The following champion history features the WWE Intercontinental Championship.
Title history[]
| Wrestler: | Reigns: | Date: | Location: | Notes: | Defences: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Patterson | 1 | September 15, 1979 | Awarded the championship after winning the North American Championship from Ted DiBiase. Claimed to defend the title in a tournament held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to be unified with a South American Championship. | ||
| Ken Patera | 1 | April 21, 1980 | New York City, New York | ||
| Pedro Morales | 1 | December 8, 1980 | New York City, New York | ||
| Don Muraco | 1 | June 20, 1981 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||
| Pedro Morales | 2 | November 23, 1981 | New York City, New York | ||
| Don Muraco | 2 | January 22, 1983 | New York City, New York | ||
| Tito Santana | 1 | February 11, 1984 | Boston, Massachusetts | 7 | |
| Greg Valentine | 1 | September 24, 1984 | London, Ontario, Canada | Aired October 13, 1984 on Maple Leaf Wrestling. | 6 |
| Tito Santana | 2 | July 6, 1985 | Baltimore, Maryland | Won in a Steel Cage match. | 3 |
| Randy Savage | 1 | February 8, 1986 | Boston, Massachusetts | 18 | |
| Ricky Steamboat | 1 | March 29, 1987 | Pontiac, Michigan | Won at WrestleMania III. | 4 |
| The Honky Tonk Man | 1 | June 2, 1987 | Buffalo, New York | Aired June 13 on Superstars of Wrestling. | 17 |
| The Ultimate Warrior | 1 | August 29, 1988 | New York City, New York | Won at Summerslam. | 13 |
| Rick Rude | 1 | April 2, 1989 | Atlantic City, New Jersey | Won at WrestleMania V. | 8 |
| The Ultimate Warrior | 2 | August 28, 1989 | East Rutherford, New Jersey | Won at Summerslam. | 12 |
| Vacated on April 1, 1990 when Warrior wins the WWF Championship. | |||||
| Mr. Perfect | 1 | April 23, 1990 | Austin, Texas | Defeated Tito Santana in a tournament final. Aired May 19 on Superstars of Wrestling. | 7 |
| The Texas Tornado | 1 | August 27, 1990 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Won at Summerslam. | 6 |
| Mr. Perfect | 2 | November 19, 1990 | Rochester, New York | Aired December 15 on WWF Superstars. | 4 |
| Bret Hart | 1 | August 26, 1991 | New York City, New York | Won at Summerslam. | 6 |
| The Mountie | 1 | January 17, 1992 | Springfield, Massachusetts | Won at a house show. | 1 |
| Roddy Piper | 1 | January 19, 1992 | Albany, New York | Won at The Royal Rumble. | 3 |
| Bret Hart | 2 | April 5, 1992 | Indianapolis, Indiana | Won at WrestleMania VIII. | 3 |
| The British Bulldog | 1 | August 29, 1992 | Liverpool, England | Won at Summerslam. | 2 |
| Shawn Michaels | 1 | October 27, 1992 | Terre Haute, Indiana | Aired November 8 on Saturday Night's Main Event. | 6 |
| Marty Jannetty | 1 | May 17, 1993 | New York City, New York | Won on Monday Night Raw. | 2 |
| Shawn Michaels | 2 | June 6, 1993 | Albany, New York | Won at a house show. | 4 |
| Michaels is stripped of the title on September 27 for failing to defend it within 30 days. | |||||
| Razor Ramon | 1 | September 27, 1993 | New Haven, Connecticut | Defeated Rick Martel in a tournament final. | 6 |
| Diesel | 1 | April 13, 1994 | Rochester, New York | Won on WWF Superstars. | 4 |
| Razor Ramon | 2 | August 29, 1994 | Chicago, Illinois | Won at Summerslam. | 5 |
| Jeff Jarrett | 1 | January 22, 1995 | Tampa, Florida | Won at The Royal Rumble. | 2 |
| Held up on April 26 after a controversial title defense against Bob Holly. | |||||
| Jeff Jarrett | 2 | April 26, 1995 | Moline, Illinois | Defeated Holly in a rematch. | 1 |
| Razor Ramon | 3 | May 19, 1995 | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Won in a Ladder match at a house show. | 1 |
| Jeff Jarrett | 3 | May 22, 1995 | Trois-Rivieres, Quebec | Won at a house show. | 3 |
| Shawn Michaels | 1 | July 23, 1995 | Nashville, TN | Won at In Your House 2: The Lumberjacks. | 6 |
| Dean Douglas | 1 | October 22, 1995 | Winnipeg, Manitoba | Won by forfeit at In Your House 4: Great White North as a result of Michaels being attacked outside of a nightclub on October 14. | 1 |
| Razor Ramon | 4 | October 22, 1995 | New York, NY | Won at In Your House 4. | 5 |
