WWE Intercontinental Championship History
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71. Chris Benoit [3]
    • x: DQL Billy Gunn, 12/11/00 - RAW
    • x: b Jeff Hardy, 12/18/00 - RAW
    • x: b Matt Hardy, 12/28/00 - SmackDown!
    • x: b Test, 01/01/01 - RAW
    • x: DQL Chris Jericho, 01/04/01 - SmackDown!
72. Chris Jericho [4]
    • 0: b Chris Benoit, 01/21/01 - Royal Rumble
      ladder match
    • 1: DQL Big Show, 01/25/01 - SmackDown!
    • 2: b Tazz, 02/01/01 - SmackDown!
    • 3: b Matt Hardy, 02/05/01 - RAW
    • 4: DQW Eddie Guerrero, 02/12/01 - RAW
    • 5: DQL X-Pac, 02/15/01 - SmackDown!
    • 6: b X-Pac, Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit, 02/25/01 - No Way Out
    • 7: b Raven, 02/26/01 - RAW
    • 8: b Val Venis, 03/08/01 - SmackDown!
    • 9: b William Regal, 04/01/01 - WrestleMania X9
73. Triple H [2]
    • 0: b Chris Jericho, 04/05/01 - SmackDown!
74. Jeff Hardy
    • 0: b Triple H, 04/12/01 - SmackDown!
75. Triple H [3]
    • 0: b Jeff Hardy, 04/16/01 - RAW
    • 1: b the Undertaker & Kane - Backlash
      Championship retained by winning tag team match with partner Steve Austin. With win, Austin also retained his WWF Championship, and both men gained the WWE Tag Team Championship
    • 2: b Jeff Hardy, 05/03/01 - SmackDown!
76. Kane
    • 0: b Triple H, 05/20/01 - Judgment Day
      Chain Match
    • 1: b Kurt Angle, 05/21/01 - RAW
    • 2: b Edge, 05/31/01 - SmackDown!
    • 3: b Christian, 06/04/01 - RAW
    • 4: b X-Pac, 06/07/01 - SmackDown!
    • 5: b Albert, 06/14/01 - SmackDown!
77. Albert
    • 0: b Kane, 06/28/01 - SmackDown!
    • 1: b Edge, 07/05/01 - SmackDown!
    • 2: b Rhyno, 07/09/01 - RAW
78. Lance Storm
    • 0: b Albert, 07/23/01 - RAW
    • 1: DQW Perry Saturn, 07/26/01 - SmackDown!
    • 2: b Christian, 08/06/01 - RAW
79. Edge [2]
    • 0: b Lance Storm, 08/19/01 - SummerSlam
    • 1: DQL Edge, 08/27/01 - RAW
    • 2: b Lance Storm, 09/03/01 - RAW
80. Christian
    • 0: b Edge, 09/23/01 - Unforgiven
    • 1: DQL Chris Jericho, 09/24/01 - RAW
    • 2: NC Bradshaw, 09/27/01 - SmackDown!
81. Edge [3]
    • 0: b Christian, 10/21/01 - No Mercy
      ladder match
    • 1: DCO Test, 10/28/01 - Heat
    • 2: b Rob Van Dam, 10/29/01 - RAW
82. Test
    • 0: b Edge, 11/05/01 - RAW
    • 1: b Matt Hardy, 11/08/01 - SmackDown!
83. Edge [4]

    • 0: b Test, 11/18/01 - Survivor Series
      unification match with WCW's United States Title (held by Edge). By virtue of main event stipulations, the US Championship was folded into the IC title

