WWE Intercontinental Championship History All Shows Include Television Air Dates All Title Matches Included, Non-Title Matches Ignored. 001. Eddie Guerrero (2) [35 Days] 0. d. Rob Van Dam, WWF Backlash 2002 02.04.21 1. d. Jeff Hardy, WWF Monday Night RAW 02.04.29 2. DQL Rob Van Dam, WWF Insurrextion 2002 02.05.04 -. The World Wrestling Federation officially changes its name to World Wrestling Entertainment, 02.05.06 3. d. Tommy Dreamer, WWE Sunday Night Heat 02.05.12 4. d. Rob Van Dam, WWE Judgment Day 2002 02.05.18 002. Rob Van Dam (2) [63 Days] 0. d. Eddie Guerrero, WWE Monday Night RAW 02.05.27 Ladder Match. 1. DQW Brock Lesnar, WWE Monday Night RAW 02.06.24 2. DQW Brock Lesnar, WWE Vengeance 2002 02.07.21 3. d. Jeff Hardy, WWE Monday Night RAW 02.07.22 Ladder Match. WWE Intercontinental Championship v. WWE European Championship Unification Match. WWE European Championship is unified with WWE Intercontinental Championship. 003. "The Canadian Crippler" Chris Benoit (4) [27 Days] 0. d. Rob Van Dam, WWE Monday Night RAW 02.07.29 004. Rob Van Dam (3) [22 Days] 0. d. "The Canadian Crippler" Chris Benoit, WWE SummerSlam 2002 02.08.25 1. d. Tommy Dreamer, WWE Monday Night RAW 02.08.26 No Holds Barred, Pinfalls Count Anywhere Match WWE Intercontinental Championship v. WWE Hardcore Championship Unification Match. WWE Hardcore Championship is unified with WWE Intercontinental Championship. 005. Chris Jericho (5) [14 Days] 0. d. Rob Van Dam, WWE Monday Night RAW 02.09.16 1. d. "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, WWE Unforgiven 2002 02.09.22 2. d. Goldust, WWE Monday Night RAW 02.09.23 006. Kane (2) [20 Days] 0. d. Chris Jericho, WWE Monday Night RAW 02.09.30 007. "Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley (5) [28 Days] 0. d. Kane, WWE No Mercy 2002 02.10.20 WWE World Championship v. WWE Intercontinental Championship Unification Match. WWE Intercontinental Championship is unified with WWE World Championship. WWE Intercontinental Championship ceases to recognized until 03.05.05 ---. "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels (4) [28 Days] 0. d. Booker T., WWE World Champion: "Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley, WWE World Tag Team Champion: Chris Jericho, Kane, and Rob Van Dam, WWE Survivor Series 2002 02.11.17 Six Man Elimination Chamber Match. Eliminations: Booker T. p. Van Dam, Jericho p. Booker T., Jericho p. Kane, Michaels p. Jericho, Michaels p. Helmsley 1. DQL Rob Van Dam, WWE Monday Night RAW 02.11.25 ---. "Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley (6) [141 Days] 0. d. "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels, WWE Armageddon 2002 02.12.15 Best Two Out Of Three Falls Match 1st Fall: Street Fight, Helmsley p. Michaels 2nd Fall: Steel Cage Match, Michaels p. Helmsley 3rd Fall: Ladder Match, Helmsley d. Michaels 1. d. Scott Steiner, WWE Royal Rumble 2003 03.01.19 2. d. Scott Steiner, WWE No Way Out 2003 03.02.23 3. d. Maven, WWE Monday Night RAW 03.03.10 4. d. Booker T., WWE WrestleMania XIX 03.03.30 5. d. "Hurricane" Gregory Helms, WWE Monday Night RAW 03.03.31 6. NC Booker T., WWE Monday Night RAW 03.04.21 Special Guest Referee "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels ---. Vacant [13 Days] -. WWE Monday Night RAW Co-General Manager, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin announces that the WWE Intercontinental Championship is being reinstated, WWE Monday Night RAW 03.05.05 WWE Intercontinental Championship is no longer unified with the WWE World Championship 008. Christian (2) [50 Days] 0. Wins Nine Man Over-The-Top-Rope Battle Royal for the Vacant WWE Intercontinental Championship, WWE Judgment Day 2003 03.05.18 Participants: Booker T., Christian, Goldust, Chris Jericho, WWE World Tag Team Champion: Kane, Lance Storm, Test, WWE World Tag Team Champion: Rob Van Dam, & Val Venis 1. d. Booker T., WWE Insurrextion 2003 03.06.07 2. DQL Booker T., WWE Badd Blood 2003 03.06.15 3. DRAW Booker T., WWE Monday Night RAW 03.06.30 009. Booker T. (1) [34 Days] 0. d. Christian, WWE Monday Night RAW 03.07.07 1. d. Christian, WWE Monday Night RAW 03.07.14 2. d. Test, WWE Monday Night RAW 03.07.21 010. Christian (3) [50 Days] 0. d. Booker T., House Show 03.08.10 1. d. Spike Dudley, WWE Monday Night RAW 03.08.11 2. NC Rob Van Dam, WWE Monday Night RAW 03.08.18 3. d. Jerry "The King" Lawler, WWE Monday Night RAW 03.08.25 4. d. Chris Jericho, WWE Monday Night RAW 03.09.01 5. d. Val Venis, WWE Sunday Night Heat 03.09.14 6. d. Chris Jericho and Rob Van Dam, WWE Unforgiven 2003 03.09.21 Three Way Dance 7. DQL Rob Van Dam, WWE Monday Night RAW 03.09.22 011. Rob Van Dam (4) [28 Days] 0. d. Christian, WWE Monday Night RAW 03.09.29 Ladder Match 1. DQW Scott Steiner, WWE Monday Night RAW 03.10.13 012. Chris Jericho (6) [1 Day] 0. d. Rob Van Dam, WWE Monday Night RAW 03.10.27 013. Rob Van Dam (5) [48 Days] 0. d. Chris Jericho, WWE Monday Night RAW 03.10.27 Steel Cage Match. 1. d. Christian, WWE Monday Night RAW 03.11.10 2. DQW "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, WWE Monday Night RAW 03.11.17 014. Randy Orton (1) [210 Days] 0. d. Rob Van Dam, WWE Armageddon 2003 03.12.14 1. d. Mick Foley, WWE Monday Night RAW 03.12.15 Win by Forfeit Match Where If Foley Lost, He Would Have To Resign As Co-General Manager Of WWE Monday Night RAW 2. d. Booker T., WWE Monday Night RAW 03.12.29 3. d. Rob Van Dam, WWE Monday Night RAW 04.01.12 4. d. "Hurricane" Gregory Helms, WWE Monday Night RAW 04.01.19 Advancement Match Where The Winner Would Advance to a #30 Over The Top Rope Challenge Battle Royal Later In The Evening. 5. d. Booker T. and Rob Van Dam, WWE Monday Night RAW 04.02.09 Triple Threat Match. Orton p. Booker T. 6. d. Mick Foley, WWE Backlash 04.04.18 No Holds Barred, Pinfalls Count Anywhere Match Where Evolution Was Banned From Ringside. 7. d. Val Venis, WWE Sunday Night Heat 04.05.02 8. d. Edge, WWE Monday Night RAW 04.05.10 9. d. Shelton Benjamin, WWE Bad Blood 2004 04.06.13 10. d. Chris Jericho, WWE Monday Night RAW 04.07.05 015. Edge (5) [57 Days] 0. d. Randy Orton, WWE Vengeance 2004 04.07.11 1. d. Randy Orton, WWE Monday Night RAW 04.07.19 2. d. Dave Batista and Chris Jericho, WWE SummerSlam 2004 04.08.15 Triple Threat Match. Edge p. Jericho 3. d. Kane, WWE Monday Night RAW 04.08.16 4. DQL Chris Jericho, WWE Monday Night RAW 04.08.23 ---. Vacant [6 Days] -. WWE Monday Night RAW General Manager, Eric Bischoff strips Edge of the WWE Intercontinental Championship due to injury, WWE Monday Night RAW 04.09.06 016. Chris Jericho (7) [37 Days] 0. d. Christian, WWE Unforgiven 2004 04.09.12 Ladder Match For The Vacant WWE Intercontinental Championship 1. DQL "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels, WWE Monday Night RAW 04.09.20 017. Shelton Benjamin (1) [244 Days] 0. d. Chris Jericho, WWE Taboo Tuesday 2004 04.10.19 Benjamin was the winner of a fan vote on WWE.com Fan Choices: Dave Batista (20.11%), Shelton Benajmin (37.48%), Christian (6.69%), Johnathan Coachman (7.01%), "Hurricane" Gregory Helms (3.77%), Rodney Mack (.58%), Maven (4.23%), Chuck Palumbo (.68%), William Regal (3.81%), Steven Richards (2.24%), Rhyno (5.77%), Rosey (1.1%), Yoshihiro Tajiri (2.36%), and Tyson Tomko (2.49%) 1. d. Chris Jericho, WWE Monday Night RAW 04.10.25 2. d. Christian, WWE Survivor Series 2004 04.11.14 3. d. Christian, WWE Monday Night RAW 04.12.06 Match Where Christian Was Dressed As Captain Charisma. 