List of WWE Intercontinental Champions

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates The WWE Intercontinental Championship is a professional wrestling championship contested in and owned by the American promotion WWE on the Raw brand. The title was introduced into the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in 1979. Pat Patterson, holder of the WWE North American Heavyweight Championship, was awarded the title (with the kayfabe explanation that he won a tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and unified the North American and South American titles).<ref name="wwe.com">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="patterson1">Template:Cite web</ref>

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Current champion John Cena

The Intercontinental Championship has been called the second most important championship in the company, after the WWE Championship.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It has been active in WWE for the second-longest period, but is the third-oldest active title overall, behind the WWE Championship (1963) and the United States Championship (1975), the latter of which was acquired from World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 2001. In 2002, the WWF was renamed World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), and the championship was renamed accordingly.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Following the 2023 WWE Draft, the title is currently exclusive to Raw.

Overall, there have been 189 reigns among 93 different champions. Chris Jericho holds the record for the most reigns with nine. John Cena is the current champion in his first reign. He won the title by defeating Dominik Mysterio on the November 10, 2025, episode of Raw in Boston, Massachusetts.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Title history

Names

Name Years
WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship September 1, 1979 – 1988
WWF Intercontinental Championship 1988 - May 6, 2002
WWE Intercontinental Championship May 6, 2002 – present

Reigns

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Combined reigns

As of January 15, 2026.
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Record nine-time champion Chris Jericho, shown here with the 2002–2011 belt design.
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Inaugural champion Pat Patterson, shown here with the 2011–2019 belt design.
Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns
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days
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rec. by WWE
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8 Template:Sortname 2 434 432
9 Template:Sortname 1 414 413
10 Template:Sortname 2 406 404
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12 Template:Sortname 5Template:Efn 397 390
13 Template:Sortname 2Template:Efn 383 390
14 Template:Sortname 6 372 363
15 Template:Sortname 5 366 359
16 Template:Sortname 3 354 352
17 Template:Sortname 2Template:Efn 339 337
18 Template:Sortname 9 318 311
19 Template:Sortname 6 298 284
20 Template:Sortname 4 291 285
21 Template:Sortname 2 290 288
22 Template:Sortname 1 285 284
23 Template:Sortname 2Template:Efn 277 272
24 Template:Sortname 4 266 272
25 Template:Sortname 2 257 254
26 Template:Sortname 3 245 242
27 Template:Sortname 1 233 232
28 Template:Sortname 2 232 231
29 Template:Sortname 1 231 230
30 Template:Sortname 6 211 224
31 Template:Sortname 1 210 209
32 Template:Sortname 3Template:Efn 209 203
33 Template:Sortname 1 204
34 Template:Sortname 5Template:Efn 196
35 Template:Sortname 4 192 188
36 Template:Sortname 2 190
37 Template:Sortname 5 171 166
38 Template:Sortname 3 168 158
39 Template:Sortname 2 162 160
40 Template:Sortname 1 161 160
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44 Template:Sortname 4 142 159
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Notes

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References

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