WWE Intercontinental Championship

WWE Intercontinental Championship
The current title holder Jeff Hardy
Data
Title holder	Jeff Hardy
since	August 21, 2020
owner	WWE
broadcast	SmackDown
Introduced	September 1, 1979
Former names
WWF Intercontinental Championship (1979–2002)
Records
Most title wins Chris Jericho (9 times) Longest reign Honky Tonk Man (454 days) Shortest reign Shane Douglas (11 minutes) Oldest title holder Ric Flair (56 years, 205 days) Youngest title holder Jeff Hardy (23 years, 224 days) Heaviest title holder Big Show (200 kg ) Easiest title holder Rey Mysterio (79 kg )

The WWE Intercontinental Championship is a secondary wrestling title of the US promotion WWE , which is awarded exclusively to male individual wrestlers of the SmackDown rooster. The title was introduced on September 1, 1979 after Pat Patterson combined the North American Heavyweight and South American Heavyweight Championships . Today it is the third oldest active title in the WWE and is equivalent to the United States Championship . The current title holder in his fifth reign is Jeff Hardy . As is common in wrestling, the award is based on a previously determined storyline .

history

The title emerged in 1979 as the WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship from the North American Championship of the then WWF . The first title holder was Pat Patterson . The storyline stated that Patterson had combined his title with a South American Championship after defeating the last North American Champion, Ted DiBiase ; Patterson won this in a (actually fictional) tournament in Rio de Janeiro.

Many future World Champions initially held this title, which allowed them to gain their first experience as champions. Wrestlers like Randy Savage , Bret Hart , Shawn Michaels , Chris Jericho , The Rock and Triple H only became Intercontinental Champions before becoming WWE Champions . Originally, the Intercontinental Champion was always seen as the top challenger to the world heavyweight title, with matches between the two titleholders always being the exception. In 1999, Chyna was the first woman to win the title. With the exception of two subsequent reigns of Chyna, this was an exception so far. Chyna was also part of another unique event in the history of the Intercontinental Championship : After a controversial decision in a title match, she briefly had to share the title with Chris Jericho.

For many years, the Intercontinental Championship was the second most important title in the league and only lost its importance after the takeover of WCW and the division of the two roster in 2002. Since there were now a lot of titles in the WWE at that time, the Intercontinental Championship was part of several title associations. The then title holder Rob Van Dam first defeated European Champion Jeff Hardy and Hardcore Champion Tommy Dreamer , so that these two titles went up in the Intercontinental Championship . In October 2002 Kane lost the Intercontinental Title to Triple H , who then united him with his World Heavyweight Championship .

Since the traditional title was very popular among the fans, the abolition was received very negatively. In May 2003, the renamed WWE league reintroduced the title and had the first champion in a Battle Royal between 20 former titleholders. Christian won the match by eliminating Booker T and thus entered his second reign.

Since then, the Intercontinental Championship has been one of the two midcard titles with no weight limit in the WWE, alongside the United States Championship . The Intercontinental Championship was initially the second highest title on Raw , from 2009 on SmackDown . After the temporary end of the roster split, the title was defended in both shows from 2011. Since 2016, the title has been defended exclusively at a show.

In October 2011, the then champion Cody Rhodes reintroduced the classic Intercontinental Champion seal with a white ribbon and updated decorations (among other things, the WWF logo was replaced by the current WWE logo) at the major event Hell In A Cell . Since then, this belt, which was previously awarded in the WWF from 1986 to 1998, has been used as the current title belt.

Sami Zayn revealed a new design in the November 22, 2019 issue of SmackDown . The redesigned title belt has a black belt and two removable side panels.

