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</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above">WWE Intercontinental Championship</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="infobox-caption">The current WWE Intercontinental Championship belt with default side plates<br>(2024–present)</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ddd">Details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Promotion</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Brand</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Raw_(WWE_brand)" title="Raw (WWE brand)">Raw</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Date established</th><td class="infobox-data">September 1, 1979</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Current champion</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Dominik_Mysterio" title="Dominik Mysterio">Dominik Mysterio</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Date won</th><td class="infobox-data">April 20, 2025</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ddd">Other names</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align:left;">

<ul><li>WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship<br>(1979–1988)</li>

<li>WWF Intercontinental Championship<br>(1988–2002)</li>

<li><b>WWE Intercontinental Championship</b><br>(2002, 2003–present)</li></ul></div>

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<p>The <b>WWE Intercontinental Championship</b> is a men's <a href="Professional_wrestling" title="Professional wrestling">professional wrestling</a> <a href="Professional_wrestling_championship#Location-specific_championships" title="Professional wrestling championship">championship</a> created and promoted by the <a href="United_States" title="United States">American</a> <a href="Professional_wrestling_promotion" class="mw-redirect" title="Professional wrestling promotion">promotion</a> <a href="WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a>, defended on the <a href="Raw_(WWE_brand)" title="Raw (WWE brand)">Raw</a> <a href="WWE_brand_extension" title="WWE brand extension">brand division</a>. It is one of two secondary championships for WWE's main roster, along with the <a href="WWE_United_States_Championship" title="WWE United States Championship">WWE United States Championship</a> on <a href="SmackDown_(WWE_brand)" title="SmackDown (WWE brand)">SmackDown</a>. The current champion is <a href="Dominik_Mysterio" title="Dominik Mysterio">Dominik Mysterio</a>, who is in his first reign. He won the title by defeating previous champion <a href="Bron_Breakker" title="Bron Breakker">Bron Breakker</a>, <a href="Pentag%C3%B3n_Jr." title="Pentagón Jr.">Penta</a>, and <a href="Finn_B%C3%A1lor" title="Finn Bálor">Finn Bálor</a>, whom Mysterio pinned, in a <a href="Fatal_four-way_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Fatal four-way match">fatal four-way match</a> on Night 2 of <a href="WrestleMania_41" title="WrestleMania 41">WrestleMania 41</a> on April 20, 2025.

</p><p>The championship was established by the then-<a href="History_of_WWE#World_Wrestling_Federation" title="History of WWE">World Wrestling Federation</a> (WWF) on September 1, 1979, as a result of the <a href="WWF_North_American_Heavyweight_Championship" title="WWF North American Heavyweight Championship">WWF North American Heavyweight Championship</a> being <a href="Championship_unification" title="Championship unification">unified</a> with an apocryphal South American Heavyweight Championship,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with <a href="Pat_Patterson_(wrestler)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pat Patterson (wrestler)">Pat Patterson</a> as the inaugural champion. It is the third-oldest championship currently active in WWE, behind the <a href="WWE_Championship" title="WWE Championship">WWE Championship</a> (1963) and United States Championship (1975), but the second-longest tenured championship, as WWE has only owned the U.S. championship since 2001. Although generally contested in the <a href="Card_(sports)#Midcard" title="Card (sports)">midcard</a> at WWE shows, it has been defended in the main event of pay-per-views including <a href="WrestleMania_VI" title="WrestleMania VI">WrestleMania VI</a>, <a href="SummerSlam_(1992)" title="SummerSlam (1992)">SummerSlam in 1992</a>, the <a href="In_Your_House_3" title="In Your House 3">third</a> and <a href="In_Your_House_8%3A_Beware_of_Dog" title="In Your House 8: Beware of Dog">eighth</a> <a href="In_Your_House" title="In Your House">In Your House</a> shows, <a href="Backlash_(2001)" title="Backlash (2001)">Backlash in 2001</a>, and at <a href="Extreme_Rules_(2018)" title="Extreme Rules (2018)">Extreme Rules in 2018</a>. It has been called a "stepping stone" to a WWE world championship.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In November 2001, the then-<a href="World_Championship_Wrestling" title="World Championship Wrestling">WCW</a> United States Championship was unified into the Intercontinental Championship. In 2002, after the introduction of the first <a href="WWE_brand_extension" title="WWE brand extension">brand split</a>, it became exclusive to Raw and the WWF was <a href="History_of_WWE#World_Wrestling_Entertainment_/_WWE" title="History of WWE">renamed WWE</a>. Later that year, the <a href="WWE_European_Championship" title="WWE European Championship">European</a> and <a href="WWE_Hardcore_Championship" title="WWE Hardcore Championship">Hardcore</a> championships were unified into the Intercontinental Championship, which itself was unified into the <a href="World_Heavyweight_Championship_(WWE%2C_2002%E2%80%932013)" title="World Heavyweight Championship (WWE, 2002–2013)">World Heavyweight Championship (original version)</a>. The next year, it was reactivated for Raw, followed by the United States Championship's reactivation as a counterpart championship on SmackDown. The Intercontinental Championship has switched between brands over the years, usually as a result of the <a href="WWE_Draft" title="WWE Draft">WWE Draft</a>; the <a href="2023_WWE_Draft" title="2023 WWE Draft">2023 draft</a> moved the title back to Raw.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2></div>

<p>The term "intercontinental" in the title originally referred to <a href="North_America" title="North America">North</a> and <a href="South_America" title="South America">South America</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Patterson_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Patterson-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1985, the championship belt design changed, the centerplate now centered on the <a href="Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a>, in a map including western <a href="Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> and <a href="Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>. On April 7, 1989, the championship was first defended outside of North America, by <a href="Rick_Rude" title="Rick Rude">Rick Rude</a> against <a href="The_Ultimate_Warrior" title="The Ultimate Warrior">the Ultimate Warrior</a> in <a href="Turin%2C_Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="Turin, Italy">Turin, Italy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On March 30, 1991, <a href="Curt_Hennig" title="Curt Hennig">Mr. Perfect</a> made the first <a href="Asia" title="Asia">Asian</a> defense against <a href="Kerry_Von_Erich" title="Kerry Von Erich">The Texas Tornado</a> at a WWF co-promotion with <a href="Super_World_of_Sports" title="Super World of Sports">Super World of Sports</a> in <a href="Tokyo%2C_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Tokyo, Japan">Tokyo, Japan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It first came to Africa on April 6, 1997, when champion <a href="Dwayne_Johnson" title="Dwayne Johnson">Rocky Maivia</a> pinned <a href="Savio_Vega" title="Savio Vega">Savio Vega</a> in <a href="Durban%2C_South_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="Durban, South Africa">Durban, South Africa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="Shelton_Benjamin" title="Shelton Benjamin">Shelton Benjamin</a> made the first <a href="Australia" title="Australia">Australian</a> defense on April 7, 2005, pinning <a href="Gene_Snitsky" title="Gene Snitsky">Gene Snitsky</a> in <a href="Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>

