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WWE Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship, 2000-

1998-present

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This Championship is the result of the unification of the titles listed below, over the course of many years: 

  • Georgia Heavyweight Championship (1964 - 1981)
  • NWA Georgia National Championship (1980 - 1986)
  • Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling United States Championship/National Wrestling Alliance US Championship (1975 -1990); World Championship Wrestling US Championship (1990 - 2001)
  • WWF/WWE European Championship (Feb. 1997 - July 2002)
  • WWF/WWE Hardcore Championship (Nov. 1998 - August 2002)

Know as:

  • WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship (Feb. 1979 - May 2002)
  • WWE Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship (May 2002 - )

Previous

No.

Champion

Date won

Location

Reign

Event

Note

61.

Chris Jericho/Chyna [2]

1/3/2000

Miami, FL

20 d

-Live

23
62. Chris Jericho [3] 1/23/2000 New York, NY 35 d 2000 24
63. Kurt Angle 2/27/2000 Hartford, CT 35 d 2000  
64. Chris Benoit 4/2/2000 Anaheim, CA 30 d 25
65. Chris Jericho [4] 5/2/2000 Richmond, VA 6 d -5/4/2000  
66. Chris Benoit [2] 5/8/2000 Uniondale, NY 42 d -Live  
67. Rikishi Fatu 6/20/2000 Memphis, TN 14 d -6/22/2000  
68. Val Venis [2] 7/4/2000 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 54 d -7/6/2000  
69. Chyna [3] 8/27/2000 Raleigh, NC 8 d 2000 26
70.

Eddie Guerrero

 9/4/2000 Lexington, KY 78 d -Live 27
71. "The One" Billy Gunn 11/21/2000 Sunrise, FL 19 d -11/23/2000  
72. Chris Benoit [3] 12/10/2000 Birmingham, AL 42 d 2000  
73. Chris Jericho [5] 1/21/2001 New Orleans, LA 72 d 2001  
74. HHH [3] 4/3/2001 Oklahoma City, OK 7 d -4/5/2001  
75. Jeff Hardy 4/10/2001 Philadelphia, PA 6 d -4/12/2001  
76. HHH [4] 4/16/2001 Knoxville, TN 34 d -Live  
77. Kane 5/20/2001 Sacramento, CA 37 d 2001  
78. Albert 6/26/2001 New York, NY 27 d -6/28/2001  
79. Lance Storm 7/23/2001 Buffalo, NY 27 d -Live 28
80. Edge [2] 8/19/2001 San Jose, CA 35 d 2001  
81. Christian 9/23/2001 Pittsburgh, PA 28 d 2001  
82. Edge [3] 10/21/2001 St. Louis, MO 15 d 2001 29
83. Test 11/5/2001 Long Island, NY 13 d -Live 30
84. Edge [4] 11/18/2001 Greensboro, NC 63 d '01 31
85. William Regal 1/20/2002 Altanta, GA 56 d '02  
86. Rob Van Dam 3/17/2002 Toronto, Canada 35 d  
87. Eddie Guerrero [2] 4/21/2002 Kansas City, MO 36 d '02  
88. Rob Van Dam [2] 5/27/2002 Edmonton, Canada 63 d -Live 32
89. Chris Benoit 7/29/2002 Greensboro, NC 27 d -Live  
90. Rob Van Dam [3] 8/25/2002 Uniondale, NY 22 d Summerslam 2002 33
91. Chris Jericho [6] 9/16/2002 Denver, CO 14 d -Live  
92. Kane [2] 9/30/2002 Houston, TX 20 d -Live 34
TITLE ABSORBED INTO THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
93. Christian [2] 5/18/2003 Charlotte, NC 50 d Judgment Day 2003 35
94. Booker T 07/07/2003 Montreal, QC 34 d -Live  
95. Christian [3] 08/10/2003 Des Moines, IA 50 d House Show  
96. Rob Van Dam [4] 09/29/2003 Chicago, IL 28 d -Live  
97. Chris Jericho [7] 10/27/2003 Fayetteville, NC 0 d -Live  

98.

 Rob Van Dam [5] 10/27/2003 Fayetteville, NC 48 d -Live 36
99. Randy Orton 12/24/2003 Orlando, FL 210 d '03  
100. Edge [5] 07/11/2004 Hartford, CT 57 d Vengeance '04  
  VACANT 09/06/2004 Wichita Falls, TX 6 d RAW 37
101. Chris Jericho [7] 09/12/2004 Portland, OR 37 d Unforgiven '04  
102. Shelton Benjamin 10/19/2004 Milwaukee, WI You need a Java browser to execute this java program. days Taboo Tuesday '04  
 

23. Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley declared that due to the double pin in the 12/28/99 match, both Jericho & Chyna were the IC champ. Either one could defend the title, but if whoever was defending the belt lost the match, then both of them would lose their claim to the title.

24. This was a thiple-threat match between Chyna, Jericho, and Hardcore Holly to determine the undisputed Intercontinental Champion.

25. This was a two out of three falls, triple-threat match between Kurt Angle, Chris Jericho, and Chris Benoit for Angle's European and Intercontinental Championchip Belts. Benoit won the first fall, for the Intercontinental Belt.

26. This was an inter-gender tag team match in which the title went to whomever made the pin. Chyna and Eddie Guerrero def. Val Venis (champion) and Trish Stratus when Chyna pinned Trish.

27. This was a triple threat match between Chyna, Eddie Guerrero, and Kurt Angle.

28. Lance Storm is an wrestler.

29. This was a ladder match.

30. Test is a - Alliance wrestler. He was also Tag Team Champion with Booker T when he won this title.

31. Edge is also the US Champion. He unified the Intercontinental and US Titles at Survivor Series 2001.

32. This was a ladder match; RVD beat WWE European Champion Jeff Hardy in a Title Unification Ladder match on 7/22/2002 to become the "Undisputed" Intercontinental Champion, and retire the European Championship.

33. RVD beat WWE Hardcore Champion Tommy Dreamer in a Title Unification match on 8/26/2002 to become the "Undisputed" Intercontinental Champion, and retire the Hardcore Championship.

34. Loses to World (Raw) Champion HHH in a Title Unification match at No Mercy. The Intercontinental Championship is absorbed into the World Championship.

35. The I-C Title is revived as a Raw Championship in 2003. Christian wins the title in a Battle Royal at Judgment Day 2003.

36. Raw GM Steve Austin ordered an immediate rematch in a steel cage.

37. Raw GM Eric Bischoff stripped Edge due to an injury.

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