List of title holders

Current title holder

#	Title holder	No.	Days	date	place	event	annotation
1	Pat Patterson	1	219	15th September 1979	N / A	N / A	Patterson was awarded the title after defeating Ted DiBiase in a title match for the WWF North American Heavyweight Championship on June 19, 1979, and was claimed to have combined the title with a South American Championship in a tournament final in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil .
2	Ken Patera	1	231	April 21, 1980	New York , NY	Houseshow
3	Pedro Morales	1	194	December 8, 1980	New York , NY	Houseshow
4th	Don Muraco	1	156	June 20, 1981	Philadelphia , PA	Houseshow
5	Pedro Morales	2	425	November 23, 1981	New York , NY	Houseshow
6th	Don Muraco	2	385	January 22, 1983	New York , NY	Houseshow
7th	Tito Santana	1	226	February 11, 1984	Boston , MA	Houseshow
8th	Greg Valentine	1	285	September 24, 1984	London , ON	Maple Leaf Wrestling	Aired October 13, 1984.
9	Tito Santana	2	217	July 6, 1985	Baltimore , MD	Houseshow	Won the title in a steel cage match .
10	Randy Savage	1	414	February 8, 1986	Boston , MA	Houseshow
11	Ricky Steamboat	1	65	March 29, 1987	Pontiac , MI	WrestleMania III
12	The Honky Tonk Man	1	454	June 2nd 1987	Buffalo , NY	WWF Superstars of Wrestling	Aired on June 13, 1987. Longest title reign in history.
13	The Ultimate Warrior	1	216	August 29, 1988	New York , NY	SummerSlam
14th	Rick Rude	1	148	April 2, 1989	Atlantic City , NJ	WrestleMania V
15th	The Ultimate Warrior	2	216	August 28, 1989	East Rutherford , NJ	SummerSlam
-	Title vacant	-	22nd	April 1, 1990	Toronto , ON	WrestleMania VI	The title was declared vacant after Warrior won the WWF Championship against Hulk Hogan .
16	Mr. Perfect	1	126	April 23, 1990	Austin , TX	WWF superstars	Defeated Tito Santana in a tournament final for the vacant title. Aired May 19, 1990.
17th	The Texas Tornado	1	84	August 27, 1990	Philadelphia , PA	SummerSlam
18th	Mr. Perfect	2	280	November 19, 1990	Rochester , NY	WWF superstars	Aired December 15, 1990.
19th	Bret Hart	1	144	August 26, 1991	New York , NY	SummerSlam
20th	The Mountie	1	2	17th January 1992	Springfield , MA	Houseshow
21st	Roddy Piper	1	77	January 19, 1992	Albany , NY	Royal Rumble
22nd	Bret Hart	2	146	April 5, 1992	Indianapolis , IN	WrestleMania VIII
23	The British Bulldog	1	59	August 29, 1992	London , UK	SummerSlam
24	Shawn Michaels	1	202	October 27, 1992	Terre Haute , IN	Saturday Night's main event	Aired November 8, 1992.
25th	Marty Jannetty	1	20th	May 17, 1993	New York , NY	Raw
26th	Shawn Michaels	2	113	June 6, 1993	Albany , NY	Houseshow
-	Title vacant	-	0	September 27, 1993	N / A	N / A	Shawn Michaels was stripped of the title after failing to defend it for 30 days.
27	Razor Ramon	1	198	September 27, 1993	New Haven , CT	Raw	Razor Ramon and Rick Martel were the last two participants in a Battle Royal in which the finalists would compete against each other for the vacant title. Razor Ramon won the match, which aired on October 11, 1993. Shawn Michaels later returned claiming he was the champion because no one beat him in a title match. Razor Ramon finally defeated Shawn Michaels in a ladder match on March 20, 1994 at WrestleMania X to become champion.
28	diesel	1	138	April 13, 1994	Rochester , NY	WWF superstars
29	Razor Ramon	2	146	August 29, 1994	Chicago , IL	SummerSlam
30th	Jeff Jarrett	1	94	January 22, 1995	Tampa , FL	Royal Rumble
-	Title vacant	-	0	April 26, 1995	Moline , IL	Houseshow	Title was declared vacant after a controversial title defense against Bob Holly .
31	Jeff Jarrett	2	23	April 26, 1995	Moline , IL	Houseshow	Beat Bob Holly in a rematch.
32	Razor Ramon	3	3	May 19, 1995	Montreal , CAN	Houseshow	Razor Ramon won the title in a ladder match .
33	Jeff Jarrett	3	62	May 22, 1995	Trois-Rivières , CAN	Houseshow