<p><a href="WWF_North_American_Heavyweight_Champion" class="mw-redirect" title="WWF North American Heavyweight Champion">WWF North American Heavyweight Champion</a> <a href="Pat_Patterson" title="Pat Patterson">Pat Patterson</a> became the inaugural champion on September 1, 1979. It was said he had <a href="Championship_unification" title="Championship unification">unified</a> his title with the South American Heavyweight Championship, in a tournament in <a href="Rio_de_Janeiro" title="Rio de Janeiro">Rio de Janeiro</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Patterson_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Patterson-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although both the tournament and South American Championship were entirely fictional.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>On April 1, 1990, at <a href="WrestleMania_VI" title="WrestleMania VI">WrestleMania VI</a>, Intercontinental Champion <a href="The_Ultimate_Warrior" title="The Ultimate Warrior">the Ultimate Warrior</a> defeated <a href="WWE_Championship" title="WWE Championship">WWF Champion</a> <a href="Hulk_Hogan" title="Hulk Hogan">Hulk Hogan</a> to win the world title; so the Intercontinental Championship was <a href="Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Vacant" title="Glossary of professional wrestling terms">vacated</a> for the first time soon after.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="Curt_Hennig" title="Curt Hennig">Mr. Perfect</a> then won a tournament to crown a new Intercontinental Champion.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<p>On October 17, 1999, <a href="Chyna" title="Chyna">Chyna</a> became the only woman to hold the Intercontinental Championship by defeating <a href="Jeff_Jarrett" title="Jeff Jarrett">Jeff Jarrett</a> at <a href="No_Mercy_(1999)" title="No Mercy (1999)">No Mercy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-only299_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-only299-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the <a href="WWE#World_Wrestling_Federation_Entertainment,_Inc._(1999–2002)" title="WWE">World Wrestling Federation</a>'s (WWF) purchase of <a href="World_Championship_Wrestling" title="World Championship Wrestling">World Championship Wrestling</a> (WCW) in March 2001,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the title was <a href="Championship_unification" title="Championship unification">unified</a> with the <a href="WWE_United_States_Championship" title="WWE United States Championship">WCW United States Championship</a> at <a href="Survivor_Series_(2001)" title="Survivor Series (2001)">Survivor Series</a>, causing the United States Championship to become inactive. Then-United States Champion <a href="Edge_(wrestler)" title="Edge (wrestler)">Edge</a> defeated then-Intercontinental Champion <a href="Test_(wrestler)" title="Test (wrestler)">Test</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In 2002, after the first <a href="WWE_brand_extension" title="WWE brand extension">brand split</a> had begun and the WWF was renamed WWE, Raw general manager <a href="Eric_Bischoff" title="Eric Bischoff">Eric Bischoff</a> began unifying his brand's singles championships. On July 22, 2002, the Intercontinental Championship was <a href="Championship_unification" title="Championship unification">unified</a> with the <a href="WWE_European_Championship" title="WWE European Championship">European Championship</a> in a <a href="Ladder_match" title="Ladder match">ladder match</a>, in which then-Intercontinental Champion <a href="Rob_Van_Dam" title="Rob Van Dam">Rob Van Dam</a> defeated then-European Champion <a href="Jeff_Hardy" title="Jeff Hardy">Jeff Hardy</a>. On August 19, 2002, Bischoff made a six-minute gauntlet match for the <a href="WWE_Hardcore_Championship" title="WWE Hardcore Championship">Hardcore Championship</a>, with the winner facing Van Dam in a second unification match the next week on <i><a href="WWE_Raw" title="WWE Raw">Raw</a></i>. <a href="Tommy_Dreamer" title="Tommy Dreamer">Tommy Dreamer</a> successfully retained his title in that match, and lost to Van Dam in a hardcore match the next week.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result of the victories over Hardy and Dreamer, Van Dam is regarded as the last European and Hardcore champion in WWE history; these were his first and fourth reigns with those respective titles.<sup id="cite_ref-RVD1_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RVD1-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 30, 2002, Bischoff scheduled a match to unify the Intercontinental Championship with the recently created Raw-exclusive <a href="World_Heavyweight_Championship_(WWE%2C_2002%E2%80%932013)" title="World Heavyweight Championship (WWE, 2002–2013)">World Heavyweight Championship</a>. The unification match took place at <a href="No_Mercy_(2002)" title="No Mercy (2002)">No Mercy</a> the following month and saw then-World Heavyweight Champion <a href="Triple_H" title="Triple H">Triple H</a> defeat then-Intercontinental Champion <a href="Kane_(wrestler)" title="Kane (wrestler)">Kane</a>, making him the Raw brand's sole male singles champion.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<p>Over Bischoff's objections, Raw co-general manager <a href="Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin" title="Stone Cold Steve Austin">Stone Cold Steve Austin</a> reactivated the Intercontinental Championship on the May 5, 2003 episode of <i>Raw</i> and declared any former champion on the Raw roster eligible to enter a battle royal at <a href="Judgment_Day_(2003)" title="Judgment Day (2003)">Judgment Day</a> for the title. <a href="Christian_Cage" title="Christian Cage">Christian</a> won the battle royal to win the championship and restore a secondary singles title for Raw wrestlers to compete for. Eventually, WWE did the same thing for SmackDown and created a separate set of titles for that brand; for its secondary title, SmackDown reactivated the <a href="WWE_United_States_Championship" title="WWE United States Championship">United States Championship</a> that had been unified with the Intercontinental Championship in 2001, placing the WWE name on it while claiming the lineage of the old WCW title of the same name (much as they did with the <a href="WWE_Cruiserweight_Championship_(1991%E2%80%932007)" class="mw-redirect" title="WWE Cruiserweight Championship (1991–2007)">Cruiserweight Championship</a> when that became WWE exclusive).

</p><p>On May 31, 2015, the championship was contested in an <a href="Elimination_Chamber" title="Elimination Chamber">Elimination Chamber</a> match for the first time.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<p>In July 2016, WWE reintroduced the brand split. During the <a href="2016_WWE_draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 WWE draft">2016 draft</a>, then-Intercontinental Champion The Miz was drafted to SmackDown. Just days later, he successfully defended the title against Raw draftee <a href="Darren_Young" class="mw-redirect" title="Darren Young">Darren Young</a> at <a href="Battleground_(2016)" title="Battleground (2016)">Battleground</a>, making the title exclusive to SmackDown. During the following year's <a href="2017_WWE_Superstar_Shake-up" title="2017 WWE Superstar Shake-up">Superstar Shake-up</a>, Intercontinental Champion <a href="Jon_Moxley" title="Jon Moxley">Dean Ambrose</a> was moved to the Raw brand, making the title exclusive to Raw. Two years later during the <a href="2019_WWE_Superstar_Shake-up" title="2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up">2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up</a>, Intercontinental Champion <a href="Finn_B%C3%A1lor" title="Finn Bálor">Finn Bálor</a> moved to SmackDown, making the title exclusive back to SmackDown. Later that year, the <a href="NXT_(WWE_brand)" title="NXT (WWE brand)">NXT</a> brand, WWE's <a href="Farm_team" title="Farm team">developmental territory</a>, became WWE's third major brand when it was moved to the <a href="USA_Network" title="USA Network">USA Network</a> in September, thus making the <a href="NXT_North_American_Championship" title="NXT North American Championship">NXT North American Championship</a> a third secondary title in WWE.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, this recognition was reversed when NXT reverted to being WWE's developmental brand in September 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In late 2024, the WWE introduced the <a href="WWE_Women's_Intercontinental_Championship" title="WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship">women's counterpart</a> to the Intercontinental Championship.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Belt_design">Belt design</h2></div>

<p>The 1985 version of the Intercontinental Championship belt, designed by <a href="Reggie_Parks" title="Reggie Parks">Reggie Parks</a>, consisted of a gold center plate featuring a blue globe, with the red WWF block logo on top which was later changed to gold. On the top ribbon of the belt it read "INTERCONTINENTAL" with the three stars on each side, while the bottom inscription read "HEAVYWEIGHT WRESTLING CHAMPION". The championship belt also had four identical side plates. Like the main WWF Championship, the strap could be changed to a custom color such as yellow worn by <a href="The_Ultimate_Warrior" title="The Ultimate Warrior">The Ultimate Warrior</a> and blue worn by <a href="Shawn_Michaels" title="Shawn Michaels">Shawn Michaels</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In 1997, after Stone Cold Steve Austin won the title, the Intercontinental Championship was redesigned after he threw the previous belt into a river. The belt originally had a purple strap and the WWF block logo, but was later redesigned again with a black strap and the WWF scratch logo. The center plate was oval shaped and featured an oval shaped world map with the company's logo in the center. On the top it had six faux diamonds and the inscription initially read "World Wrestling Federation" while the bottom had two texts reading "INTERCONTINENTAL" on the ribbon and "CHAMPION" on the bottom. Each of the four side plates represented the continents: the first plate contained the WWF logo and the text <a href="Antarctica" title="Antarctica">Antarctica</a>, the second plate read <a href="Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a> and <a href="Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a>, while the third plate represented the <a href="Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a> (<a href="North_America" title="North America">North America</a> and <a href="South_America" title="South America">South America</a>) and the fourth plate read <a href="Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a> and <a href="Oceania" title="Oceania">Australia</a>. The belt's design was modified after the company's name change in 2002 from WWF to WWE, replacing the text with "World Wrestling Entertainment" accordingly.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<p>On October 2, 2011, at <a href="Hell_in_a_Cell_(2011)" title="Hell in a Cell (2011)">Hell in a Cell</a>, <a href="Cody_Rhodes" title="Cody Rhodes">Cody Rhodes</a> reintroduced a modified version of Parks' 1985–1997 championship belt design with the white strap, with the modern WWE "scratch logo" and other embellishments.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 18, 2014, the Intercontinental Championship belt, along with all other existing championship belts in WWE at the time, received a minor update, replacing the longstanding scratch logo with WWE's current logo that was originally used for the <a href="WWE_Network" title="WWE Network">WWE Network</a> that launched earlier that year in February.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p>

