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WWE Intercontinental Championship

Most Championships: 1. Chris Jericho (9) 2(t). Jeff Jarrett (6) 2(t). Rob Van Dam (6) 4(t). Triple H (5) 4(t). Edge (5) 6(t). Razor Ramon (4) 6(t). Chris Benoit (4)	Longest Single Reign (days): 1. Honky Tonk Man (454) 2. Pedro Morales (425) 3. Randy Savage (414) 4. Don Muraco (385) 5. Greg Valentine (285)	Longest Combined Reign (days): 1. Pedro Morales (2 for 619) 2. Don Muraco (2 for 541) 3. Honky Tonk Man (1 for 454) 4. Tito Santana (2 for 443) 5. Razor Ramon (4 for 438)

No.	Name	Title	Date	Place	Event	Reign	Note
1	Pat Patterson	1	[15-Sep-1979]			[219]	Note 1
2	Ken Patera	1	21-Apr-1980	New York, NY		231
3	Pedro Morales	1	08-Dec-1980	New York, NY		194
4	Don Muraco	1	20-Jun-1981	Philadelphia, PA		156
5	Pedro Morales	2	23-Nov-1981	New York, NY		425
6	Don Muraco	2	22-Jan-1983	New York, NY		385
7	Tito Santana	1	11-Feb-1984	Boston, MA		226
8	Greg Valentine	1	24-Sep-1984	London, ONT		285
9	Tito Santana	2	06-Jul-1985	Baltimore, MD		217
10	Randy Savage	1	08-Feb-1986	Boston, MA		414
11	Ricky Steamboat	1	29-Mar-1987	Pontiac, MI	WMIII	65
12	Honky Tonk Man	1	02-Jun-1987	Buffalo, NY		454
13	Ultimate Warrior	1	29-Aug-1988	New York, NY	SUM'88	216
14	Rick Rude	1	02-Apr-1989	Atlantic City, NJ	WMV	148
15	Ultimate Warrior	2	28-Aug-1989	East Rutherford, NJ	SUM'89	216
	[Vacant]		01-Apr-1990	Toronto, ONT	WMVI	22	Note 2
16	Mr. Perfect	1	23-Apr-1990	Austin, TX		126	Note 3
17	Kerry Von Erich	1	27-Aug-1990	Philadelphia, PA	SUM'90	84
18	Mr. Perfect	2	19-Nov-1990	Rochester, NY		280
19	Bret Hart	1	26-Aug-1991	New York, NY	SUM'91	144
20	The Mountie	1	17-Jan-1992	Springfield, NY		2
21	Roddy Piper	1	19-Jan-1992	Albany, NY	RR'92	77
22	Bret Hart	2	05-Apr-1992	Indianapolis, IN	WMVIII	146
23	British Bulldog	1	29-Aug-1992	London, ENG	SUM'92	59
24	Shawn Michaels	1	27-Oct-1992	Terre Haute, IN		202
25	Marty Jannetty	1	17-May-1993	New York, NY	MNR	20
26	Shawn Michaels	2	06-Jun-1993	Albany, NY		113
27	Razor Ramon	1	27-Sep-1993	New Haven, CT	MNR	198	Note 4
28	Diesel	1	13-Apr-1994	Rochester, NY		138
29	Razor Ramon	2	29-Aug-1994	Chicago, IL	SUM'94	146
30	Jeff Jarrett	1	22-Jan-1995	Tampa, FL	RR'95	94
31	Jeff Jarrett	2	26-Apr-1995	Moline, IN		23	Note 5
32	Razor Ramon	3	19-May-1995	Montreal, QUE		3
33	Jeff Jarrett	3	22-May-1995	Trois Rivieres, QUE	RIW	62
34	Shawn Michaels	3	23-Jul-1995	Nashville, TN	IYH2	91
35	Dean Douglas	1	22-Oct-1995	Winnipeg, MAN	IYH4	[11m]	Note 6
36	Razor Ramon	4	22-Oct-1995	Winnipeg, MAN	IYH4	91
37	Goldust	1	21-Jan-1996	Fresno, CA	RR'96	85
	[Vacant]		15-Apr-1996		RIW	7	Note 7
38	Goldust	2	22-Apr-1996	San Bernadino, CA	RIW	62	Note 8
39	Ahmed Johnson	1	23-Jun-1996	Milwaukee, WI	KOTR'96	50
