What is WWE Intercontinental Championship?
{{Infobox pro wrestling championship |name = WWE Intercontinental Championship |image=Jey Uso, October 2024 (cropped).jpg |caption=[[Jey Uso]] with the second variation of the current belt design (2019–present) |currentholder = [[Bron Breakker]] |won = October 21, 2024 |created = September 1, 1979 |promotion = [[WWE]] |brand = [[WWE Raw|Raw]] |mostreigns = [[Chris Jericho]]<br>([[List of WWE Intercontinental Champions|9 reigns]]) |firstchamp = [[Pat Patterson]] |longestreign =[[Gunther (wrestler)|Gunther]]<br>({{age in days|June 10, 2022|April 6, 2024}} days) |shortestreign = [[Shane Douglas|Dean Douglas]]<br>(14 minutes) |oldest = [[Ric Flair]]<br>({{age in years and days |1949|02|25|2005|09|18}}) |youngest = [[Jeff Hardy]]<br>({{ age in years and days|1977|08|31|2001|04|10}}) |heaviest = [[Big Show]]<br>({{convert|441|lb|kg|abbr=on}}) |lightest = [[Rey Mysterio]]<br>({{convert|175|lb|kg|abbr=on}}) |pastnames = * WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship<br>(1979–1992) * WWF Intercontinental Championship<br>(1992–2002) * '''WWE Intercontinental Championship'''<br>(2002, 2003–present) }} The '''WWE Intercontinental Championship''' is a [[professional wrestling]] [[championship]] in [[WWE]] (World Wrestling Entertainment). It is the first secondary title of WWE. It has been the exclusive secondary championship of WWE's weekly TV show [[WWE Raw|''Raw'']] since May 2023 when the champion at the time, [[Gunther (wrestler)|Gunther]], was moved to the show from [[WWE SmackDown|''SmackDown'']] in the 2023 WWE draft. == History == The WWE Intercontinental Championship was first known as the '''WWF (World Wrestling Federation) Intercontinental Championship''', until the WWE/WWF 2002 lawsuit. Following the title's introduction in 1979, [[Pat Patterson]] became the inaugural champion on [[September 15]]. The title's creation came as a result of Patterson defeating [[Ted DiBiase]] to win the [[WWF North American Heavyweight Championship|WWF North Am