34	Shawn Michaels	3	91	July 23, 1995	Nashville , TN	In Your House 2: The Lumberjacks
35	Shane Douglas	1	0	October 22, 1995	Winnipeg , CAN	In Your House 4: Great White North	Dean Douglas won the title by giving up. Shawn Michaels was attacked outside of a nightclub in Syracuse on October 14, 1995 and was unable to defend the title as a result.
36	Razor Ramon	4th	91	October 22, 1995	Winnipeg , CAN	In Your House 4: Great White North
37	Goldust	1	64	January 21, 1996	Fresno , CA	Royal Rumble
-	Title vacant	-	7th	March 25, 1996	N / A	Raw	Vacant after a title defense against Savio Vega ended without result. Aired April 15, 1996.
38	Goldust	2	83	April 1, 1996	San Bernardino , CA	Raw	Defeated Savio Vega in a rematch. Aired April 22, 1996.
39	Ahmed Johnson	1	50	June 23, 1996	Milwaukee , WI	King of the Ring
-	Title vacant	-	42	August 12, 1996	N / A	N / A	Title declared vacant due to Johnson's injury.
40	Marc Mero	1	28	September 23, 1996	Hershey , PA	Raw	Defeated Faarooq in a tournament final for the vacant title.
41	Hunter Hearst Helmsley	1	115	October 21, 1996	Fort Wayne , IN	Raw
42	Rocky Maivia	1	74	February 13, 1997	Lowell , MA	Raw
43	Owen Hart	1	97	April 28, 1997	Omaha , NE	Raw is war
44	Steve Austin	1	36	August 3, 1997	East Rutherford , NJ	SummerSlam
-	Title vacant	-	27	September 8, 1997	N / A	N / A	The title was declared vacant after Steve Austin suffered a neck injury while winning the title.
45	Owen Hart	2	35	October 5, 1997	St. Louis , MO	Bad Blood: In Your House	Defeated Faarooq in a tournament final for the vacant title.
46	Steve Austin	2	29	November 9, 1997	Montreal , CAN	Survivor Series
47	The Rock	2	265	December 8, 1997	Portland , ME	Raw is war	Steve Austin handed the title over to The Rock .
48	Triple H	2	40	August 30, 1998	New York , NY	SummerSlam	This was a ladder match .
-	Title vacant	-	3	October 9, 1998	N / A	N / A	Declared vacant due to Triple H injury .
49	Ken Shamrock	1	125	October 12, 1998	Uniondale , NY	Raw is war	Defeated X-Pac in a tournament final for the vacant title.
50	Val Venis	1	29	February 14, 1999	Memphis , TN	St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House	Billy Gunn was the special guest referee.
51	Road Dogg	1	14th	March 15, 1999	San Jose , CA	Raw is war
52	Goldust	3	14th	March 29, 1999	East Rutherford , NJ	Raw is war
53	The Godfather	1	49	April 12, 1999	Detroit , MI	Raw is war
54	Jeff Jarrett	4th	54	May 31, 1999	Moline , IL	Raw is war
55	Edge	1	11	July 14, 1999	Toronto , ON	Houseshow
56	Jeff Jarrett	5	1	July 25, 1999	Buffalo , NY	Fully Loaded
57	D'Lo Brown	1	27	July 26, 1999	Dayton , OH	Raw is war	Brown's WWF European Championship was also at stake.
58	Jeff Jarrett	6th	56	August 22, 1999	Minneapolis , MN	SummerSlam	Jeff Jarrett also won the WWF European Championship in that match.
59	Chyna	1	56	October 17, 1999	Cleveland , OH	No Mercy	This was a good housekeeping match .
60	Chris Jericho	1	22nd	December 12, 1999	Sunrise , FL	Armageddon
-	Title vacant	-	20th	January 3, 2000	Miami , FL	Raw is war	The title was awarded to Chris Jericho and Chyna after a title match on December 28th (aired December 30th) failed to determine a clear winner. WWE does not officially recognize this period as a reign.
61	Chris Jericho	2	35	January 23, 2000	New York , NY	Royal Rumble	Chris Jericho defeated Chyna and Hardcore Holly in a Triple Threat Match to become sole champion.
62	Kurt Angle	1	35	February 27, 2000	Hartford , CT	No way out	Was the third wrestler to win the title while serving in the reigning WWF European Championship .
63	Chris Benoit	1	30th	April 2, 2000	Anaheim , CA	WrestleMania 2000	This was a triple threat match in which Chris Jericho was also involved.
64	Chris Jericho	3	6th	May 2, 2000	Richmond , VA	SmackDown	Aired May 4, 2000.
65	Chris Benoit	2	43	May 8, 2000	Uniondale , NY	Raw is war
