SummerSlam: 7 Best Intercontinental Title matches in history

#5 Seth Rollins vs Dolph Ziggler (SummerSlam 2018)

Rollins and Ziggler brought a whole new prestige to the championship.

In 2009, Dolph Ziggler was still a rookie who was challenging for the Intercontinental Championship for the first time in his career. However, by SummerSlam 2018, he was a name synonymous with the said title, having held the title for a stunning six times. His rivalry with Seth Rollins for the title brought a new life to the coveted championship, and featured some of the best matches for the title in recent memory.

While their main event Iron Man match at Extreme Rules and another meeting on RAW a few weeks before that were great matches in their own right, none was as impressive as their grudge match. The two had a chemistry with each other, and it was on full display during the SummerSlam 2018 curtain-jerker.

With Dean Ambrose and Drew McIntyre in their corners, respectively, the challenger Rollins and the champion Ziggler wrestled the best SummerSlam Intercontinental Title match in years. Their 22-minute long classic set the stage for the show, with the crowd being on their feet for every single close call during the last stretch of the match.

Rollins' victory over Ziggler after a evenly-fought match marked not only the pinnacle of Rollins' babyface run, but also a pinnacle for the Intercontinental Title at the time