2019 marks 40 years of the Intercontinental Championship, it was introduced in 1979 when Pat Patterson won it for the very first time in a kayfabe tournament in Rio De Janerio by defeating Johnny Rodz. Since ’79, there has been 83 International Champions, Chris Jericho has held the Championship the most amount of times (9) and The Honky Tonk Man is the longest reigning (454 days).
Following, is the photographic history of the Intercontinental Championship.
Disclaimer:
I tried to have each image for the year the wrestler won, apologies if the image is wrong.
Each wrestler gets one image HOWEVER The Rock, Triple H, John Morrison and Bad News Barrett have 2 because of their name changes and Chyna and Jericho were co Champs.
Inaugural Intercontinental Champion Pat Patterson – September 1979
Ken Patera – April 1980
Pedro Morales – December 1980
Don Muraco – June 1981
Tito Santana – February 1984
Greg “The Hammer” Valentine – September 1984
Macho Man Randy Savage – February 1986
Ricky “The Dragonboat” Steamer – March 1987
The longest reigning Intercontinental Champion – The Honky Tonk Man – June 1987
The Ultimate Warrior – August 1988
Rick Rude – April 1989
Mr Perfect – April 1990
The Texas Tornado – August 1990
Bret Hart – August 1991
The Mountie – January 1992
Rowdy Roddy Piper – January 1992
The British Bulldog – August 1992
Shawn Michaels – October 1992
Marty Jannetty – May 1993
Razor Ramon – September 1993
Diesel – April – 1994
Jeff Jarrett – January 1995
Dean Douglas – October 1995
Goldust – January 1996
Ahmed Johnson – August 1996
Marc Mero – September 1996
Hunter Hearst Helmsley – October 1996
Rocky Maivia – February 1997
Owen Hart – April 1997
Stone Cold Steve Austin – August 1997
The Rock – December 1997
Triple H – August 1998
Ken Shamrock – October 1998
Val Venis – February 1999
Road Dogg – March 1999
The Godfather – April 1999
Edge – July 1999
D’lo Brown – July 1999
Chyna – October 1999
Chris Jericho – December 1999
Co Champions – Jericho & Chyna – January 2000
Kurt Angle – February 2000
Chris Benoit – April 2000
Rikishi – June 2000
Eddie Guerrero – September 2000
Billie Gunn – November 2000
Jeff Hardy – April 2001
Kane – May 2001
Albert – June 2001
Lance Storm – July 2001
Christian – September 2001
Test – November 2001
William Regal – January 2002
Rob Van Dam – March 2002
Booker T – July 2003
Randy Orton – December 2003
Shelton Benjamin – October 2004
Carlito – June 2005
Ric Flair – September – 2005
Johnny Nitro – June 2006
Umaga – February 2007
Santino Marella – April 2007
Kofi Kingston – June 2008
CM Punk – January 2009
John “Bradshaw” Layfield – March 2009
Rey Mysterio – April 2009
John Morrison – September 2009
Drew McIntyre – December 2009
Dolph Ziggler – July 2010
Wade Barrett – March 2011
Ezekiel Jackson – June 2011
Cody Rhodes – August 2011
Big Show – April 2012
The Miz – July 2012
Curtis Axel – June 2013
Big E Langston – November 2013
Bad News Barrett – May 2014
Luke Harper – November 2014
Daniel Bryan – March 2015
Ryback – May 2015
Kevin Owens – September 2015
Dean Ambrose – December 2015
Zack Ryder – April 2016
Roman Reigns – November 2017
Seth Rollins – April 2018
Bobby Lashley – January 2019
Finn Bálor – February 2019
Shinsuke Nakamura – July 2019
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