WWE Intercontinental Championship
Previous Designs
Names
| WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship | September 1, 1979 - April 5, 1992 |
| WWF Intercontinental Championship | April 5, 1992 - May 5, 2002 |
| WWE Intercontinental Championship | May 5, 2002 - October 20, 2002; May 18, 2003 - Present |
| Champion | Reigns | Date | Event | Locations |
| Pat Patterson | 1 | 9-1-79 | Rio De Janeiro, Brazil | |
| Ken Patera | 1 | 4-21-80 | New York, NY | |
| Pedro Morales | 1 | 12-8-80 | New York, NY | |
| Don Muraco | 1 | 6-20-81 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| Pedro Morales | 2 | 11-23-81 | New York, NY | |
| Don Muraco | 2 | 1-22-83 | New York, NY | |
| Tito Santana | 1 | 2-11-84 | Boston, MA | |
| Greg Valentine | 1 | 9-24-84 | Maple Leaf Wrestling | London, Ontario, Canada |
| Tito Santana | 2 | 7-6-85 | Baltimore, MD | |
| Randy Savage | 1 | 2-8-86 | Boston, MA | |
| Ricky Steamboat | 1 | 3-29-87 | WrestleMania III | Pontiac, MI |
| The Honky Tonk Man | 1 | 6-2-87 | WWF Superstars of Wrestling | Buffalo, NY |
| The Ultimate Warrior | 1 | 8-29-88 | SummerSlam {1988} | New York, NY |
| Rick Rude | 1 | 4-2-89 | WrestleMania V | Atlantic City, NJ |
| The Ultimate Warrior | 2 | 8-28-89 | SummerSlam {1989} | East Rutherford, NJ |
| -Vacated- | ||||
| Mr. Perfect | 1 | 4-23-90 | WWF Superstars of Wrestling | Austin, TX |
| Texas Tornado | 1 | 8-27-90 | SummerSlam {1990} | Philadelphia, PA |
| Mr. Perfect | 2 | 11-19-90 | WWF Superstars of Wrestling | Rochester, NY |
| Bret Hart | 1 | 8-26-81 | SummerSlam {1991} | New York, NY |
| The Mountie | 1 | 1-17-92 | Springfield, MA | |
| Roddy Piper | 1 | 1-19-92 | Royal Rumble {1992} | Albany, NY |
| Bret Hart | 2 | 4-5-92 | WrestleMania VIII | Indianapolis, IN |
| The British Bulldog | 1 | 8-29-92 | SummerSlam {1992} | London, England |
| Shawn Michaels | 1 | 10-27-92 | Saturday Night's Main Event | Terre Haute, IN |
| Marty Jannetty | 1 | 5-17-93 | RAW | New York, NY |
| Shawn Michaels | 2 | 6-6-83 | Albany, NY | |
| -Vacated- | ||||
| Razor Roman | 1 | 9-27-93 | RAW | New Haven, CT |
| Diesel | 1 | 4-13-94 | WWF Superstars of Wrestling | Rochester, NY |
| Razor Roman | 2 | 8-29-94 | SummerSlam {1994} | Chicago, IL |
| Jeff Jarrett | 1 | 1-22-95 | Royal Rumble {1995} | Tampa, FL |
| -Vacated- | ||||
| Jeff Jarrett | 2 | 4-26-95 | WWF Action Zone | Moline, IL |
| Razor Roman | 3 | 5-19-95 | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
| Jeff Jarrett | 3 | 5-22-95 | Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada | |
| Shawn Michaels | 3 | 7-23-95 | In Your House 2: The Lumberjacks | Nashville, TN |
| Dean Douglas | 1 | 10-22-95 | In Your House 4: The Great White North | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Razor Roman | 4 | 10-22-95 | In Your House 4: The Great White North | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Goldust | 1 | 1-21-96 | Royal Rumble {1996} | Fresno, CA |
| -Vacated- | ||||
| Goldust | 2 | 4-1-96 | RAW | San Bernardino, CA |
| Ahmed Johnson | 1 | 6-23-96 | King of the Ring {1996} | Milwaukee, WI |
