WWE Intercontinental Championship

The WWE Intercontinental Championship is a professional wrestling championship created by WWE and is the second major singles title on the WWE Raw brand. It was first introduced by the then-named World Wrestling Federation (WWF) on September, 1st 1979. Gunther is the current Intercontinental Champion in first reign.

1. List of Intercontinental Champions
2. Combined Reigns for WWE Intercontinental Championship
3. FAQs on WWE Intercontinental Championship

Current & Former WWE Intercontinental Championship

Champion	Date	Event	Days (Rec. by WWE)
Pat Patterson	September 1, 1979	—	233
Ken Patera	April 21, 1980	House show	231
Pedro Morales	December 8, 1980	House show	194
Don Muraco	June 20, 1981	House show	156
Pedro Morales	November 23, 1981	House show	425
Don Muraco	January 22, 1983	House show	385
Tito Santana	February 11, 1984	House show	226
Greg Valentine	September 24, 1984	Maple Leaf Wrestling	285
Tito Santana	July 6, 1985	House show	217
Randy Savage	February 8, 1986	House show	414
Ricky Steamboat	March 29, 1987	WrestleMania III	65
The Honky Tonk Man	June 2, 1987	Superstars of Wrestling	454
The Ultimate Warrior	August 29, 1988	SummerSlam	216
Rick Rude	April 2, 1989	WrestleMania V	148
The Ultimate Warrior	August 28, 1989	SummerSlam	216
Mr. Perfect	April 23, 1990	Superstars of Wrestling	126
The Texas Tornado	August 27, 1990	SummerSlam	84
Mr. Perfect	November 19, 1990	Superstars of Wrestling	280
Bret Hart	August 26, 1991	SummerSlam	144
The Mountie	January 17, 1992	House show	2
Roddy Piper	January 19, 1992	Royal Rumble	77
Bret Hart	April 5, 1992	WrestleMania VIII	146
The British Bulldog	August 29, 1992	SummerSlam	59
Shawn Michaels	October 27, 1992	Saturday Night's Main Event XXXI	202
Marty Jannetty	May 17, 1993	Raw	20
Shawn Michaels	June 6, 1993	House show	113
Razor Ramon	September 27, 1993	Raw	198
Diesel	April 13, 1994	Superstars	138
Razor Ramon	August 29, 1994	SummerSlam	146
Jeff Jarrett	January 22, 1995	Royal Rumble	94
Jeff Jarrett	April 26, 1995	Action Zone	23
Razor Ramon	May 19, 1995	House show	3
Jeff Jarrett	May 21, 1995	House show	62
Shawn Michaels	July 23, 1995	In Your House 2: The Lumberjacks	91
Dean Douglas	October 22, 1995	In Your House 4: Great White North	<1
Razor Ramon	October 22, 1995	In Your House 4: Great White North	91
Goldust	January 21, 1996	Royal Rumble	64
Goldust	April 1, 1996	Raw	<1
Ahmed Johnson	June 23, 1996	King of the Ring	58
Marc Mero	September 23, 1996	Raw	28
Hunter Hearst Helmsley	October 21, 1996	Raw	115
Rocky Maivia	February 13, 1997	Raw	73
Owen Hart	April 28, 1997	Raw	93
Stone Cold Steve Austin	August 3, 1997	SummerSlam	64
Owen Hart	October 5, 1997	Bad Blood: In Your House	28
Stone Cold Steve Austin	November 9, 1997	Survivor Series	115
The Rock	December 8, 1997	Raw	264
Triple H	August 30, 1998	SummerSlam	44
Ken Shamrock	October 12, 1998	Raw	125
Val Venis	February 14, 1999	In Your House: St. Valentine's Day Massacre	29
Road Dogg	March 15, 1999	Raw	35
Goldust	March 29, 1999	Raw	29
The Godfather	April 12, 1999	Raw	264
Jeff Jarrett	May 25, 1999	Raw	44
Edge	July 24, 1999	House show	1
Jeff Jarrett	July 25, 1999	Fully Loaded	125
D'Lo Brown	July 27, 1999	Raw	29
Jeff Jarrett	August 22, 1999	SummerSlam	14
Chyna	October 17, 1999	No Mercy	14
Chris Jericho	December 12, 1999	Armageddon	43
Chris Jericho and Chyna	January 3, 2000	Raw	54
Chris Jericho	January 23, 2000	Royal Rumble	1
Kurt Angle	February 27, 2000	No Way Out	1
Chris Benoit	April 2, 2000	WrestleMania 2000	27
Chris Jericho	May 2, 2000	SmackDown!	56
Chris Benoit	May 8, 2000	Raw	56
Rikishi	June 20, 2000	SmackDown!	22
Val Venis	July 4, 2000	SmackDown!
Chyna	August 27, 2000	SummerSlam	35
Eddie Guerrero	September 4, 2000	Raw	35
Billy Gunn	November 21, 2000	SmackDown!	32
Chris Benoit	December 10, 2000	Armageddon	5
Chris Jericho	January 21, 2001	Royal Rumble	43
Triple H	April 3, 2001	SmackDown!	14
Jeff Hardy	April 10, 2001	SmackDown!	52
Triple H	April 16, 2001	Raw	8
Kane	May 20, 2001	Judgment Day	80
Albert	June 26, 2001	SmackDown!	42
Lance Storm	July 23, 2001	Raw	74
Edge	August 19, 2001	SummerSlam	7
Christian	September 23, 2001	Unforgiven	3
Edge	October 21, 2001	No Mercy	34
Test	November 5, 2001	Raw	39
Edge	November 18, 2001	Survivor Series	25
William Regal	January 20, 2002	Royal Rumble	27
