5 Best Intercontinental Title Matches of All Time

#3 Razor Ramon (C) vs. Shawn Michaels (Ladder Match, WrestleMania X)

HBK flies at WrestleMania X in an iconic image.

The second ladder match on this list, not only is this one of the quintessential ladder matches of all time, but it's also one of the most-talked-about Intercontinental Title matches ever.

Shawn Michaels had been stripped of the title in September 1993 because he failed to defend it within the 30-day time limit, and Razor Ramon won it after winning a battle royal on RAW (sort of -- Razor and Rick Martel were the final 2) and then defeating Martel the following week to become the champion.

Michaels returned in November claiming to be the real Intercontinental Champion, and after months of building to it, the title was literally hanging in the balance when both belts were hung above the ring inside Madison Square Garden at the tenth WrestleMania.

Nobody will ever forget the two biggest moments in the match, a pair of iconic uses of the ladder by Michaels. He confused everyone when he climbed to the second rope in the corner and set the ladder in front of him. The confusion ended when he pushed off, falling to the mat onto Ramon and sandwiching the ladder between the two men.

The truly iconic moment came earlier, however, when Michaels ascended the ladder and dove off onto Ramon with a flying splash. When you are able to have a match that is universally remembered as great and also create an iconic moment, you know you've done something special. That is why this match gets the nod over their also amazing, but not quite as great, rematch at SummerSlam the following year.