184 April 6, 2024 Philadelphia, PA | WWE WrestleMania XL 33+
days 183 June 10, 2022 Baton Rouge, LA | SmackDown The title became exclusive to Raw following the 2023 WWE Draft.
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days 182 March 4, 2022 Miami, FL | SmackDown 98
days 181 February 18, 2022 New Orleans, LA | SmackDown 14
days 180 August 13, 2021 Tulsa, OK | SmackDown 189
days 179 April 11, 2021 Tampa, FL | WWE WrestleMania 37 124
days 178 December 25, 2020 St. Petersburg, FL | SmackDown 107
days 177 September 27, 2020 Orlando, FL | WWE Clash of Champions 2020 89
days 176 August 21, 2020 Orlando, FL | SmackDown 37
days 175 June 8, 2020 Orlando, FL | SmackDown Defeated Daniel Bryan in a tournament final for the vacant title. WWE recognizes this reign as beginning on June 12, 2020, when the match aired on tape delay. WWE incorrectly lists Styles' reign as lasting 71 days, ending on August 22, 2020.
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days Vacant May 12, 2020 Sami Zayn was stripped of the title after electing to refrain from competing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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days 174 March 8, 2020 Philadelphia, PA | WWE Elimination Chamber 2020 65
days 173 January 31, 2020 Tulsa, OK | SmackDown 37
days 172 July 14, 2019 Philadelphia, PA | WWE Extreme Rules 2019 201
days 171 April 7, 2019 East Rutherford, NJ | WWE WrestleMania 35 The title became exclusive to the SmackDown brand following the 2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up.
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days 170 March 11, 2019 Pittsburgh, PA | Raw 27
days 169 February 17, 2019 Houston, TX | WWE Elimination Chamber 2019 22
days 168 January 14, 2019 Memphis, TN | Raw 34
days 167 December 16, 2018 San Jose, CA | WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2018 29
days 166 August 19, 2018 Brooklyn, NY | WWE SummerSlam 2018 119
days 165 June 18, 2018 Grand Rapids, MI | Raw 62
days 164 April 8, 2018 New Orleans, LA | WWE WrestleMania 34 71
days 163 January 22, 2018 Brooklyn, NY | Raw 76
days 162 November 20, 2017 Houston, TX | Raw 63
days 161 June 4, 2017 Baltimore, MD | WWE Extreme Rules 2017 169
days 160 January 3, 2017 Jacksonville, FL | SmackDown Live The title became exclusive to the Raw brand following the 2017 WWE Superstar Shake-up.
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days 159 November 15, 2016 Wilkes-Barre, PA | SmackDown 49
days 158 October 9, 2016 Sacramento, CA | WWE No Mercy 2016 37
days 157 April 4, 2016 Dallas, TX | Raw The brand extension returned and the title became exclusive to the SmackDown brand following the 2016 WWE Draft.
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days 156 April 3, 2016 Arlington, TX | WWE WrestleMania 32 1
day 155 February 15, 2016 Anaheim, CA | Raw 48
days 154 December 13, 2015 Boston, MA | WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2015 64
days 153 September 20, 2015 Houston, TX | WWE Night of Champions 2015 84
days 152 May 31, 2015 Corpus Christi, TX | WWE Elimination Chamber 2015 Defeated Sheamus, Dolph Ziggler, Mark Henry, R-Truth and King Barrett in an Elimination Chamber match for the vacant title.
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days Vacant May 11, 2015 Cincinnati, OH | Raw The title vacated due Bryan suffering an injury.
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days 151 March 29, 2015 Santa Clara, CA | WWE WrestleMania 31 43
days 150 January 5, 2015 Corpus Christi, TX | Raw 83
days 149 December 14, 2014 Cleveland, OH | WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2014 22
days 148 November 17, 2014 Roanoke, VA | Raw 27
days 147 September 22, 2014 Memphis, TN | Raw 56
days 146 September 21, 2014 Nashville, TN | WWE Night of Champions 2014 1
day 145 August 17, 2014 Los Angeles, CA | WWE SummerSlam 2014 35
days 144 July 20, 2014 Tampa, FL | WWE Battleground 2014 Won a 19-man battle royal for the vacant title.