4. d. Maven, WWE New Year's Revolution 2005 05.01.09 5. d. Maven, WWE New Year's Revolution 2005 05.01.09 6. d. Simon Dean, WWE Monday Night RAW 05.01.31 7. d. Val Venis, WWE Sunday Night Heat 05.02.13 8. DQW Gene Snitsky, WWE Monday Night RAW 05.02.14 9. DQL Gene Snitsky, WWE Monday Night RAW 05.02.21 10. d. Gene Snitsky, WWE Monday Night RAW 05.02.28 Match Where If Shelton Benjamin Was Disqualified, He Would Lose The WWE Intercontinental Championship. 11. d. Christian and Chris Jericho, WWE Monday Night RAW 05.04.04 Triple Threat Match. Benjamin p. Jericho 12. d. Chris Jericho, WWE Backlash 2005 05.05.01 13. d. Robert Conway and Sylvan Grenier, WWE Monday Night RAW 05.05.30 Triple Threat Match. Benjamin p. Conway 14. d. Khosrow Daivari & Muhammad Hassan, WWE Monday Night RAW 05.06.06 Two-On-One Handicapped Match. Benjamin p. Daivari 15. DQL Muhammad Hassan, WWE Monday Night RAW 05.06.13 Match Where "Stone Cold" Steve Austin Was Special Guest Enforcer. 018. Carlito Caribbean Cool (1) [90 Days] 0. d. Shelton Benjamin, WWE Monday Night RAW 05.06.20 1. d. Shelton Benjamin, WWE Vengeance 2005 05.06.26 2. COL Shelton Benjamin, WWE Monday Night RAW 05.07.11 3. DQL Shelton Benjamin, WWE Monday Night RAW 05.07.18 Match Where The WWE Intercontinental Championship Could Change Hands Via Count-Out. 019. "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair (1) [155 Days] 0. d. Carlito Caribbean Cool, WWE Unforgiven 2005 05.09.18 1. d. Carlito Caribbean Cool, WWE Monday Night RAW 05.09.19 2. d. "Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley, WWE Taboo Tuesday 2005 05.11.01 Steel Cage Match. Match Stipulation Voted On by fan vote on WWE.com. Fan Choices: Steel Cage (83%), Submission Match (13%), One Fall to a Finish (4%) 3. d. Rob Conway, WWE Monday Night RAW 05.11.07 4. d. Jonathan Coachman, WWE Monday Night RAW 05.12.19 5. DQW Edge, WWE New Year's Revolution 2006 06.01.08 020. Shelton Benjamin (2) [69 Days] 0. d. "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, WWE Monday Night RAW 06.02.20 1. DQL "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, WWE Monday Night RAW 06.03.06 2. d. Rob Van Dam, WWE Monday Night 06.03.13 3. d. "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair and Rob Van Dam, WWE Monday Night RAW 06.03.20 Triple Threat Match. Benjamin p. Flair 4. d. Chavo Guerrero, Jr., WWE Monday Night RAW 06.04.03 021. Rob Van Dam (6) [15 Days] 0. d. Shelton Benjamin, WWE Backlash 2006 06.04.30 Match Where Both The WWE Intercontinental Championship & Rob Van Dam's Money In The Bank Title Shot Were On The Line. 1. d. Shelton Benjamin, Charlie Haas, and "The Masterpiece" Chris Masters, WWE Monday Night RAW 06.05.08 Fatal Four Way Match. Van Dam p. Masters 022. Shelton Benjamin (3) [41 Days] 0. Shelton Benjamin, "Triple H" Hunter Hearst Helmsley, & "The Masterpiece" Chris Masters d. John Cena & Rob Van Dam, WWE Monday Night RAW 06.05.15 Two-On-Three Texas Tornado Handicapped Match Where Both The WWE Championship & WWE Intercontinental Championship Were On The Line. Benjamin p. Van Dam to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship. 1. DQW Rob Van Dam, WWE Monday Night RAW 06.05.22 2. NC Kane, WWE Monday Night RAW 06.05.29 023. Johnny Nitro (1) [99 Days] 