WWE has had its reasonable share of titles all through its history. The WWE Championship has continuously been the standard-bearer and customarily the foremost prestigious of all titles.
The Universal Championship has taken the place of the World Heavyweight Championship as another best prize for geniuses to endeavor for. However, the Intercontinental Championship has built its legacy. The IC Title was initially the workhorse championship that mid-card stars on the rise in WWE would win to see how well they would draw in a noticeable position before graduating to the main event scene.
With such a wealthy history and a reiteration of Hall of Famers having held the title, attempting to list the most excellent of the finest can be a troublesome endeavor. In this article, let's take a look at the six best Intercontinental Champions in WWE history.
6. WWE Hall Of Famer Honky Tonk Man
The WWE Intercontinental Championship was fundamentally the workhorse title for a long time in the starting. In any case, a few people broke from the form. The Honky Tonk Man crushed Ricky Steamboat to win the IC Title by switching an inside support utilizing the ropes for additional use and begun a rule that was much diverse from those before him.
The Honky Tonk Man was a cowardly heel that utilized his insights to have interesting ways of holding his WWE Intercontinental Championship. Honky would slither absent with his gold by intentionally losing matches by means of preclusion or checking out, but he held the title with those comes about rather than pinfall or accommodation.
5. Current WWE RAW Superstar The Miz
The Miz has already put together a career commendable of induction into the WWE Hall of Fame. For a whiz who was always told he wouldn't make it to the main event of WrestleMania, The A-Lister has made the foremost of each single opportunity put before him, including lifting the Intercontinental Championship.
4. WWE Hall Of Famer "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig
Mr. Perfect is one of the notorious characters of the Golden Age of WWE. Curt Hennig is an extraordinary specialist who utilized his specialized capacity to be a world-renowned entertainer. He began his run with WWE on a long undefeated streak before losing to The Ultimate Warrior at Madison Square Garden.
Following The Ultimate Warrior giving up the WWE Intercontinental Championship after WrestleMania VI, Mr. Perfect vanquished Tito Santana in a competition to decide the new champion.
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3. Former WWE Superstar Chris Jericho
Chris Jericho is a first ballot Hall of Famer for an amazing career that spanned NJPW, ECW and WCW before coming to WWE. His debut is considered among the best arrivals of all-time in company history. Although he had a slow start in the first few months of his run, Jericho quickly found his footing and settled into a feud with then-Intercontinental Champion, Chyna.
2. WWE Hall Of Famer Macho Man Randy Savage
Macho Man Randy Savage came into WWE and made an immediate impact. Many wanted him as a client, but he chose Miss Elizabeth to be his manager and went on a run of significant victories before starting a feud with Intercontinental Champion, Tito Santana.
Savage and Santana put on a rivalry that spanned multiple cities and events in WWE before Macho Man picked up the IC Title in February of 1986 on Prime Time Wrestling.
1. WWE Hall Of Famer Bret "The Hitman" Hart
In case Macho Man Randy Savage set the standard for WWE Intercontinental Champions, Bret "The Hitman" Hart pushed the bar up with his runs.
Bret is one of the all-time greats and broadly considered the most prominent specialized wrestler to ever grace the squared circle. He made a title for himself within the Hart Foundation tag team with Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart before going into the singles competition.
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