Top 10 Intercontinental Title matches in  WrestleMania History

#9 Rey Mysterio def. Champ JBL (WrestleMania 25, 2009)

Rey Mysterio as The Joker at WrestleMania 25

This was a nothing of a match on what was a pretty bad WrestleMania, but Rey Mysterio’s special gear for the year was a play on Heath Ledger’s Joker look, so that was pretty awesome.

JBL had a short-lived run as Intercontinental Champion, and this would turn out to be his retirement match. He beat CM Punk about a month earlier to become a “Grand Slam” champion, likely a “thank you” before his retirement.

Mysterio pinned him in 21 seconds. This was the first time the title was defended since WrestleMania x8 in 2002 -- they went 6 years without a title defense, and then gave us 21 seconds. After losing, JBL famously grabbed the microphone, screamed “I Quit!” and was never seen or heard from again.

Well, that’s not true. He did some extremely good commentary for a few years, and then took a break, and then came back and did increasingly bad commentary until his departure in 2017. This match is significant, and on this list, because of its brevity and the fact that it was an unannounced retirement match. It was also the first time Rey Mysterio would win the Intercontinental Championship.