5 Times WWE crowned a new Intercontinental Champion when the title was vacant

#2 A One-Night Tournament

Ken Shamrock won three matches in one night on RAW to become Intercontinental Champion.

Due to the number of matches involved, one-night tournaments are rarely seen in WWE. However, they are even less frequent on television shows like RAW and SmackDown because of the number of commercial breaks that take place during the programs.

However, following an injury to then-champion Triple H, the vacant Intercontinental Championship was put on the line in an eight-man tournament on the October 12 episode of RAW.

All seven tournament matches took place in one night, as Ken Shamrock lifted Intercontinental gold for the only time in his career. Shamrock defeated Steve Blackman, Val Venis and X-Pac on his way to the championship.

With the fast-moving pace of RAW back in the Attitude Era, WWE was able to squeeze a full tournament into one show - mainly by ensuring that each match was kept short.

Given that WWE has five weeks of SmackDown episodes to fill before their next pay-per-view, it seems unlikely that they will try to pull off a whole tournament in just a single night this time around.

By giving each match in the tournament some proper time and focus on SmackDown, WWE can ensure that whoever wins the title gets a real boost from doing so.