| Goldust | 1 | January 21, 1996 | Fresno, CA | Won at The Royal Rumble. | 4 |
| Held up on March 25 after a controversial title defense against Savio Vega. | |||||
| Goldust | 2 | April 1, 1996 | New York, NY | Defeated Vega in a rematch. Aired April 22 on Raw. | 3 |
| Ahmed Johnson | 1 | June 23, 1996 | Milwaukee, WI | Won at The King of The Ring. | 0 |
| Vacated on August 12 when Johnson comes down with an injury. | |||||
| Marc Mero | 1 | September 3, 1996 | Hershey, PA | Defeated Faarooq Asad in a tournament final on Raw. | 3 |
| Hunter Hearst Helmsley | 1 | October 21, 1996 | Fort Wayne, IN | Won on Raw. | 10 |
| Rocky Maivia | 1 | February 13, 1997 | Lowell, MA | Won on Thursday Raw Thursday. | 8 |
| Owen Hart | 1 | April 28, 1997 | Omaha, NE | Won on Raw. | 5 |
| Steve Austin | 1 | August 3, 1997 | East Rutherford, NJ | Won at Summerslam. | 0 |
| Vacated on September 8 due to a neck injury suffered in the match. | |||||
| Owen Hart | 2 | October 5, 1997 | St. Louis, MO | Defeated Faarooq in a tournament final at In Your House: Badd Blood. | 1 |
| Steve Austin | 1 | November 9, 1997 | Montreal, Quebec | Won at Survivor Series. | 1 |
| Rocky Maivia | 2 | December 8, 1997 | Portland, ME | Austin is forced by Vince McMahon to hand over the title to The Rock. | 8 |
| Hunter Hearst Helmsley | 2 | August 30, 1998 | New York, NY | Won in a Ladder match at Summerslam. | 0 |
| Vacated on October 9 due to injury. | |||||
| Ken Shamrock | 1 | October 12, 1998 | Uniondale, NY | Defeated X-Pac in a tournament final on Raw. | 8 |
| Val Venis | 1 | February 14, 1999 | St. Louis, MO | Won at In Your House 27: St. Valentine's Day Massacre. Billy Gunn was the Special Guest Referee. | 3 |
| Road Dogg | 1 | March 15, 1999 | San Jose, CA | Won on Raw. | 3 |
| Goldust | 3 | March 29, 1999 | East Rutherford, NJ | Won on Raw. | 2 |
| The Godfather | 1 | April 12, 1999 | Detroit, MI | Won on Raw. | 7 |
| Jeff Jarrett | 4 | May 31, 1999 | Moline, IL | Won on Raw. | 11 |
| Edge | 1 | July 24, 1999 | Toronto, Ontario | Won at a house show. | 1 |
| Jeff Jarrett | 5 | July 25, 1999 | Buffalo, NY | Won at Fully Loaded. | 1 |
| D'Lo Brown | 1 | July 26, 1999 | Dayton, OH | Won on Raw. | 3 |
| Jeff Jarrett | 6 | August 22, 1999 | Minneapolis, MN | Won at Summerslam. Jarrett also won D'Lo's WWF European Championship in this match. | 4 |
| Chyna | 1 | October 17, 1999 | Cleveland, OH | This was a Good Housekeeping match at No Mercy. Chyna is the first female to hold the title. | 2 |
| Chris Jericho | 1 | December 12, 1999 | Sunrise, FL | Won at Armageddon. | 6 |
| Vacated due to double pin fall. | |||||
| Chyna & Chris Jericho | 2 | January 3, 2000 | Miami, FL | When the December 30, 1999 SmackDown! match between the two ended in a double pinfall, they are both recognized as co-champions. WWE doesn't recognize this period as an official reign as the title is considered vacant. | 0 |
| Chris Jericho | 2 | January 23, 2000 | New York, NY | Won a triple threat match also featuring Chyna and Hardcore Holly at The Royal Rumble to become undisputed champion. | 7 |
| Kurt Angle | 1 | February 27, 2000 | Hartford, CT | Won at No Way Out. | 5 |
| Chris Benoit | 1 | April 2, 2000 | Anaheim, CA | This was a triple threat two-out-three falls match at WrestleMania 2000 also featuring Chris Jericho with the first fall being for Angle's Intercontinental Title and the second for Angle's European Title. Benoit wins the first fall and Intercontinental Title while Jericho wins the second fall and European Title. | 9 |
| Chris Jericho | 3 | May 2, 2000 | Richmond, VA | Aired May 4 on SmackDown!. | 3 |
| Chris Benoit | 2 | May 8, 2000 | Uniondale, NY | Won on Raw. | 13 |
| Rikishi | 1 | June 20, 2000 | Memphis, TN | Aired June 22 on SmackDown!. | 4 |
| Val Venis | 2 | July 4, 2000 | Fort Lauderdale, FL | Aired July 6 on SmackDown!. | 6 |
| Chyna | 2 | August 27, 2000 | Sunrise, FL | This was an intergender tag match at Summerslam between Venis and Trish Stratus against Chyna and Eddie Guerrero. Chyna pinned Stratus to win. | 2 |
| Eddie Guerrero | 1 | September 4, 2000 | Knoxville,TN | This was a triple threat match also featuring Kurt Angle on Raw. | 10 |
| Billy Gunn | 1 | November 21, 2000 | Sunrise, FL | Aired November 23 on SmackDown!. | 3 |
