| Wrestler:
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Times:
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Date:
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Location:
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Notes:
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Defences:
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| Pat Patterson
|
1
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September 15, 1979
|
N/A
|
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.
|
TBA
|
| Ken Patera
|
1
|
April 21, 1980
|
New York, NY
|
N/A
|
TBA
|
| Pedro Morales
|
1
|
December 8, 1980
|
New York, NY
|
N/A
|
TBA
|
| Don Muraco
|
1
|
June 20, 1981
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
N/A
|
TBA
|
| Pedro Morales
|
2
|
November 23, 1981
|
New York, NY
|
N/A
|
TBA
|
| Don Muraco
|
2
|
January 22, 1983
|
New York, NY
|
N/A
|
TBA
|
| Tito Santana
|
1
|
February 11, 1984
|
Boston, MA
|
N/A
|
TBA
|
| Greg Valentine
|
1
|
September 24, 1984
|
London, Ontario
|
Aired October 13, 1984 on Maple Leaf Wrestling.
|
TBA
|
| Tito Santana
|
2
|
July 6, 1985
|
Baltimore, MD
|
Won in a Steel Cage match.
|
TBA
|
| Randy Savage
|
1
|
February 8, 1986
|
Boston, MA
|
N/A
|
TBA
|
| Ricky Steamboat
|
1
|
March 29, 1987
|
Pontiac, MI
|
Won at WrestleMania III.
|
TBA
|
| The Honky Tonk Man
|
1
|
June 2, 1987
|
Buffalo, NY
|
Aired June 13 on Superstars of Wrestling.
|
TBA
|
| The Ultimate Warrior
|
1
|
August 29, 1988
|
New York, NY
|
Won at Summerslam.
|
TBA
|
| Rick Rude
|
1
|
April 2, 1989
|
Pontiac, NJ
|
Won at WrestleMania V.
|
TBA
|
| The Ultimate Warrior
|
2
|
August 28, 1989
|
East Rutherford, NJ
|
Won at Summerslam.
|
TBA
|
| Vacated on April 1, 1990 when Warrior wins the WWF Championship.
|
| Mr. Perfect
|
1
|
April 23, 1990
|
Austin, TX
|
Defeated Tito Santana in a tournament final. Aired May 19 on Superstars of Wrestling.
|
TBA
|
| The Texas Tornado
|
1
|
August 27, 1990
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Won at Summerslam.
|
TBA
|
| Mr. Perfect
|
2
|
November 19, 1990
|
Rochester, NY
|
Aired December 15 on WWF Superstars.
|
TBA
|
| Bret Hart
|
1
|
August 26, 1991
|
New York, NY
|
Won at Summerslam.
|
TBA
|
| The Mountie
|
1
|
January 17, 1992
|
Springfield, MA
|
Won at a house show.
|
TBA
|
| Roddy Piper
|
1
|
January 19, 1992
|
Albany, NY
|
Won at The Royal Rumble.
|
TBA
|
| Bret Hart
|
2
|
April 5, 1992
|
Indianapolis, IN
|
Won at WrestleMania VIII.
|
TBA
|
| The British Bulldog
|
1
|
August 29, 1992
|
Liverpool, England
|
Won at Summerslam.
|
TBA
|
| Shawn Michaels
|
1
|
October 27, 1992
|
Terre Haute, IN
|
Aired November 8 on Saturday Night's Main Event.
|
TBA
|
| Marty Jannetty
|
1
|
May 17, 1993
|
New York, NY
|
Won on Monday Night Raw.
|
TBA
|
| Shawn Michaels
|
2
|
June 6, 1993
|
Albany, NY
|
Won at a house show.
|
TBA
|
| 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, CT
|
Defeated Rick Martel in a tournament final.
|
TBA
|
| Diesel
|
1
|
April 13, 1994
|
Rochester, NY
|
Won on WWF Superstars.
|
TBA
|
| Razor Ramon
|
2
|
August 29, 1994
|
Chicago, IL
|
Won at Summerslam.
|
TBA
|
| Jeff Jarrett
|
1
|
January 22, 1995
|
Tampa, FL
|
Won at The Royal Rumble.