<p>On the November 22, 2019, episode of <i>SmackDown</i>, <a href="Sami_Zayn" title="Sami Zayn">Sami Zayn</a> presented a new belt design to champion <a href="Shinsuke_Nakamura" title="Shinsuke Nakamura">Shinsuke Nakamura</a>. The redesigned Intercontinental Championship returned to being on a black leather strap with an entirely new center plate with an irregular shape. The center portion of the center plate features an oval-shape. The top half of the oval says "Intercontinental" and the bottom half says "Champion"; the word "Heavyweight" sits in a banner on the inner side of the oval above the word "Champion". At the center of the oval is a diamond shape, representing a <a href="Wrestling_ring" title="Wrestling ring">wrestling ring</a> viewed from above, with the WWE logo over a globe. On the sides of the center, plate is two halves of the globe. The left side features the continents of North and South America as well as Africa and Europe, while the globe on the left shows Asia and Australia; both globes show a portion of Antarctica. The rest of the center plate is filled with ornamentation. Like all of WWE's other championships, the belt features two side plates with a removable center section that can be customized with the champion's logos; the default side plates consist of the WWE logo over a globe.<sup id="cite_ref-SmackDown11222019_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SmackDown11222019-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the September 30, 2024, episode of <i>Raw</i>, upon <a href="Jey_Uso" title="Jey Uso">Jey Uso</a> winning the championship from <a href="Bron_Breakker" title="Bron Breakker">Bron Breakker</a> the week prior, the championship received a minor update by adding blue on the globes on the centerplate.

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Brand_designation_history">Brand designation history</h2></div>

<p>Following the <a href="WWE_brand_extension" title="WWE brand extension">brand split</a> on March 25, 2002, all titles in WWE became exclusive to either the Raw brand or SmackDown brand. The brand split was discontinued on August 29, 2011, and revived on July 19, 2016. The following is a list of dates indicating the transitions of the Intercontinental Championship between the Raw and SmackDown brands.

</p>

<th>Date of transition</th>

<th>Brand</th>

<th>Notes

</th></tr>

<tr>

<td>March 25, 2002

</td>

</td>

<td>WWF Intercontinental Champion <a href="Rob_Van_Dam" title="Rob Van Dam">Rob Van Dam</a> was drafted to <a href="Raw_(WWE_brand)" title="Raw (WWE brand)">Raw</a> during the <a href="2002_WWF_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2002 WWF Draft">2002 WWF Draft</a>.<br>In May 2002, the WWF was renamed to WWE.<br>The <a href="WWE_European_Championship" title="WWE European Championship">European Championship</a> was unified into the Intercontinental Championship on July 22.

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>July 30, 2002

</td>

<td style="background-color:#bbf;"><a href="SmackDown_(WWE_brand)" title="SmackDown (WWE brand)">SmackDown!</a>

</td>

<td>Intercontinental Champion <a href="Chris_Benoit" title="Chris Benoit">Chris Benoit</a> was moved to <a href="SmackDown_(WWE_brand)" title="SmackDown (WWE brand)">SmackDown!</a>.

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>August 25, 2002

</td>

</td>

<td>The Intercontinental Championship was returned to <a href="Raw_(WWE_brand)" title="Raw (WWE brand)">Raw</a> after <a href="Rob_Van_Dam" title="Rob Van Dam">Rob Van Dam</a> defeated <a href="Chris_Benoit" title="Chris Benoit">Chris Benoit</a> to win back the title.<br>The <a href="WWE_Hardcore_Championship" title="WWE Hardcore Championship">Hardcore Championship</a> was unified into the Intercontinental Championship on August 26.

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>October 20, 2002

</td>

<td>N/A

</td>

<td>At <a href="No_Mercy_(2002)" title="No Mercy (2002)">No Mercy</a>, <a href="Triple_H" title="Triple H">Triple H</a> defeated <a href="Kane_(wrestler)" title="Kane (wrestler)">Kane</a> to unify the Intercontinental Championship into the <a href="World_Heavyweight_Championship_(WWE%2C_2002%E2%80%932013)" title="World Heavyweight Championship (WWE, 2002–2013)">World Heavyweight Championship</a>. The Intercontinental Championship was subsequently deactivated.

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>May 5, 2003

</td>

</td>

<td>Raw co-general manager <a href="Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin" title="Stone Cold Steve Austin">Stone Cold Steve Austin</a> reactivated the Intercontinental Championship.<br>The <a href="WWE_United_States_Championship" title="WWE United States Championship">United States Championship</a> was reactivated for <a href="SmackDown_(WWE_brand)" title="SmackDown (WWE brand)">SmackDown!</a> in July 2003 as the Intercontinental Championship's counterpart.

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>April 13, 2009

</td>

<td style="background-color:#bbf;"><a href="SmackDown_(WWE_brand)" title="SmackDown (WWE brand)">SmackDown</a>

</td>

<td>Intercontinental Champion <a href="Rey_Mysterio" title="Rey Mysterio">Rey Mysterio</a> was drafted to <a href="SmackDown_(WWE_brand)" title="SmackDown (WWE brand)">SmackDown</a> during the <a href="2009_WWE_Draft" title="2009 WWE Draft">2009 WWE Draft</a>.

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>August 29, 2011

</td>

<td>N/A

</td>

<td>End of first brand split.<br>The Intercontinental Champion could appear on both <i><a href="WWE_Raw" title="WWE Raw">Raw</a></i> and <i><a href="WWE_SmackDown" title="WWE SmackDown">SmackDown</a></i>.

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>July 19, 2016

</td>

<td style="background-color:#bbf;"><a href="SmackDown_(WWE_brand)" title="SmackDown (WWE brand)">SmackDown</a>

</td>

<td>Reintroduction of the brand split.<br>Intercontinental Champion <a href="The_Miz" title="The Miz">The Miz</a> was drafted to <a href="SmackDown_(WWE_brand)" title="SmackDown (WWE brand)">SmackDown</a> during the <a href="2016_WWE_Draft" title="2016 WWE Draft">2016 WWE Draft</a>.

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>April 10, 2017

</td>

</td>

<td>Intercontinental Champion <a href="Jon_Moxley" title="Jon Moxley">Dean Ambrose</a> was moved to <a href="Raw_(WWE_brand)" title="Raw (WWE brand)">Raw</a> during the <a href="2017_WWE_Superstar_Shake-up" title="2017 WWE Superstar Shake-up">2017 WWE Superstar Shake-up</a>.

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>April 16, 2019

</td>

<td style="background-color:#bbf;"><a href="SmackDown_(WWE_brand)" title="SmackDown (WWE brand)">SmackDown</a>

</td>

<td>Intercontinental Champion <a href="Finn_B%C3%A1lor" title="Finn Bálor">Finn Bálor</a> was moved to <a href="SmackDown_(WWE_brand)" title="SmackDown (WWE brand)">SmackDown</a> during the <a href="2019_WWE_Superstar_Shake-up" title="2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up">2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up</a>.

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>May 8, 2023

</td>

</td>

<td>Intercontinental Champion <a href="Gunther_(wrestler)" title="Gunther (wrestler)">Gunther</a> was drafted to <a href="Raw_(WWE_brand)" title="Raw (WWE brand)">Raw</a> during the <a href="2023_WWE_Draft" title="2023 WWE Draft">2023 WWE Draft</a>.

