Belt History
The World Wide Wrestling Federation Intercontinental Title
(1979-1984)
The World Wrestling Federation Intercontinental
Title
(1984-1986)
The World Wrestling Federation Intercontinental Title
(1986-1988)
WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship
(1988 - 1998)
(The) Ultimate Warrior's Yellow strap variant
(1991)
Light Blue strap variant
(Used by Shawn Michaels)
White strap variant
(Used by Shawn Michaels, Jeff Jarrett Marc Mero, & Triple H)
Gold strap variant
(Used by Goldust)
The World Wrestling Federation Intercontinental Title
(1998)
The World Wrestling Federation Intercontinental Title
(1998-2002)
WWE Intercontinental Championship
(2002 -
2011)
Cody Rhodes Intercontinental Title
(2011)
WWE Intercontinental Title
(2011 - 2014)
WWE Intercontinental Title
(2014 - 2019)
Early Champions
Ken Patera
2nd Champion
(April 21, 1980 -
December 8, 1980)
Don Muraco
4th Champion
(June 20, 1981 -
November 23, 1981)
Tito
Santana
7th Champion
(February 11, 1984 -
September 24, 1984)
WWF Classic Intercontinental Champions
Rick Rude
14th Champion
(April 2, 1989 -
August 28, 1989)
Mr. Perfect
16th Champion
(April 23, 1990 -
August 27, 1990)
The Mountie
20th Champion
(January 17, 1992 -
January 19, 1992)
Roddy Piper
21st Champion
(January 19, 1992 -
April 5, 1992)
Bret Hart
22nd Champion
(April 5, 1992 -
August 29, 1992)
Diesel
28th Champion
(April 13, 1994 -
August 29, 1994)
Jeff Jarrett
30th Champion
(January 22, 1995 -
April 26, 1995)
Goldust
37th Champion
(January 21, 1996 -
March 25, 1996)
Goldust
38th Champion
(April 1, 1996 -
June 23, 1996)
Marc Mero
40th Champion
(September 23, 1996 -
October 21, 1996)
Rocky Maivia
42nd Champion
(February 13, 1997 -
April 28, 1997)
Owen Hart
43rd Champion
(April 28, 1997 -
August 3, 1997)
Steve Austin
44th Champion
(August 3, 1997 -
September 8, 1997)
Owen Hart
45th Champion
(October 5, 1997 -
November 9, 1997)
Steve Austin
46th Champion
(November 9, 1997 -
December 8, 1997)
WWF Intercontinental Champions
Triple H
48th Champion
(August 30, 1998 -
October 9, 1998)
Val Venis
50th Champion
(February 14, 1999 -
March 15, 1999)
Road Dogg
51st Champion
(March 15, 1999 -
March 29, 1999)
Goldust
52nd Champion
(March 29, 1999 -
April 12, 1999)
Edge
55th Champion
(July 24, 1999 -
July 25, 1999)
D'Lo Brown
57th Champion
(July 26, 1999 -
August 22, 1999)
Jeff Jarrett
58th Champion
(August 22, 1999 -
October 17, 1999)
Chyna
59th Champion
(October 17, 1999 -
December 12, 1999)
Kurt Angle
62nd Champion
(February 27, 2000 -
April 2, 2000)
Rikishi
66th Champion
(June 20, 2000 -
July 4, 2000)
Val Venis
67th Champion
(July 4, 2000 -
August 27, 2000)
Chyna
68th Champion
(August 27, 2000 -
September 4, 2000)
Billy Gunn
70th Champion
(November 21, 2000 -
December 10, 2000)
Triple H
73rd Champion
(April 3, 2001 -
April 10, 2001)
Jeff Hardy
74th Champion
(April 10, 2001 -
April 16, 2001)
Triple H
75th Champion
(April 16, 2001 -
May 20, 2001)
Kane
76th Champion
(May 20, 2001 -
June 26, 2001)
Albert
77th Champion
(June 26, 2001 -
July 23, 2001)
Lance Storm
78th Champion
(July 23, 2001-
August 19, 2001)
Edge
79th Champion
(August 19, 2001 -
September 23, 2001)
Christian
80th Champion
(September 23, 2001 -
October 21, 2001)
Edge
81st Champion
(October 21, 2001 -
November 5, 2001)
Test
82nd Champion
(November 5, 2001 -
November 18, 2001)
Edge
83rd Champion
(November 18, 2001 -
January 20, 2002)
Rob Van Dam
85th Champion
(March 17, 2002 -
