7 WWE records that will never be broken

#3 The Honky Tonk Man’s reign as the WWE Intercontinental Champion

Ricky Steamboat vs. The Honky Tonk Man: Intercontinental Championship Match - Superstars, June 13, 1987 https://t.co/tMXWFijRng via @wwe pic.twitter.com/XrdTDwj1dB

— Honky Tonk Man® (@OfficialHTM) July 6, 2020

The Honky Tonk Man was a very interesting character, who signed with WWE in 1986. He had a great Elvis Presley impersonator gimmick, and that helped him become a favourite among the WWE Universe.

While The Honky Tonk Man was largely a mid-card wrestler, on the June 13, 1987, episode of Superstars, he defeated Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat for the WWE Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship.

Honky held the title for 454 days and had a really good run with it. Even though his reign lasted a record-making 64 weeks, he did not go on to win any other title in WWE. Honky is the self-proclaimed Best Intercontinental Champion of All Time.

"I approached every day as if it could be my last hurrah because you are only as famous as your last big match anyway. The intercontinental championship is something that I was shocked and surprised about getting the opportunity to have that. Then I put all my time and effort into being the best I can be because that's just how I want to do stuff. If I can't do it the right way and I can't make the people happy that come to see me than I'm not doing my job."

Over the last twenty years, the longest Intercontinental Championship reign came from Shelton Benjamin who held the title for 244 days between 2004 and 2005.

HTM custom made belt! pic.twitter.com/bCgNPGcLxa

— Honky Tonk Man® (@OfficialHTM) April 10, 2020

Keeping in mind how WWE loves to shuffle up the mid-card nowadays, it seems like Honky’s record as the longest Intercontinental Champion in WWE history will never be broken.