	[Vacant]		12-Aug-1996		RIW	42	Note 9
40	Marc Mero	1	23-Sep-1996	Hershey, PA	RIW	28	Note 10
41	Hunter Hearst Helmsley	1	21-Oct-1996	Ft. Wayne, IN	RIW	115
42	Rocky Maivia	1	13-Feb-1997	Lowell, MA	ThRTh	74
43	Owen Hart	1	28-Apr-1997	Omaha, NE	RIW	97
44	Steve Austin	1	03-Aug-1997	East Rutherford, NJ	SUM'97	63	Note 11
45	Owen Hart	2	05-Oct-1997	St. Louis, MO	IYH18	35	Note 12
46	Steve Austin	2	09-Nov-1997	Montreal, QUE	SUR'97	29
47	The Rock	2	08-Dec-1997	Portland, ME	RIW	265	Note 13
48	Triple H	2	30-Aug-1998	New York, NY	SUM'98	40
	[Vacant]		09-Oct-1998			3	Note 14
49	Ken Shamrock	1	12-Oct-1998	Uniondale, NY	RIW	125	Note 15
50	Val Venis	1	14-Feb-1999	Memphis, TN	IYH27	29
51	Road Dogg	1	15-Mar-1999	San Jose, CA	RIW	14
52	Goldust	3	29-Mar-1999	East Rutherford, NJ	RIW	14
53	The Godfather	1	12-Apr-1999	Detroit, MI	RIW	43
54	Jeff Jarrett	4	25-May-1999	Moline, IL	RIW	60	Note 16
55	Edge	1	24-Jul-1999	Toronto, ONT		1
56	Jeff Jarrett	5	25-Jul-1999	Buffalo, NY	FL'99	2
57	D'Lo Brown	1	27-Jul-1999	Columbus, OH	RIW	20	Note 17
58	Jeff Jarrett	6	22-Aug-1999	Minneapolis, MN	SUM'99	56	Note 18
59	Chyna	1	17-Oct-1999	Cleveland, OH	NM'99	56
60	Chris Jericho	1	12-Dec-1999	Fort Lauderdale, FL	ARM	16
61	Chris Jericho/Chyna	1/2	28-Dec-1999	Richmond, VA	SMDN	26	Note 19
	Chris Jericho	2	23-Jan-2000	New York, NY	RR'00	35	Note 20
62	Kurt Angle	1	27-Feb-2000	Hartford, CT	NWO'00	35
63	Chris Benoit	1	02-Apr-2000	Anaheim, CA	WMXVI	30	Note 21
64	Chris Jericho	3	02-May-2000	Richmond, VA	SMDN	6	Note 22
65	Chris Benoit	2	08-May-2000	Uniondale, NY	RIW	42
66	Rikishi	1	20-Jun-2000	Memphis, TN	SMDN	14	Note 23
67	Val Venis	2	04-Jul-2000	Fort Lauderdale, FL	SMDN	55	Note 24
68	Chyna	3	27-Aug-2000	Raleigh, NC	SUM'00	8	Note 25
69	Eddie Guerrero	1	04-Sep-2000	Lexington, KY	RIW	78	Note 26
70	Billy Gunn	1	21-Nov-2000	Fort Lauderdale, FL	SMDN	19	Note 27
71	Chris Benoit	3	10-Dec-2000	Birmingham, AL	ARM'00	42
72	Chris Jericho	4	21-Jan-2001	New Orleans, LA	RR'01	72
73	Triple H	3	03-Apr-2001	Oklahoma City, OK	SMDN	7	Note 28
74	Jeff Hardy	1	10-Apr-2001	Philadelphia, PA	SMDN	6	Note 29
75	Triple H	4	16-Apr-2001	Knoxville, TN	RIW	34
76	Kane	1	20-May-2001	Sacramento, CA	JD'01	36
77	Albert	1	26-Jun-2001	New York, NY	SMDN	26	Note 30
78	Lance Storm	1	23-Jul-2001	Buffalo, NY	RIW	27
79	Edge	2	19-Aug-2001	San Jose, CA	SUM'01	35
80	Christian	1	23-Sep-2001	Pittsburgh, PA	UF'01	28
81	Edge	3	21-Oct-2001	St. Louis, MO	NM'01	15
82	Test	1	05-Nov-2001	Uniondale, NY	RAW	13
83	Edge	4	18-Nov-2001	Greensboro, NC	SUR'01	63	Note 31
84	William Regal	1	20-Jan-2002	Atlanta, GA	RR'02	56
85	Rob Van Dam	1	17-Mar-2002	Toronto, ONT	WMXVIII	35	Note 32
86	Eddie Guerrero	2	21-Apr-2002	Kansas City, MO	BKL'02	36