April 21, 2002)
WWE Intercontinental Champions (2002 - 2011)
Rob Van Dam
89th Champion
(August 25,
2002 -
September 16, 2002)
Chris Jericho
90th Champion
(September 16, 2002 -
September 30, 2002)
Kane
91st Champion
(September 30, 2002 -
Octboer 20, 2002)
Booker T
94th Champion
(July 7, 2003 -
August 10, 2003)
Christian
95th Champion
(August 10, 2003 -
September 29, 2003)
Rob Van Dam
96th Champion
(September 29, 2003 -
October 27, 2003)
Rob Van Dam
98th Champion
(October 27, 2003 -
December 14, 2003)
Edge
100th Champion
(July 11, 2004 -
September 6, 2004)
Chris Jericho
101st Champion
(September 12, 2004 -
October 19, 2004)
Carlito
103rd Champion
(June 20, 2005 -
September 18, 2005)
Rob Van Dam
106th Champion
(April 30, 2006 -
May 15, 2006)
Jeff Hardy
109th Champion
(October 2, 2006 -
November 6, 2006)
Johnny Nitro
110th Champion
(November 6, 2006 -
November 13, 2006)
Umaga
112th Champion
(February 19, 2007 -
April 16, 2007)
Umaga
114th Champion
(July 2, 2007 -
September 2, 2007)
CM Punk
120th Champion
(January 19, 2009 -
March 9, 2009)
Rey Mysterio
124th Champion
(June 28, 2009 -
September 1, 2009)
John Morrison
125th Champion
(September 1, 2009 -
December 13, 2009)
Cody Rhodes
132nd Champion
(August 9, 2011 -
April 1, 2012)
WWE Intercontinental Champions
Cody Rhodes
134th Champion
(April 29, 2012 -
May 20, 2012)
Christian
135th Champion
(May 20, 2012 -
July 23, 2012)
The Miz
136th Champion
(July 23, 2012 - October 16, 2012)
Kofi Kingston
137th Champion
(October 16, 2012 - December 29, 2012)
Wade Barrett
138th Champion
(December 29, 2012 - April 7, 2013)
The Miz
139th Champion
(April 7, 2013 - April 8, 2013)
Curtis Axel
141st Champion
(June 16, 2013 - November 18, 2013)
The Miz
144th Champion
(July 20, 2014 -
August 17, 2014)
The Miz
146th Champion
(September 21, 2014 -
September 22, 2014)
Dolph Ziggler
147th Champion
(September 22, 2014 -
November 17, 2014)
Luke Harper
148th Champion
(November 17, 2014 -
December 14, 2014)
Ryback
152nd Champion
(May 31, 2015 -
September 20, 2015)
Kevin Owens
153rd Champion
(September 20, 2015 -
December 13, 2015)
Dean Ambrose
154th Champion
(December 13, 2015 -
February 15, 2016)
Kevin Owens
155th Champion
(February 15, 2016 -
April 3, 2016)
Zack Ryder
156th Champion
(April 3, 2016 -
April 4, 2016)
The Miz
157th Champion
(April 4, 2016 -
October 9, 2016)
The Miz
159th
Champion
(November 15, 2016 -
January 3, 2017)
The Miz
161st
Champion
(June 4, 2017 -
November 20, 2017)
Roman Reigns
162nd Champion
(November 20, 2017 -
January 22, 2018)
The Miz
163rd Champion
(January 22, 2018 -
April 8, 2018)
Seth Rollins
166th Champion
(August 19, 2018 -
December 16, 2018)
Dean Ambrose
167th Champion
(December 16, 2018 -
January 14, 2019)
Bobby Lashley
168th Champion
(January 14, 2019 -
February 17, 2019)
Finn Bálor
169th Champion
(February 17, 2019 -
March 11, 2019)
Finn Bálor
171st Champion
(April 7, 2019 -
July 14, 2019)
Sami Zayn
174th Champion
(March 8, 2020 -
May 12, 2020)
A.J. Styles
175th Champion
(June 12, 2020 -
August 21, 2020)
Jeff Hardy
176th Champion
(August 21, 2020 -
September 27, 2020)
Sami Zayn
177th Champion
(September 27, 2020 -
December 22, 2020)
Big E
178th Champion
(December 22, 2020 -
April 11, 2021)
Sami Zayn
181st Champion
(February 11, 2022 -
March 4, 2022)
Ricochet
182nd Champion
(March 4, 2022 -
June 10, 2022)
Gunther
183rd Champion
(June 10, 2022 -
present)
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