</td></tr></tbody></table>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tournaments">Tournaments</h2></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="WWF_Intercontinental_Heavyweight_Championship_Tournament_(1990)">WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship Tournament (1990)</h3></div>

<p>The WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship Tournament was a tournament to decide a new WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion after previous champion <a href="The_Ultimate_Warrior" title="The Ultimate Warrior">Ultimate Warrior</a> was required to vacate the title after he defeated <a href="Hulk_Hogan" title="Hulk Hogan">Hulk Hogan</a> for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship at <a href="WrestleMania_VI" title="WrestleMania VI">WrestleMania VI</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-prowrestlinghistory.com_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prowrestlinghistory.com-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p>

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</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Semifinals

</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Final

</td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="width:1px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:11em"> </td><td style="width:2em"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:11em"> </td><td style="width:2em"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:11em"> </td><td style="width:2em"> </td><td style="width:1px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="Tito_Santana" title="Tito Santana">Tito Santana</a></b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">CO

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="One_Man_Gang" title="One Man Gang">Akeem</a>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Tito Santana</b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center">

</td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">BYE

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="Brutus_Beefcake" title="Brutus Beefcake">Brutus Beefcake</a>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">DCO

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="Dino_Bravo" title="Dino Bravo">Dino Bravo</a>

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</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Tito Santana

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8" style="text-align:center">

</td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Mr. Perfect</b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">Pin

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="Curt_Hennig" title="Curt Hennig">Mr. Perfect</a></b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">Pin

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="8" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="Jimmy_Snuka" title="Jimmy Snuka">Jimmy Snuka</a>

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</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Mr. Perfect</b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center">

</td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">BYE

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="Roddy_Piper" title="Roddy Piper">Roddy Piper</a>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">DDQ

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="Rick_Martel" title="Rick Martel">Rick Martel</a>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">

</td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr></tbody></table>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="WWF_Intercontinental_Championship_Tournament_(1996)">WWF Intercontinental Championship Tournament (1996)</h3></div>

<p>The WWF Intercontinental Championship Tournament was a tournament to decide a new WWF Intercontinental Champion after previous champion <a href="Ahmed_Johnson" title="Ahmed Johnson">Ahmed Johnson</a> forfeited the title. He suffered (<a href="Kayfabe" title="Kayfabe">kayfabe</a>) injuries to both kidneys when he was attacked by the debuting <a href="Faarooq" class="mw-redirect" title="Faarooq">Faarooq</a> after winning an 11-man battle royal.<sup id="cite_ref-prowrestlinghistory.com_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prowrestlinghistory.com-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p>

<table cellpadding="0" style="border-style:none;font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;margin:1em 2em 1em 1em"><tbody><tr><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Quarterfinals

</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Semifinals

</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Final

</td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="width:1px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:11em"> </td><td style="width:2em"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:11em"> </td><td style="width:2em"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:11em"> </td><td style="width:2em"> </td><td style="width:1px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="Owen_Hart" title="Owen Hart">Owen Hart</a></b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">CO

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="Davey_Boy_Smith" title="Davey Boy Smith">The British Bulldog</a>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">8/19

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Owen Hart

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">9/16

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center">

</td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Marc Mero</b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">Pin

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="Marc_Mero" title="Marc Mero">Marc Mero</a></b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">DQ

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin" title="Stone Cold Steve Austin">Stone Cold Steve Austin</a>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">8/19

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Marc Mero</b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">Pin

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8" style="text-align:center">

</td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Faarooq

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">9/23

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="Sid_Eudy" title="Sid Eudy">Sycho Sid</a></b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">8/19

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="8" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="Triple_H" title="Triple H">Hunter Hearst Helmsley</a>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">Pin

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Sycho Sid

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">9/16

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center">

</td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Faarooq</b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">DQ

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="Ron_Simmons" title="Ron Simmons">Faarooq</a></b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">Pin

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="Savio_Vega" title="Savio Vega">Savio Vega</a>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">8/19

</td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr></tbody></table>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="WWF_Intercontinental_Championship_Tournament_(1997)">WWF Intercontinental Championship Tournament (1997)</h3></div>

<p>The tournament to determine the new WWF Intercontinental Champion after former champion <a href="Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin" title="Stone Cold Steve Austin">Stone Cold Steve Austin</a> forfeited the belt after his neck injury. The tournament was held between September 8 and October 5, 1997, with the finals occurring on October 5 at the pay-per-view. The tournament brackets were:

</p>

<table cellpadding="0" style="border-style:none;font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;margin:1em 2em 1em 1em"><tbody><tr><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Quarterfinals

</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Semifinals

</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Finals

</td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="width:1px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:1px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="Brian_Pillman" title="Brian Pillman">Brian Pillman</a></b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">DQ

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="Dude_Love" class="mw-redirect" title="Dude Love">Dude Love</a>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Brian Pillman

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center">

</td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Owen Hart</b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">DQ

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="Owen_Hart" title="Owen Hart">Owen Hart</a></b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">DQ

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="Goldust" class="mw-redirect" title="Goldust">Goldust</a>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Owen Hart</b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">Pin

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8" style="text-align:center">

</td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Faarooq

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="Faarooq" class="mw-redirect" title="Faarooq">Faarooq</a></b><sup>1</sup>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="8" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="Ken_Shamrock" title="Ken Shamrock">Ken Shamrock</a>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Faarooq</b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">DQ

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center">

</td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Ahmed Johnson

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="Ahmed_Johnson" title="Ahmed Johnson">Ahmed Johnson</a></b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">Pin

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="Rocky_Maivia" class="mw-redirect" title="Rocky Maivia">Rocky Maivia</a>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">

</td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p><b>Notes:</b><br>

<sup>1</sup> <span style="font-size: 85%;">Ken Shamrock initially won the match. But he was injured so Faarooq advanced.</span>

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="WWF_Intercontinental_Championship_Tournament_(1998)">WWF Intercontinental Championship Tournament (1998)</h3></div>

<p>The WWF Intercontinental Championship Tournament was a tournament to decide a new WWF Intercontinental Champion after previous champion <a href="Triple_H" title="Triple H">Triple H</a> vacated the title due to injury.<sup id="cite_ref-prowrestlinghistory.com_32-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prowrestlinghistory.com-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p>

<table cellpadding="0" style="border-style:none;font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;margin:1em 2em 1em 1em"><tbody><tr><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Quarterfinals

</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Semifinals

</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Final

</td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="width:1px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:11em"> </td><td style="width:2em"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:11em"> </td><td style="width:2em"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:11em"> </td><td style="width:2em"> </td><td style="width:1px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="Ken_Shamrock" title="Ken Shamrock">Ken Shamrock</a></b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">Sub

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="Steve_Blackman" title="Steve Blackman">Steve Blackman</a>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="Ken_Shamrock" title="Ken Shamrock">Ken Shamrock</a></b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">Sub

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center">

</td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="Val_Venis" title="Val Venis">Val Venis</a>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="Val_Venis" title="Val Venis">Val Venis</a></b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">Pin

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="Marc_Mero" title="Marc Mero">Marc Mero</a>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="Ken_Shamrock" title="Ken Shamrock">Ken Shamrock</a></b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">Sub

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8" style="text-align:center">

</td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="Sean_Waltman" title="Sean Waltman">X-Pac</a>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="Sean_Waltman" title="Sean Waltman">X-Pac</a></b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">Pin

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="8" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="Jeff_Jarrett" title="Jeff Jarrett">Jeff Jarrett</a>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="Sean_Waltman" title="Sean Waltman">X-Pac</a></b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">Pin

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center">

</td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="Mick_Foley" title="Mick Foley">Mankind</a>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="Mick_Foley" title="Mick Foley">Mankind</a></b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">Sub

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="Mark_Henry" title="Mark Henry">Mark Henry</a>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">

</td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr></tbody></table>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="WWE_Intercontinental_Championship_#1_Contender's_Tournament_(2008)">WWE Intercontinental Championship #1 Contender's Tournament (2008)</h3></div>

<p>A tournament was announced to crown a new #1 contender for <a href="William_Regal" title="William Regal">William Regal</a>'s WWE Intercontinental Championship. <a href="CM_Punk" title="CM Punk">CM Punk</a> won the tournament by defeating <a href="Rey_Mysterio" title="Rey Mysterio">Rey Mysterio</a> in the tournament final at Armageddon.<sup id="cite_ref-punk1_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-punk1-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p>

<table cellpadding="0" style="border-style:none;font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;margin:1em 2em 1em 1em"><tbody><tr><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Round 1

</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Semifinals

</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Finals

</td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="width:1px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:100px"> </td><td style="width:30px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:100px"> </td><td style="width:30px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:100px"> </td><td style="width:30px"> </td><td style="width:1px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="Kofi_Kingston" title="Kofi Kingston">Kofi Kingston</a></b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">DQ

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="Kane_(wrestler)" title="Kane (wrestler)">Kane</a>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Kofi Kingston

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center">

</td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Rey Mysterio</b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">Pin

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="Rey_Mysterio" title="Rey Mysterio">Rey Mysterio</a></b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">Pin

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="The_Miz" title="The Miz">The Miz</a>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Rey Mysterio

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8" style="text-align:center">

</td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>CM Punk</b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">Pin

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="John_Morrison_(wrestler)" title="John Morrison (wrestler)">John Morrison</a></b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">Pin

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="8" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="Dave_Finlay" class="mw-redirect" title="Dave Finlay">Finlay</a>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">John Morrison

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center">

</td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>CM Punk</b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">Pin

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="CM_Punk" title="CM Punk">CM Punk</a></b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">Pin

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="Snitsky" class="mw-redirect" title="Snitsky">Snitsky</a>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">

</td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr></tbody></table>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="WWE_Intercontinental_Championship_Tournament_(2010)">WWE Intercontinental Championship Tournament (2010)</h3></div>

<p>The WWE Intercontinental Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown a new Intercontinental Champion. On May 7, 2010, after failed attempts of getting Intercontinental Champion <a href="Drew_McIntyre" title="Drew McIntyre">Drew McIntyre</a> to stop attacking <a href="Matt_Hardy" title="Matt Hardy">Matt Hardy</a>, Smackdown General Manager Theodore Long fired McIntyre and vacated the title. The following week, <a href="Kofi_Kingston" title="Kofi Kingston">Kofi Kingston</a> won a tournament to become the new champion, but Mr. McMahon reverted Long's decision. Due to the decision by Mr. McMahon, the vacancy of the title and Kingston's championship win are not recognized as WWE continued to recognize McIntyre as champion during that period.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At <a href="Over_the_Limit_(2010)" title="Over the Limit (2010)">Over the Limit</a>, Kingston defeated McIntyre to win his second official Intercontinental Championship.

