5 longest WWE Intercontinental Championship reigns

Reigning WWE Intercontinental Champion Apollo Crews
Reigning WWE Intercontinental Champion Apollo Crews

#4 Don Muraco held the WWE Intercontinental Championship for 385 days

Don Muraco
Don Muraco

Don Muraco captured his second Intercontinental Championship in 1983, defeating Pedro Morales. The match was featured on WWF on MSG Network and was filmed at Madison Square Garden in the heart of New York City.

The WWE Hall of Famer was in his prime just a couple of years earlier in 1981, winning the award for Best Heel and Most Impressive Wrestler, awarded by the Wrestling Observer.

During Don Muraco's second reign as Intercontinental Champion, WWF withdrew from the NWA, becoming their own standalone World Wrestling Federation, which would have ramifications for pro-wrestling in the years that followed.

Don Muraco's reign came to an end the following year, as he was defeated by Tito Santana in February 1984, losing the championship in Boston, MA. Muraco would have more success the following year winning WWE's King of the Ring tournament.

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