5 Best Intercontinental Title Matches of All Time

#4 The Rock (C) vs. Triple H (Ladder Match, SummerSlam 1998)

The Rock and Triple H battled in a ladder war at SummerSlam 1998.

It seems that both SummerSlam and ladder matches have been indelibly linked with the Intercontinental Championship.

Chris Jericho won the fourth of his record nine IC Titles in a ladder match in 2001. Shawn Michaels and Razor Ramon had a pair of amazing ladder matches for the IC Title in 1994 and 1995, the second of which was at SummerSlam (keep reading to see if either of those make it the list) and RVD and Jeff Hardy had a pair of memorable ones in 2001 and 2002, the first of which was at SummerSlam.

A month before that ladder match, RVD won the title in a memorable one against Eddie Guerrero. Edge and Christian ended their feud during the Invasion angle in a ladder match for the IC belt.

Christian also lost IC Title ladder matches to RVD and Chris Jericho in September 2003 and September 2004, respectively. Poor guy. Most recently, the IC Title was defended in multi-man ladder matches at WrestleMania 31 and WrestleMania 32. We can discuss SummerSlam IC Title matches soon.

One of the most memorable Intercontinental Title matches of all time took place between two men whose runs from the bottom to the top nearly mirrored each other. Triple H vs. The Rock is a modern classic WWE rivalry, which began during the war between The Nation of Domination and D-Generation X. The ladder match at SummerSlam 1998 is remembered because it is so different from most other ladder matches in pro wrestling history.

It was based more around just climbing the ladder and using it when needed, and with the exception of a couple of scary falls, there were no death-defying dives or crashes that people have come to expect out of a ladder match.

This match is remembered by many because of those two things -- it was the first big singles match of their storied rivalry, and it was perhaps the only ladder match in WWE history (except the first one in 1992) that didn't involve anybody intentionally flying off of a ladder.

Both Triple H and the Rock are not ideally known for their high spots and hence, this match was a subdued affair considering the fact that there was a ladder in the mix.