66	Rikishi	1	14th	June 20, 2000	Memphis , TN	SmackDown	Aired June 22, 2000.
67	Val Venis	2	54	4th July 2000	Fort Lauderdale , FL	SmackDown	Aired July 6, 2000.
68	Chyna	2	8th	August 27, 2000	Raleigh, NC	SummerSlam	Won the title in an intergender tag team match between Chyna and Eddie Guerrero against Val Venis and Trish Stratus , in which the title is awarded to whoever makes the decisive pin. Chyna pinned Trish Stratus to win the title.
69	Eddie Guerrero	1	78	September 4, 2000	Knoxville , TN	Raw is war	This was a triple threat match in which Kurt Angle was also involved.
70	Billy Gunn	1	19th	November 21, 2000	Sunrise , FL	SmackDown	Aired November 23, 2000.
71	Chris Benoit	3	42	December 10, 2000	Birmingham , AL	Armageddon
72	Chris Jericho	4th	72	January 21, 2001	New Orleans , LA	Royal Rumble	This was a ladder match .
73	Triple H	3	7th	April 3, 2001	Oklahoma City , OK	SmackDown	Aired April 5, 2001.
74	Jeff Hardy	1	6th	April 10, 2001	Philadelphia , PA	SmackDown	Aired April 12, 2001.
75	Triple H	4th	34	April 16, 2001	Knoxville , TN	Raw is war
76	Kane	1	37	May 20, 2001	Sacramento , CA	Judgment Day	This was a chain match .
77	Albert	1	27	June 26, 2001	New York , NY	SmackDown	This was a No Disqualification Match and aired on June 28, 2001.
78	Lance Storm	1	27	July 23, 2001	Buffalo , NY	Raw is war
79	Edge	2	35	August 19, 2001	San Jose , CA	SummerSlam
80	Christian	1	28	September 23, 2001	Pittsburgh , PA	Unforgiven
81	Edge	3	15th	October 21, 2001	St. Louis , MO	No Mercy	This was a ladder match .
82	test	1	13	November 5, 2001	Uniondale , NY	Raw
83	Edge	4th	63	November 18, 2001	Greensboro , NC	Survivor Series	This was a union title match to secure Edge's WCW United States Championship .
84	William Regal	1	56	January 20, 2002	Atlanta , GA	Royal Rumble
85	Rob Van Dam	1	35	March 17, 2002	Toronto , ON	WrestleMania X8
86	Eddie Guerrero	2	36	April 21, 2002	Kansas City , MO	Backlash
87	Rob Van Dam	2	63	May 27, 2002	Edmonton , Canada	Raw	This was a ladder match .
88	Chris Benoit	4th	27	July 29, 2002	Greensboro , NC	Raw	The title moved to SmackDown after Chris Benoit broke away.
89	Rob Van Dam	3	22nd	August 25, 2002	Uniondale , NY	SummerSlam	The title switched back to Raw because Rob Van Dam was a RAW superstar.
90	Chris Jericho	5	14th	September 16, 2002	Denver , CO	Raw
91	Kane	2	20th	September 30, 2002	Houston , TX	Raw
92	Triple H	5	0	October 20, 2002	Little Rock , AR	No Mercy
-	Title united	-	-	October 20, 2002	Little Rock , AR	No Mercy	Triple H combined the title with the World Heavyweight Championship .
93	Christian	2	50	May 18, 2003	Charlotte , NC	Judgment Day	Won a nine man Battle Royal for the reactivated title.
94	Booker T	1	34	July 7, 2003	Montreal , CAN	Raw
95	Christian	3	50	August 10, 2003	Des Moines , IA	Houseshow
96	Rob Van Dam	4th	28	September 29, 2003	Chicago , IL	Raw	This was a ladder match .
97	Chris Jericho	6th	0	October 27, 2003	Fayetteville , NC	Raw
98	Rob Van Dam	5	48	October 27, 2003	Fayetteville , NC	Raw	This was a steel cage match .
99	Randy Orton	1	210	December 14, 2003	Orlando , FL	Armageddon	Mick Foley was the special referee.
100	Edge	5	57	July 11, 2004	Hartford , CT	Vengeance
-	Title vacant	-	6th	September 6, 2004	N / A	N / A	The title was declared vacant as Edge was unable to defend it due to an injury.
101	Chris Jericho	7th	37	September 12, 2004	Portland , OR	Unforgiven	Won a ladder match for the vacant title in which Christian was also involved.
102	Shelton Benjamin	1	244	October 19, 2004	Milwaukee , WI	Taboo Tuesday
103	Carlito	1	90	June 20, 2005	Phoenix , AZ	Raw
104	Ric flair	1	155	September 18, 2005	Oklahoma City , OK	Unforgiven
105	Shelton Benjamin	2	69	February 20, 2006	Trenton , NJ	Raw
106	Rob Van Dam	6th	15th	April 30, 2006	Lexington, KY	Backlash	This was a title vs. Contract-Match, which also houses the Money in the Bank case of Rob Van Dam was at stake.