| -Vacated- | ||||
| Marc Mero | 1 | 9-23-96 | RAW | Hershey, PA |
| Hunter Hearst Helmsley | 1 | 10-21-96 | RAW | Fort Wayne, IN |
| Rocky Maivia | 1 | 2-13-97 | RAW | Lowell, MA |
| Owen Hart | 1 | 4-28-97 | RAW | Omaha, NE |
| Steve Austin | 1 | 8-3-97 | SummerSlam {1997} | East Rutherford, NJ |
| -Vacated- | ||||
| Owen Hart | 2 | 10-5-97 | Bad Blood: IN Your House | St. Louis, MO |
| Steve Austin | 2 | 11-9-97 | Survivor Series {1997} | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| The Rock | 2 | 12-8-97 | RAW | Portland, ME |
| Triple H | 2 | 8-30-98 | SummerSlam {1998} | New York, NY |
| -Vacated- | ||||
| Ken Shamrock | 1 | 10-12-98 | RAW | Uniondale, NY |
| Val Venis | 1 | 2-14-99 | St. Valentine's Day Massage | Memphis, TN |
| Road Dogg | 1 | 3-15-99 | RAW | San Jose, CA |
| Goldust | 3 | 3-29-99 | RAW | East Rutherford, NJ |
| The Godfather | 1 | 4-12-99 | RAW | Detroit, MI |
| Jeff Jarrett | 4 | 5-31-99 | RAW | Moline, IL |
| Edge | 1 | 7-24-99 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
| Jeff Jarrett | 5 | 7-25-99 | Fully Loaded {1999} | Buffalo, NY |
| D'lo Brown | 1 | 7-26-99 | RAW | Columbus, OH |
| Jeff Jarrett | 6 | 8-22-99 | SummerSlam {1999} | Minneapolis, MN |
| Chyna | 1 | 10-17-99 | No Mercy {1999} | Cleveland, OH |
| Chris Jericho | 1 | 12-12-99 | Armageddon {1999} | Sunrise, FL |
| Chris Jericho | 2 | 1-23-00 | Royal Rumble {2000} | New York, NY |
| Kurt Angle | 1 | 2-27-00 | No Way Out {2000} | Hartford, CT |
| Chris Benoit | 1 | 4-2-00 | WrestleMania 2000 | Anaheim, CA |
| Chris Jericho | 3 | 5-4-00 | SmackDown | Richmond, VA |
| Chris Benoit | 2 | 5-8-00 | RAW | Uniondale, NY |
| Rikishi | 1 | 6-22-00 | SmackDown | Memphis, TN |
| Val Venis | 2 | 7-6-00 | SmackDown | Fort Lauderdale, FL |
| Chyna | 2 | 8-27-00 | SummerSlam {2000} | Raleigh, NC |
| Eddie Guerrero | 1 | 9-3-00 | RAW | Knoxville, TN |
| Billy Gunn | 1 | 11-23-00 | SmackDown | Sunrise, FL |
| Chris Benoit | 3 | 12-10-00 | Armageddon {2000} | Birmingham, AL |
| Chris Jericho | 4 | 1-21-01 | Royal Rumble {2001} | New Orleans, LA |
| Triple H | 3 | 4-5-01 | SmackDown | Oklahoma City, OK |
| Jeff Hardy | 1 | 4-12-01 | SmackDown | Philadelphia, PA |
| Triple H | 4 | 4-16-01 | RAW | Knoxville, TN |
| Kane | 1 | 5-20-01 | Judgment Day {2001} | Sacramento, CA |
| Albert | 1 | 6-28-01 | SmackDown | New York, NY |
| Lance Storm | 1 | 7-23-01 | RAW | Buffalo, NY |
| Edge | 2 | 8-19-01 | SummerSlam {2001} | San Jose, CA |
| Christian | 1 | 9-23-01 | Unforgiven {2001} | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Edge | 3 | 10-21-01 | No Mercy {2001} | St. Louis, MO |
| Test | 1 | 11-5-01 | RAW | Uniondale, NY |
| Edge | 4 | 11-18-01 | Survivor Series {2001} | Greensboro, NC |
| William Regal | 1 | 1-20-02 | Royal Rumble {2002} | Atlanta, GA |
| Rob Van Dam | 1 | 3-17-02 | WrestleMania X8 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Eddie Guerrero | 2 | 4-21-02 | Backlash {2002} | Kansas City, MO |
