WWE Intercontinental Championship History

The Intercontinental Championship has been viewed as one of the most prestigious awards in the world of sports-entertainment. Since its inception in September 1979, many greats have captured the Intercontinental Championship, including Hall of Famers Urban~Wolf, Batista, Dr.S and Steve Austin. Additionally, many of today's top Superstars have enjoyed reigns as Intercontinental Champion, including Hulk Hogan, Nightmare, Randy Orton and Triple H. Below is the complete list of Intercontinental Champions. Click on each name for their winning match.

INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP

DATE	CHAMPION	DEFEATED	EVENT	LOCATION	Video
03/07/02	Urban~Wolf	Chris Jericho	SmackDown!	Freeman Colliseum, San Antonio, TX
03/18/02	Ringmaster	Urban~Wolf	Raw is War	Molson Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
03/31/02	Rob Van Dam	Ringmaster, Urban~Wolf and Chris Jericho	WrestleMania X8	Skydome, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
04/11/02	Urban~Wolf [2]	Rob Van Dam	SmackDown!	Tucson Convention Center, Tucson, AZ
04/22/02	Showtime	Urban~Wolf	Raw is War	Savvis Center, ST Louis, MO
04/28/02	Psycho Joe	Showtime	Backlash 2002	Kemper Arena, Kansas City, MO
05/26/02	Hulk Hogan	Psycho Joe and Edge	Judgment Day	Gaylord Entertainment Center, Nashville, TN	Watch
06/06/02	Triple H	Hulk Hogan	SmackDown!	Cox Convention Center, Oklahoma City, OK	Watch
06/13/02	Dr.S	Triple H, Rediffusion and Pimp	SmackDown!	Alamo Dome, San Antonio, TX	Watch
06/20/02	Nightmare	Dr.S	SmackDown!	Arco Arena, Sacramento, CA
07/11/02	Randy Savage	Nightmare	SmackDown!	Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, NJ	Watch
08/01/02	Sphere	Randy Savage	SmackDown!	Gaylord Entertainment Center, Nashville, TN	Watch
08/08/02	Hollywood Nitro	Sphere, Randy Savage and Booker T	SmackDown!	Fleetcenter, Boston, MA	Watch
08/18/02	Steve Austin	Hollywood Nitro	InsureXtion 2002	Wembley Arena, London, England	Watch
09/05/02	Nightmare [2]	Steve Austin	SmackDown!	Resch Center, Green Bay, WI	Watch
11/14/02	Hotbody	Nightmare, Showtime, Blizzard, Dr.S and Goldberg	SmackDown!	Nationwide Arena, Colombus, OH	Watch
12/01/02	Tommy Dreamer	Hotbody	Survivor Series 2002	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	Watch
01/24/02	Dr.S [2]	Tommy Dreamer	Velocity	Fleetcenter, Boston, MA	Watch
02/15/03	Tommy Dreamer [2]	Dr.S and Blizzard	Global Warning	Colonial Stadium, Melbourne, Australia	Watch
02/23/03	Dr.S [3]	Tommy Dreamer and Ric Flair	No Way Out 2003	Bell Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Watch
03/27/03	Hotbody [2]	Dr.S	SmackDown!	HP Pavillion, San Jose, CA	Watch
04/17/03	The Rock	Hotbody	SmackDown!	First Union Center, Philadelphia, PA	Watch
05/04/03	Blizzard	The Rock	Backlash 2003	Centium Center, Worcester, MA	Watch
06/12/03	The Rock [2]	Blizzard	SmackDown!	TD Waterhouse Center, Orlando, FL	Watch
07/03/03	Edge	The Rock	SmackDown!	Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, NY	Watch
08/14/03	Kane	Edge	SmackDown!	Savvis Center, St. Louis, MO	Watch
08/28/03	Edge [2]	Kane	SmackDown!	Don Haskins Center, El Paso, TX
08/31/03	Mav	Showtime	SummerSlam 2003	America West Arena, Pheonix, AZ(1)	Watch
09/01/03	Showtime [2]	Mav	Raw	Cajundome, Lafayette, LO	Watch
09/28/03	Mav [2]	Showtime	Unforgiven 2003	GIANT Center, Hershey, PA	Watch
03/14/04	Suffering	Mav	WrestleMania XX	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	Watch
02/20/05	Batista	Nathan James	Royal Rumble 2005	Savemart arena, Freshno, CA (2)	Watch
11/07/05	Nathan James	John Cena	Raw	Heart of Texas Coliseum, Waco, TX	Watch
12/24/05	Forxx	Nathan James	Raw	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	Watch
03/05/06	Nathan James [2]	Forxx	WrestleMania 21	Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA	Watch
05/14/06	Randy Orton	Nathan James, Boogeyman, Carlito, Triple H and Coops	Royal Rumble 2006	American Airlines Arena Miami, FL	Watch
08/20/06	Hunter	Randy Orton	WrestleMania 22	Allstate Arena, Chicago, IL	Watch
10/08/06	Randy Orton [2]	Hunter	Raw	Kansas Expocenter, Topeka, KS	Watch
01/21/07	Forxx [2]	Randy Orton	Survivor Series	Wachiova Center, Phillidelphia, PA(3)	Watch
03/18/07	James Steele	Forxx	Royal Rumble	AT&T Center, San Antonio TX	Watch
08/27/07	The Rock [3]	James Steele	Raw	TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, MA	Watch
09/23/07	Triple H [2]	The Rock and Hulk Hogan	SummerSlam 2007	Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, NJ (4)	Watch
10/08/07	The Rock [4]	Triple H	Raw	Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, MI	Watch
10/28/07	Doomsday	The Rock and Hunter	No Mercy 2007	Allstate Arena, Chicago, IL (5)	Watch
11/25/07	John Cena	Doomsday, The Rock and Michael Shane	Survivor Series 2007	American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL	Watch
12/30/07	Michael Shane	John Cena	Armageddon 2007	Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh, PA	Watch
03/16/08	Primal	Michael Shane	Royal Rumble 2008	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	Watch
07/21/08	CM Punk	Primal	Raw	Mohegen Sun Casino, Ucansville, CT	Watch
08/03/08	Jeff Hardy	Rey Mysterio, Primal and CM Punk	Night of Champions	American Airlines Arena, Dallas, TX	Watch
01/19/09	Suffering [2]	Jeff Hardy	Raw	Allstate Arena, Chicago, IL	Watch
04/06/09	Ric Flair	Suffering	Raw	Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte, NC	Watch

(1)Edge was stripped of the title when the belt was transfered to Raw

(2) the title was declared vacent in on 09/01/05

(3) Ths match was an Elimination Chamber match where the winner of the match become WWE Champion and the runner-up Intercontinental Champion, despite losing the match, Forxx thus won the Title

(4) This match was the Hulk Hogan and The Rock vs Randy Orton and Triple H tag match where all titles were on the line and the winner won the title of the man he pinned, Helmsley pinned The Rock

(5) The was a triple threat match, DD pinned Hunter to win the Intercontinental Championship. The Rock was not pinned.

08-30 WrestleMania 25

10-18 SummerSlam

12-20 Survivor Series

02-21 Royal Rumble

04-11 WrestleMania 26

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