5 longest WWE Intercontinental Championship reigns

#1 The Honky Tonk Man held the Intercontinental Championship for 454 days

The Honky Tonk Man as Intercontinental Champion

The award for the longest reigning WWE Intercontinental Champion of all-time goes to WWE Hall of Famer, The Honky Tonk Man.

The Honky Tonk Man won the Intercontinental Championship in 1987, on an episode of Superstars of Wrestling. During that time, Superstars of Wrestling was WWE's flagship show on their syndicated television.

Please, always remember and never forget, that The Honky Tonk Man is the greatest WWF Intercontinental Champion of all time. pic.twitter.com/oQTYD1mELt

— Jim imbruglia (@ImbrugliaJim) May 27, 2020

Honky defeated Ricky 'The Dragon' Steamboat to start his incredible reign as the champion. Sadly for the heel Elvis Presley impersonator, his reign would only go so far as he lost the title to The Ultimate Warrior at SummerSlam in 1989.

The Honky Tonk Man, by far one of the greatest IC champions of all time is finally getting inducted into the #WWEHOF 👏 pic.twitter.com/X4fr6dq1kN

— ~Angie~ (@DAmbroseAsylum_) February 26, 2019

The Honky Tonk Man told Wrestling INC. about his reign:

"So when I did lose, there was such an explosion in the building if you go back and listen. Then I lose to The Ultimate Warrior and then the people are like, 'Yes! Yes, he lost!' And then the second breath is, 'But not to that guy! We wanted him beat, but not to that guy.' So you can't win." The Honky Tonk Man (h/t Wrestling INC.)