5 lesser known facts about the Intercontinental Championship

#1. The name

Pat Patterson at Wrestlemania 31

When one hears the name Intercontinental Championship, one would wonder which continents fall under the name. The answer is North and South America.

The then North American Champion Pat Patterson unified his North American Heavyweight Championship with "South American Heavyweight Championship" that he won in a tournament in Brazil to introduce the Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship. This was just a kayfabe reason to introduce the new championship, as the entire tournament in South America was fictitious.