Rob Van Dam	March 17, 2002	WrestleMania X8	35
Eddie Guerrero	April 21, 2002	Backlash	28
Rob Van Dam	May 27, 2002	Raw	15
Chris Benoit	July 29, 2002	Raw	13
Rob Van Dam	August 25, 2002	SummerSlam	63
Chris Jericho	September 16, 2002	Raw	56
Kane	September 30, 2002	Raw	35
Triple H	October 20, 2002	No Mercy	36
Christian	May 18, 2003	Judgment Day	63
Booker T	July 7, 2003	Raw	27
Christian	August 10, 2003	House show	22
Rob Van Dam	September 29, 2003	Raw	14
Chris Jericho	October 27, 2003	Raw	20
Rob Van Dam	October 27, 2003	Raw	<1
Randy Orton	December 14, 2003	Armageddon	—
Edge	July 11, 2004	Vengeance	50
Chris Jericho	September 12, 2004	Unforgiven	34
Shelton Benjamin	October 19, 2004	Taboo Tuesday	50
Carlito	June 20, 2005	Raw	28
Ric Flair	September 18, 2005	Unforgiven	<1
Shelton Benjamin	February 20, 2006	Raw	48
Rob Van Dam	April 30, 2006	Backlash	210
Shelton Benjamin	May 15, 2006	Raw	57
Johnny Nitro	June 25, 2006	Vengeance	37
Jeff Hardy	October 2, 2006	Raw	244
Johnny Nitro	November 6, 2006	Raw	90
Jeff Hardy	November 13, 2006	Raw	155
Umaga	February 19, 2007	Raw	68
Santino Marella	April 16, 2007	Raw	15
Umaga	July 2, 2007	Raw	40
Jeff Hardy	September 1, 2007	Raw	99
Chris Jericho	March 10, 2008	Raw	34
Kofi Kingston	June 29, 2008	Night of Champions	7
Santino Marella	August 17, 2008	SummerSlam	97
William Regal	November 10, 2008	Raw	56
CM Punk	January 19, 2009	Raw	77
John "Bradshaw" Layfield	March 9, 2009	Raw	63
Rey Mysterio	April 5, 2009	WrestleMania XXV	189
Chris Jericho	June 7, 2009	Extreme Rules	111
Rey Mysterio	June 28, 2009	The Bash	48
John Morrison	September 1, 2009	SmackDown	85
Drew McIntyre	December 13, 2009	TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs	70
Kofi Kingston	May 23, 2010	Over the Limit	49
Dolph Ziggler	July 28, 2010	SmackDown	27
Kofi Kingston	January 4, 2011	SmackDown	63
Wade Barrett	March 22, 2011	SmackDown	21
Ezekiel Jackson	June 19, 2011	Capital Punishment	68
Cody Rhodes	August 9, 2011	SmackDown	100
Big Show	April 1, 2012	WrestleMania XXVIII	161
Cody Rhodes	April 29, 2012	Extreme Rules	74
Christian	May 20, 2012	Over the Limit	154
The Miz	July 23, 2012	Raw 1000	76
Kofi Kingston	October 16, 2012	Main Event	86
Wade Barrett	December 29, 2012	Raw	54
The Miz	April 7, 2013	WrestleMania 29 Pre-Show	234
Wade Barrett	April 8, 2013	Raw	27
Curtis Axel	June 16, 2013	Payback	22
Big E Langston	November 18, 2013	Raw	64
Bad News Barrett	May 4, 2014	Extreme Rules	84
The Miz	July 20, 2014	Battleground	74
Dolph Ziggler	August 17, 2014	SummerSlam	99
The Miz	September 21, 2014	Night of Champions	1
Dolph Ziggler	September 22, 2014	Raw	69
Luke Harper	November 17, 2014	Raw	156
Dolph Ziggler	December 14, 2014	TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs	167
Bad News Barrett	January 5, 2015	Raw	58
Daniel Bryan	March 29, 2015	WrestleMania 31	—
Ryback	May 31, 2015	Elimination Chamber	27
Kevin Owens	September 20, 2015	Night of Champions	36
Dean Ambrose	December 13, 2015	TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs	<1
Kevin Owens	February 15, 2016	Raw	57
Zack Ryder	April 3, 2016	WrestleMania 32	27
The Miz	April 4, 2016	Raw	23
Dolph Ziggler	October 9, 2016	No Mercy	83
The Miz	November 15, 2016	SmackDown	44
Dean Ambrose	January 3, 2017	SmackDown	—
The Miz	June 4, 2017	Extreme Rules	112
Roman Reigns	November 20, 2017	Raw	85
The Miz	January 22, 2018	Raw 25 Years	64
Seth Rollins	April 8, 2018	WrestleMania 34	48
Dolph Ziggler	June 18, 2018	Raw	1
Seth Rollins	August 19, 2018	SummerSlam	188
Dean Ambrose	December 16, 2018	TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs	37
Bobby Lashley	January 14, 2019	Raw	48
Finn Bálor	February 17, 2019	Elimination Chamber	152
Bobby Lashley	March 11, 2019	Raw	169
Finn Bálor	April 7, 2019	WrestleMania 35	63
Shinsuke Nakamura	July 14, 2019	Extreme Rules Kickoff	75
Braun Strowman	January 31, 2020	Super SmackDown	71
Sami Zayn	March 8, 2020	Elimination Chamber	61
Vacated	May 12, 2020		—
AJ Styles	June 12, 2020	SmackDown	71
Jeff Hardy	August 21, 2020	SmackDown	36
Sami Zayn	September 27, 2020	Clash of Champions	89
Big E	December 22, 2020	SmackDown	107
Apollo Crews	April 11, 2021	WrestleMania 37 - Night Two	123
Shinsuke Nakamura	August 13, 2021	SmackDown	189
Sami Zayn	February 11, 2022	SmackDown	13
Ricochet	March 4, 2022	SmackDown	1
Gunther	June 10, 2022	SmackDown	98