| Chris Benoit | 3 | December 10, 2000 | Birmingham, AL | Won at Armageddon. | 9 |
| Chris Jericho | 4 | January 21, 2001 | New Orleans, LA | Won in a ladder match at The Royal Rumble. | 11 |
| Triple H | 3 | April 3, 2001 | Oklahoma City, OK | Aired April 5 on SmackDown!. | 1 |
| Jeff Hardy | 1 | April 10, 2001 | Philadelphia, PA | Aired April 12 on SmackDown!. | 1 |
| Triple H | 4 | April 16, 2001 | Knoxville, TN | Won on Raw. | 3 |
| Kane | 1 | May 20, 2001 | Sacramento, CA | Won in a chain match at Judgment Day. | 7 |
| Albert | 1 | June 26, 2001 | New York, NY | Won in a no-disqualification match on SmackDown!. Aired June 28. | 5 |
| Lance Storm | 1 | July 23, 2001 | Buffalo, NY | Won on Raw. | 4 |
| Edge | 2 | August 19, 2001 | San Jose, CA | Won at Summerslam. | 3 |
| Christian | 1 | September 23, 2001 | New Orleans, LA | Won at Unforgiven. | 3 |
| Edge | 3 | October 21, 2001 | St. Louis, MO | Won in a ladder match at No Mercy. | 4 |
| Test | 1 | November 5, 2001 | Uniondale, NY | Won on Raw. | 2 |
| Edge | 4 | November 18, 2001 | Greensboro, NC | This was a unification match at Survivor Series, Edge's WCW United States Heavyweight Championship would be retired after this match. | 8 |
| William Regal | 1 | January 20, 2002 | Atlanta, GA | Won at The Royal Rumble. | 6 |
| Rob Van Dam | 1 | March 17, 2002 | Toronto, Ontario | Won at WrestleMania X8. | 6 |
| Due to the brand extension the Intercontinental title becomes the property of the Raw brand. | |||||
| Eddie Guerrero | 2 | April 21, 2002 | Kansas City, MO | Won at Backlash. | 6 |
| Renamed the WWE Intercontinental Championship on May 5, 2002. | |||||
| Rob Van Dam | 2 | May 27, 2002 | Edmonton, Alberta | Won in a ladder match on Raw. | 5 |
| Chris Benoit | 4 | July 29, 2002 | Greensboro, NC | Won on Raw. | 1 |
| Rob Van Dam | 3 | August 25, 2002 | New Orleans, LA | Won at Summerslam. | 2 |
| Chris Jericho | 5 | September 16, 2002 | Denver, CO | Won on Raw. | 2 |
| Kane | 2 | September 30, 2002 | Houston, TX | Won on Raw. | 1 |
| Triple H | 5 | October 20, 2002 | Little Rock, AR | This was a unification match at No Mercy to unify the Intercontinental Title and Triple H's World Heavyweight Championship. | 0 |
| Unified with the World Heavyweight Championship and retired. | |||||
| Christian | 2 | May 18, 2003 | Charlotte, NC | The title is revived by Raw Co-General Manager Steve Austin, Christian wins a battle royal at Judgment Day to win the revived title. | 4 |
| Booker T | 1 | July 7, 2003 | Montreal, Quebec | Won on Raw. | 3 |
| Christian | 3 | August 10, 2003 | Des Moines, IA | Won at a house show. | 8 |
| Rob Van Dam | 4 | September 29, 2003 | Chicago, IL | Won in a ladder match on Raw. | 2 |
| Chris Jericho | 6 | October 27, 2003 | Fayetteville, NC | Won on Raw. | 1 |
| Rob Van Dam | 5 | October 27, 2003 | Fayetteville, NC | Won in a steel cage match on Raw. | 3 |
| Randy Orton | 1 | December 14, 2003 | Orlando, FL | Won at Armageddon. Mick Foley was the special referee. | 10 |
| Edge | 5 | July 11, 2004 | Hartford, CT | Won at Vengeance. Vacated September 6 due to injury. | 3 |
| Vacated September 6 due to injury. | |||||
| Chris Jericho | 7 | September 12, 2004 | Portland, OR | Won in a ladder match at Unforgiven against Christian. | 2 |
| Shelton Benjamin | 1 | October 19, 2004 | Milwaukee, WI | Won at Taboo Tuesday. | 16 |
| Carlito | 1 | June 20, 2005 | Phoenix, AZ | Won on Raw. | 4 |
| Ric Flair | 1 | September 18, 2005 | Oklahoma City, OK | Won at Unforgiven. | 6 |
| Shelton Benjamin | 2 | February 20, 2006 | Trenton, NJ | Won on Raw. | 4 |
| Rob Van Dam | 6 | April 30, 2006 | Lexington, KY | Won at Backlash. RVD's Money in the Bank contract was also on the line in the match. | 2 |
| Shelton Benjamin | 3 | May 15, 2006 | Lubbock, TX | This was a 3-on-2 Texas Tornado tag match on Raw between Benjamin, Chris Masters and Triple H against John Cena and Rob Van Dam. Benjamin pinned Van Dam to win the Intercontinental Title. | 3 |
| Johnny Nitro | 1 | June 25, 2006 | Charlotte, NC | This was a triple threat match at Vengeance also featuring Carlito. | 9 |
| Jeff Hardy | 2 | October 2, 2006 | Topeka, KS | Won on Raw. | 3 |
