The WWE Intercontinental Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown a new Intercontinental Champion. On May 7, 2010, after failed attempts of getting Intercontinental Champion Drew McIntyre to stop attacking Matt Hardy, Smackdown General Manager Theodore Long fired McIntyre and vacated the title. The following week, Kofi Kingston won a tournament to become the new champion, but Mr. McMahon reverted Long's decision. Due to the decision by Mr. McMahon, the vacancy of the title and Kingston's championship win are not recognized as WWE continued to recognize McIntyre as champion during that period. At Over the Limit, Kingston defeated McIntyre to win his second official Intercontinental Championship.
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||
1 | Kofi Kingston | Pin | |||||||||||
2 | Dolph Ziggler | ||||||||||||
Kofi Kingston | Pin | ||||||||||||
Christian | |||||||||||||
3 | Christian | Pin | |||||||||||
4 | Cody Rhodes |