</p>

<table cellpadding="0" style="border-style:none;font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;margin:1em 2em 1em 1em"><tbody><tr><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Semifinals

</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Final

</td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="width:1px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:1px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">1

</td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="Kofi_Kingston" title="Kofi Kingston">Kofi Kingston</a></b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">Pin

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">4

</td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="Dolph_Ziggler" title="Dolph Ziggler">Dolph Ziggler</a>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">11:15

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Kofi Kingston</b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">Pin

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center">

</td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Christian

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">8:43

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">3

</td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="Christian_Cage" title="Christian Cage">Christian</a></b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">Pin

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">2

</td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="Cody_Rhodes" title="Cody Rhodes">Cody Rhodes</a>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">12:15

</td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr></tbody></table>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="WWE_Intercontinental_Championship_Tournament_(2020)">WWE Intercontinental Championship Tournament (2020)</h3></div>

<p>On May 12, 2020, the Intercontinental Championship was declared vacant after champion <a href="Sami_Zayn" title="Sami Zayn">Sami Zayn</a> elected to refrain from competing during the <a href="COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>. A tournament to crown a new champion was then set to begin on the May 15 episode of <i>SmackDown</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p>

<table cellpadding="0" style="border-style:none;font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;margin:1em 2em 1em 1em"><tbody><tr><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)"><b>First round</b><br> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><i>SmackDown</i>, May 15–22</span>

</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)"><b>Semifinals</b><br> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><i>SmackDown</i>, May 29</span>

</td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)"><b>Final</b><br> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><i>SmackDown</i>, June 8 (aired June 12)</span>

</td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="width:1px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:1px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="Bryan_Danielson" title="Bryan Danielson">Daniel Bryan</a></b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">Sub

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="Drew_Gulak" title="Drew Gulak">Drew Gulak</a>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">9:40

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Daniel Bryan</b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">Pin

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center">

</td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Sheamus†

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">13:11

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="Jeff_Hardy" title="Jeff Hardy">Jeff Hardy</a></b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">Pin

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="Sheamus" title="Sheamus">Sheamus</a>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">11:17

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Daniel Bryan

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">37:58

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8" style="text-align:center">

</td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>AJ Styles</b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">Pin

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="Elias_(wrestler)" title="Elias (wrestler)">Elias</a></b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">Pin

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="8" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="Baron_Corbin" title="Baron Corbin">King Corbin</a>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">13:03

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="Bye_(sports)" title="Bye (sports)">Bye</a>†

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center">

</td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>AJ Styles</b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="A.J._Styles" class="mw-redirect" title="A.J. Styles">AJ Styles</a></b>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">Pin

</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="Shinsuke_Nakamura" title="Shinsuke Nakamura">Shinsuke Nakamura</a>

</td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">9:48

</td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p>† Neither Jeff Hardy nor Elias were able to compete in the semifinals, as Elias was (<a href="Kayfabe" title="Kayfabe">kayfabe</a>) injured in a car crash and Hardy was accused of causing it and arrested. AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan were given the option of having a <a href="Bye_(sports)" title="Bye (sports)">bye</a> in the tournament. Styles opted for the bye to automatically advance to the final on June 12 while Bryan opted to have a new opponent; Sheamus subsequently won a <a href="Battle_royal_(professional_wrestling)" title="Battle royal (professional wrestling)">battle royal</a> to qualify for the vacant spot in the semifinals against Bryan that night.

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reigns">Reigns</h2></div>

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<p>The inaugural champion was <a href="Pat_Patterson_(wrestler)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pat Patterson (wrestler)">Pat Patterson</a> who, as the <a href="WWF_North_American_Heavyweight_Champion" class="mw-redirect" title="WWF North American Heavyweight Champion">WWF North American Heavyweight Champion</a> in September 1979 was also declared "South American Heavyweight Champion" after allegedly winning a tournament in <a href="Rio_de_Janeiro" title="Rio de Janeiro">Rio de Janeiro</a>. Patterson <a href="Championship_unification#Professional_wrestling" title="Championship unification">unified</a> the two championships into the Intercontinental Championship. Since then, there have been 188 reigns among 92 different champions. <a href="Chris_Jericho" title="Chris Jericho">Chris Jericho</a> has the most reigns with nine. At 666 days, <a href="Gunther_(wrestler)" title="Gunther (wrestler)">Gunther</a>'s reign is the longest in the title's history, both as a singular reign and for most cumulative days as champion. Prior to his reign, <a href="Pedro_Morales" title="Pedro Morales">Pedro Morales</a> had the longest combined reign at 619 days over two reigns, and held this record for over 41 years. <a href="Shane_Douglas" title="Shane Douglas">Dean Douglas</a> had the shortest reign at just 13 minutes and 52 seconds. <a href="Chyna" title="Chyna">Chyna</a> is the only woman to win the title. The youngest champion was <a href="Jeff_Hardy" title="Jeff Hardy">Jeff Hardy</a>, who won the championship for the first time at the age of 23, while the oldest champion was <a href="Ric_Flair" title="Ric Flair">Ric Flair</a>, who won the championship at the age of 56. There have been 10 vacancies throughout the title's history.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Only five men have held the title for a continuous reign of one year (365 days) or more: Pedro Morales, <a href="Don_Muraco" title="Don Muraco">Don Muraco</a>, <a href="Randy_Savage" title="Randy Savage">Randy Savage</a>, <a href="The_Honky_Tonk_Man" title="The Honky Tonk Man">The Honky Tonk Man</a>, and Gunther.

</p><p><a href="Dominik_Mysterio" title="Dominik Mysterio">Dominik Mysterio</a> is the current champion in his first reign. He won the title by defeating previous

champion <a href="Bron_Breakker" title="Bron Breakker">Bron Breakker</a>, <a href="Pentag%C3%B3n_Jr." title="Pentagón Jr.">Penta</a>, and <a href="Finn_B%C3%A1lor" title="Finn Bálor">Finn Bálor</a>, whom Mysterio pinned, in a <a href="Fatal_four-way_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Fatal four-way match">fatal four-way match</a> on Night 2 of <a href="WrestleMania_41" title="WrestleMania 41">WrestleMania 41</a> on April 20, 2025, in <a href="Paradise%2C_Nevada" title="Paradise, Nevada">Paradise, Nevada</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WM41N2_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WM41N2-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2></div>

