Footnotes:
^[1]: Pat Patterson wins a fictitious tournament to be crowned the first-ever WWF Intercontinental Champion. People say he beat Ted DiBiase, but who really knows.
^[2]: When the Ultimate Warrior won the WWF title at WrestleMania 6 on April 1, 1990, the Intercontinental title became vacant.
^[3]: This was a tournament final to fill the vacancy.
^[4]: Shawn Michaels was stripped of the title for not defending the belt within the last 30 days. The real reason though was that he tested positive for steroids and was suspended.
^[5]: Ramon and Martel were the last two remaining in a 20-man battle royal. Therefore, they squared off in a match one week later to determine the new Intercontinental champion.
^[6]: The belt was held up after a controversial finish. The rematch aired a week later on Action Zone.
^[7]: After being attacked outside a Syracuse nightclub on October 14, 1995, Shawn Michaels had to lose the Intercontinental title by forfeit.
^[8]: The title was held up after a previous match between these two ended in a no-contest. This was the rematch to determine a champion.
^[9]: Ahmed Johnson was forced to vacate the title due to an injury.
^[10]: This was a tournament final.
^[11]: Austin had to vacate the title after taking the Owen Driver that broke his neck at SummerSlam on September 8, 1997.
^[12]: This was a tournament final.
^[13]: Austin forfeited the belt to Rock after refusing to defend the Intercontinental title at Mr. McMahon’s request.
^[14]: Triple H had to vacate the belt after a leg injury.
^[15]: This was a tournament final.
^[16]: Billy Gunn was the special guest referee.
^[17]: This was a triple-threat match which also included Chyna.
^[18]: Due to a controversial double-pin situation, Chris Jericho and Chyna were considered co-champions for three weeks leading into the Royal Rumble where Jericho would secure the title by coming out the winner of a triple-threat match which also included Hardcore Holly.
^[19]: This was a triple-threat match which also included Chris Jericho.
^[20]: Chyna competed in a inter-gender tag match alongwith Eddie Guerrero to take on Intercontinental champion Val Venis and Trish Stratus. Chyna pinned Trish to win the belt.
^[21]: This was a triple-threat match which also included Kurt Angle.
^[22]: WCW U.S. champion Edge defeated the Intercontinental champion Test to unify the belts.
^[23]: World champion Triple H beat the Intercontinental champion Kane to unify the belts.
^[24]: Christian won a nine-man battle royal to win the newly revived Intercontinental title.
^[25]: Mick Foley was the special guest referee.
^[26]: On September 6, 2004, Edge had to relinguish the title due to injury.
^[27]: This was a ladder match to determine a new champion.
^[28]: This was a 3-on-2 Handicap Texas Tornado match on Raw featuring Benjamin, Chris Masters and Triple H against WWE Champion John Cena and Rob Van Dam, in which anyone to beat Cena or Van Dam would win their respective title; Benjamin pinned Van Dam.
^[29]: This was a triple-threat match which also included Carlito.
^[30]: Santino teamed up with Beth Phoenix to take on Intercontinental champion Kofi Kingston and Womens champion Mickie James in a “Winner Takes All” match.

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