Combined Reigns for WWE Intercontinental Championship

Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined Days (rec. by WWE)
Pedro Morales	2	617
The Miz	8	592
Don Muraco	2	539
The Honky Tonk Man	1	453
Tito Santana	2	441
Razor Ramon	4	434
The Ultimate Warrior	2	434
Randy Savage	1	413
Mr. Perfect	2	404
Shawn Michaels	3	403
Wade Barrett/Bad News Barrett	5	390
Dolph Ziggler	6	363
Jeff Hardy	5	359
Shelton Benjamin	3	352
Rocky Maivia/The Rock	2	337
Shinsuke Nakamura/King Nakamura	2	320+
Chris Jericho	9	311
Jeff Jarrett	6	284
Bret Hart	2	288
Greg Valentine	1	284
Big E Langston/Big E	2	273
Kofi Kingston	4	272
Cody Rhodes	2	254
Dean Ambrose	3	242
Pat Patterson	1	232
Ken Patera	1	230
Rob Van Dam	6	224
Randy Orton	1	209
Johnny Nitro/John Morrison	3	206
Hunter Hearst Helmsley/Triple H	5	200
Christian	4	192
Seth Rollins	2	190
Edge	5	171
Goldust	3	158
Santino Marella	2	160
Drew McIntyre	1	160
Curtis Axel	1	155
Ric Flair	1	153
Sami Zayn	2	172
Rick Rude	1	147
Chris Benoit	4	159
Diesel	1	137
Kevin Owens	2	131
Owen Hart	2	130
Rey Mysterio	2	129
William Regal	2	124
Ken Shamrock	1	124
Apollo Crews	1	123
Finn Bálor	2	119
Umaga	2	119
Eddie Guerrero	2	116
Ryback	1	112
Ricochet	1	98
Carlito	1	90
The Texas Tornado	1	84
Val Venis	2	79
Roddy Piper	1	77
AJ Styles	1	71
Stone Cold Steve Austin	2	93
Ricky Steamboat	1	65
Chyna	2	64
Roman Reigns	1	62
Bobby Lashley	2	60
The British Bulldog	1	59
Kane	2	59
Ezekiel Jackson	1	54
Ahmed Johnson	1	58
CM Punk	1	49
Daniel Bryan	1	43
The Godfather	1	43
Braun Strowman	1	36
Kurt Angle	1	35
Booker T	1	34
Big Show	1	27
Marc Mero	1	28
Albert	1	25
John "Bradshaw" Layfield	1	27
Lance Storm	1	27
Luke Harper	1	26
D'Lo Brown	1	27
Marty Jannetty	1	20
Billy Gunn	1	17
Rikishi	1	14
Road Dogg	1	14
Test	1	13
The Mountie	1	2
Zack Ryder	1	1
Gunther	1	1+
Dean Douglas	1	<1

FAQs on WWE Intercontinental Championship

Q. Who was the first WWE Intercontinental Champion?

Pat Patterson was the first WWE Intercontinental Champion.

Q. Who is the current WWE Intercontinental Champion?

Gunther is the current WWE Intercontinental Champion.

Q. Who has the most WWE Intercontinental titles?

Chris Jericho has won the WWE Intercontinental title most number of times (9).

Q. Who has the longest single reign as the WWE Intercontinental Champion?

The Honky Tonk Man has had the longest single reign as the WWE Intercontinental Champion of 454 days (as recognized by WWE).

Last Updated: June 11, 2022