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days Vacant June 30, 2014 Hartford, CT | Raw The title vacated due to Barrett suffering a shoulder injury.
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days 143 May 4, 2014 East Rutherford, NJ | WWE Extreme Rules 2014 57
days 142 November 18, 2013 Nashville, TN | Raw 167
days 141 June 16, 2013 Rosemont, IL | WWE Payback 2013 155
days 140 April 8, 2013 East Rutherford, NJ | Raw 69
days 139 April 7, 2013 East Rutherford, NJ | WWE WrestleMania 29 1
day 138 December 31, 2012 Washington, D.C. | Raw 97
days 137 October 17, 2012 Memphis, TN | Main Event 75
days 136 July 23, 2012 St. Louis, MO | Raw 86
days 135 May 20, 2012 Raleigh, NC | WWE Over the Limit 2012 64
days 134 April 29, 2012 Rosemont, IL | WWE Extreme Rules 2012 21
days 133 April 1, 2012 Miami Gardens, FL | WWE WrestleMania 28 28
days 132 August 12, 2011 Sacramento, CA | SmackDown On August 29, 2011, the brand extension ended, allowing the Intercontinental Champion to appear on both Raw and SmackDown.
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days 131 June 19, 2011 Washington, D.C. | WWE Capitol Punishment 54
days 130 March 25, 2011 Columbus, OH | SmackDown 86
days 129 January 7, 2011 Tucson, AZ | SmackDown 77
days 128 August 6, 2010 Laredo, TX | SmackDown 154
days 127 May 23, 2010 Detroit, MI | WWE Over the Limit 2010 75
days 126 December 13, 2009 San Antonio, TX | WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2009 On May 7, 2010, SmackDown GM Theodore Long suspended McIntyre and vacated the title, and the following week on SmackDown, Kofi Kingston won a tournament to declare a new champion, but Vince McMahon reverted Long's decision, nullifying Kingston's win and continuing McIntyre's.
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days 125 September 4, 2009 Cleveland, OH | SmackDown 100
days 124 June 28, 2009 Sacramento, CA | WWE The Bash 2009 68
days 123 June 7, 2009 New Orleans, LA | WWE Extreme Rules 2009 21
days 122 April 5, 2009 Houston, TX | WWE WrestleMania XXV The title became exclusive to SmackDown following the 2009 WWE Draft.
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days 121 March 9, 2009 Jacksonville, FL | Raw 27
days 120 January 19, 2009 Rosemont, IL | Raw 49
days 119 November 10, 2008 Manchester, England | Raw 70
days 118 August 17, 2008 Indianapolis, IN | WWE SummerSlam 2008 85
days 117 June 29, 2008 Dallas, TX | WWE Night of Champions 2008 49
days 116 March 10, 2008 Milwaukee, WI | Raw 111
days 115 September 3, 2007 Columbus, OH | Raw 189
days 114 July 2, 2007 Dallas, TX | Raw 63
days 113 April 16, 2007 Milan, Italy | Raw Santino was "picked out of the audience" by Vince McMahon.
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days 112 February 19, 2007 Bakersfield, CA | Raw 56
days 111 November 13, 2006 Manchester, England | Raw 98
days 110 November 6, 2006 Columbus, OH | Raw 7
days 109 October 2, 2006 Topeka, KS | Raw 35
days 108 June 25, 2006 Charlotte, NC | WWE Vengeance 2006 99
days 107 May 15, 2006 Lubbock, TX | Raw This was a 3-on-2 handicap Texas tornado match, featuring Benjamin, Chris Masters & Triple H vs. WWE Champion John Cena & Intercontinental Champion Rob Van Dam, where if someone pinned Cena or Van Dam, they would win their respective title; Benjamin pinned Van Dam.
