inadvertantly knocked out Nick Patrick, contested the decision since he saw the ropes. Raw co-GM Steve Austin brought a 3rd referee to the ring, sent the first two away and restarted the match. Booker T won with the first minute.
Booker T	[2]	Christian	July 14, 2003 Indianapolis, IN Raw
Christian	[4]	Booker T	August 10, 2003 Des Moines, IA	50
Rob Van Dam	[4]	Christian	September 29, 2003 Chicago, IL Raw	28	Ladder Match.
Chris Jericho	[6]	Rob Van Dam	October 27, 2003 Fayetteville, NC Raw	10 min	Eric Bischoff distracted the referee which allowed Jericho to pull RVD back to the middle of the ring in the Walls of Jericho.
Rob Van Dam	[5]	Chris Jericho	October 27, 2003 Fayetteville, NC Raw	48	Due to co-GM Eric Bischoff's interference, co-GM Steve Austin came out and demanded Chris Jericho to defend his title against RVD immediately. He also demanded the steel cage that had been hanging above the ring all night be used. RVD won by escaping the cage.
Randy Orton	-	Rob Van Dam	December 14, 2003 Orlando, FL Armageddon	210
Edge	[5]	Randy Orton	July 11, 2004 Hartford, CT Vengeance	57
VACANT	-	Edge	September 6, 2004 RAW	6	Due to a groin injury, RAW General Manager Eric Bischoff stripped Edge of the belt and put it up for grabs in a Ladder Match at Unforgiven.
Chris Jericho	[7]	Christian	September 12, 2004 Portland, OR Unforgiven	37	Ladder Match.
Shelton Benjamin	-	Chris Jericho	October 19, 2004 Milwaukee, WI Taboo Tuesday	244	Benjamin won a vote on WWE.com to get the title shot.
Carlito	-	Shelton Benjamin	June 20, 2005 Phoenix, AZ RAW	90	Carlito used the ropes. This was Carlito's first night on RAW as he was the third pick of the 2005 Draft Lottery. As a side note, he won the WWE United States Championship on his first night on SmackDown on 10/05/04. Benjamin's reign was the longest in nearly 8 years.
Ric Flair	-	Carlito	September 18, 2005 Oklahoma City, OK Unforgiven	155
Shelton Benjamin	[2]	Ric Flair	February 20, 2006 Trenton, NJ RAW	69
Rob Van Dam	[6]	Shelton Benjamin	April 30, 2006 Lexington, KY Backlash	15
Shelton Benjamin	[3]	Rob Van Dam	May 15, 2006 Lubbock, TX RAW	41	Shelton Benjamin pinned RVD in a "3-on-2 Handicap Texas Tornado Match" in which Benjamin teamed with Chris Masters and Triple H against RVD and WWE Champion John Cena. The stipulation was that if anyone on Benjamin's team defeated Cena or RVD, he would win the respective title. Triple H had landed the Pedigree on both RVD and then Cena, but by the time he rolled Cena over in an attempt to win the WWE title, Benjamin pinned RVD.
Johnny Nitro	-	Shelton Benjamin	June 25, 2006 Charlotte, NC Vengeance	99	Defeated Shelton Benjamin and Carlito in a Triple Threat match by pinning Benjamin.
Jeff Hardy	[2]	Johnny Nitro	October 2, 2006 Topeka, KS RAW	35
Johnny Nitro	[2]	Jeff Hardy	November 6, 2006 Columbus, OH RAW	7
Jeff Hardy	[3]	Johnny Nitro	November 13, 2006 Manchester, England RAW	98
Umaga	-	Jeff Hardy	February 19, 2007 Bakersfield, CA RAW	56
Santino Marella	-	Umaga	April 16, 2007 Milan, Italy RAW	77	Santino was picked out of the crowd by Vince McMahon to get squashed by Umaga in a "No Holds Barred" match since no one in the back would accept the challenge. Bobby Lashley made a surprise appearance and KO'd Umaga with multiple chair shots followed by a spear. Lashley put Marella on top of Umaga and held him there for the three count.
Umaga	[2]	Santino Marella	July 2, 2007 Dallas, TX RAW	62
Jeff Hardy	[4]	Umaga	September 2, 2007 Columbus, OH RAW	190
Chris Jericho	[8]	Jeff Hardy	March 10, 2008 Milwaukee, WI RAW	111
Kofi Kingston	-	Chris Jericho	June 29, 2008 Dallas, TX Night of Champions	49
Santino Marella	[2]	Kofi Kingston	August 17, 2008 Indianapolis, IN SummerSlam	-	Marella won the title when Beth Phoenix pinned Mickie James in an intergender "Winner Takes All" match where both the Intercontinental Championship and Women's Championship were on the line.

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