10 Superstars who elevated the prestige of the Intercontinental Championship

#8.The Ultimate Warrior

Warrior's success as champion culminated with this historic win.

Savage's ascension to the top coincided with the reign of Honky Tonk Man as the Intercontinental Champion, whose reign of 454-days in the longest reign with the title in the history. Even though HTM was a great character and champion, the title lost some credibility under his title reign, and it wasn't until the arrival of The Ultimate Warrior in 1988 that things started looking promising once again.

In fact, The Ultimate Warrior, during his two reigns as Intercontinental Champion between 1988 and 1990, took the title back to the same level of prestige where Savage had left it a year ago. His 31-second decimation of the Honky Tonk Man at Summerslam 1988 was followed by a string of dominant showings throughout the year. Despite not being an in-ring technician, Warrior's title defences produced some of the best wrestling product at that time.

However, it was his rivalry with Rick Rude that turned his reign into a ravishing one. After his first reign came to an end at WrestleMania V at the hands of Rude, Warrior regained the title 5 months later at Summerslam 1989. As Champion, Warrior became a main event superstar during his second reign, and eventually challenged and defeated WWE Champion Hulk Hogan in the main event of WrestleMania VI to become the first person to hold both titles simultaneously before vacating the title, that was won by......