10 Superstars who elevated the prestige of the Intercontinental Championship

#1. The Miz

The Miz made the title feel more important than the Universal Title.

No man has done more for the Intercontinental Title more in recent times than The Miz. While most of the others wrestlers in the last 5 years wrestled only to win the World Champions, The Miz worked his ass off to bring back the prestige back to the title that was lost during the reigns of the likes of Ezekiel Jackson, Curtis Axel and Ryback. He again turned the title into the Workhorse's title that it was famous as in the past.

Before he was moved to Smackdown earlier this year and separated from the title, The Miz held the title eight times in the past 6 years, which is the second most in WWE history, for a cumulative total of 599 days, also the second most in history. His maiden title win came at the historic Raw 1000 episode in 2012 and he held the title 3 more times over the next two years, albeit with minimal success.

However, his fifth reign in 2016 began a whole new resurgence period for the title. His matches with the likes of Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Cesaro and his highly acclaimed with feud with Dolph Ziggler in the same year and with Dean Ambrose next year produced some of the best in-ring as well as promo work in the division for years. His feuds with Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns and Finn Balor during the first quarter of 2018 once again brought the Workhorse name for the title.