List Of WWE Intercontinental Champions
The WWE Intercontinental Championship is a professional wrestling championship contested in and owned by the American promotion WWE. The title was introduced into WWE in 1979, which was known as the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) at the time. Pat Patterson, holder of the WWF North American Heavyweight Championship, had unified the title with a apocryphal South American Heavyweight Championship won in a tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The WWF considered the Intercontinental Championship to be the second most important championship in the company, after the WWF Championship. In 2002, the WWF was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). After the name change, the title was renamed the WWE Intercontinental Championship. Overall there have been 70 different Intercontinental Champions. Chris Jericho holds the record for the most reigns with 9. The current champion is Kofi Kingston who is in his fourth reign.
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