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days 106 April 30, 2006 Lexington, KY | WWE Backlash 2006 15
days 105 February 20, 2006 Trenton, NJ | Raw 69
days 104 September 18, 2005 Oklahoma City, OK | WWE Unforgiven 2005 155
days 103 June 20, 2005 Phoenix, AZ | Raw 90
days 102 October 19, 2004 Milwaukee, WI | WWE Taboo Tuesday 2004 244
days 101 September 12, 2004 Portland, OR | WWE Unforgiven 2004 Defeated Christian in a ladder match for the vacant title.
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days Vacant September 6, 2004 Wichita Falls, TX | Raw Vacated due to injury.
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days 100 July 11, 2004 Hartford, CT | WWE Vengeance 2004 57
days 99 December 14, 2003 Orlando, FL | WWE Armageddon 2003 210
days 98 October 27, 2003 Fayetteville, NC | Raw 48
days 97 October 27, 2003 Fayetteville, NC | Raw 0
days 96 September 29, 2003 Rosemont, IL | Raw 28
days 95 August 10, 2003 Des Moines, IA | House Show 50
days 94 July 7, 2003 Montréal, Québec, Canada | Raw 34
days 93 May 18, 2003 Charlotte, NC | WWE Judgment Day 2003 Raw Co-General Manager Steve Austin reactivated the title, and Christian won a battle royal for the revived title.
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days Title Unified October 20, 2002 North Little Rock, AR | WWE No Mercy 2002 Being unified with World Heavyweight Championship, the Intercontinental Championship was deactivated.
92 October 20, 2002 North Little Rock, AR | WWE No Mercy 2002 This was a title unification match to unify the Intercontinental Championship with Triple H's World Heavyweight Championship.
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days 91 September 30, 2002 Houston, TX | Raw 20
days 90 September 16, 2002 Denver, CO | Raw 14
days 89 August 25, 2002 Uniondale, NY | WWE SummerSlam 2002 The title returned to Raw due to Van Dam's status as a Raw wrestler. Van Dam then defeated Tommy Dreamer to unify the Hardcore Championship into the Intercontinental Championship, deactivating the Hardcore title.
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days 88 July 29, 2002 Greensboro, NC | Raw The title became exclusive to SmackDown! when Benoit defected to SmackDown!
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days 87 May 27, 2002 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | Raw 63
days 86 April 21, 2002 Kansas City, MO | WWF Backlash 2002 On May 6, 2002, the title was renamed to WWE Intercontinental Championship.
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days 85 March 17, 2002 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | WWF WrestleMania X8 On March 25, the brand extension began and the title became exclusive to Raw.
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days 84 January 20, 2002 Atlanta, GA | WWF Royal Rumble 2002 56
days 83 November 18, 2001 Greensboro, NC | WWF Survivor Series 2001 This was a title unification match, where Edge also defended the WCW United States Championship, who was deactivated continuing the Intercontinental Championship.
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days 82 November 5, 2001 Uniondale, NY | Raw Is War 13
days 81 October 21, 2001 St. Louis, MO | WWF No Mercy 2001 15
days 80 September 23, 2001 Pittsburgh, PA | WWF Unforgiven 2001 28
days 79 August 19, 2001 San Jose, CA | WWF SummerSlam 2001 35
days 78 July 23, 2001 Buffalo, NY | Raw Is War 27
days 77 June 26, 2001 New York, NY | SmackDown! 27
days 76 May 20, 2001 Sacramento, CA | WWF Judgment Day 2001 37
days 75 April 16, 2001 Knoxville, TN | Raw Is War 34
days 74 April 12, 2001 Philadelphia, PA | SmackDown! 4
days 73 April 5, 2001 Oklahoma City, OK | SmackDown! 7
days 72 January 21, 2001 New Orleans, LA | WWF Royal Rumble 2001 74
days 71 December 10, 2000 Birmingham, AL | WWF Armageddon 2000 42
days 70 November 23, 2000 Sunrise, FL | SmackDown! 17
days 69 September 4, 2000 Lexington, KY | Raw Is War 80
days 68 August 27, 2000 Raleigh, NC | WWF SummerSlam 2000 8
days 67 July 6, 2000 Sunrise, FL | SmackDown! 52
days 66 June 22, 2000 Memphis, TN | SmackDown! 14
days 65 May 8, 2000 Uniondale, NY | Raw Is War 45
days 64 May 4, 2000 Richmond, VA | SmackDown! 4
days 63 April 2, 2000 Anaheim, CA | WWF WrestleMania 2000 32
days 62 February 27, 2000 Hartford, CT | WWF No Way Out 2000 Earlier that month, Angle had also won the European Championship; this win made Angle the third and final Eurocontinental Champion.