| Rob Van Dam | 2 | 5-27-02 | RAW | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Chris Benoit | 4 | 7-29-02 | RAW | Greensboro, NC |
| Rob Van Dam | 3 | 8-25-02 | SummerSlam {2002} | Uniondale, NY |
| Chris Jericho | 5 | 9-16-02 | RAW | Denver, CO |
| Kane | 2 | 9-30-02 | RAW | Houston, TX |
| Triple H | 5 | 10-20-02 | No Mercy {2002} | Little Rock, AR |
| -Unified- | ||||
| Christian | 2 | 5-18-03 | Judgment Day {2003} | Charlotte, NC |
| Booker T | 1 | 7-7-03 | RAW | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Christian | 3 | 8-10-03 | Des Moines, IA | |
| Rob Van Dam | 4 | 9-29-03 | RAW | Chicago, IL |
| Chris Jericho | 6 | 10-27-03 | RAW | Fayetteville, NC |
| Rob Van Dam | 5 | 10-27-03 | RAW | Fayetteville, NC |
| Randy Orton | 1 | 12-14-03 | Armageddon {2003} | Orlando, FL |
| Edge | 5 | 7-11-04 | Vengeance {2004} | Hartford, CT |
| -Vacated- | ||||
| Chris Jericho | 7 | 9-12-04 | Unforgiven {2004} | Portland, OR |
| Shelton Benjamin | 1 | 10-19-04 | Taboo Tuesday | Milwaukee, WI |
| Carlito | 1 | 6-20-05 | RAW | Phoenix, AZ |
| Ric Flair | 1 | 9-19-05 | Unforgiven {2005} | Oklahoma City, OK |
| Shelton Benjamin | 2 | 2-20-06 | RAW | Trenton, NJ |
| Rob Van Dam | 6 | 4-30-06 | Backlash {2006} | Lexington, KY |
| Shelton Benjamin | 3 | 5-15-06 | RAW | Lubbock, TX |
| Johnny Nitro | 1 | 6-25-06 | Vengeance {2006} | Charlotte, NC |
| Jeff Hardy | 2 | 10-2-06 | RAW | Topeka, KS |
| Johnny Nitro | 2 | 11-6-06 | RAW | Columbus, OH |
| Jeff Hardy | 3 | 11-13-06 | RAW | Manchester, England |
| Umaga | 1 | 2-19-07 | RAW | Bakersfield, CA |
| Santino Marella | 1 | 4-16-07 | RAW | Milan, Italy |
| Umaga | 2 | 7-2-07 | RAW | Dallas, TX |
| Jeff Hardy | 4 | 9-3-07 | RAW | Columbus, OH |
| Chris Jericho | 8 | 3-10-08 | RAW | Milwaukee, WI |
| Kofi Kingston | 1 | 6-29-08 | Night of Champions {2008} | Dallas, TX |
| Santino Marella | 2 | 8-17-08 | SummerSlam {2008} | Indianapolis, IN |
| William Regal | 2 | 11-10-08 | RAW | Manchester, England |
| CM Punk | 1 | 1-19-09 | RAW | Chicago, IL |
| JBL | 1 | 3-9-09 | RAW | Jacksonville, FL |
| Rey Mysterio | 1 | 4-5-09 | WrestleMania XXV | Houston, TX |
| Chris Jericho | 9 | 6-7-09 | Extreme Rules {2009} | New Orleans, LA |
| Rey Mysterio | 2 | 6-28-09 | The Bash {2009} | Sacramento, CA |
| John Morrison | 3 | 9-4-09 | SmackDown | Cleveland, OH |
| Drew McIntyre | 1 | 12-13-09 | TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs {2009} | San Antonio, TX |
| Kofi Kingston | 2 | 5-23-10 | Over the Limit {2010} | Detroit, MI |
| Dolph Ziggler | 1 | 8-6-10 | SmackDown | Laredo, TX |
| Kofi Kingston | 3 | 1-7-11 | SmackDown | Tucson, AZ |
| Wade Barrett | 1 | 3-25-11 | SmackDown | Columbus, OH |
| Ezekiel Jackson | 1 | 6-19-11 | Capitol Punishment | Washington, DC |
| Cody Rhodes | 1 | 8-12-11 | SmackDown | Sacramento, CA |
| Big Show | 1 | 4-1-12 | WrestleMania XXVIII | Miami, FL |
| Cody Rhodes | 2 | 4-29-12 | Extreme Rules {2012} | Chicago, IL |
| Christian | 4 | 5-20-12 | Over the Limit {2012} | Raleigh, NC |
| The Miz | 1 | 7-23-12 | RAW 1000 | St. Louis, MO |
| Kofi Kingston | 4 | 10-16-12 | Main Event | Memphis, TN |
