List of all Intercontinental Champions in WWE history

Gunther holds the record for the longest-reigning Intercontinental Championship title reign in history

Intercontinental Championship is one of the most prestigious professional wrestling championships, which is owned by WWE. The title was introduced in WWF in 1979 under the name WWF North American Heavyweight Championship, however, the name was changed to Intercontinental Championship later the same year, with a kayfabe explanation saying that it got combined with the South American title.

Intercontinental Championship Legacy

The Intercontinental Championship is considered the second most important championship in WWE after the WWE Championship. The Intercontinental Championship title is the third oldest active WWE title in the company after the WWE Championship and the United States Championship.

The Intercontinental Championship title has seen a total of 184 reigns and 89 champions in total. Chris Jericho holds the record for the most Intercontinental title reigns with nine. Gunther is the longest reigning Intercontinental Champion with 666 days of reign.

Current Intercontinental Champion

Bron Breakker is the current Intercontinental Champion, who won the Intercontinental Championship title from Sami Zayn at SummerSlam 2024 and is on his first reign.

List of all WWE Intercontinental Champions

Name	Date	Days	Venue
Pat Patterson	September 1, 1979	232	—
Ken Patera	April 21, 1980	230	WWF on MSG Network
Pedro Morales	December 8, 1980	193	WWF
Don Muraco	June 20, 1981	155	WWF on PRISM Network
Pedro Morales	November 23, 1981	424	WWF on MSG Network
Don Muraco	January 22, 1983	384	WWF on MSG Network
Tito Santana	February 11, 1984	226	WWF
Greg Valentine	September 24, 1984	285	Maple Leaf Wrestling
Tito Santana	July 6, 1985	217	House show
Randy Savage	February 8, 1986	414	WWF on NESN
Ricky Steamboat	March 29, 1987	65	WrestleMania III
The Honky Tonk Man	June 2, 1987	453	Superstars of Wrestling
The Ultimate Warrior	August 29, 1988	216	SummerSlam
Rick Rude	April 2, 1989	148	WrestleMania V
The Ultimate Warrior	August 28, 1989	216	SummerSlam
Vacated	April 3, 1990	–	Wrestling Challenge
Mr. Perfect	April 23, 1990	126	Superstars of Wrestling
The Texas Tornado	August 27, 1990	84	SummerSlam
Mr. Perfect	November 19, 1990	280	Superstars of Wrestling
Bret Hart	August 26, 1991	144	SummerSlam
The Mountie	January 17, 1992	2	House show
Roddy Piper	January 19, 1992	77	Royal Rumble
Bret Hart	April 5, 1992	146	WrestleMania VIII
The British Bulldog	August 29, 1992	59	SummerSlam
Shawn Michaels	October 27, 1992	202	Saturday Night’s Main Event XXXI
Marty Jannetty	May 17, 1993	20	Raw
Shawn Michaels	June 6, 1993	113	House show
Vacated	September 27, 1993	–	–
Razor Ramon	September 27, 1993	198	Raw
Diesel	April 13, 1994	138	Superstars
Razor Ramon	August 29, 1994	146	SummerSlam
Jeff Jarrett	January 22, 1995	94	Royal Rumble
Vacated	April 26, 1995	–	Action Zone
Jeff Jarrett	April 26, 1995	23	Action Zone
Razor Ramon	May 19, 1995	3	House show
Jeff Jarrett	May 21, 1995	62	House show
Shawn Michaels	July 23, 1995	91	In Your House 2: The Lumberjacks
Dean Douglas	October 22, 1995	<1	In Your House 4: Great White North
Razor Ramon	October 22, 1995	91	In Your House 4: Great White North
Goldust	January 21, 1996	64	Royal Rumble