|
TBA
|
| Held up on April 26 after a controversial title defense against Bob Holly.
|
| Jeff Jarrett
|
2
|
April 26, 1995
|
Moline, IL
|
Defeated Holly in a rematch.
|
TBA
|
| Razor Ramon
|
3
|
May 19, 1995
|
Montreal, Quebec
|
Won in a Ladder match at a house show.
|
TBA
|
| Jeff Jarrett
|
1
|
May 22, 1995
|
Trois-Rivieres, Quebec
|
Won at a house show.
|
TBA
|
| Shawn Michaels
|
1
|
July 23, 1995
|
Nashville, TN
|
Won at In Your House 2: The Lumberjacks.
|
TBA
|
| 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.
|
TBA
|
| Razor Ramon
|
4
|
October 22, 1995
|
New York, NY
|
Won at In Your House 4.
|
TBA
|
| Goldust
|
1
|
January 21, 1996
|
Fresno, CA
|
Won at The Royal Rumble.
|
TBA
|
| 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.
|
TBA
|
| Ahmed Johnson
|
1
|
June 23, 1996
|
Milwaukee, WI
|
Won at The King of The Ring. .
|
TBA
|
| 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.
|
TBA
|
| Hunter Hearst Helmsley
|
1
|
October 21, 1996
|
Fort Wayne, IN
|
Won on Raw.
|
TBA
|
| Rocky Maivia
|
1
|
February 13, 1997
|
Lowell, MA
|
Won on Thursday Raw Thursday.
|
TBA
|
| Owen Hart
|
1
|
April 28, 1997
|
Omaha, NE
|
Won on Raw.
|
TBA
|
| Steve Austin
|
1
|
August 3, 1997
|
East Rutherford, NJ
|
Won at Summerslam.
|
TBA
|
| 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.
|
TBA
|
| Steve Austin
|
1
|
November 9, 1997
|
Montreal, Quebec
|
Won at Survivor Series.
|
TBA
|
| Rocky Maivia
|
2
|
December 8, 1997
|
Portland, ME
|
Austin is forced by Vince McMahon to hand over the title to The Rock.
|
TBA
|
| Hunter Hearst Helmsley
|
2
|
August 30, 1998
|
New York, NY
|
Won in a Ladder match at Summerslam.
|
TBA
|
| Vacated on October 9 due to injury.
|
| Ken Shamrock
|
1
|
October 12, 1998
|
Uniondale, NY
|
Defeated X-Pac in a tournament final on Raw.
|
TBA
|
| 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 referee.
|
TBA
|
| Road Dogg
|
1
|
March 15, 1999
|
San Jose, CA
|
Won on Raw.
|
TBA
|
| Goldust
|
3
|
March 29, 1999
|
East Rutherford, NJ
|
This was a triple threat match also featuring Chyna on Raw.
|
TBA
|
| The Godfather
|
1
|
April 12, 1999
|
Detroit, MI
|
Won on Raw.
|
TBA
|
| Jeff Jarrett
|
4
|
May 31, 1999
|
Moline, IL
|
Won on Raw.
|
TBA
|
| Edge
|
1
|
July 24, 1999
|
Toronto, Ontario
|
Won at a house show.
|
TBA
|
| Jeff Jarrett
|
5
|
July 25, 1999
|
Buffalo, NY
|
Won at Fully Loaded.
|
TBA
|
| D'Lo Brown
|
1
|
July 26, 1999
|
Dayton, OH
|
Won on Raw.
|
TBA
|
| Jeff Jarrett
|
6
|
August 22, 1999
|
Minneapolis, MN
|
Won at Summerslam. Jarrett also won D'Lo's European Championship in this match.
|
TBA
|
| 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.
|
TBA
|
| Chris Jericho
|
1
|
December 12, 1999
|
Sunrise, FL
|
Won at Armageddon.
|
TBA
|
| Vacated due to double pin fall.
|
| Chyna (2) & 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.
|
TBA
|
| 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.
|
TBA
|
| Kurt Angle
|
1
|
February 27, 2000
|
Hartford, CT
|
Won at No Way Out.
|
TBA
|
| 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.
