World Wrestling Entertainment: Top Inter Continental Wrestling Champions
The Inter Continental Wrestling Title has been one of the most prestigious title in the history of professional wrestling in WWE. Some great wrestlers have held the title and many have put their bodies and careers on the line to win the gold. Most of the wrestlers who held the Inter Continental Championship went on to win the WWE Wrestling belt at some point of their career. This article is about the top wrestlers in the entire history of professional wrestling who held this prestigious title around their waist in the most difficult of times.
It is the famous and acclaimed, Randy Savage who has been ranked as the best Inter Continental champion ever in the history of professional wrestling. Randy Savage held the Inter Continental title in 1986 and held it for more than 400 days. He is considered the greatest Inter Continental champion because he defended the title against many great wrestlers like Jake “The Snake” Roberts and George “The Animal” Steele. This great Inter Continental champion lost the title only to Ricky Steamboat in one of the greatest wrestling matches of all time. There were other Inter Continental champions but no one held the same prestige as Randy Savage.
Chris Jericho is on the 2nd position in the list of best Inter Continental champions to walk the planet. Chris Jericho broke all records as he became the 9 time Inter Continental champion in WWE during his stories career. No other wrestler has ever come near to such a record. Chris Jericho who claims that “he is the best in the world at what he does” defeated many acclaimed fighters like Jeff Hardy and Rob Van Dam to win this prestigious title multiple times. The place of Chris Jericho has been cemented in the list of the best Inter Continental champions in the world.
It is the Ultimate Warrior who has held the 3rd position in the list of best Inter Continental champions of WWE. It took only 13 seconds for the Ultimate Warrior to beat the Honky Tonk Man to win his first Inter Continental championship. Ultimate warrior held the Inter Continental title for exactly 216 days each during his two lengthy title reigns. However the most impressive aspect of Ultimate Warrior’s Inter Continental championship is that he never lost the title during his second reign. Ultimate Warrior vacated the title after he defeated Hulk Hogan at Wrestle Mania VI for the WWE championship. Rarely anyone has held the Inter Continental belt and the WWE belt at the same time in the history of professional wrestling.
The Hall of Famer, Mr. Perfect is on the 4th position in the rankings of the best Inter Continental champions of all time. The greatest success of Mr. Perfect was to hold the Inter Continental for exactly 280 days. This made him the longest reigning Inter Continental champion during the 1990s. Mr. Perfect battled with many great wrestlers during his career and defended his prestigious belt. His opponents included champions like Texas Tornado and Bret “The Hit Man” Hart. Mr. Perfect certainly became an example for many other wrestlers who aspired to hold the prestigious Inter Continental title around their waist.
The 5th position in the Inter Continental championship rankings goes to the great Pat Patterson. Pat Patterson was the person from where it all started. It was 1979 when Pat Patterson won a tough wrestling tournament to unite his WWF North American Championship with WWF South American Championship. The combination of those two title belts was so powerful that a new title belt was created and the world knows that belt as the prestigious Inter Continental championship. It was Pat Patterson who set the high standards for the title and set an example for other wrestlers to come.
Many wrestlers come and go and end their careers in pursuit of the prestigious Inter Continental championship but the above mentioned wrestlers are truly the top 5 Inter Continental wrestlers of all time.
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