5 PG era Intercontinental Champions who won the World Championship

The Intercontinental Championship is one of the oldest and most prestigious titles that WWE has at present. The title has changed hands for a total of 162 times. It has been held by 79 different superstars. However, the Intercontinental championship is often portrayed as a sidekick and is never acknowledged or given its proper due.

But, there are a few superstars who won the Intercontinental title and have also held World Championships. Here is a list of five such wrestlers from the PG era.

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#5 The Miz

Miz with the WWE Championship

Miz won the Intercontinental Championship seven times and is third on the list for the maximum number of reigns. He held the title for 523 days, which is the third highest number of days in the WWE.

Miz went on to hold the WWE Championship too. He kept the WWE Championship for 159 days. Undoubtedly, he was one of the finest Intercontinental Champion in the PG Era to win the WWE belt.

#4 Dolph Ziggler

Ziggler with the World Heavyweight Championship

Ziggler is one such wrestler who took the WWE by storm. He has been five times Intercontinental Champion. He also won the Money in the Bank, the United States Championship. He went on to become the World Heavyweight Championship twice.

Ziggler is thus a classic example of a villain in the WWE PG Era to win the Intercontinental Gold as well World Heavyweight Gold.

#3 Dean Ambrose

Dean Ambrose with the WWE Championship

The 'lunatic fringe' won the Intercontinental Championship twice in WWE. Ambrose is the longest reigning champion under the WWE banner, with a record span of 351 days. He won the Raw Tag Team Championship along with Seth Rollins.

Dean also won the Money in the Bank ladder match. Later that night he cashed in his contract and went on to win the WWE Championship from Seth Rollins in a record span of 0.9 seconds. He held the title for 84 days.

#2 Kevin Owens

Kevin Owens as the Universal Champion

KO won the NXT Championship once, the United States Championship thrice, Intercontinental Championship twice. On 29th of August 2016 in an episode of Monday Night Raw, Owens competed in a fatal four-way elimination match for the vacant Universal Championship. He won that match and thus went on to win the Universal Championship, which is his first World Championship in WWE.

He is one more example as a Wrestler from the PG Era to hold both the Intercontinental and World Championship.

#1 Daniel Bryan

Daniel Bryan with the WWE and World Heavyweight Championship

This underdog in WWE has achieved a lot. Apart from the Intercontinental Championship, he won the United States Championship and the Tag Team Championship. He competed and won in the 2011 SmackDown Money in the Bank Ladder Match. He won the contract and cashed it upon Big Show on TLC 2011 PPV. He held the title for 105 days.

Bryan also won the WWE Championship three times. In this list, Bryan overshadows other wrestlers because he is the only Intercontinental Champion in the PG Era to hold both the World titles in WWE.