| Johnny Nitro | 2 | November 6, 2006 | Columbus, OH | Won in a no disqualification match on Raw. | 1 |
| Jeff Hardy | 3 | November 13, 2006 | Manchester, England | Won on Raw. | 5 |
| Umaga | 1 | February 19, 2007 | Bakersfield, CA | Won on Raw. | 2 |
| Santino Marella | 1 | April 16, 2007 | Milan, Italy | Won in a no holds barred match on Raw. | 4 |
| Umaga | 2 | July 2, 2007 | Dallas, TX | Won on Raw. | 4 |
| Jeff Hardy | 4 | September 2, 2007 | Columbus, OH | Aired September 3 on Raw. | 5 |
| Chris Jericho | 8 | March 10, 2008 | Milwaukee, WI | Won on Raw. | 4 |
| Kofi Kingston | 1 | June 29, 2008 | Dallas, TX | Won at Night of Champions. | 4 |
| Santino Marella | 2 | August 17, 2008 | Indianapolis, IN | This was a mixed tag team match at Summerslam in which Santino teamed with Beth Phoenix against Kingston and WWE Women's Champion Mickie James with the winners getting both titles. Phoenix pinned Mickie to win the Women's title while Santino got the Intercontinental title. | 3 |
| William Regal | 2 | November 10, 2008 | Manchester, England | Won on Raw. | 2 |
| CM Punk | 1 | January 20, 2009 | Chicago, IL | CM Punk defeated William Regal in a No DQ match on the 20th January 2009 edition of WWE RAW | 2 |
| John Bradshaw Layfield | 1 | March 9, 2009 | Jacksonville, FL | Won on Raw. | 1 |
| Rey Mysterio | 1 | April 5, 2009 | Houston, TX | Won at WrestleMania XXV. | 3 |
| On April 14, 2009, Rey Mysterio was drafted to SmackDown taking the title with him and becoming exclusive to SmackDown!. | |||||
| Chris Jericho | 9 | June 7, 2009 | New Orleans, LA | Won in a No Holds Barred match at Extreme Rules 2009. | 2 |
| Rey Mysterio | 2 | June 28, 2009 | Sacramento, CA | Won at The Bash. | 4 |
| John Morrison | 3 | September 1, 2009 | Cleveland, Ohio | Won on WWE Friday Night SmackDown. | 5 |
| Drew McIntyre | 1 | December 13, 2009 | San Antonio, Texas | Won at TLC:Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2009 | 4 |
| Vacated on May 7, 2010 when Drew McIntyre was stripped. Awarded back by Mr. McMahon the very next week | |||||
| Kofi Kingston | 2 | May 23, 2010 | Detroit, MI | Won at WWE Over The Limit 2010 | 4 |
| Dolph Ziggler | 1 | July 28, 2010 | Laredo, TX | Aired August 6, 2010 on tape delay. | 10 |
| Kofi Kingston | 3 | January 4, 2011 | Tucson, AZ | Aired January 7, 2011 on tape delay. | 2 |
| Wade Barrett | 1 | March 22, 2011 | Columbus, Ohio | Aired March 25, 2011 on tape delay. | 4 |
| Ezekiel Jackson | 1 | June 19, 2011 | Washington, D.C. | Won at Capitol Punishment 2011 | 5 |
| Cody Rhodes | 1 | August 9, 2011 | Sacramento, California | Won on Smackdown | 8 |
| The Big Show | 1 | April 1, 2012 | Miami, Florida | Won at WrestleMania XXVIII | 1 |
| Cody Rhodes | 2 | April 29, 2012 | Chicago, Illinois | Won at Extreme Rules 2012 | 2 |
| Christian | 4 | May 20, 2012 | Raleigh, North Carolina | Won at WWE Over The Limit 2012 | 2 |
| The Miz | 1 | July 23, 2012 | St. Louis, Missouri | Won at Raw 1000 | 4 |
| Kofi Kingston | 4 | October 16, 2012 | Memphis, Tennessee | Won on Main Event | 4 |
| Wade Barrett | 2 | December 29, 2012 | Washington, D.C. | Raw | 4 |
| The Miz | 2 | April 7, 2013 | East Rutherford, New Jersey | WrestleMania XXIX | 1 |
| Wade Barrett | 3 | April 8, 2013 | East Rutherford, New Jersey | Raw | 3 |
| Curtis Axel | 1 | June 16, 2013 | Chicago, Illinois | WWE Payback 2013 | 9 |
| Big E | 1 | November 18, 2013 | Nashville, Tennessee | Raw Country | 5 |
| Bad News Barrett | 4 | May 4, 2014 | East Rutherford, New Jersey | Won at Extreme Rules 2014 | 5 |
| Vacated June 30, 2014 due to injury. | |||||
| The Miz | 3 | July 20, 2014 | Tampa, Florida | Won at Battleground 2014 | 1 |
| Dolph Ziggler | 2 | August 17, 2014 | Los Angeles, California | Won at SummerSlam 2014 | 2 |
| The Miz | 4 | September 21, 2014 | Nashville, Tennessee | Won at Night of Champions 2014 | 1 |
| Dolph Ziggler | 3 | September 22, 2014 | Memphis, Tennessee | Won on Raw | 8 |
| Luke Harper | 1 | November 17, 2014 | Roanoke, Virginia | Won on Raw | 4 |
| Dolph Ziggler | 4 | December 14, 2014 | Cleveland, Ohio | Won on TLC: Tables, Ladders, & Chairs 2014 | 2 |
| Bad News Barrett | 5 | January 5, 2015 | Corpus Christi, Texas | Won on Raw | 3 |
