The tournament to determine the new WWF Intercontinental Champion was held between September 8 and October 5, 1997, with the finals occurring on October 5 at the pay-per-view. The tournament brackets were:
Tournament brackets[]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
Brian Pillman | DQ | ||||||||||||
Dude Love | |||||||||||||
Brian Pillman | |||||||||||||
Owen Hart | DQ | ||||||||||||
Owen Hart | DQ | ||||||||||||
Goldust | |||||||||||||
Owen Hart | Pin | ||||||||||||
Faarooq | |||||||||||||
Faarooq1 | |||||||||||||
Ken Shamrock | |||||||||||||
Faarooq | DQ | ||||||||||||
Ahmed Johnson | |||||||||||||
Ahmed Johnson | Pin | ||||||||||||
Rocky Maivia |
Notes:
1 Ken Shamrock initially won the match. But he was injured so Faarooq advanced.