5 best Intercontinental Championship matches in Summerslam history 

#4 Bret Hart vs. Mr Perfect - Summerslam 1991

The early New Generation

Even before the height of the New Generation Era, fans could already sense a slight change in the air when it came to the direction of the WWF in 1991. You still had the main players in place, but Vince being the shrewd business man that he was, knew he would have to start looking to the future and more than anything else, he needed to make sure his supporting mid-card was still going to be up to scratch.

This is where stars like Bret Hart and Mr Perfect would come in. Bret had been a staple of the company's tag-team division along with Jim Neidhart for a number of years and was now ready to go it alone.

Mr Perfect was consistently proving himself to be one of the most gifted technical wrestlers the company had ever seen. It was going to be pretty difficult for these two not to have a spectacular match.

Bret vs Perfect for the IC title at Summerslam is one of those matches the older generation fan will always think back to. In a nutshell, this was the direction the company were about to take, and after so many years of seeing guys like Hogan and Warrior posing and running into each other for 10-15 minutes, fans were ready for a change.

Traditionally speaking, the Intercontinental Championship is supposed to be the so-called 'work horse' belt that plays back up to the bigger money matches in the main event. It's a dynamic that dates back to Wrestlemania 3 with the Savage and Steamboat affair that almost stole the show from Hogan and Andre. Bret and Perfect were continuing this into the 90s, helping the WWF cater to a wider selection of fans.

If you're a fan of good, old-fashioned, mat-based wrestling with high impact moves, submission holds and counters, this really is a match you need to go and check out.