| Daniel Bryan | 1 | March 29, 2015 | Santa Clara, California | Won at WrestleMania XXXI | 1 |
| Vacated May 11, 2015 due to injury. | |||||
| Ryback | 1 | May 31, 2015 | Corpus Christi, Texas | Won at Elimination Chamber 2015 | 4 |
| Kevin Owens | 1 | September 20, 2015 | Houston, Texas | Won at Night of Champions 2015 | 2 |
| Dean Ambrose | 1 | December 13, 2015 | Boston, Massachusetts | Won at TLC: Tables, Ladders, & Chairs 2015 | 3 |
| Kevin Owens | 2 | February 15, 2016 | Anaheim, California | Won on Raw in a Fatal 5-Way match | 1 |
| Zack Ryder | 1 | April 3, 2016 | Arlington, Texas | Won at WrestleMania XXXII in a Ladder Match | 1 |
| The Miz | 5 | April 4, 2016 | Dallas, Texas | Won on Raw | |
| Dolph Ziggler | 5 | October 9, 2016 | Sacramento, California | Won at No Mercy 2016 | 2 |
| The Miz | 6 | November 15, 2016 | Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania | Won on Smackdown | 5 |
| Dean Ambrose | 2 | January 3, 2017 | Jacksonville, Florida | Won on Smackdown | 3 |
| The Miz | 7 | June 4, 2017 | Baltimore, Maryland | Won on Extreme Rules | 6 |
| Roman Reigns | 1 | November 20, 2017 | Houston, Texas | Won on RAW | 5 |
| The Miz | 8 | January 22, 2018 | Brooklyn, New York | Won on RAW | 1 |
| Seth Rollins | 1 | April 8, 2018 | New Orleans, Louisiana | Won at WrestleMania 34 | 7 |
| Dolph Ziggler | 6 | June 18, 2018 | Grand Rapids, Michigan | Won on RAW | 2 |
| Seth Rollins | 2 | August 19, 2018 | Brooklyn, New York | Won at SummerSlam 2018 | 4 |
| Dean Ambrose | 3 | December 16, 2018 | San Jose, California | Won at TLC: Tables, Ladders, & Chairs 2018 | 3 |
| Bobby Lashley | 1 | January 14, 2019 | Orlando, Florida | This was a triple threat match also featuring Seth Rollins on RAW. | 0 |
| Finn Bálor | 1 | February 17, 2019 | Houston, Texas | This was a handicap match also featuring Lio Rush at Elimination Chamber. | 1 |
| Bobby Lashley | 2 | March 11, 2019 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Won on RAW. | 0 |
| Finn Bálor | 2 | April 7, 2019 | East Rutherford, New Jersey | Won at WrestleMania 35 | 3 |
| Shinsuke Nakamura | 1 | July 14, 2019 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Won at Extreme Rules | 3 |
| Braun Strowman | 1 | January 31, 2020 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | Won at SmackDown | 0 |
| Sami Zayn | 1 | March 8, 2020 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Won at Elimination Chamber | 1 |
| Championship vacated on May 12, 2020 | |||||
| A.J. Styles | 1 | June 12, 2020 | Orlando, Florida | Defeated Daniel Bryan on SmackDown in the 2020 WWE Intercontinental Championship Tournament Final Match | 3 |
| Jeff Hardy | 5 | August 21, 2020 | Orlando, Florida | On August 28, 2020, Sami Zayn returned with his own title belt, claiming to be the legitimate champion as he was never defeated. WWE did not recognize Zayn as champion; however, this led to the following match to determine the undisputed champion. | 2 |
| Sami Zayn | 2 | September 27, 2020 | Orlando, Florida | Won at Clash of Champions | 2 |
| Big E | 2 | December 22, 2020 | St. Petersburg, Florida | This was a lumberjack match. This match is scheduled to air on tape delay on December 25, 2020, the date WWE will officially recognize for the reign. |
7 |
| Apollo Crews | 1 | April 11, 2021 | Tampa, Florida | This was a Nigerian Drum Fight. | 4 |
| Shinsuke Nakamura | 2 | August 13, 2021 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | Won the title under the name King Nakamura. Reverted back to Shinsuke Nakamura on October 8, 2021. | 1 |
| Sami Zayn | 3 | February 11, 2022 | New Orleans, Louisiana | WWE recognizes Zayn's reign as beginning on February 18, 2022, when the episode aired on tape delay. | 0 |
| Ricochet | 1 | March 4, 2022 | Miami, Florida | Won on Smackdown. | 4 |
| Gunther | 1 | June 10, 2022 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | Won at Smackdown | 25 |
| Sami Zayn | 4 | April 6, 2024 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Won at WrestleMania XL | |
| Bron Breakker | 1 | August 3, 2024 | Cleveland, Ohio | Won at SummerSlam | |
List of reign lengths[]
- As of September 6, 2024.
