5 WWE Superstars you may have forgotten held the Intercontinental Championship

#1. Dean Douglas held the Intercontinental Championship

This is an Intercontinental Champion Dean Douglas (Shane Douglas) appreciation post. pic.twitter.com/wV4JynN5aM

— MDK ALL FTF’N DAY ⌨️ Patches Chance 💖💜💙 (@patcheschance) March 27, 2021

"And NEW Intercontinental Champion, Dean Douglas!"

You might better recognize Dean Douglas as wrestling legend Shane Douglas. In 1995, following a run with ECW, Douglas returned to WWE following a short stint in 1991.

In one of the most bizarre reigns ever, Douglas only held the Intercontinental Championship for twenty minutes. That's right, twenty minutes. Douglas was due to face Shawn Michaels at the In Your House 4 pay-per-view, but HBK forfeited the title due to injury. Douglas claimed the win and celebrated his newly won gold.

Dean Douglas #NewWWFGeneration #WWE #WWF #WWERaw #Smackdown #WWENXT #SummerSlam pic.twitter.com/AHP4Ng1mZM

— New WWF Generation (@NewWWFGen) August 10, 2020

Douglas was immediately forced to defend his newly won championship against Razor Ramon, who picked up the victory. Shawn Michaels purportedly said that he didn't want to drop the championship to Douglas, so he used the injury as an excuse to avoid facing him.

Douglas spoke about the Shawn Michaels incident with the Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling Podcast:

"I would in a heartbeat tell you that Shawn Michaels is a better in ring performer than me and I would also tell you in that next breath that I was a much better promo then Shawn was and in the business and especially in those days that was the package. So if Shane Douglas was able to have great matches with Sabu, Taz, Tommy Dreamer, Raven, Sandman, Terry Funk, Bam Bam Bigelow and Pitbull #2 but Shawn couldn’t have a great match with me then maybe you have to ask the question of why?" Shane Douglas said (h/t Wrestling INC.)

Nevertheless, Douglas will go down as one of the rarest Intercontinental Champions in the history of WWE.