87	Rob Van Dam	2	27-May-2002	Edmonton, ALB	RAW	63	Note 33
88	Chris Benoit	4	29-Jul-2002		RAW	27
89	Rob Van Dam	3	25-Aug-2002	Uniondale, NY	SUM'02	22	Note 34
90	Chris Jericho	5	16-Sep-2002	Denver, CO	RAW	14
91	Kane	2	30-Sep-2002	Houston, TX	RAW	20
92	Triple H	5	20-Oct-2002	Little Rock, AR	NM'02	N/A
	[Retired]		20-Oct-2002	Little Rock, AR	NM'02	210	Note 35
93	Christian	2	18-May-2003	Charlotte, NC	JD'03	50	Note 36
94	Booker T	1	07-Jul-2003	Montreal, QUE	RAW	34
95	Christian	3	10-Aug-2003	Des Moines, IA		50
96	Rob Van Dam	4	29-Sep-2003	Chicago, IL	RAW	28	Note 37
97	Chris Jericho	6	27-Oct-2003	Fayetteville, NC	RAW	[10m]
98	Rob Van Dam	5	27-Oct-2003	Fayetteville, NC	RAW	48	Note 38
99	Randy Orton	1	14-Dec-2003	Orlando, FL	ARM'03	210
100	Edge	5	11-Jul-2004	Hartford, CT	VNG'04	57
	[Vacant]		06-Sep-2004	Wichita Falls, TX	RAW	6	Note 39
101	Chris Jericho	7	12-Sep-2004	Portland, OR	UF'04	37	Note 40
102	Shelton Benjamin	1	19-Oct-2004	Milwaukee, WI	TT'04	244
103	Carlito Caribbean Cool	1	20-Jun-2005	Phoenix, AZ	RAW	90
104	Ric Flair	1	18-Sep-2005	Oklahoma City, OK	UF'05	155
105	Shelton Benjamin	2	20-Feb-2006	Trenton, NJ	RAW	69
106	Rob Van Dam	6	30-Apr-2006	Lexington, KY	BKL'06	15
107	Shelton Benjamin	3	15-May-2006	Lubbock, TX	RAW	41	Note 41
108	Johnny Nitro	1	25-Jun-2006	Charlotte, NC	VNG'06	99	Note 42
109	Jeff Hardy	2	02-Oct-2006	Topeka, KS	RAW	35
110	Johnny Nitro	2	06-Nov-2006	Columbus, OH	RAW	7
111	Jeff Hardy	3	13-Nov-2006	Manchester, ENG	RAW	98
112	Umaga	1	19-Feb-2007	Bakersfield, CA	RAW	56
113	Santino Marella	1	16-Apr-2007	Milan, ITALY	RAW	77
114	Umaga	2	02-Jul-2007	Dallas, TX	RAW	62
115	Jeff Hardy	4	02-Sep-2007	Columbus, OH	RAW	190	Note 43
116	Chris Jericho	8	10-Mar-2008	Milwaukee, WI	RAW	111
117	Kofi Kingston	1	29-Jun-2008	Dallas, TX	NOC'08	49
118	Santino Marella	2	17-Aug-2008	Indianapolis, IN	SUM'08	85	Note 44
119	William Regal	2	10-Nov-2008	Manchester, ENG	RAW	70
120	CM Punk	1	19-Jan-2009	Rosemont, IL	RAW	49
121	John "Bradshaw" Layfield	1	09-Mar-2009	Jacksonville, FL	RAW	27
122	Rey Mysterio	1	05-Apr-2009	Houston, TX	WMXXV	63	Note 45
123	Chris Jericho	9	07-Jun-2009	New Orleans, LA	ER'09	21
123	Rey Mysterio	2	28-Jun-2009	Sacramento, CA	BSH'09	65
124	John Morrison	3	01-Sep-2009	Cleveland, OH	SMDN	103	Note 46
125	Drew McIntyre	1	13-Dec-2009	San Antonio, TX	TLC'09	161	Note 47
126	Kofi Kingston	2	23-May-2010	Detroit, MI	OTL'10	66
127	Dolph Ziggler	1	28-Jul-2010	Laredo, TX	SMDN	160	Note 48
128	Kofi Kingston	3	04-Jan-2011	Tucson, AZ	SMDN	77	Note 49
129	Wade Barrett	1	22-Mar-2011	Columbus, OH	SMDN	Champ	Note 50

Notes

1	Actual date uncertain. The May 2001 issue of WWF Magazine gave 15-Sep-1979 as the date. Pat Patterson supposedly defeated Ted DiBiase in a tournament final in Rio de Janeiro.
