at wrestlemania 32, the title was won by zack ryder in a seven-man ladder match, losing it the next night to the miz on "raw". the brand split was brought back in july of 2016, with the miz being drafted to "smackdown live", bringing the intercontinental title to that show. after a long feud with dolph ziggler over the title, the miz lost the belt to dean ambrose on an episode of "smackdown live" on january 3, 2017. ambrose was drafted to "raw" in the 2017 superstar shake-up, bringing the intercontinental title to that show.