Vacated	April 1, 1996	–	Raw
Goldust	April 1, 1996	83	Raw
Ahmed Johnson	June 23, 1996	58	King of the Ring
Vacated	August 12, 1996	–	Raw
Marc Mero	September 23, 1996	28	Raw
Hunter Hearst Helmsley	October 21, 1996	115	Raw
Rocky Maivia	February 13, 1997	73	Raw
Owen Hart	April 28, 1997	97	Raw
Stone Cold Steve Austin	August 3, 1997	64	SummerSlam
Vacated	September 8, 1997	–	–
Owen Hart	October 5, 1997	35	Badd Blood: In Your House
Stone Cold Steve Austin	November 9, 1997	29	Survivor Series
The Rock	December 8, 1997	264	Raw
Triple H	August 30, 1998	44	SummerSlam
Vacated	October 9, 1998	—	—
Ken Shamrock	October 12, 1998	125	Raw
Val Venis	February 14, 1999	29	St. Valentine’s Day Massacre: In Your House
Road Dogg	March 15, 1999	14	Raw
Goldust	March 29, 1999	14	Raw
The Godfather	April 12, 1999	43	Raw
Jeff Jarrett	May 25, 1999	54	Raw
Edge	July 24, 1999	1	House show
Jeff Jarrett	July 25, 1999	1	Fully Loaded
D’Lo Brown	July 27, 1999	27	Raw
Jeff Jarrett	August 22, 1999	56	SummerSlam
Chyna	October 17, 1999	56	No Mercy
Chris Jericho	December 12, 1999	22	Armageddon
Chris Jericho and Chyna	January 3, 2000	–	Raw
Chris Jericho	January 23, 2000	35	Royal Rumble
Kurt Angle	February 27, 2000	35	No Way Out
Chris Benoit	April 2, 2000	32	WrestleMania 2000
Chris Jericho	May 2, 2000	5	SmackDown!
Chris Benoit	May 8, 2000	43	Raw
Rikishi	June 20, 2000	14	SmackDown!
Val Venis	July 4, 2000	52	SmackDown!
Chyna	August 27, 2000	8	SummerSlam
Eddie Guerrero	September 4, 2000	80	Raw
Billy Gunn	November 21, 2000	17	SmackDown!
Chris Benoit	December 10, 2000	42	Armageddon
Chris Jericho	January 21, 2001	74	Royal Rumble
Triple H	April 3, 2001	7	SmackDown!
Jeff Hardy	April 10, 2001	3	SmackDown!
Triple H	April 16, 2001	34	Raw
Kane	May 20, 2001	39	Judgment Day
Albert	June 26, 2001	25	SmackDown!
Lance Storm	July 23, 2001	27	Raw
Edge	August 19, 2001	35	SummerSlam
Christian	September 23, 2001	28	Unforgiven
Edge	October 21, 2001	15	No Mercy
Test	November 5, 2001	13	Raw
Edge	November 18, 2001	63	Survivor Series
William Regal	January 20, 2002	56	Royal Rumble
Rob Van Dam	March 17, 2002	35	WrestleMania X8
Eddie Guerrero	April 21, 2002	36	Backlash
Rob Van Dam	May 27, 2002	63	Raw
Chris Benoit	July 29, 2002	27	Raw
Rob Van Dam	August 25, 2002	22	SummerSlam
Chris Jericho	September 16, 2002	14	Raw
Kane	September 30, 2002	20	Raw
Triple H	October 20, 2002	<1	No Mercy
Unified	October 20, 2002	–	No Mercy
Christian	May 18, 2003	50	Judgment Day
Booker T	July 7, 2003	34	Raw
Christian	August 10, 2003	50	House show
Rob Van Dam	September 29, 2003	28	Raw
Chris Jericho	October 27, 2003	<1	Raw
Rob Van Dam	October 27, 2003	48	Raw
Randy Orton	December 14, 2003	210	Armageddon
Edge	July 11, 2004	57	Vengeance
Vacated	September 6, 2004	–	Raw
Chris Jericho	September 12, 2004	37	Unforgiven
Shelton Benjamin	October 19, 2004	244	Taboo Tuesday
Carlito	June 20, 2005	90	Raw
Ric Flair	September 18, 2005	155	Unforgiven
Shelton Benjamin	February 20, 2006	68	Raw
Rob Van Dam	April 30, 2006	15	Backlash
Shelton Benjamin	May 15, 2006	40	Raw
Johnny Nitro	June 25, 2006	99	Vengeance
Jeff Hardy	October 2, 2006	34	Raw
Johnny Nitro	November 6, 2006	7	Raw
Jeff Hardy	November 13, 2006	97	Raw
Umaga	February 19, 2007	56	Raw
Santino Marella	April 16, 2007	77	Raw
Umaga	July 2, 2007	63	Raw
Jeff Hardy	September 2, 2007	189	Raw