    • 1: DQW Christian, 11/22/01 - SmackDown!
    • 2: DQW Test, 11/26/01 - RAW
    • 3: DQW Kurt Angle, 12/20/01 - SmackDown!
    • 4: b Kane, 12/27/01 - SmackDown!
    • 5: b Lance Storm, 01/07/02 - RAW
    • 6: b Big Boss Man, 01/10/02 - SmackDown!
84. William Regal
    • 0: b Edge, 01/20/02 - Royal Rumble
    • 1: DQW Edge, 01/21/02 - RAW
    • 2: DQL RVD, 01/28/02 - RAW
    • 3: DQW Rikishi, 02/04/02 - RAW
    • 4: b Edge, 02/17/02 - No Way Out
    • 5: b Rikishi, 02/24/02 - Heat
85. Rob Van Dam
    • 0: b William Regal, 03/17/02 - WrestleMania X8
    • 1: b Christian, 03/18/02 - RAW
    • 2: DQW Kurt Angle, 03/25/02 - RAW
    • 3: b Test, 03/28/02 - SmackDown!
    • 4: b Booker T, 04/01/02 - RAW
86. Eddie Guerrero [2]
    • 0: b Rob Van Dam, 04/21/02 - Backlash
    • 1: b Jeff Hardy, 04/29/02 - RAW
    • 2: b Tommy Dreamer, 05/12/02 - Heat
    • 3: b Rob Van Dam, 05/19/02 - Judgement Day
87. Rob Van Dam [2]
    • 0: b Eddie Guerrero, 05/27/02 - RAW
      Ladder match
    • 1: DQW Brock Lesnar, 06/24/02 - RAW
    • 2: DQW Brock Lesnar, 07/21/02 - Vengeance
    • 3: b Jeff Hardy, 07/22/02 - RAW
      title for title ladder match; Rob Van Dam wins the European title, but championship is immediately closed. Temporary refered to as "unified IC Champion"
88. Chris Benoit [4]
    • 0: b Rob Van Dam, 07/29/02 - RAW
      Benoit jumps to rival SmackDown! brand on 08/01/04; still considered legitimate IC champion by both brands
89. Rob Van Dam [3]
    • 0: b Chris Benoit, 08/25/02 - SummerSlam RAW vs SD! matchup. Title returns to RAW.
    • 1: b Tommy Dreamer, 08/26/02 - RAW
      title for title hardcore match. Rob Van Dam wins the Hardcore title, but championship is immediately closed.
90. Chris Jericho [5]
    • 0: b Rob Van Dam, 09/16/02 - RAW
    • 1: b Ric Flair, 09/22/02 - Unforgiven
    • 2: b Goldust, 09/23/02 - RAW
91. Kane [2]
    • 0: b Chris Jericho, 09/30/02 - RAW
92. Triple H
    • 0: b Kane, 10/20/02 - No Mercy
      title for (world) title. Triple H wins the IC title, but championship is immediately closed. Arguable title reign.
93. Christian [2]
    • 0: b Booker T, Chris Jericho, Goldust, Rob Van Dam, Val Venis, Test, Kane, Lance Storm, 05/28/03 - Judgment Day
    • 1: DQL Booker T, 06/15/03 - Bad Blood
94. Booker T
    • 0: b Christian, 07/14/03 - RAW
    • 1: b Test, 07/21/03 - RAW
95. Christian [3]
    • 0: b Booker T, 08/10/03 - Des Moines, IA
      non-televised house show match. Match never shown on television.
    • 1: b Spike Dudley, 08/11/03 - RAW
    • 2: DQL Rob Van Dam, 08/18/03 - RAW
    • 3: b Jerry Lawler, 08/25/03 - RAW
    • 4: b Chris Jericho, 09/01/03 - RAW
    • 5: b Val Venis, 09/14/03 - Heat
    • 6: b Rob Van Dam and Chris Jericho, 09/21/03 - Unforgiven
    • 7: DQL Rob Van Dam, 09/29/03 - RAW
96. Rob Van Dam [4]
    • 0: b Christian, 09/29/03 - RAW
      ladder match
    • 1: DQW Scott Steiner, 10/13/03 - RAW
97. Chris Jericho [6]
    • 0: b Rob Van Dam, 10/27/03 - RAW
98. Rob Van Dam [5]
    • 0: b Chris Jericho, 10/27/03 - RAW
      cage match, immediate rematch following previous title change
    • 1: b Christian, 11/10/03 - RAW
    • 2: b Ric Flair, 11/17/03 - RAW
99. Randy Orton
    • 0: b Rob Van Dam, 12/14/03 - Armageddon
    • x: NO MATCH Mick Foley, 12/15/03 - RAW
      Foley declines to wrestle in match before it starts; not a defense, because there was no match
    • 1: b Booker T, 12/30/03 - RAW
    • 2: b Rob Van Dam, 01/12/04 - RAW
    • 3: b Booker T and Rob Van Dam, 02/09/04 - RAW
    • 4: b Mick Foley, 04/18/04 - Backlash
      No Holds Barred match
    • 5: b Val Venis, 05/02/04 - Heat
    • 6: b Edge, 05/10/04 - RAW
    • 7: b Shelton Benjamin, 06/13/04 - Bad Blood
    • 8: b Chris Jericho, 07/05/04 - RAW
100. Edge [5]
     • 0: b Randy Orton, 07/11/04 - RAW
     • 2: b Batista and Chris Jericho, 08/15/04 - SummerSlam
     • 3: b Kane, 08/16/04 - RAW
     • 4: NC Chris Jericho, 08/23/04 - RAW
       Edge is declared unable to wrestle (injury) and striped of the title on 09/06/04
101. Chris Jericho [7]
     • 0: b Christian, 09/12/04 - Unforgiven
       ladder match for vacant title
     • 1: DQL Shawn Michaels, 09/20/04 - RAW
102. Shelton Benjamin
     • 0: b Chris Jericho, 10/19/04 - Taboo Tuesday
     • 1: b Chris Jericho, 10/25/04 - RAW
     • 2: b Christian, 11/14/04 - Survivor Series
     • 3: b Christian, 12/06/04 - RAW
     • 4: b Maven, 01/09/05 - New Year's Revolution
     • 5: b Maven, 01/09/05 - New Year's Revoultion
       immediate rematch of previous defense
     • 6: b Simon Dean, 01/31/05 - RAW
     • 7: b Val Venis, 02/13/05 - Heat
     • 8: DQW Gene Snitsky, 02/14/05 - RAW
     • 9: DQL Gene Snitsky, 02/21/05 - RAW
     • 10: b Gene Snitsky, 02/28/05 - RAW
       title could change hands on a DQ
     • 11: b Chris Jericho and Christian, 04/04/05 - RAW
     • 12: b Chris Jericho, 05/01/05 - Backlash
     • 13: b Rob Conway and Sylvan Grenier, 05/30/05 - RAW
     • 14: b Muhammad Hassan & Daivari, 06/06/05 - RAW
       handicap match where Hassan would win the title if his team beat Shelton
     • 15: DQL Muhammad Hassan, 06/13/05 - RAW
       Steve Austin refereed
103. Carlito
     • 0: b Shelton Benjamin, 06/20/05 - RAW
     • 1: b Shelton Benjamin, 06/26/05 - Vengeance
     • 2: CORL Shelton Benjamin, 07/11/05 - RAW
     • 3: DQL Shelton Benjamin, 07/18/05 - RAW
       title could change hands on countout

Last updated: 09/07/05

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