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days 61 January 23, 2000 New York, NY | WWF Royal Rumble 2000 Defeated Chyna and Hardcore Holly in a triple threat match to become undisputed champion.
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days Vacant January 3, 2000 Miami, FL | Raw Is War On December 30, 1999 on SmackDown!, a title match between Chris Jericho and Chyna ended in a double pinfall and they were recognized as co-champions, but WWE does not recognize this period as an official reign but as a vacancy.
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days 60 December 12, 1999 Sunrise, FL | WWF Armageddon 1999 22
days 59 October 17, 1999 Cleveland, OH | WWF No Mercy 1999 56
days 58 August 22, 1999 Minneapolis, MN | WWF SummerSlam 1999 Jarrett also won the European Championship in the match to become the second Eurocontinental Champion.
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days 57 July 26, 1999 Columbus, OH | Raw Is War This was a Winner Takes All match, where Brown also defended the European Championship, becaming the first Eurocontinental Champion.
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days 56 July 25, 1999 Buffalo, NY | WWF Fully Loaded 1999 WWE recognizes Jarrett's reign as ending on July 26, 1999.
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day 55 July 24, 1999 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | House Show 1
day 54 May 31, 1999 Moline, IL | Raw Is War 54
days 53 April 12, 1999 Detroit, MI | Raw Is War 49
days 52 March 29, 1999 East Rutherford, NJ | Raw Is War 14
days 51 March 15, 1999 San Jose, CA | Raw Is War 14
days 50 February 14, 1999 Memphis, TN | WWF St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House 29
days 49 October 12, 1998 Uniondale, NY | Raw Is War Defeated X-Pac in a tournament final for the vacant title.
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days Vacant October 9, 1998 Vacated due to injury.
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days 48 August 30, 1998 New York, NY | WWF SummerSlam 1998 40
days 47 December 8, 1997 Portland, ME | Raw Is War Steve Austin handed the title belt to The Rock.
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days 46 November 9, 1997 Montréal, Québec, Canada | WWF Survivor Series 1997 29
days 45 October 5, 1997 St. Louis, MO | WWF Badd Blood: In Your House Defeated Ron Simmons / Faarooq in a tournament final for the vacant title.
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days Vacant September 8, 1997 Vacated due to a neck injury that Steve Austin.
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days 44 August 3, 1997 East Rutherford, NJ | WWF SummerSlam 1997 36
days 43 April 28, 1997 Omaha, NE | Raw Is War 97
days 42 February 13, 1997 Lowell, MA | Raw Is War 74
days 41 October 21, 1996 Fort Wayne, IN | Raw 115
days 40 September 23, 1996 Hershey, PA | Raw Defeated Ron Simmons / Faarooq in a tournament final for the vacant title.
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days Vacant August 19, 1996 Seattle, WA | Raw Ahmed Johnson forfeited the title after being attacked by the debuting Ron Simmons / Faarooq.
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days 39 June 23, 1996 Milwaukee, WI | WWF King of the Ring 1996 57
days 38 April 1, 1996 San Bernardino, CA | Raw Defeated Savio Vega in a rematch for the vacant title. Aired on tape delay on April 22, 1996.
