The History of the Intercontinental Championship

The History of the Intercontinental Championship
(Part II in the series of Counterfactual Title Histories)

PAT PATTERSON (wins “tournament” in “Rio”, 09/79)
KEN PATERA (04/80, NYC)
PEDRO MORALES (12/80, NYC)
THE MAGNIFICENT DON MURACO (06/81, Philly)
PEDRO MORALES [2] (11/81, NYC)
DON MURACO [2] (01/83, NYC)
TITO SANTANA (02/84, Boston)
GREG THE HAMMER VALENTINE (09/84, London, Ontario)
ROWDY RODDY PIPER (Wrestlemania 1985, NYC)
MACHO MAN RANDY SAVAGE (Wrestlemania II 1986, Chi)
BRET HIT MAN HART (Wrestlemania IV 1988, Atlantic City)
MR PERFECT CURT HENNIG (Royal Rumble ’89 Houston)
RAVISHING RICK RUDE (Wrestlemania V, 1989 Atlantic City)
THE MILLION DOLLAR MAN TED DIBIASE (Survivor Series ’89 Chicago)
BRET HART [2] (Royal Rumble ’90, Orlando)
RODDY PIPER [2] (Survivor Series ’91, Detroit)
RANDY SAVAGE [2] (Royal Rumble ’92 Albany)
THE HEARTBREAK KID SHAWN MICHAELS (Survivor Series ’92 Cleveland)
OWEN HART (Survivor Series ’92 Cleveland)
SHAWN MICHAELS [2] (Royal Rumble ’93 Sacramento)
RAZOR RAMON (Wrestlemania X 1994, NYC)
OWEN HART [2] (Royal Rumble ’95, Tampa)
RAZOR RAMON [2] (Wrestlemania XI 1995, Hartford)
SHAWN MICHAELS [3] (Summer Slam ’95 Pittsburgh)
25. VADER (Royal Rumble ’96, Fresno)
CACTUS JACK (Survivor Series ’96, NYC)
KEN SHAMROCK (Survivor Series, ’97 Montreal)
STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN (Summer Slam ’98, NYC)
AL SNOW (Wrestlemania XV 1999, Philly)
SEAN WALTMAN (Summer Slam ’99, Minneapolis)
LIONHEART CHRIS JERICHO (Survivor Series ’99 Detroit)
EDDY GUERRERO (Wrestlemania XVI 2000, Anaheim)
CHRIS JERICHO [2] (Summer Slam ’00, Raleigh)
LORD STEVEN REGAL (Survivor Series ’00 Tampa)
STEVE AUSTIN [2] (Wrestlemania XVII 2001, Houston)
(belt joins the NWA US Title and the ECW TV Title and is renamed the Worldwide Championship)
TAJIRI (Summer Slam ’01, San Jose)
TAZ (Survivor Series ’01, Greensboro)
ROB VAN DAM (Royal Rumble ’02 Atlanta)
SHAWN MICHAELS [4] (Summer Slam ’02 Long Island)
ROB VAN DAM [2] (Survivor Series ’02, NYC)
REY MYSTERIO, Jr. (Royal Rumble ’03, Boston)
TAJIRI [2] (Summer Slam ’03, Phoenix)
CHAVO GUERRERO (Survivor Series ’03 Dallas)
EDDY GUERRERO [2] (Wrestlemania XX, 2004, NYC)
THE LIZARD KING CHRIS JERICHO [3] (Summer Slam ’04, Toronto)
EDGE (Royal Rumble ’05, Fresno)
(Edge relinquishes belt in order to wrestle unsanctioned match against Matt Hardy at Summer Slam ’05)
CHRIS BENOIT d. Kurt Angle (Survivor Series ’05, Detroit)
DAVE FIT FINLAY (Royal Rumble ’06, Miami)
HUNTER HEARST HELMSLEY-McMAHON (Wrestlemania XXII 2006, Chicago)

The History of the WWF Championship

The History of the WWF Championship
As requested, the next series of posts will be in this format; actually, there’s a storyline fit for a look back at most of these belts, but as opposed to putting these lists within that form, I’ll do it like this for easier reference access.