| Wrestler | Days Held | Date Won | Date Lost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunther | 666 | June 10, 2022 | April 6, 2024 |
| The Honky Tonk Man | 454 | June 2, 1987 | August 29, 1988 |
| Pedro Morales (2) | 425 | November 23, 1981 | January 22, 1983 |
| Randy Savage | 414 | February 8, 1986 | March 29, 1987 |
| Don Muraco (2) | 385 | January 22, 1983 | February 11, 1984 |
| Greg Valentine | 285 | September 24, 1984 | July 6, 1985 |
| Mr. Perfect (2) | 280 | November 19, 1990 | August 26, 1991 |
| The Rock (2) | 265 | December 8, 1997 | October 12, 1998 |
| Shelton Benjamin | 244 | October 19, 2004 | June 20, 2005 |
| Cody Rhodes | 236 | August 9, 2011 | April 1, 2012 |
| Pat Patterson | 234 | September 1979 | April 31, 1980 |
| Ken Patera | 231 | April 31, 1980 | December 8, 1980 |
| Tito Santana | 226 | February 11, 1984 | September 24, 1984 |
| Tito Santana (2) | 217 | July 6, 1985 | February 8, 1986 |
| The Ultimate Warrior (2) | 216 | August 28, 1989 | April 23, 1990 |
| The Ultimate Warrior | 216 | August 29, 1988 | April 2, 1989 |
| Randy Orton | 210 | December 14, 2003 | July 11, 2004 |
| Shawn Michaels | 202 | October 27, 1992 | May 17, 1993 |
| Shinsuke Nakamura | 201 | July 14, 2019 | January 31, 2020 |
| Razor Ramon | 198 | September 27, 1993 | April 13, 1994 |
| Pedro Morales | 194 | December 8, 1980 | June 20, 1981 |
| Jeff Hardy (4) | 190 | September 2, 2007 | March 10, 2008 |
| The Miz (5) | 188 | April 4, 2016 | October 9, 2016 |
| Shinsuke Nakamura (2) | 182 | August 13, 2021 | February 11, 2022 |
| The Miz (7) | 169 | June 4, 2017 | November 20, 2017 |
| Big E Langston / Big E | 167 | November 18, 2013 | May 4, 2014 |
| Drew McIntyre | 161 | December 13, 2009 | May 23, 2010 |
| Dolph Ziggler | 160 | July 28, 2010 | January 4, 2011 |
| Don Muraco | 156 | June 20, 1981 | November 23, 1981 |
| Ric Flair | 155 | September 18, 2005 | February 20, 2006 |
| Curtis Axel | 155 | June 16, 2013 | November 18, 2013 |
| Dean Ambrose (2) | 152 | January 3, 2017 | June 4, 2017 |
| Rick Rude | 148 | April 2, 1989 | August 28, 1989 |
| Jeff Jarrett | 146 | January 22, 1995 | April 26, 1995 |
| Razor Ramon (2) | 146 | August 29, 1994 | January 22, 1995 |
| Bret Hart (2) | 146 | April 5, 1992 | August 29, 1992 |
| Bret Hart | 144 | August 26, 1991 | January 17, 1992 |
| Diesel | 138 | April 13, 1994 | August 29, 1994 |
| Mr. Perfect | 126 | April 23, 1990 | August 27, 1990 |
| Ken Shamrock | 125 | October 12, 1998 | February 14, 1999 |
| Apollo Crews | 124 | April 11, 2021 | August 13, 2021 |
| Seth Rollins (2) | 119 | August 19, 2018 | December 16, 2018 |
| Sami Zayn (4) | 119 | April 6, 2024 | August 3, 2024 |
| Hunter Hearst Helmsley | 115 | October 21, 1996 | February 13, 1997 |
| Ryback | 112 | May 31, 2015 | September 20, 2015 |
| Chris Jericho (8) | 111 | March 10, 2008 | June 29, 2008 |
| Big E (2) | 110 | December 22, 2020 | April 11, 2021 |
| John Morrison (3) | 103 | September 1, 2009 | December 13, 2009 |
| Wade Barrett (2) | 99 | December 29, 2012 | April 7, 2013 |
| Johnny Nitro | 99 | June 25, 2006 | October 2, 2006 |
| Ricochet | 98 | March 4, 2022 | June 10, 2022 |
| Jeff Hardy (3) | 98 | November 13, 2006 | February 19, 2007 |
| Finn Bálor (2) | 98 | April 7, 2019 | July 14, 2019 |
| Owen Hart | 97 | April 28, 1997 | August 3, 1997 |
| Razor Ramon (4) | 91 | October 22, 1996 | January 21, 1996 |
| Shawn Michaels (3) | 91 | July 23, 1996 | October 22, 1996 |
| Carlito | 90 | June 20, 2005 | September 18, 2005 |
| Wade Barrett | 89 | March 22, 2011 | June 19, 2011 |
| Sami Zayn (2) | 86 | September 27, 2020 | December 22, 2020 |