<p>The Intercontinental Championship's early years have been praised. Samuel Kendall of <i><a href="Comic_Book_Resources" title="Comic Book Resources">Comic Book Resources</a></i> lauded the championship during this era, stating: "It was a foregone conclusion that the Intercontinental Champion was the workhorse of the company and the next in line for the World Heavyweight Championship".<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kendall_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kendall-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Steve Cook of <i>411Mania</i> wrote that "nearly anybody that was a big deal in WWE held the championship at some point."<sup id="cite_ref-cook_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cook-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Steve Austin said he considered the Intercontinental Championship to be as important as the world titles and he remains in possession of the physical belt that represented the championship during his reign because of its historical importance.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Throughout the 2010s, WWE was criticized for its booking of the Intercontinental Champions, with champions either not defending during long periods of time or losing in many of their non-title matches. Chris Jericho said that WWE promoter <a href="Vince_McMahon" title="Vince McMahon">Vince McMahon</a> told him that "nobody fucking cares about the Intercontinental Championship" after he asked to be placed in a match for the title at <a href="WrestleMania_29" title="WrestleMania 29">WrestleMania 29</a> in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also in 2013, Darren Gutteridge of <i>Pro Wrestling Dot Net</i> wrote that the "title has proven an <a href="Albatross_(metaphor)" title="Albatross (metaphor)">albatross</a> for the past decade, with almost all title holders doomed to tread water, usually only beating people decisively when the title is on the line".<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The albatross metaphor was also used to describe the title in 2014 by James Caldwell of <i>Pro Wrestling Torch</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while <a href="Dave_Meltzer" title="Dave Meltzer">Dave Meltzer</a> of the <i>Wrestling Observer</i> said that year that "the [Intercontinental] title isn't booked to mean much."<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Various commentators in 2014 and 2015, including from <i><a href="The_Baltimore_Sun" title="The Baltimore Sun">The Baltimore Sun</a></i>, <i><a href="Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i>, <i>PWInsider,</i> and <i>Pro Wrestling Dot Net</i> have pointed out that the Intercontinental Champion often loses non-title matches,<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while Mike Tedesco of <i>Wrestleview</i> questioned how Intercontinental Champions losing too much is supposed to bring prestige to the title.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Some observers argued that <a href="The_Miz" title="The Miz">The Miz</a> managed to elevate the championship during his multiple runs with the title; <i>The Sportster</i> columnist Wesly Avendano claimed that Miz "made the Intercontinental Championship "Must See" again" and "helped stabilize the IC Title during a time when WWE really needed him to", while Lucean from <a href="SB_Nation" title="SB Nation">Cageside Seats</a> noted that Miz "has been, at least for me, making the Intercontinental (IC) title appear really meaningful" and that "the number of people I see wanting to see someone to beat the Miz and take the title to get that heat makes becoming the IC champion seem meaningful".<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The championship continued to receive criticism into the early 2020s. Kendall panned the recent reigns as forgettable and wrote that the title had "turned into a prop to be lugged around, rather than a title that should bestow prestige."<sup id="cite_ref-Kendall_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kendall-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cook wrote that it had been "treated as something of an afterthought" for the previous two decades.<sup id="cite_ref-cook_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cook-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The championship was only defended on two pay-per-views in 2021 and was not defended at any within the first quarter of 2022, including <a href="WrestleMania_38" title="WrestleMania 38">WrestleMania 38</a>; its absence on the premiere event was widely criticized by fans.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>After Vince McMahon retired as chairman, CEO, and <a href="Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Booker" title="Glossary of professional wrestling terms">Head of Creative</a> on July 22, 2022, the championship has been featured more prominently after <a href="Triple_H" title="Triple H">Triple H</a> took over as the new Head of Creative. The championship has been featured in the main event of numerous episodes of <i>SmackDown</i>, and has even received two <a href="List_of_professional_wrestling_matches_rated_5_or_more_stars_by_Dave_Meltzer" title="List of professional wrestling matches rated 5 or more stars by Dave Meltzer">five-star ratings</a> from Meltzer. The first was <a href="Gunther_(wrestler)" title="Gunther (wrestler)">Gunther</a> defending against <a href="Sheamus" title="Sheamus">Sheamus</a> at <a href="WWE_Clash_at_the_Castle" class="mw-redirect" title="WWE Clash at the Castle">Clash at the Castle</a>, while the second was Gunther defending against Sheamus and <a href="Drew_McIntyre" title="Drew McIntyre">Drew McIntyre</a> in a <a href="Triple_Threat_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Triple Threat match">triple threat match</a> at <a href="WrestleMania_39" title="WrestleMania 39">WrestleMania 39: Night 2</a>, making it the first time Meltzer gave more than one five-star match rating for any main roster championship reign. The last time the Intercontinental Championship received such a rating before Gunther's reign was <a href="Shawn_Michaels" title="Shawn Michaels">Shawn Michaels</a> going against <a href="Scott_Hall" title="Scott Hall">Razor Ramon</a> in an <a href="Championship_unification" title="Championship unification">Intercontinental Unification</a> <a href="Ladder_match" title="Ladder match">ladder match</a> at <a href="WrestleMania_X" title="WrestleMania X">WrestleMania X</a>.

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<ul><li><a href="WWE_Women's_Intercontinental_Championship" title="WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship">WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship</a></li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>

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<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/ic.html">Wrestling-Titles.com: Intercontinental Championship</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160307231217/https://www.cultofwhatever.com/2011/02/wwe-intercontinental-title-belts-a-guide-to-the-gold/">WWE Intercontinental Title Belts: A Guide to the Gold (Archived Version}</a></li></ul>

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</style><div id="Championships_and_accomplishments_in_WWE72" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Championships and accomplishments in <a href="WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Championships</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="List_of_current_champions_in_WWE" title="List of current champions in WWE">Current</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;;background-color:#faa"><a href="Raw_(WWE_brand)" title="Raw (WWE brand)">Raw</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="World_Heavyweight_Championship_(WWE)" title="World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)">World Heavyweight</a></li>

<li><a href="Women's_World_Championship_(WWE)" title="Women's World Championship (WWE)">Women's World</a>

<ul><li><a href="List_of_Women's_World_Champions_(WWE)" title="List of Women's World Champions (WWE)">reigns</a></li></ul></li>

<li>

<ul><li><a href="List_of_WWE_Intercontinental_Champions" title="List of WWE Intercontinental Champions">reigns</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="WWE_Women's_Intercontinental_Championship" title="WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship">Women's Intercontinental</a></li>

<li><a href="World_Tag_Team_Championship_(WWE)" title="World Tag Team Championship (WWE)">World Tag Team</a>

<ul><li><a href="List_of_World_Tag_Team_Champions_(WWE)" title="List of World Tag Team Champions (WWE)">reigns</a></li></ul></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;;background-color:#ccf;"><a href="SmackDown_(WWE_brand)" title="SmackDown (WWE brand)">SmackDown</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="WWE_Championship" title="WWE Championship">Undisputed WWE</a>

<ul><li><a href="List_of_WWE_Champions" title="List of WWE Champions">reigns</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="WWE_Women's_Championship" title="WWE Women's Championship">WWE Women's</a>

<ul><li><a href="List_of_WWE_Women's_Champions" title="List of WWE Women's Champions">reigns</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="WWE_United_States_Championship" title="WWE United States Championship">United States</a>

<ul><li><a href="List_of_WWE_United_States_Champions" title="List of WWE United States Champions">reigns</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="WWE_Women's_United_States_Championship" title="WWE Women's United States Championship">Women's United States</a></li>

<ul><li><a href="List_of_WWE_Tag_Team_Champions" title="List of WWE Tag Team Champions">reigns</a></li></ul></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;;background-color:#ffa;"><a href="NXT_(WWE_brand)" title="NXT (WWE brand)">NXT</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="List_of_NXT_Champions" title="List of NXT Champions">reigns</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="NXT_Women's_Championship" title="NXT Women's Championship">Women's</a>

<ul><li><a href="List_of_NXT_Women's_Champions" title="List of NXT Women's Champions">reigns</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="NXT_North_American_Championship" title="NXT North American Championship">North American</a>

<ul><li><a href="List_of_NXT_North_American_Champions" title="List of NXT North American Champions">reigns</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="NXT_Women's_North_American_Championship" title="NXT Women's North American Championship">Women's North American</a></li>

<li><a href="NXT_Heritage_Cup" title="NXT Heritage Cup">Heritage Cup</a></li>

<ul><li><a href="List_of_NXT_Tag_Team_Champions" title="List of NXT Tag Team Champions">reigns</a></li></ul></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;;background-color:#cbc3e3;"><a href="Evolve_(WWE_brand)" title="Evolve (WWE brand)">Evolve</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="WWE_Evolve_Championship" title="WWE Evolve Championship">Evolve</a></li>

<li><a href="WWE_Evolve_Women's_Championship" title="WWE Evolve Women's Championship">Women's</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;;background-color:#b9ffc5;"><a href="WWE_Speed" title="WWE Speed">Speed</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="WWE_Speed_Championship" title="WWE Speed Championship">Speed</a></li>

<li><a href="WWE_Women's_Speed_Championship" title="WWE Women's Speed Championship">Women's Speed</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;;background-color:#ffa500;"><a href="WWE_ID_and_WWE_NIL" title="WWE ID and WWE NIL">ID</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="WWE_Women's_ID_Championship" title="WWE Women's ID Championship">Women's ID</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Shared</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="WWE_Women's_Tag_Team_Championship" title="WWE Women's Tag Team Championship">WWE Women's Tag Team</a>