107	Shelton Benjamin	3	41	May 15, 2006	Lubbock , TX	Raw	This was a 3 on 2 Handicap Tornado Tag Team Match in which Chris Masters , Shelton Benjamin and Triple H competed against John Cena and Rob Van Dam . Shelton Benjamin won the title after pinning Rob Van Dam .
108	Johnny Nitro	1	99	June 25, 2006	Charlotte , NC	Vengeance	This was a triple threat match that Carlito was also involved in.
109	Jeff Hardy	2	35	October 2, 2006	Topeka , KS	Raw
110	Johnny Nitro	2	7th	November 6, 2006	Columbus , OH	Raw	This was a no disqualification match .
111	Jeff Hardy	3	98	November 13, 2006	Manchester , UK	Raw
112	Umaga	1	56	February 19, 2007	Bakersfield , CA	Raw
113	Santino Marella	1	77	April 16, 2007	Milan , ITA	Raw	This was a no holds barred match .
114	Umaga	2	62	July 2, 2007	Dallas , TX	Raw
115	Jeff Hardy	4th	190	September 2, 2007	Columbus , OH	Raw	Aired September 3, 2007.
116	Chris Jericho	8th	111	March 10, 2008	Milwaukee , WI	Raw
117	Kofi Kingston	1	49	June 29, 2008	Dallas , TX	Night of Champions
118	Santino Marella	2	85	August 17, 2008	Indianapolis , IN	SummerSlam	This was an intergender tag team match in which both the WWE Intercontinental Championship and the WWE Women's Championship were at stake. Santino Marella won the title after partner Beth Phoenix pin the women's champion Mickie James .
119	William Regal	2	70	November 10, 2008	Manchester , England	Raw
120	CM punk	1	49	January 19, 2009	Chicago , IL	Raw	This was a no disqualification match .
121	JBL	1	27	March 9, 2009	Jacksonville , FL	Raw
122	Rey Mysterio	1	63	April 5, 2009	Houston , TX	WrestleMania XXV	The title moved to SmackDown on April 13, 2009 through the WWE Draft .
123	Chris Jericho	9	21st	June 7, 2009	New Orleans , LA	Extreme rules	This was a no holds barred match .
124	Rey Mysterio	2	65	June 28, 2009	Sacramento , CA	The bash	This was a title vs. Mask match . In case of defeat, Rey Mysterio would have had to take off his mask.
125	John Morrison	3	103	September 1, 2009	Cleveland , OH	SmackDown	Aired September 4, 2009.
126	Drew McIntyre	1	161	December 13, 2009	San Antonio , TX	Tables, Ladders & Chairs	General Manager Theodore Long took the title from Drew McIntyre after brutally assaulting Matt Hardy several times (aired May 7, 2010). At the direction of Vince McMahon , the title was returned to Drew McIntyre (Aired May 14, 2010).
127	Kofi Kingston	2	66	May 23, 2010	Detroit , MI	Over the limit
128	Dolph Ziggler	1	161	July 28, 2010	Laredo , TX	SmackDown	Aired on August 6, 2010.
129	Kofi Kingston	3	77	January 4, 2011	Tucson , AZ	SmackDown	Aired January 7, 2011.
130	Wade Barrett	1	89	March 22, 2011	Columbus , OH	SmackDown	Aired March 25, 2011.
131	Ezekiel Jackson	1	51	June 19, 2011	Washington, DC	Capitol Punishment
132	Cody Rhodes	1	236	August 9, 2011	Sacramento , CA	SmackDown	Aired on August 12, 2011.
133	Big show	1	28	April 1, 2012	Miami , FL	WrestleMania XXVIII
134	Cody Rhodes	2	21st	April 29, 2012	Chicago , IL	Extreme rules	This was a tables match .
135	Christian	4th	64	May 20, 2012	Raleigh , NC	Over the limit
136	The Miz	1	85	July 23, 2012	St. Louis , MO	Raw 1000
137	Kofi Kingston	4th	74	October 16, 2012	Memphis , TN	Main Event	Aired October 17, 2012.
138	Wade Barrett	2	99	December 29, 2012	Washington, DC	Raw	Aired December 31, 2012.
139	The Miz	2	1	April 7, 2013	East Rutherford , NJ	WrestleMania XXIX
140	Wade Barrett	3	69	April 8, 2013	East Rutherford , NJ	Raw
141	Curtis Axel	1	154	June 16, 2013	Chicago , IL	Payback	This was a triple threat match that The Miz was also involved in.
142	Big E	1	167	18th November 2013	Nashville , TN	Raw Country
143	Bad News Barrett	4th	57	May 4, 2014	East Rutherford , NJ	Extreme rules
-	Title vacant	-	20th	June 30, 2014	Hartford , CT	Raw	The title has been declared vacant after Bad News Barrett was unable to defend it due to an injury.