| Shawn Michaels (2) | 86 | June 6, 1993 | September 27, 1993 |
| The Miz | 85 | July 23, 2012 | October 16, 2012 |
| Santino Marella (2) | 85 | August 17, 2008 | November 10, 2008 |
| Kevin Owens | 84 | September 20, 2015 | December 13, 2015 |
| The Texas Tornado | 84 | August 27, 1990 | November 19, 1990 |
| Bad News Barrett (5) | 83 | January 5, 2015 | March 29, 2015 |
| Goldust (2) | 83 | April 1, 1996 | June 23, 1996 |
| Eddie Guerrero | 78 | September 4, 2000 | November 21, 2000 |
| Kofi Kingston (3) | 77 | January 4, 2011 | March 22, 2011 |
| Santino Marella | 77 | April 16, 2007 | July 2, 2007 |
| Roddy Piper | 77 | January 19, 1992 | April 5, 1992 |
| The Miz (8) | 76 | January 22, 2018 | April 8, 2018 |
| Kofi Kingston (4) | 74 | October 16, 2012 | December 29, 2012 |
| Rocky Maivia | 74 | February 13, 1997 | April 28, 1997 |
| Chris Jericho (4) | 72 | January 21, 2001 | April 3, 2001 |
| Seth Rollins (1) | 71 | April 8, 2018 | June 18, 2018 |
| Goldust | 71 | January 21, 1996 | April 1, 1996 |
| A.J. Styles | 70 | June 12, 2020 | August 21, 2020 |
| William Regal (2) | 70 | November 10, 2008 | January 19, 2009 |
| Wade Barrett (3) | 69 | April 8, 2013 | June 16, 2013 |
| Shelton Benjamin (2) | 69 | February 20, 2006 | April 30, 2006 |
| Kofi Kingston (2) | 66 | May 23, 2010 | July 28, 2010 |
| Rey Mysterio (2) | 65 | June 28, 2009 | September 1, 2009 |
| Ricky Steamboat | 65 | March 29, 1987 | June 2, 1987 |
| Sami Zayn | 65 | March 8, 2020 | May 12, 2020 |
| Christian (4) | 64 | May 20, 2012 | July 23, 2012 |
| Dean Ambrose | 64 | December 13, 2015 | February 15, 2016 |
| Roman Reigns | 63 | November 20, 2017 | January 22, 2018 |
| Rey Mysterio | 63 | April 5, 2009 | June 7, 2009 |
| Rob Van Dam (2) | 63 | May 27, 2002 | July 29, 2002 |
| Edge (4) | 63 | November 18, 2001 | January 20, 2002 |
| Jeff Jarrett (3) | 63 | May 21, 1996 | July 23, 1996 |
| Dolph Ziggler (6) | 62 | June 18, 2018 | August 19, 2018 |
| Umaga (2) | 62 | July 2, 2007 | September 2, 2007 |
| Jeff Jarrett (4) | 60 | May 25, 1999 | July 24, 1999 |
| The British Bulldog | 59 | August 29, 1992 | October 27, 1992 |
| Bad News Barrett (4) | 57 | May 4, 2014 | June 30, 2014 |
| Edge (5) | 57 | July 11, 2004 | September 6, 2004 |
| Dolph Ziggler (3) | 56 | September 22, 2014 | November 17, 2014 |
| Umaga | 56 | February 19, 2007 | April 16, 2007 |
| William Regal | 56 | January 20, 2002 | March 17, 2002 |
| Chyna | 56 | October 17, 1999 | December 12, 1999 |
| Jeff Jarrett (6) | 56 | August 22, 1999 | October 17, 1999 |
| Val Venis (2) | 52 | July 7, 2000 | August 27, 2000 |
| Ezekiel Jackson | 51 | June 19, 2011 | August 9, 2011 |
| Christian (3) | 50 | August 10, 2003 | September 29, 2003 |
| Christian (2) | 50 | May 18, 2003 | August 10, 2003 |
| Ahmed Johnson | 50 | June 23, 1996 | August 12, 1996 |
| The Miz (6) | 49 | November 15, 2016 | January 3, 2017 |
| CM Punk | 49 | January 19, 2009 | March 9, 2009 |
| Kofi Kingston | 49 | June 29, 2008 | August 17, 2008 |
| Kevin Owens (2) | 48 | February 15, 2016 | April 3, 2016 |
| Rob Van Dam (5) | 48 | October 27, 2003 | December 14, 2003 |
| Daniel Bryan | 43 | March 29, 2015 | May 11, 2015 |
| Chris Benoit (2) | 43 | May 8, 2000 | June 20, 2000 |
| The Godfather | 43 | April 12, 1999 | May 25, 1999 |
| Chris Benoit (3) | 42 | December 10, 2000 | January 21, 2001 |
| Shelton Benjamin (3) | 41 | May 15, 2006 | June 25, 2006 |
| Jeff Hardy (5) | 37 | August 21, 2020 | September 27, 2020 |
| Braun Strowman | 37 | January 31, 2020 | March 8, 2020 |
| Dolph Ziggler (5) | 37 | October 9, 2016 | November 15, 2016 |
| Chris Jericho (7) | 37 | September 12, 2004 | October 19, 2004 |