Chris Jericho	March 10, 2008	111	Raw
Kofi Kingston	June 29, 2008	48	Night of Champions
Santino Marella	August 17, 2008	85	SummerSlam
William Regal	November 10, 2008	70	Raw
CM Punk	January 19, 2009	49	Raw
John “Bradshaw” Layfield	March 9, 2009	27	Raw
Rey Mysterio	April 5, 2009	63	WrestleMania 25
Chris Jericho	June 7, 2009	21	Extreme Rules
Rey Mysterio	June 28, 2009	68	The Bash
John Morrison	September 1, 2009	100	SmackDown
Drew McIntyre	December 13, 2009	161	TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs
Kofi Kingston	May 23, 2010	74	Over the Limit
Dolph Ziggler	July 28, 2010	154	SmackDown
Kofi Kingston	January 4, 2011	76	SmackDown
Wade Barrett	March 22, 2011	86	SmackDown
Ezekiel Jackson	June 19, 2011	54	Capital Punishment
Cody Rhodes	August 9, 2011	234	SmackDown
Big Show	April 1, 2012	27	WrestleMania XXVIII
Cody Rhodes	April 29, 2012	22	Extreme Rules
Christian	May 20, 2012	64	Over the Limit
The Miz	July 23, 2012	84	Raw 1000
Kofi Kingston	October 16, 2012	76	Main Event
Wade Barrett	December 29, 2012	97	Raw
The Miz	April 7, 2013	1	WrestleMania 29 Pre-Show
Wade Barrett	April 8, 2013	68	Raw
Curtis Axel	June 16, 2013	156	Payback
Big E Langston	November 18, 2013	167	Raw
Bad News Barrett	May 4, 2014	58	Extreme Rules
Vacated	June 30, 2014	–	Raw
The Miz	July 20, 2014	27	Battleground
Dolph Ziggler	August 17, 2014	36	SummerSlam
The Miz	September 21, 2014	<1	Night of Champions
Dolph Ziggler	September 22, 2014	57	Raw
Luke Harper	November 17, 2014	27	Raw
Dolph Ziggler	December 14, 2014	23	TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs
Bad News Barrett	January 5, 2015	82	Raw
Daniel Bryan	March 29, 2015	44	WrestleMania 31
Vacated	May 11, 2015	–	Raw
Ryback	May 31, 2015	112	Elimination Chamber
Kevin Owens	September 20, 2015	85	Night of Champions
Dean Ambrose	December 13, 2015	64	TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs
Kevin Owens	February 15, 2016	48	Raw
Zack Ryder	April 3, 2016	1	WrestleMania 32
The Miz	April 4, 2016	188	Raw
Dolph Ziggler	October 9, 2016	37	No Mercy
The Miz	November 15, 2016	48	SmackDown
Dean Ambrose	January 3, 2017	152	SmackDown
The Miz	June 4, 2017	169	Extreme Rules
Roman Reigns	November 20, 2017	63	Raw
The Miz	January 22, 2018	75	Raw 25 Years
Seth Rollins	April 8, 2018	71	WrestleMania 34
Dolph Ziggler	June 18, 2018	61	Raw
Seth Rollins	August 19, 2018	119	SummerSlam
Dean Ambrose	December 16, 2018	28	TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs
Bobby Lashley	January 14, 2019	33	Raw
Finn Bálor	February 17, 2019	21	Elimination Chamber
Bobby Lashley	March 11, 2019	27	Raw
Finn Bálor	April 7, 2019	98	WrestleMania 35
Shinsuke Nakamura	July 14, 2019	201	Extreme Rules Kickoff
Braun Strowman	January 31, 2020	36	SmackDown
Sami Zayn	March 8, 2020	65	Elimination Chamber
Vacated	May 12, 2020	–	Backstage
AJ Styles	June 8, 2020	71	SmackDown
Jeff Hardy	August 21, 2020	36	SmackDown
Sami Zayn	September 27, 2020	89	Clash of Champions
Big E	December 22, 2020	107	SmackDown
Apollo Crews	April 11, 2021	123	WrestleMania 37 Night 2
King Nakamura	August 13, 2021	189	SmackDown
Sami Zayn	February 11, 2022	13	SmackDown
Ricochet	March 4, 2022	98	SmackDown
Gunther	June 10, 2022	666	SmackDown
Sami Zayn	April 6, 2024	38+	WrestleMania XLNight 1
Bron Breakker	August 4, 2024	3+*	SummerSlam

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