|
TBA
|
| Chris Jericho
|
3
|
May 2, 2000
|
Richmond, VA
|
Aired May 4 on SmackDown!.
|
TBA
|
| Chris Benoit
|
2
|
May 8, 2000
|
Uniondale, NY
|
Won on Raw.
|
TBA
|
| Rikishi
|
1
|
June 20, 2000
|
Memphis, TN
|
Aired June 22 on SmackDown!.
|
TBA
|
| Val Venis
|
2
|
July 4, 2000
|
Fort Lauderdale, FL
|
Aired July 6 on SmackDown!.
|
TBA
|
| Chyna
|
3
|
August 27, 2000
|
Sunrise, FL
|
This was an intergender tag natch at Summerslam between Venis and Trish Stratus against Chyna and Eddie Guererro. Chyna pinned Stratus to win.
|
TBA
|
| Eddie Guerrero
|
1
|
September 4, 2000
|
Knoxville,TN
|
This was a triple threat match also featuring Kurt Angle on Raw.
|
TBA
|
| Billy Gunn
|
1
|
November 21, 2000
|
Sunrise, FL
|
Aired November 23 on SmackDown!.
|
TBA
|
| Chris Benoit
|
2
|
December 10, 2000
|
Birmingham, AL
|
Won at Armageddon.
|
TBA
|
| Chris Jericho
|
4
|
January 21, 2001
|
New Orleans, LA
|
Won in a ladder match at The Royal Rumble.
|
TBA
|
| Triple H
|
3
|
April 3, 2001
|
Oklahoma City, OK
|
Aired April 5 on SmackDown!.
|
TBA
|
| Jeff Hardy
|
1
|
April 10, 2001
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Aired April 12 on SmackDown!.
|
TBA
|
| Triple H
|
4
|
April 16, 2001
|
Knoxville, TN
|
Won on Raw.
|
TBA
|
| Kane
|
1
|
May 20, 2001
|
Sacramento, CA
|
Won in a chain match at Judgment Day.
|
TBA
|
| Albert
|
1
|
June 26, 2001
|
New York, NY
|
Won in a no-disqualification match on SmackDown!. Aired June 28.
|
TBA
|
| Lance Storm
|
1
|
July 23, 2001
|
Buffalo, NY
|
Won on Raw.
|
TBA
|
| Edge
|
2
|
August 19, 2001
|
San Jose, CA
|
Won at Summerslam.
|
TBA
|
| Christian
|
1
|
September 23, 2001
|
New Orleans, LA
|
Won at Unforgiven.
|
TBA
|
| Edge
|
3
|
October 21, 2001
|
St. Louis, MO
|
Won in a ladder match at No Mercy.
|
TBA
|
| Test
|
1
|
November 5, 2001
|
Uniondale, NY
|
Won on Raw.
|
TBA
|
| Edge
|
4
|
November 18, 2001
|
Greensboro, NC
|
This was a unification match at Survivor Series, Edge's WCW United States Championship would be retired after this match.
|
TBA
|
| William Regal
|
1
|
January 20, 2002
|
Atlanta, GA
|
Won at The Royal Rumble.
|
TBA
|
| Rob Van Dam
|
1
|
March 17, 2002
|
Toronto, Ontario
|
Won at WrestleMania X8.
|
TBA
|
| 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.
|
TBA
|
| The title is renamed the WWE Intercontinental due to the rebranding of the company.
|
| Rob Van Dam
|
2
|
May 27, 2002
|
Edmonton, Alberta
|
Won in a ladder match on Raw.
|
TBA
|
| Chris Benoit
|
4
|
July 29, 2002
|
Greensboro, NC
|
Won on Raw.
|
TBA
|
| Rob Van Dam
|
3
|
August 25, 2002
|
New Orleans, LA
|
Won at Summerslam.
|
TBA
|
| Chris Jericho
|
5
|
September 16, 2002
|
Denver, CO
|
Won on Raw.
|
TBA
|
| Kane
|
2
|
September 30, 2002
|
Houston, TX
|
Won on Raw.
|
TBA
|
| 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.
|
TBA
|
| 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.