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days Vacant March 25, 1996 | Raw Vacated when a title defense against Savio Vega ended in a no contest. Aired on tape delay on April 15, 1996.
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days 37 January 21, 1996 Fresno, CA | WWF Royal Rumble 1996 64
days 36 October 22, 1995 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | WWF In Your House 4 91
days 35 October 22, 1995 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | WWF In Your House 4 Won the title by forfeit.
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days 34 July 23, 1995 Nashville, TN | WWF In Your House 2 91
days 33 May 22, 1995 Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada | House Show 62
days 32 May 19, 1995 Montréal, Québec, Canada | House Show 3
days 31 April 26, 1995 Moline, IL | Action Zone Defeated Hardcore Holly in a rematch for the vacant title. Aired on tape delay on May 7, 1995.
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days Vacant April 26, 1995 Moline, IL | Action Zone Vacated after the controversial ending of the Jeff Jarrett vs. Hardcore Holly match.
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days 30 January 22, 1995 Tampa, FL | WWF Royal Rumble 1995 94
days 29 August 29, 1994 Chicago, IL | WWF SummerSlam 1994 146
days 28 April 13, 1994 Rochester, NY | Superstars 138
days 27 September 27, 1993 New Haven, CT | Raw Won a battle royal for the vacant title.
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days Vacant September 27, 1993 Shawn Michaels was stripped of the title for failing to defend it within 30 days (in reality, Michaels was suspended for testing positive for steroids).
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days 26 June 6, 1993 Albany, NY | House Show 113
days 25 May 17, 1993 New York, NY | Raw 20
days 24 October 27, 1992 Terre Haute, IN | WWF Saturday Night's Main Event XXXI Aired on tape delay on November 14, 1992
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days 23 August 29, 1992 London, England | WWF SummerSlam 1992 59
days 22 April 5, 1992 Indianapolis, IN | WWF WrestleMania VIII 146
days 21 January 19, 1992 Albany, NY | WWF Royal Rumble 1992 77
days 20 January 17, 1992 Springfield, MA | House Show 2
days 19 August 26, 1991 New York, NY | WWF SummerSlam 1991 144
days 18 November 19, 1990 Rochester, NY | Superstars of Wrestling 280
days 17 August 27, 1990 Philadelphia, PA | WWF SummerSlam 1990 84
days 16 April 23, 1990 Austin, TX | Superstars of Wrestling Defeated Tito Santana in a tournament final for the vacant title. Aired on tape delay on May 19, 1990.
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days Vacant April 1, 1990 Syracuse, NY | Wrestling Challenge Warrior relinquished the title after winning the WWF Championship in order to focus on defending the latter.
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days 15 August 28, 1989 East Rutherford, NJ | WWF SummerSlam 1989 216
days 14 April 2, 1989 Atlantic City, NJ | WWF WrestleMania V 148
days 13 August 29, 1988 New York, NY | WWF SummerSlam 1988 216
days 12 June 2, 1987 Buffalo, NY | Superstars of Wrestling 454
days 11 March 29, 1987 Pontiac, MI | WWF WrestleMania III 65
days 10 February 8, 1986 Boston, MA | WWF on NESN 414
days 9 July 6, 1985 Baltimore, MD | House Show 217
days 8 September 24, 1984 London, Ontario, Canada | Maple Leaf Wrestling 285
days 7 February 11, 1984 Boston, MA | WWF 226
days 6 January 22, 1983 New York, NY | WWF on MSG Network 385
days 5 November 23, 1981 New York, NY | WWF on MSG Network 425
days 4 June 20, 1981 Philadelphia, PA | WWF on PRISM Network 156
days 3 December 8, 1980 New York, NY | WWF 194
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Ken Patera April 21, 1980 New York, NY | WWF on MSG Network 231
days 1 September 1, 1979 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Patterson became the first champion defeating Ted DiBiase to win the WWF North American Heavyweight Championship and defeating Johnny Rodz in a tournament final to unify the North American Heavyweight Championship with the South American Heavyweight Championship to create the WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship.
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