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WWE Intercontinental Championship History

 

 

Champion Reign

 

  • Pat Patterson 9/15/1979-4/21/1980

    • Awarded the title as a result of beating Ted Dibiase for the WWF North American Heavyweight Championship and claiming to have unified the title with a South American Championship in a tournament in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

  • Ken Patera 4/21/1980-12/8/1980

  • Pedro Morales 12/5/1980-6/20/1981

  • Don Muraco 6/20/1981-11/23/1981

  • Pedro Morales 11/23/1981-1/22/1983

  • Don Muraco 1/22/1983-2/11/1984

  • Tito Santana 2/11/1984-9/24/1984

  • Greg Valentine 9/24/1984-7/6/1985

  • Tito Santana 7/6/1985-2/8/1986

  • Randy Savage 2/5/1986-3/29/1987

  • Ricky Steamboat 3/29/1987-6/2/1987

  • Honky Tonk Man 6/2/1987-8/29/1988

  • Ultimate Warrior 8/29/1988-4/2/1989

  • Rick Rude 4/2/1989-8/28/1989

  • Ultimate Warrior 8/28/1989-4/1/1990

    • Vacated Title after winning WWF World Heavyweight Championship

  • Mr. Perfect 4/23/1990-8/27/1990

    • Won in Tournament Final over Tito Santana

  • Texas Tornado 8/27/1990-11/19/1990

  • Mr. Perfect 11/19/1990-8/26/1991

  • Bret Hart 8/26/1991-1/17/1992

  • The Mountie 1/17/1992-1/19/1992

  • Roddy Piper 1/19/1992-4/5/1992

  • Bret Hart 4/5/1992-8/29/1992

  • British Bulldog 8/29/1992-10/27/1992

  • Shawn Michaels 10/27/1992-5/17/1993

  • Marty Jannetty 5/17/1993-6/6/1993

  • Shawn Michaels 6/6/1993-9/27/1993

    • Stripped of title for failure of defense

  • Razor Ramon 9/27/1993-4/13/1994

    • Won vacant title after beating Rick Martel, after the two had been the final two men in a battle royal the previous week.

  • Diesel 4/13/1994-8/29/1994

  • Razor Ramon 8/29/1994-1/22/1995

  • Jeff Jarrett 1/22/1995-4/26/1995

    • Title held up after a controversial match with Bob Holly

  • Jeff Jarrett 4/26/1995-5/19/1995

  • Razor Ramon 5/19/1995-5/22/1995

  • Jeff Jarrett 5/22/1995-7/23/1995

  • Shawn Michaels 7/23/1995-10/22/1995

  • Dean Douglas 10/22/1992-10/22/1995

    • Won title by forfeit from Shawn Michaels

  • Razor Ramon 10/22/1995-1/21/1996

  • Goldust 1/21/1996-4/1/1996

    • Title help up after controversial finish with Savio Vega

  • Goldust 4/1/1996-6/23/1996

  • Ahmed Johnson 6/23/1996-8/12/1996

    • Vacated due to injury

  • Marc Mero 9/23/1996-10/21/1996

    • Won in tournament final over Faarooq

  • HHH 10/21/1996-2/13/1997

  • Rocky Maivia 2/13/1997-4/28/1997

  • Owen Hart 4/28/1997-8/3/1997

  • Steve Austin 8/3/1997-9/8/1997

    • Vacated due to injury

  • Owen Hart 10/5/1997-11/9/1997

  • Steve Austin 11/9/1997-12/8/1997

    • Austin gave the title to The Rock

  • The Rock 12/8/1997-8/30/1998

  • Triple H 8/30/1998-10/9/1998

    • Vacated due to injury

  • Ken Shamrock 10/12/1998-2/14/1999

    • Defeated X-Pac in the tournament final

  • Val Venis 2/14/1999-3/15/1999

  • Road Dogg 3/15/1999-3/29/1999

  • Goldust 3/29/199-4/12/1999

  • The Godfather 4/12/1999-5/31/1999

  • Jeff Jarrett 5/31/1999-7/24/1999

  • Edge 7/24/1999-7/25/1999

  • D’Lo Brown 7/26/1999-8/22/1999

  • Jeff Jarrett 8/22/1999-10/17/1999

  • Chyna 10/17/1999-12/12/1999

  • Chris Jericho 12/12/1999-2/27/2000

  • Kurt Angle 2/27/2000-4/2/2000

  • Chris Benoit 4/2/2000-5/2/2000

  • Chris Jericho 5/2/2000-5/8/2000

  • Chris Benoit 5/8/2000-6/20/2000

  • Rikishi 6/20/2000-7/4/2000

  • Val Venis 7/4/2000-8/27/2000

  • Chyna 8/27/2000-9/4/2000

    • Winner of the fall in the mixed tag match between Chyna & Eddie Guerrero v. Trish Stratus got the title.