| Kane | 37 | May 20, 2001 | June 26, 2001 |
| Triple H (4) | 37 | April 16, 2001 | May 20, 2001 |
| Eddie Guerrero (2) | 36 | April 21, 2002 | May 27, 2002 |
| Jeff Hardy (2) | 35 | October 2, 2006 | November 6, 2006 |
| Rob Van Dam | 35 | March 17, 2002 | April 21, 2002 |
| Edge (2) | 35 | August 19, 2001 | September 23, 2001 |
| Kurt Angle | 35 | February 27, 2000 | April 2, 2000 |
| Chris Jericho (2) | 35 | January 23, 2000 | February 27, 2000 |
| Owen Hart (2) | 35 | October 5, 1997 | November 9, 1997 |
| Steve Austin | 35 | August 3, 1997 | September 7, 1997 |
| Dolph Ziggler (2) | 35 | August 17, 2014 | September 21, 2014 |
| Booker T | 34 | July 7, 2003 | August 10, 2003 |
| Bobby Lashley | 34 | January 14, 2019 | February 17, 2019 |
| Triple H (2) | 31 | August 30, 1998 | October 1, 1998 |
| Chris Benoit | 30 | April 2, 2000 | May 2, 2000 |
| Dean Ambrose (3) | 29 | December 16, 2018 | January 14, 2019 |
| Val Venis | 29 | February 14, 1999 | March 15, 1999 |
| Steve Austin (2) | 29 | November 9, 1997 | December 8, 1997 |
| The Miz (3) | 28 | July 20, 2014 | August 17, 2014 |
| Rob Van Dam (4) | 28 | September 29, 2003 | October 27, 2003 |
| Big Show | 28 | April 1, 2012 | April 29, 2012 |
| Christian | 28 | September 23, 2001 | October 21, 2001 |
| Marc Mero | 28 | September 23, 1996 | October 21, 1996 |
| John Bradshaw Layfield | 27 | March 9, 2009 | April 5, 2009 |
| Chris Benoit (4) | 27 | July 29, 2002 | August 25, 2002 |
| Lance Storm | 27 | July 23, 2001 | August 19, 2001 |
| Albert | 27 | June 26, 2001 | July 23, 2001 |
| Luke Harper | 27 | November 17, 2014 | December 14, 2014 |
| Bobby Lashley | 27 | March 11, 2019 | April 7, 2019 |
| D-Lo Brown | 26 | July 27, 1999 | August 22, 1999 |
| Jeff Jarrett (2) | 23 | April 26, 1996 | May 19, 1996 |
| Rob Van Dam (3) | 22 | August 25, 2002 | September 16, 2003 |
| Dolph Ziggler (4) | 22 | December 14, 2014 | January 5, 2015 |
| Finn Bálor | 22 | February 17, 2019 | March 11, 2019 |
| Sami Zayn (3) | 21 | February 11, 2022 | March 4, 2022 |
| Cody Rhodes (2) | 21 | April 29, 2012 | May 20, 2012 |
| Chris Jericho (9) | 21 | June 7, 2009 | June 28, 2009 |
| Kane (2) | 20 | September 30, 2002 | October 20, 2002 |
| Marty Jannetty | 20 | May 17, 1993 | June 6, 1993 |
| Billy Gunn | 19 | November 21, 2000 | December 10, 2000 |
| Rikishi | 16 | June 20, 2000 | July 7, 2000 |
| Chris Jericho | 16 | December 12, 1999 | December 28, 1999 |
| Rob Van Dam (6) | 15 | April 30, 2006 | May 15, 2006 |
| Edge (3) | 15 | October 21, 2001 | November 5, 2001 |
| Road Dogg | 14 | March 15, 1999 | March 29, 1999 |
| Chris Jericho (5) | 14 | September 16, 2002 | September 30, 2002 |
| Goldust (3) | 14 | March 29, 1999 | April 12, 1999 |
| Test | 13 | November 5, 2001 | November 18, 2001 |
| Chyna (2) | 8 | August 27, 2000 | September 4, 2000 |
| Triple H (3) | 7 | April 3, 2001 | April 16, 2001 |
| Johnny Nitro (2) | 7 | November 6, 2006 | November 13, 2006 |
| Jeff Hardy | 6 | April 10, 2001 | April 16, 2001 |
| Chris Jericho (3) | 6 | May 2, 2000 | May 8, 2000 |
| Jeff Jarrett (5) | 2 | July 25, 1999 | July 27, 1999 |
| Razor Ramon (3) | 2 | May 19, 1996 | May 21, 1996 |
| The Mountie | 2 | January 17, 1992 | January 19, 1992 |
| Zack Ryder | 1 | April 3, 2016 | April 4, 2016 |
| The Miz (4) | 1 | September 21, 2014 | September 22, 2014 |
| Edge | 1 | July 24, 1999 | July 25, 1999 |
| The Miz (2) | 1 | April 7, 2013 | April 8, 2013 |
| Bron Breakker | 34+ | August 3, 2024 | Current Champion |
| Chris Jericho (6) | 0 | October 27, 2003 | |
| Triple H (5) | 0 | October 20, 2002 | |
| Dean Douglas | 0 | October 22, 1996 | |