0. d. Shelton Benjamin and Carlito Caribbean Cool, WWE Vengeance 2006 06.06.25 Triple Threat Match. Nitro p. Benjamin 1. DQL Carlito Caribbean Cool, WWE Monday Night RAW 06.07.03 2. d. Shelton Benjamin and Carlito Caribbean Cool, WWE Monday Night RAW 06.07.31 Triple Threat Match. Nitro p. Carlito 3. DQL Kane, WWE Monday Night RAW 06.08.21 4. DQL Jeff Hardy, WWE Monday Night RAW 06.09.04 5. d. Jeff Hardy, WWE Unforgiven 2006 06.09.17 6. d. Carlito Caribbean Cool, Jeff Hardy, "The Masterpiece" Chris Masters, Randy Orton, and Super Crazy, WWE Monday Night RAW 06.09.18 Six Pack Challenge. Nitro p. Masters 7. DQL Kane, WWE Monday Night RAW 06.09.25 Match Where Umaga Was Barred From Ringside. 030. Jeff Hardy (2) [36 Days] 0. d. Johnny Nitro, WWE Monday Night RAW 06.10.02 1. d. Shelton Benjamin, "The Masterpiece" Chris Masters, and Super Crazy, WWE Monday Night RAW 06.10.16 Fatal Four Way. Hardy p. Masters 2. d. Carlito Caribbean Cool, WWE Cyber Sunday 2006 06.11.05 Carlito Caribbean Cool was the winner of a fan vote on WWE.com Fan Choices: Shelton Benajmin (25%), Carlito Caribbean Cool (62%), and Johnny Nitro (13%) 031. Johnny Nitro (2) [7 Days] 0. d. Jeff Hardy, WWE Monday Night RAW 06.11.06 No Disqualification Match. Jeff Hardy defeated Johnny Nitro by Disqualifcation, however, WWE RAW General Manager for the evening, Eric Bischoff, ordered that the match was not over and would continue as a No Disqualification Match. 032. Jeff Hardy (3) [98 Days] 0. d. Johnny Nitro, WWE Monday Night RAW 06.11.13 1. d. Johnny Nitro, WWE Monday Night RAW 06.11.20 Ladder Match. 2. d. Johnny Nitro, WWE New Year's Revolution 2007 07.01.07 Steel Cage Match. 3. d. Kenny Dykstra, WWE Monday Night RAW 07.01.08 4. COL The Great Khali, WWE Monday Night RAW 07.01.29 033. Umaga (1) [56 Days] 0. d. Jeff Hardy, WWE Monday Night RAW 07.02.19 1. d. Jeff Hardy, WWE Monday Night RAW 07.03.05 034. Santino Marella (1) [77 Days] 0. d. Umaga, WWE Monday Night RAW 07.04.16 No Holds Barred Match. 1. d. "The Masterpiece" Chris Masters, WWE Monday Night RAW 07.05.07 2. d. "The Masterpiece" Chris Masters, WWE Monday Night RAW 07.06.04 3. DQW Umaga, WWE Vengeance 2007 07.06.24 035. Umaga (2) [63 Days] 0. d. Santino Marella, WWE Monday Night RAW 07.07.02 1. d. Santino Marella, WWE Monday Night RAW 07.07.09 2. d. Jeff Hardy, WWE The Great American Bash 2007 07.07.22 3. d. Carlito Caribbean Cool and Mr. Ken Kennedy, WWE SummerSlam 2007 07.08.26 Triple Threat Match. Umaga p. Kennedy 036. Jeff Hardy (4) [189 Days] 0. d. Umaga, WWE Monday Night RAW 07.09.03 1. d. Shelton Benjamin, WWE Monday Night RAW 07.09.17 2. d. Gene Snitsky, WWE Monday Night RAW 07.12.03 3. d. Carlito Caribbean Cool, WWE Monday Night RAW 07.12.10 Ladder Match. 4. DQW Randy Orton, WWE Monday Night RAW 08.01.14 037. Chris Jericho (8) [111 Days] 0. d. Jeff Hardy, WWE Monday Night RAW 08.03.10 1. DQL "The Big Show" Paul Wight, WWE Monday Night RAW 08.03.17 2. d. Umaga, WWE Monday Night RAW 08.04.14 3. DQW John Bradshaw Layfield, WWE Monday Night RAW 08.06.02 038. Kofi Kingston (1) [21+ Days] 0. d. Chris Jericho, WWE Night Of Champions 2008 08.06.29 1. DQW Chris Jericho, WWE Monday Night RAW 08.06.30 2. d. Paul Burchill, WWE Monday Night RAW 08.07.14 3. v. ?, WWE SummerSlam 2008 08.08.17 4. v. ?, WWE Unforgiven 2008 08.09.07 5. v. ?, WWE No Mercy 2008 08.10.05 6. v. ?, WWE Cyber Sunday 2008 08.10.26 7. v. ?, WWE Survivor Servies 2008 08.11.23 8. v. ?, WWE Armageddon 2008 08.12.21 9. v. ?, WWE Royal Rumble 2009 09.01.29 10. v. ?, WWE No Way Out 2009 09.02.15 11. v. ?, WWE WrestleMania XXV 09.04.05