  • Eddie Guerrero 9/4/2000-11/21/2000

  • Billy Gunn 11/21/2000-12/10/2000

  • Chris Benoit 12/10/2000-1/21/2001

  • Chris Jericho 1/21/2001-4/3/2001

  • Triple H 4/3/2001-4/10/2001

  • Jeff Hardy 4/10/2001-4/16/2001

  • Triple H 4/16/2001-5/20/2001

  • Kane 5/20/2001-6/26/2001

  • Albert 6/26/2001-7/23/2001

  • Lance Storm 7/23/2001-8/19/2001

  • Edge 8/19/2001-9/23/2001

  • Christian 9/23/2001-10/21/2001

  • Edge 10/21/2001-11/5/2001

  • Test 11/5/2001-11/18/2001

  • Edge 11/18/2001-1/20/2002

  • William Regal 1/20/2002-3/17/2002

  • Rob Van Dam 3/17/2002-4/21/2002

  • Eddie Guerrero 4/21/2002-5/27/2002

  • Rob Van Dam 5/27/2002-7/29/2002

  • Chris Benoit 7/29/2002-8/25//2002

  • Rob Van Dam 8/25/2002-9/16/2002

  • Chris Jericho 9/16/2002-9/30/2002

  • Kane 9/30/2002-10/20/2002

  • Triple H 10/20/2002-10/20/2002

    • Title unified with World Championship

  • Christian 5/18/2003-7/7/2003

    • Won battle royal to revive the title

  • Booker T 7/7/2003-8/10/2003

  • Christian 8/10/2003-9/29/2003

  • Rob Van Dam 9/29/2003-10/27/2003

  • Chris Jericho 10/27/2003-10/27/2003

  • Rob Van Dam 10/27/2003-12/14/2003

  • Randy Orton 12/14/2003-7/11/2004

  • Edge 7/11/2004-9/6/2004

    • Vacated title due to injury

  • Chris Jericho 9/12/2004-10/19/2004

    • Won vacant title in ladder match against Christian

  • Shelton Benjamin 10/19/2004-6/20/2005

    • Was voted into match due to Taboo Tuesday stipulations

  • Carlito 6/20/2005-9/18/2005

  • Ric Flair 9/18/2005-2/20/2006

  • Shelton Benjamin 2/20/2006-4/30/2006

  • Rob Van Dam 4/30/2006-5/15/2006

  • Shelton Benjamin 5/15/2006-6/25/2006

    • This was 3 on 2 match with Triple H, Benjamin, and Chris Masters v. John Cena and RVD. If anyone pinned Cena or RVD, they would receive the title of the person that they pined. Benjamin pinned RVD.

  • Johnny Nitro 6/25/2006-10/2/2006

  • Jeff Hardy 10/2/2006-11/6/2006

  • Johnny Nitro 11/6/2006-11/13/2006

  • Jeff Hardy 11/13/2006-2/19/2007

  • Umaga 2/19/2007-4/16/2007

  • Santino Marella 4/16/2007-7/2/2007

  • Umaga 7/2/2007-9/2/2007

  • Jeff Hardy 9/2/2007-3/10/2008

  • Chris Jericho 3/10/2008-6/29/2008

  • Kofi Kingston 6/29/2008-8/17/2008

  • Santino Marella 8/17/2008-11/10/2008

    • Won Title in intergender tag match where both IC and Women’s title were on the line.

  • William Regal 11/10/2008-1/19/2009

  • CM Punk 1/19/2009-3/9/2009

  • JBL 3/9/2009-4/5/2009

  • Rey Mysterio 4/5/2009-6/7/2009

  • Chris Jericho 6/7/2009-6/28/2009

  • Rey Mysterio 6/28/2009-9/1/2009

  • John Morrison 9/1/2009-12/13/2009

  • Drew McIntyre 12/13/2009-5/23/2010

  • Kofi Kingston – 5/23/2010-7/28/2010

  • Dolph Ziggler – 7/28/2010-Current

Notes

-Honky Tonk Man has the longest single reign, with 454 days

-Chris Jericho has the most reigns with nine

-Pedro Morales held the title for 619 days between his two reigns

-Eddie Guerrero has the fewest combined days as champ, coming in at 114

 

 

 

By: Tim Taylor
ProWrestling-fans.com Wrestling Writer & Director of Content