5 PG era Intercontinental Champions who won the World Championship

#3 Dean Ambrose

Dean Ambrose with the WWE Championship

The 'lunatic fringe' won the Intercontinental Championship twice in WWE. Ambrose is the longest reigning champion under the WWE banner, with a record span of 351 days. He won the Raw Tag Team Championship along with Seth Rollins.

Dean also won the Money in the Bank ladder match. Later that night he cashed in his contract and went on to win the WWE Championship from Seth Rollins in a record span of 0.9 seconds. He held the title for 84 days.