6 Best Intercontinental Champions in WWE history

#3 Former WWE Superstar Chris Jericho

Chris Jericho is a first ballot Hall of Famer for an amazing career that spanned NJPW, ECW and WCW before coming to WWE. His debut is considered among the best arrivals of all-time in company history. Although he had a slow start in the first few months of his run, Jericho quickly found his footing and settled into a feud with then-Intercontinental Champion, Chyna.

Chris Jericho defeated Chyna to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship at Armageddon 1999. Jericho and Chyna were briefly co-champions after a controversial finish, but he won a Triple Threat match at Royal Rumble 2000 to become the sole champion.

Following losing the title to Kurt Angle, Jericho regained the gold by defeating Chris Benoit on the May 4th, 2000 SmackDown.

Jericho and Benoit were in a long rivalry over the WWE Intercontinental Championship, trading the title over the course of several months. Chris Jericho won his fourth title by beating Benoit in a classic Ladder Match at Royal Rumble 2001.

Chris Jericho has had several other phenomenal feuds over the Intercontinental Championship with Christian, Rob Van Dam and Rey Mysterio.

He also helped put over new stars like Kofi Kingston in losing the title. Jericho holds the record with nine reigns as WWE Intercontinental Champion.

He went almost a full decade being a mainstay of the title and has to be considered one of the great champions.