5 Times WWE crowned a new Intercontinental Champion when the title was vacant

#4 An actual tournament

The Ultimate Warrior defeated Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania 6 to become a dual champion - but vacated his Intercontinental Champion soon after.

The Ultimate Warrior enjoyed the most significant victory of his professional career when he defeated Hulk Hogan for the World Championship at WWE WrestleMania 6. His win, though, meant that he now held both two titles - as he was also the Intercontinental Champion at the time.

Not wanting to tie up both of its singles championships on one man, WWE arranged for Warrior to vacate the Intercontinental belt. To find a new champion, an eight-man tournament was set up.

The brackets for the 1990 Intercontinental Championship tournament.

Despite featuring Hall of Fame performers "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka and "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig, the tournament was a bit lacklustre.

After two of its first-round matches ended as draws, the tournament did not feature any semi-finals. Instead, Hennig and (other first-round winner) Tito Santana met in the final of a tournament that had just five matches!

At least the championship went to a respected performer, though. Henning is fondly remembered for his two reigns as WWE Intercontinental Champion.

"Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig won his first Intercontinental Championship in the 1990 tournament.

Although the tournament was far from a classic, at least there is evidence that it happened - unlike the case of Pat Patterson first time around! Superstars such as Owen Hart and Faarooq won similar multiple-night tournaments to capture the Intercontinental Championship in the years that followed on WWE.