|
TBA
|
| Booker T
|
1
|
July 7, 2003
|
Montreal, Quebec
|
Won on Raw.
|
TBA
|
| Christian
|
3
|
August 10, 2003
|
Des Moines, IA
|
Won at a house show.
|
TBA
|
| Rob Van Dam
|
4
|
September 29, 2003
|
Chicago, IL
|
Won in a ladder match on Raw.
|
TBA
|
| Chris Jericho
|
6
|
October 27, 2003
|
Fayetteville, NC
|
Won on Raw.
|
TBA
|
| Rob Van Dam
|
5
|
October 27, 2003
|
Fayetteville, NC
|
Won in a steel cage match on Raw.
|
TBA
|
| Randy Orton
|
1
|
December 14, 2003
|
Orlando, FL
|
Won at Armageddon. Mick Foley was the special referee.
|
TBA
|
| Edge
|
5
|
July 11, 2004
|
Hartford, CT
|
Won at Vengeance. Vacated September 6 due to injury.
|
TBA
|
| Vacated September 6 due to injury.
|
| Chris Jericho
|
7
|
September 12, 2004
|
Portland, OR
|
Won in a ladder match at Unforgiven against Christian.
|
TBA
|
| Shelton Benjamin
|
1
|
October 19, 2004
|
Milwaukee, WI
|
Won at Taboo Tuesday.
|
TBA
|
| Carlito
|
1
|
June 20, 2005
|
Phoenix, AZ
|
Won on Raw.
|
TBA
|
| Ric Flair
|
1
|
September 18, 2004
|
Oklahoma City, OK
|
Won at Unforgiven.
|
TBA
|
| Shelton Benjamin
|
2
|
February 20, 2006
|
Trenton, NJ
|
Won on Raw.
|
TBA
|
| 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.
|
TBA
|
| 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.
|
TBA
|
| Johnny Nitro
|
1
|
June 25, 2006
|
Charlotte, NC
|
This was a triple threat match at Vengeance also featuring Carlito.
|
TBA
|
| Jeff Hardy
|
2
|
October 2, 2006
|
Topeka, KS
|
Won on Raw.
|
TBA
|
| Johnny Nitro
|
2
|
November 6, 2006
|
Columbus, OH
|
Won in a no disqualification match on Raw.
|
TBA
|
| Jeff Hardy
|
4
|
November 13, 2006
|
Manchester, England
|
Won on Raw.
|
TBA
|
| Umaga
|
1
|
February 19, 2007
|
Bakersfield, CA
|
Won on Raw.
|
TBA
|
| Santino Marella
|
1
|
April 16, 2007
|
Milan, Italy
|
Won in a no holds barred match on Raw.
|
TBA
|
| Umaga
|
2
|
July 2, 2007
|
Dallas, TX
|
Won on Raw.
|
TBA
|
| Jeff Hardy
|
4
|
September 2, 2007
|
Columbus, OH
|
Aired September 3 on Raw.
|
TBA
|
| Chris Jericho
|
8
|
March 10, 2008
|
Milwaukee, WI
|
Won on Raw.
|
TBA
|
| Kofi Kingston
|
1
|
June 29, 2008
|
Dallas, TX
|
Won at Night of Champions.
|
TBA
|
| 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.
|
TBA
|
| William Regal
|
2
|
November 10, 2008
|
Manchester, England
|
Won on Raw.
|
TBA
|
| 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
|
TBA
|
| John Bradshaw Layfield
|
1
|
March 9th, 2009
|
Jacksonville, FL
|
Won on Raw.
|
TBA
|
| Rey Mysterio
|
1
|
April 5, 2009
|
Houston, TX
|
Won at WrestleMania XXV.
|
TBA
|
| 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.
|
TBA
|
| Rey Mysterio
|
2
|
June 28, 2009
|
Sacramento, CA
|
Won at The Bash.
|
TBA
|
| John Morrison
|
3
|
September 1, 2009
|
Cleveland, Ohio
|
Won on WWE Friday Night SmackDown.
|
TBA
|
| Drew McIntyre
|
1
|
December 13, 2009
|
San Antonio, Texas
|
Won atTLC:Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2009
|
TBA
|