| Wade Barrett | 2 | 12-29-12 | RAW | Washington, DC |
| The Miz | 2 | 4-7-13 | WrestleMania 29 | East Rutherford, NJ |
| Wade Barrett | 3 | 4-8-13 | RAW | East Rutherford, NJ |
| Curtis Axel | 1 | 6-16-13 | Payback | Chicago, IL |
| Big E Langston | 1 | 11-18-13 | RAW | Nashville, TN |
| Bad News Barrett | 4 | 5-4-14 | Extreme Rules {2014} | East Rutherford, NJ |
| -Vacated- | ||||
| The Miz | 3 | 7-20-14 | Battleground | Tampa, FL |
| Dolph Ziggler | 2 | 8-17-14 | SummerSlam {2014} | Los Angeles, CA |
| The Miz | 4 | 9-21-14 | Night of Champions {2014} | Nashville, TN |
| Dolph Ziggler | 3 | 9-22-14 | RAW | Memphis, TN |
| Luke Harper | 1 | 11-17-14 | RAW | Roanoke, VA |
| Dolph Ziggler | 4 | 12-14-14 | TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs {2014} | Cleveland, OH |
| Bad News Barrett | 4 | 1-5-15 | RAW | Corpus Christi, TX |
| Daniel Bryan | 1 | 3-29-15 | WrestleMania 31 | Santa Clara, CA |
| -Vacated- | ||||
| Ryback | 1 | 5-31-15 | Elimination Chamber {2015} | Corpus Christi, TX |
| Kevin Owens | 1 | 9-20-15 | Night of Champions {2015} | Houston, TX |
| Dean Ambrose | 1 | 12-13-15 | TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs {2015} | Boston, MA |
| Kevin Owens | 2 | 2-15-16 | RAW | Anaheim, CA |
| Zack Ryder | 1 | 4-3-16 | WrestleMania 32 | Dallas, TX |
| The Miz | 5 | 4-4-16 | RAW | Dallas, TX |
| Dolph Ziggler | 5 | 10-9-16 | No Mercy {2016} | Sacramento, CA |
| The Miz | 6 | 11-15-16 | SmackDown 900 | Wilkes-Barre, PA |
| Dean Ambrose | 2 | 1-3-17 | SmackDown Live | Jacksonville, FL |
| The Miz | 7 | 6-4-17 | Extreme Rules {2017} | Baltimore, MD |
| Roman Reigns | 1 | 11-20-17 | RAW | Houston, TX |
| The Miz | 8 | 1-22-18 | RAW | Brooklyn, NY |
| Seth Rollins | 1 | 4-8-18 | WrestleMania 34 | New Orleans, LA |
| Dolph Ziggler | 6 | 6-18-18 | RAW | Grand Rapids, MI |
| Seth Rollins | 2 | 8-19-18 | SummerSlam {2018} | Brooklyn, NY |
| Dean Ambrose | 3 | 12-16-18 | TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs {2018} | San Jose, CA |
| Bobby Lashley | 1 | 1-14-19 | RAW | Memphis, TN |
| Finn Balor | 1 | 2-17-19 | Elimination Chamber {2019} | Houston, TX |
| Bobby Lashley | 2 | 3-11-19 | RAW | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Finn Balor | 2 | 4-7-19 | WrestleMania 35 | East Rutherford, NJ |
| Shinsuke Nakamura | 1 | 7-14-19 | Extreme Rules {2019} | Philadelphia, PA |
| Braun Strowman | 1 | 1-31-20 | SmackDown | Tulsa, OK |
| Sami Zayn | 1 | 3-8-20 | Elimination Champion {2020} | Philadelphia, PA |
| -Vacated- | ||||
| AJ Styles | 1 | 6-12-20 | SmackDown | Orlando, FL |
| Jeff Hardy | 5 | 8-21-20 | SmackDown | Orlando, FL |
| Sami Zayn | 2 | 9-27-20 | Clash of Champions {2020} | Orlando, FL |
| Big E | 2 | 12-25-20 | SmackDown | Tampa, FL |
| Apollo Crews | 1 | 4-11-21 | WrestleMania 37 | Tampa, FL |
| Shinsuke Nakamura | 2 | 8-13-21 | SmackDown | Tulsa, OK |
| Sami Zayn | 3 | 2-18-22 | SmackDown | New Orleans, LA |
| Ricochet | 1 | 3-4-22 | SmackDown | Miami, FL |
| Gunther | 1 | 6-10-22 | SmackDown | Baton Rouge, LA |