144	The Miz	3	28	20th July 2014	Tampa , FL	Battleground	Won a 19 man Battle Royal for the vacant title.
145	Dolph Ziggler	2	35	17th August 2014	Los Angeles , CA	SummerSlam
146	The Miz	4th	1	September 21, 2014	Nashville , TN	Night of Champions
147	Dolph Ziggler	3	56	22nd September 2014	Memphis , TN	Raw
148	Luke Harper	1	27	17th November 2014	Roanoke , VA	Raw
149	Dolph Ziggler	4th	22nd	December 14, 2014	Cleveland , OH	Tables, Ladders & Chairs
150	Bad News Barrett	5	83	5th January 2015	Corpus Christi , TX	Raw
151	Daniel Bryan	1	43	March 29, 2015	Santa Clara , CA	Wrestlemania Dec.	This was a 7 Way Ladder Match that also included Dean Ambrose , Dolph Ziggler , Luke Harper , R-Truth and Stardust .
-	Title vacant	-	20th	May 11, 2015	Cincinnati , OH	Raw	The title was declared vacant as Daniel Bryan was unable to defend it due to an injury.
152	Ryback	1	112	May 31, 2015	Corpus Christi , TX	Elimination Chamber	Won an Elimination Chamber Match for the vacant title that also included Dolph Ziggler , King Barrett , Mark Henry , R-Truth and Sheamus .
153	Kevin Owens	1	84	20th September 2015	Houston , TX	Night of Champions
154	Dean Ambrose	1	64	December 13, 2015	Boston , MA	Tables, Ladders & Chairs
155	Kevin Owens	2	48	15th February 2016	Anaheim , CA	Raw	This was a Fatal Five Way Match that also included Dolph Ziggler , Stardust, and Tyler Breeze .
156	Zack Ryder	1	1	3rd April 2016	Arlington , TX	WrestleMania 32	This was a 7 Way Ladder Match that also included Dolph Ziggler , Sami Zayn , Sin Cara , Stardust and The Miz .
157	The Miz	5	188	April 4, 2016	Dallas , TX	Raw	The title became part of SmackDown through the WWE Draft on July 19, 2016 .
158	Dolph Ziggler	5	37	October 9, 2016	Sacramento , CA	No Mercy	This was a title vs. Career Match. In the event of a defeat, Dolph Ziggler should have ended his career.
159	The Miz	6th	49	15th November 2016	Wilkes-Barre , PA	SmackDown
160	Dean Ambrose	2	152	January 3, 2017	Jacksonville , FL	SmackDown	Due to the superstar shake-up on April 11, 2017, the title switched to Raw .
161	The Miz	7th	169	4th June 2017	Baltimore , MD	Extreme rules	The title would also have been changed by disqualification.
162	Roman Reigns	1	63	20th November 2017	Houston , TX	Raw
163	The Miz	8th	76	22nd January 2018	Brooklyn , NY	Raw 25th Anniversary
164	Seth Rollins	1	71	April 8, 2018	New Orleans , LA	WrestleMania 34	This was a triple threat match in which Finn Bálor was also involved.
165	Dolph Ziggler	6th	62	June 18, 2018	Grand Rapids , MI	Raw
166	Seth Rollins	2	119	19th August 2018	Brooklyn , NY	SummerSlam
167	Dean Ambrose	3	29	December 16, 2018	San Jose , CA	Tables, Ladders & Chairs
168	Bobby Lashley	1	34	January 14, 2019	Memphis , TN	Raw	This was a triple threat match that also included Seth Rollins .
169	Finn Bálor	1	22nd	17th February 2019	Houston , TX	Elimination Chamber	This was a 2 on 1 handicap match that also included Lio Rush.
170	Bobby Lashley	2	27	March 11, 2019	Pittsburgh , PA	Raw
171	Finn Bálor	2	98	April 7, 2019	East Rutherford , NJ	WrestleMania 35	Bálor performed with his Demon Gimmick. As part of the Superstar Shake-Up 2019, Bálor drafted SmackDown , so the title also switched to the show.
172	Shinsuke Nakamura	1	201	14th July 2019	Philadelphia , PA	Extreme rules
173	Braun Strowman	1	37	January 31, 2020	Tulsa , OK	SmackDown
174	Sami Zayn	1	65	March 8, 2020	Philadelphia , PA	WWE Elimination Chamber	This was a 3 on 1 handicap match that also included Shinsuke Nakamura and Cesaro .
-	Title vacant	-	31	May 12, 2020	N / A	WWE backstage	The title was declared vacant after Zayn no longer wanted to defend it.
175	AJ styles	1	70	June 12, 2020	Orlando , Florida	SmackDown	Defeated Daniel Bryan in a tournament final for the vacant title.
176	Jeff Hardy	5	1+	August 21, 2020	Orlando , Florida	SmackDown