2	Ultimate Warrior vacated the title after he won the WWF World Heavyweight Championship.
3	Mr. Perfect defeated Tito Santana in the final of an eight-man tournament.
4	Michaels was stripped of the title for 'missing title defenses' according to WWF Magazine. That same night, Ramon defeated Rick Martel as the last two combatants in a Battle Royal.
5	Title was held up on 26-Apr-1995 due to a controversial decision with Bob Holly. That same night, Jeff Jarrett defeated Holly in a rematch.
6	Douglas was awarded the title via forfeit from the injured Michaels.
7	Savio Vega defeated Goldust illegally, vacating the title for one week.
8	Goldust defeated Savio Vega in the rematch.
9	Ahmed Johnson vacated the title due to kidney injuries.
10	Marc Mero defeated Faarooq Asad in the finals of a tournament.
11	Austin could not defend his title (08-Sep-1997), so WWF Commissioner Sgt. Slaughter started a tournament that very night to determine the new champ.
12	Owen Hart defeated Faarooq in the finals of the tournament.
13	The Rock was awarded the title when Austin refused to defend it.
14	HHH could not defend the title due to injuries.
15	A tournament was held, and Ken Shamrock defeated X-Pac in the finals
16	Match aired 31-May-1999.
17	Match aired 02-Aug-1999.
18	Jeff Jarrett won both the IC and European titles from D'Lo Brown.
19	Chris Jericho and Chyna pinned each other. Match aired on 30-Dec-1999. Stephanie McMahon, on the 03-Jan-2000 RIW, decided that they were co-champions.
20	Chris Jericho pinned Chyna in a triple threat match with Hardcore Holly.
21	Chris Benoit pinned Chris Jericho in a triple threat match with Kurt Angle.
22	Match aired on 04-May-2000.
23	Match aired on 22-Jun-2000.
24	Match aired on 06-Jul-2000.
25	Chyna pinned Trish Stratus in a mixed tag match between Chyna & Eddie Guerrero and Val Venis & Trish Stratus.
26	Guerrero pinned Chyna in a triple threat match with Kurt Angle.
27	Match aired 23-Nov-2000.
28	Match aired 05-Apr-2001.
29	Match aired 12-Apr-2001.
30	Match aired 28-Jun-2001.
31	Edge was the WCW U.S. Champion, and the two titles were unified.
32	On 25-Mar-2002, Rob Van Dam was drafted to Raw as part of the Brand Extension, taking the title with him.
33	On 22-Jul-2002, Rob Van Dam defeated European Champion Jeff Hardy in a ladder match on RAW, absorbing the European Championship.
34	On the 26-Aug-2002 episode of RAW, a hardcore match was held between Tommy Dreamer and Rob Van Dam. Whichever man won the match would be the IC Champion and the Hardcore Title would become extinct.
35	Kane wrestled Triple H title-for-title, winner-take-all. Triple H won, became the World and IC Champion, and the IC title was absorbed into the World Heavyweight Championship.
36	Christian won a battle royal, defeating Val Venis, Booker T, Chris Jericho, Test, Kane, Rob Van Dam, Lance Storm, and Goldust.
37	Defeated Christian in a ladder match.
38	Raw GM Steve Austin ordered an immediate rematch in a steel cage.
39	Raw GM Eric Bischoff stripped Edge due to an injury.
40	Chris Jericho defeated Christian in a ladder match.
41	Benjamin pinned Rob Van Dam in a handicap Texas tornado match in which both the WWE and Intercontinental Championships were on the line. RVD was teamed with John Cena against Triple H, Benjamin, and Chris Masters. If any of their opponents pinned them or caused them to submit, RVD or Cena would lose their respective title to that person.
42	Nitro pinned Benjamin in a Triple Threat match also involving Carlito.
43	Match aired on 03-Sep-2007.
44	Marella won the title in a tag team match with Beth Phoenix, who also won the Women's title by defeating Kofi Kingston & Mickie James.
45	Title switched brands when Mysterio was drafted to SmackDown on 13-Apr-2009.
46	Match aired on 04-Sep-2009.
47	On the 07-May episode (taped 04-May, N.Charleston, SC) GM Teddy Long stripped and suspended McIntyre, and even began a title tournament that night to crown a new champion (K.Kingston def. Dolph Ziggler via pinfall, Christian def. Cody Rhodes via pinfall). The next week on 14-May (taped 11-May, Buffalo, NY), Kofi even defeated Christian via pinfall in the "final". In the midst of his celebration, McIntyre returned with a letter from Vince McMahon, overruling Teddy Long and reinstating McIntyre as champion.
48	Match aired on 06-Aug-2010.
49	Match aired on 07-Jan-2011.
50	Match aired on 25-Mar-2011.

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