WWE Intercontinental Championship

The WWE Intercontinental Championship is the second-tier championship title in the WWE E-Fed federation on Monday Night RAW; the first brand of the company. This title was introduced by in 2005.

WWE Intercontinental title reigns are determined by professional wrestling matches, in which wrestlers are involved in rivalries that are played out on WWE programming. These narratives create feuds between various wrestlers, which cast them as heels and faces.

History
The Intercontinental Championship was introduced in 2005 with Carlito becoming the inaugural champion on July 31, 2005 at Bad Blood by defeating Chris Jericho.

Reigns
The inaugural champion was Carlito, who won the title by defeating Chris Jericho on July 31, 2005. Currently, Jeff Hardy holds the record for the most reigns as champion with seven reigns. Billy Cassidy, in his first reign, had the longest reign in the title's history which lasted 252 days. Dolph Ziggler is the current champion, and is in his first reign. Overall, there have been 79 Intercontinental Championship reigns.

Current Champion
The current champion is Finn Balor who is in his first reign, after defeating Shane Strickland at Halloween Havoc (2018).

List of Champions
As of December 19, 2017.

List of combined reigns
As of September 4, 2016