statistics

With nine reigns, Chris Jericho is the record holder.

The Miz held the title eight times for a total of 597 days.

Razor Ramon held the title four times for a total of 437 days.

Current title holder

space	Surname	number	Days in total
01	Pedro Morales	2	619
02	The Miz	8th	599
03	Don Muraco	2	541
04th	The Honky Tonk Man	1	454
05	Tito Santana	2	443
06th	Razor Ramon	4th	437
07th	Warrior	2	432
08th	Randy Savage	1	414
09	Shawn Michaels	3	406
	Curt Hennig	2	406
11	Bad News Barrett	5	397
12	Dolph Ziggler	6th	372
13	Shelton Benjamin	3	354
14th	The Rock	2	339
15th	Jeff Hardy	5	331+
16	Chris Jericho	9	318
17th	Jeff Jarrett	6th	298
18th	Bret Hart	2	290
19th	Greg Valentine	1	285
20th	Kofi Kingston	4th	266
21st	Cody Rhodes	2	257
22nd	Dean Ambrose	3	245
23	Pat Patterson	1	233
24	Ken Patera	1	231
25th	Rob Van Dam	6th	211
26th	Randy Orton	1	210
27	John Morrison	3	209
28	Shinsuke Nakamura	1	201
29	Triple H	5	196
30th	Christian	4th	192
31	Seth Rollins	2	190
32	Edge	5	171
33	Goldust	3	168
34	Big E	1	167
35	Santino Marella	2	162
36	Drew McIntyre	1	161
37	Curtis Axel	1	155
	Ric flair	1	155
39	Rick Rude	1	148
40	Chris Benoit	4th	142
41	diesel	1	138
42	Kevin Owens	2	132
	Owen Hart	2	132
44	Rey Mysterio	2	128
45	William Regal	2	126
46	Ken Shamrock	1	125
47	Finn Bálor	2	120
48	Umaga	2	117
49	Eddie Guerrero	2	114
50	Ryback	1	112
51	Carlito	1	090
52	Kerry by Erich	1	084
53	Val Venis	2	083
54	Roddy Piper	1	077
55	AJ styles	1	070
56	Steve Austin	2	065
	Ricky Steamboat	1	065
	Sami Zayn	1	065
59	Chyna	2	064
60	Roman Reigns	1	063
61	Bobby Lashley	2	061
62	The British Bulldog	1	059
63	Kane	2	057
64	Ezekiel Jackson	1	051
65	Ahmed Johnson	1	050
66	CM punk	1	049
67	Daniel Bryan	1	043
	The Godfather	1	043
69	Braun Strowman	1	037
70	Kurt Angle	1	035
71	Booker T	1	034
72	Big show	1	028
	Marc Mero	1	028
74	Albert	1	027
	John "Bradshaw" Layfield	1	027
	Lance Storm	1	027
	Luke Harper	1	027
78	D'Lo Brown	1	026th
79	Marty Jannetty	1	020th
80	Billy Gunn	1	019th
81	Rikishi	1	014th
	Road Dogg	1	014th
83	test	1	013
84	The Mountie	1	002
85	Zack Ryder	1	001
86	Shane Douglas	1	0<1

Web links

Commons : WWE Intercontinental Champions  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• WWE Intercontinental Championship history on wwe.com