<ul><li><a href="List_of_WWE_Women's_Tag_Team_Champions" title="List of WWE Women's Tag Team Champions">reigns</a></li></ul></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="List_of_former_championships_in_WWE" title="List of former championships in WWE">Former</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="World_championships_in_WWE" title="World championships in WWE">World</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="WCW_World_Heavyweight_Championship" title="WCW World Heavyweight Championship">WCW</a> (<a href="List_of_WCW_World_Heavyweight_Champions" title="List of WCW World Heavyweight Champions">reigns</a>) (2001)</li>

<li><a href="ECW_World_Heavyweight_Championship" title="ECW World Heavyweight Championship">ECW</a> (<a href="List_of_ECW_World_Heavyweight_Champions" title="List of ECW World Heavyweight Champions">reigns</a>) (2006–2010)</li>

<li><a href="World_Heavyweight_Championship_(WWE%2C_2002%E2%80%932013)" title="World Heavyweight Championship (WWE, 2002–2013)">World Heavyweight (<i>original version</i>)</a> (<a href="List_of_World_Heavyweight_Champions_(WWE%2C_2002%E2%80%932013)" title="List of World Heavyweight Champions (WWE, 2002–2013)">reigns</a>) (2002–2013)</li>

<li><a href="WWE_Universal_Championship" title="WWE Universal Championship">Universal</a> (2016–2024)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="Women's_championships_in_WWE" title="Women's championships in WWE">Women's</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="WWE_Women's_Championship_(1956%E2%80%932010)" title="WWE Women's Championship (1956–2010)">WWE Women's (<i>original version</i>)</a> (<a href="List_of_WWE_Women's_Champions_(1956%E2%80%932010)" title="List of WWE Women's Champions (1956–2010)">reigns</a>) (1956–1990, 1993–1995, 1998–2010)</li>

<li><a href="WWE_Divas_Championship" title="WWE Divas Championship">Divas</a> (<a href="List_of_WWE_Divas_Champions" title="List of WWE Divas Champions">reigns</a>) (2008–2016)</li>

<li><a href="NXT_UK_Women's_Championship" title="NXT UK Women's Championship">NXT UK Women's</a> (2018–2022)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Secondary</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="NWA_United_States_Television_Championship" title="NWA United States Television Championship">NWA United States Television</a> (1957–1962)</li>

<li><a href="WWWF_United_States_Heavyweight_Championship" title="WWWF United States Heavyweight Championship">United States Heavyweight</a> (1960–1976)</li>

<li><a href="WWF_North_American_Heavyweight_Championship" title="WWF North American Heavyweight Championship">North American Heavyweight</a> (1979–1981)</li>

<li><a href="WWF_International_Heavyweight_Championship" title="WWF International Heavyweight Championship">International Heavyweight</a> (1959–1963, 1982–1985)</li>

<li><a href="WWF_Canadian_Championship" title="WWF Canadian Championship">Canadian</a> (1985–1986)</li>

<li><a href="WWE_European_Championship" title="WWE European Championship">European</a> (<a href="List_of_WWE_European_Champions" title="List of WWE European Champions">reigns</a>) (1997–2002)</li>

<li><a href="NXT_United_Kingdom_Championship" title="NXT United Kingdom Championship">NXT United Kingdom</a> (2017–2022)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="Tag_team_championships_in_WWE" title="Tag team championships in WWE">Tag team</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="NWA_World_Tag_Team_Championship_(Northeast_version)" title="NWA World Tag Team Championship (Northeast version)">NWA World Tag Team (<i>Northeast version</i>)</a> (1957–1961)</li>

<li><a href="WWWF_United_States_Tag_Team_Championship" title="WWWF United States Tag Team Championship">United States Tag Team</a> (1958–1967)</li>

<li><a href="WWF_International_Tag_Team_Championship" title="WWF International Tag Team Championship">International Tag Team</a> (1969–1971, 1985)</li>

<li><a href="WWF_Women's_Tag_Team_Championship" title="WWF Women's Tag Team Championship">WWF Women's Tag Team</a> (1983–1989)</li>

<li><a href="WWF_Intercontinental_Tag_Team_Championship" title="WWF Intercontinental Tag Team Championship">Intercontinental Tag Team</a> (1991)</li>

<li><a href="World_Tag_Team_Championship_(WWE%2C_1971%E2%80%932010)" title="World Tag Team Championship (WWE, 1971–2010)">World Tag Team (<i>original version</i>)</a> (<a href="List_of_World_Tag_Team_Champions_(WWE%2C_1971%E2%80%932010)" title="List of World Tag Team Champions (WWE, 1971–2010)">reigns</a>) (1971–2010)</li>

<li><a href="WCW_World_Tag_Team_Championship" title="WCW World Tag Team Championship">WCW Tag Team</a> (<a href="List_of_WCW_World_Tag_Team_Champions" title="List of WCW World Tag Team Champions">reigns</a>) (2001)</li>

<li><a href="NXT_Women's_Tag_Team_Championship" title="NXT Women's Tag Team Championship">NXT Women's Tag Team</a> (2021–2023)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Weight class-specific</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="WWF_Junior_Heavyweight_Championship" title="WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship">Junior Heavyweight</a> (1965–1972, 1978–1985)</li>

<li><a href="WWF_Light_Heavyweight_Championship" title="WWF Light Heavyweight Championship">Light Heavyweight</a> (<a href="List_of_WWF_Light_Heavyweight_Champions" title="List of WWF Light Heavyweight Champions">reigns</a>) (1981–2002)</li>

<li><a href="WWE_Cruiserweight_Championship_(1996%E2%80%932007)" title="WWE Cruiserweight Championship (1996–2007)">Cruiserweight</a> (<a href="List_of_WWE_Cruiserweight_Champions_(1996%E2%80%932007)" title="List of WWE Cruiserweight Champions (1996–2007)">reigns</a>) (2001–2007)</li>

<li><a href="NXT_Cruiserweight_Championship" title="NXT Cruiserweight Championship">NXT Cruiserweight</a> (<a href="List_of_NXT_Cruiserweight_Champions" title="List of NXT Cruiserweight Champions">reigns</a>) (2016–2022)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="WWF_World_Martial_Arts_Heavyweight_Championship" title="WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship">Martial Arts</a> (1978–1989)</li>

<li><a href="WWE_Hardcore_Championship" title="WWE Hardcore Championship">Hardcore</a> (<a href="List_of_WWE_Hardcore_Champions" title="List of WWE Hardcore Champions">reigns</a>) (1998–2002)</li>

<li><a href="Million_Dollar_Championship" title="Million Dollar Championship">Million Dollar</a> (1989–1991, 1995–1996, 2010, 2021)</li>

<li><a href="WWE_24/7_Championship" title="WWE 24/7 Championship">24/7</a> (<a href="List_of_WWE_24/7_Champions" title="List of WWE 24/7 Champions">reigns</a>) (2019–2022)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Accomplishments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Money_in_the_Bank_ladder_match" title="Money in the Bank ladder match">Money in the Bank</a></li>

<li>Awards

<ul><li><a href="Slammy_Award" title="Slammy Award">Slammys</a></li>

<li>Battle royals

<ul><li><a href="Andr%C3%A9_the_Giant_Memorial_Battle_Royal" title="André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal">André the Giant Memorial</a></li>

<li><a href="Royal_Rumble_match" title="Royal Rumble match">Royal Rumble</a></li>

<li><a href="WrestleMania_Women's_Battle_Royal" title="WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal">WrestleMania Women's</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="List_of_WWE_tournaments" title="List of WWE tournaments">Tournaments</a>

<ul><li><a href="Cruiserweight_Classic" title="Cruiserweight Classic">Cruiserweight Classic</a></li>

<li><a href="Dusty_Rhodes_Tag_Team_Classic" title="Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic">Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic</a></li>

<li><a href="Mae_Young_Classic" title="Mae Young Classic">Mae Young Classic</a></li>

<li><a href="Mixed_Match_Challenge" class="mw-redirect" title="Mixed Match Challenge">Mixed Match Challenge</a></li>

<li><a href="NXT_Breakout_Tournament" title="NXT Breakout Tournament">NXT Breakout</a></li>

<li><a href="Queen_of_the_Ring_tournament" title="Queen of the Ring tournament">Queen of the Ring</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="WWE_Crown_Jewel_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="WWE Crown Jewel Championship">Crown Jewel</a></li>

