WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship



In the Classic Era, the WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship was a title in the Heavyweight class of the World Wrestling Federation.

History
Though Pat Patterson was able to convince much of the public otherwise, the WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight title served as an unofficial continuation of a Championship he had recently won from Ted DiBiase, the new WWF North American Heavyweight Championship. The North American title itself had been formed under dubious circumstances, with DiBiase claiming to have won it from Fritz Von Erich in Oklahoma.

Patterson defeated DiBiase and would then claim to have unified both the North American and South American titles after winning the South American Heavyweight Championship Tournament in Brazil. While Patterson would eventually surrender the North American title to Seiji Sakaguchi in Japan in late 1979, he had already been established as the Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion in the United States.

The Championship would become second in the pecking order of WWF Singles titles, after the WWF Heavyweight/WWF Championship.

Dean Douglas, a brief alias of Shane Douglas was awarded the title in 1995 after Shawn Michaels was deemed too injured to compete. Unfortunately for Douglas, he would lose the title the night it was awarded to him to Razor Ramon, an alias of Scott Hall.

Chyna became the only woman to hold the Championship, defeating Jeff Jarrett in 1999 and would win the title again in 2000. At one point, she and Chris Jericho were made to share the Championship after scoring a double pin in a 3-Way Match for the title.

There were various points in 1999 and 2000 where the WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion was simultaneously the WWF European Champion, with both titles together being nicknamed the Eurocontinental Championship. Wrestlers who were able to achieve this feat include D'Lo Brown, Jeff Jarrett, and Kurt Angle.

The final Intercontinental Champion of the Era was Chris Jericho.

List of Champions

 * Pat Patterson (1979-80)
 * Ken Patera (1980)
 * Pedro Morales (1980-81)(1981-83)
 * Don Muraco (1981)(1983-84)
 * Tito Santana (1984)(1985-86)
 * Greg Valentine (1984-85)
 * Randy Savage (1986-87)
 * Ricky Steamboat (1987)
 * The Honky Tonk Man (1987-88)
 * The Ultimate Warrior (1988-89)(1989-90)
 * Rick Rude (1989)
 * Mr Perfect (1990)(1990-91)
 * Kerry Von Erich (1990)
 * Bret Hart (1991-92)(1992)
 * The Mountie (1992)
 * Roddy Piper (1992)
 * Davey Boy Smith (1992)
 * Shawn Michaels (1992-93)(1993)(1995)
 * Marty Janetty (1993)
 * Razor Ramon (1993-94)(1994-95)(1995)(1995-96)
 * Diesel (1994)
 * Jeff Jarrett (1995)(1995)(1999)(1999)
 * Dean Douglas (1995)
 * Goldust (1996)(1999)
 * Ahmed Johnson (1996)
 * Marc Mero (1996)
 * Triple H (1996-97)(1998)
 * Rocky Maivia/the Rock (1997)(1997-98)
 * Owen Hart (1997)(1997)
 * Steve Austin (1997)(1997)
 * Ken Shamrock (1998-99)
 * Val Venis (1999)(2000)
 * Jesse James (1999)
 * The Godfather (1999)
 * Edge (1999)
 * D'Lo Brown (1999)
 * Chyna (1999)(2000)(2000)
 * Chris Jericho (1999-2000)(2000)(2001)
 * Kurt Angle (2000)
 * Chris Benoit (2000)(2000)(2000-01)
 * Rikishi (2000)
 * Eddie Guerrero (2000)
 * Billy Gunn (2000)