If you’re looking for XXII, note that now, the most recent events are at the bottom on the right hand side, as I’ve archived everything in order. I’ve also labeled the events, so if you click the arrows, you’ll see the event that is posted. Further, after each event there are labels, so you can do with those what you will.

Summer Slam ’06 will be posted no later than August, probably with two posts to build the show. Traditionally, of course, Summer Slam is the weakest Counterfactual show, as it’s where we have access to the fewest workers.

Nonetheless, I’ve got a WWF Title matchup that few of you will expect, we’ll keep building to the big Edge/Matt HIAC match at XXIII, and one of the biggest angles in Counterfactual history is closing in on us. It’ll be a good time.

I see all of these coming posts as highlight packages, with either clips of the match, or, if say the match didn’t actually take place, clips or stills of the wrestler in question. They should be long packages, the kinds of things you’d download from youtube. Had I more technological inclination, of course, I could actually put such a package together.

But I’m only one man. And I do, you know, have a job and stuff.

NATURE BOY BUDDY ROGERS d. Antonino Rocca (04/63, Rio)
BRUNO SAMMARTINO (05/63, NYC)
IVAN KOLOFF (01/71, NYC)
PEDRO MORALES (12/71, NYC)
STAN STASIAK (12/73, Philly)
BRUNO SAMMARTINO [2] (12/73, NYC)
SUPERSTAR BILLY GRAHAM (04/77, Balt.)
BOB BACKLUND (02/78, NYC)
ANTONIO INOKI (11/79, Tokoshima)
BOB BACKLUND [2] (12/79, Tokyo)
IRON SHEIK (12/83, NYC)
HULK HOGAN (1/84, NYC)
RICKY THE DRAGON STEAMBOAT (2/85, NYC)
THE DYNAMITE KID (Wrestlemania II, 1986, Chicago)
RICKY STEAMBOAT [2] (Wrestlemania III, 1987, Detroit)
THE DYNAMITE KID [2] (Wrestlemania IV, 1988, Atlantic City)
MACHO MAN RANDY SAVAGE (Survivor Series ’88, Cleveland)
MR PERFECT CURT HENNIG (Survivor Series ’89, Chicago)
THE BRITISH BULLDOG DAVEY BOY SMITH (Summer Slam ’91, NYC)
NATURE BOY RIC FLAIR (Survivor Series ’91, Detroit)
BRET HIT MAN HART (Wrestlemania VIII 1992, Indianapolis)
OWEN HART (Wrestlemania X 1994, NYC)
THE HEARTBREAK KID SHAWN MICHAELS (Survivor Series ’94, Cleveland)
BRET HART [2] (Wrestlemania XI 1995, Hartford)
25. SHAWN MICHAELS [2] (Wrestlemania XII 1996, Anaheim)
BRET HART [3] (Survivor Series ’96, NYC)
STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN (Wrestlemania XIII 1997, Chicago)
(belt held up after Austin/Bret draw at Summer Slam ’97)
OWEN HART [2] d. Bret Hart/Steve Austin/Shawn Michaels (Survivor Series ’97, Montreal)
CACTUS JACK (Summer Slam ’98 NYC)
OWEN HART [3] (Royal Rumble ’99, Anaheim)
CACTUS JACK [2] (Wrestlemania XV 1999, Philly)
CHRIS BENOIT (Wrestlemania XVI 2000 Anaheim)
KURT ANGLE (Wrestlemania XVII 2001, Houston)
(Belt joined with ECW World Title belt at Summer Slam '01 to become Double Titles)
(Belt joined with NWA World Title belt at Summer Slam '02 to become Undisputed Heavyweight Championship of the World)
(Angle forced to relinquish the belts with neck injury after WM XIX, 64 man tournament begun)

EDDY GUERRERO d. Brock Lesnar (Summer Slam ’03, Phoenix)
KURT ANGLE [2] (Royal Rumble ’04, Philly)
CHRIS BENOIT [2] (Wrestlemania XX 2004, NYC)
EDDY GUERRERO [2] (Wrestlemania XXI 2005, Los Angeles)
REY MYSTERIO, Jr. (Summer Slam ’05, DC)