<li><a href="WWE_Women's_Crown_Jewel_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="WWE Women's Crown Jewel Championship">Women's Crown Jewel</a></li>

<li><a href="Grand_Slam_(professional_wrestling)" title="Grand Slam (professional wrestling)">Grand Slam champions</a></li>

<li><a href="Triple_Crown_(professional_wrestling)" title="Triple Crown (professional wrestling)">Triple Crown champions</a></li></ul>

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<div class="navbox-styles"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="WWE_Intercontinental_Champions141" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="WWE_Intercontinental_Champions141" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"> <a href="List_of_WWE_Intercontinental_Champions" title="List of WWE Intercontinental Champions">Champions</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Pat_Patterson" title="Pat Patterson">Pat Patterson</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Ken_Patera" title="Ken Patera">Ken Patera</a></li>

<li><a href="Pedro_Morales" title="Pedro Morales">Pedro Morales</a></li>

<li><a href="Don_Muraco" title="Don Muraco">Don Muraco</a></li>

<li><a href="Tito_Santana" title="Tito Santana">Tito Santana</a></li>

<li><a href="Greg_Valentine" title="Greg Valentine">Greg Valentine</a></li>

<li><a href="Randy_Savage" title="Randy Savage">Randy Savage</a></li>

<li><a href="Ricky_Steamboat" title="Ricky Steamboat">Ricky Steamboat</a></li>

<li><a href="The_Honky_Tonk_Man" title="The Honky Tonk Man">The Honky Tonk Man</a></li>

<li><a href="The_Ultimate_Warrior" title="The Ultimate Warrior">The Ultimate Warrior</a></li>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Curt_Hennig" title="Curt Hennig">Mr. Perfect</a></li>

<li><a href="Kerry_Von_Erich" title="Kerry Von Erich">The Texas Tornado</a></li>

<li><a href="Jacques_Rougeau" title="Jacques Rougeau">The Mountie</a></li>

<li><a href="Roddy_Piper" title="Roddy Piper">Roddy Piper</a></li>

<li><a href="Davey_Boy_Smith" title="Davey Boy Smith">The British Bulldog</a></li>

<li><a href="Shawn_Michaels" title="Shawn Michaels">Shawn Michaels</a></li>

<li><a href="Marty_Jannetty" title="Marty Jannetty">Marty Jannetty</a></li>

<li><a href="Scott_Hall" title="Scott Hall">Razor Ramon</a></li>

<li><a href="Kevin_Nash" title="Kevin Nash">Diesel</a></li>

<li><a href="Jeff_Jarrett" title="Jeff Jarrett">Jeff Jarrett</a></li>

<li><a href="Shane_Douglas" title="Shane Douglas">Dean Douglas</a></li>

<li><a href="Dustin_Rhodes" title="Dustin Rhodes">Goldust</a></li>

<li><a href="Ahmed_Johnson" title="Ahmed Johnson">Ahmed Johnson</a></li>

<li><a href="Triple_H" title="Triple H">Hunter Hearst Helmsley/Triple H</a></li>

<li><a href="Dwayne_Johnson" title="Dwayne Johnson">Rocky Maivia/The Rock</a></li>

<li><a href="Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin" title="Stone Cold Steve Austin">Stone Cold Steve Austin</a></li>

<li><a href="Ken_Shamrock" title="Ken Shamrock">Ken Shamrock</a></li>

<li><a href="Val_Venis" title="Val Venis">Val Venis</a></li>

<li><a href="The_Godfather_(wrestler)" title="The Godfather (wrestler)">The Godfather</a></li>

<li><a href="D'Lo_Brown" title="D'Lo Brown">D'Lo Brown</a></li>

<li><a href="Chyna" title="Chyna">Chyna</a></li>

<li><a href="Chris_Jericho" title="Chris Jericho">Chris Jericho</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Kurt_Angle" title="Kurt Angle">Kurt Angle</a></li>

<li><a href="Chris_Benoit" title="Chris Benoit">Chris Benoit</a></li>

<li><a href="Rikishi_(wrestler)" title="Rikishi (wrestler)">Rikishi</a></li>

<li><a href="Eddie_Guerrero" title="Eddie Guerrero">Eddie Guerrero</a></li>

<li><a href="Billy_Gunn" title="Billy Gunn">Billy Gunn</a></li>

<li><a href="Jeff_Hardy" title="Jeff Hardy">Jeff Hardy</a></li>

<li><a href="Matt_Bloom" title="Matt Bloom">Albert</a></li>

<li><a href="Lance_Storm" title="Lance Storm">Lance Storm</a></li>

<li><a href="Christian_Cage" title="Christian Cage">Christian</a></li>

<li><a href="William_Regal" title="William Regal">William Regal</a></li>

<li><a href="Booker_T_(wrestler)" title="Booker T (wrestler)">Booker T</a></li>

<li><a href="Randy_Orton" title="Randy Orton">Randy Orton</a></li>

<li><a href="Shelton_Benjamin" title="Shelton Benjamin">Shelton Benjamin</a></li>

<li><a href="Carlito_(wrestler)" title="Carlito (wrestler)">Carlito</a></li>

<li><a href="Ric_Flair" title="Ric Flair">Ric Flair</a></li>

<li><a href="John_Morrison_(wrestler)" title="John Morrison (wrestler)">Johnny Nitro/John Morrison</a></li>

<li><a href="Umaga_(wrestler)" title="Umaga (wrestler)">Umaga</a></li>

<li><a href="Santino_Marella" title="Santino Marella">Santino Marella</a></li>

<li><a href="Kofi_Kingston" title="Kofi Kingston">Kofi Kingston</a></li>

<li><a href="John_Layfield" title="John Layfield">John "Bradshaw" Layfield</a></li>

<li><a href="Rey_Mysterio" title="Rey Mysterio">Rey Mysterio</a></li>

<li><a href="Drew_McIntyre" title="Drew McIntyre">Drew McIntyre</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Dolph_Ziggler" title="Dolph Ziggler">Dolph Ziggler</a></li>

<li><a href="Wade_Barrett" title="Wade Barrett">Wade Barrett/Bad News Barrett</a></li>

<li><a href="Ezekiel_Jackson" title="Ezekiel Jackson">Ezekiel Jackson</a></li>

<li><a href="Cody_Rhodes" title="Cody Rhodes">Cody Rhodes</a></li>

<li><a href="Curtis_Axel" title="Curtis Axel">Curtis Axel</a></li>

<li><a href="Big_E_(wrestler)" title="Big E (wrestler)">Big E Langston/Big E</a></li>

<li><a href="Brodie_Lee" title="Brodie Lee">Luke Harper</a></li>

<li><a href="Bryan_Danielson" title="Bryan Danielson">Daniel Bryan</a></li>

<li><a href="Ryback" title="Ryback">Ryback</a></li>

<li><a href="Kevin_Owens" title="Kevin Owens">Kevin Owens</a></li>

<li><a href="Jon_Moxley" title="Jon Moxley">Dean Ambrose</a></li>

<li><a href="Matt_Cardona" title="Matt Cardona">Zack Ryder</a></li>

<li><a href="Roman_Reigns" title="Roman Reigns">Roman Reigns</a></li>

<li><a href="Seth_Rollins" title="Seth Rollins">Seth Rollins</a></li>

<li><a href="Bobby_Lashley" title="Bobby Lashley">Bobby Lashley</a></li>

<li><a href="Finn_B%C3%A1lor" title="Finn Bálor">Finn Bálor</a></li>

<li><a href="Shinsuke_Nakamura" title="Shinsuke Nakamura">Shinsuke Nakamura/King Nakamura</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Braun_Strowman" title="Braun Strowman">Braun Strowman</a></li>

<li><a href="AJ_Styles" title="AJ Styles">AJ Styles</a></li>

<li><a href="Apollo_Crews" title="Apollo Crews">Apollo Crews</a></li>

<li><a href="Ricochet_(wrestler)" title="Ricochet (wrestler)">Ricochet</a></li>

<li><a href="Gunther_(wrestler)" title="Gunther (wrestler)">Gunther</a></li>

<li><a href="Bron_Breakker" title="Bron Breakker">Bron Breakker</a></li>

<li><a href="Dominik_Mysterio" title="Dominik Mysterio">Dominik Mysterio</a> <b>(<a href="List_of_WWE_Intercontinental_Champions" title="List of WWE Intercontinental Champions">current</a>)</b></li></ul>

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