35 with an inside cradle after Steele pushed Savage off the top as Savage prepared to come off the top and hit the challenger with the time keeper’s bell (voted Match of the Year by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter and Pro Wrestling Illustrated) (History of the Intercontinental Championship,...
The Honkytonk Man (w/ Jimmy Hart) pinned WWF IC Champion Ricky Steamboat to win the title at 3:53 by reversing an inside cradle and grabbing onto the bottom rope for leverage (Best of the WWF Vol. 13,History of the Intercontinental Championship) The One Man Gang (w/ Slick) pinned Silv...
On this day in history in ... 1906 - Frank Gotch defeats Fred Beel in Kansas City, Missouri to win the American Heavyweight Title for the third time. Gotch would go on to defeat George Hackenschmidt two years l...
Michaels grabs at the Intercontinental Championship belts. Ramon hits the ropes and hits the ladder with a shoulder block to knock it over. Michaels falls off the ladder and hits the top rope crotch-first! Michaels’ ankle gets tied up in the ropes! Ramon climbs the ropes. Michaels gets ...
The would-be Intercontinental and WWF Champion finally lived up to his potential the next month, beating Henry Godwinn at In Your House. The hog farmer and former Corporation associate had been on a slopping spree that claimed DiBiase, Bundy, and Sid. He even managed to slop the Million Dol...
Faarooq and Kama attack Austin from behind until Faarooq is waffled with a chair and Kama goes hard into the truck. Rock beats down Austin, goes low on the Intercontinental Champion, and hits what would become known as The People’s Elbow. Eventually Austin makes the comeback but mi...
He challenged WWF Intercontinental Champion Bret Hart to a match. Hart politely acknowledged Jarrett, but nothing was made of it for the time being. The groundwork for the WWF vs. USWA inter-promotional war was laid. In storyline, USWA stars like Jerry "The King" Lawler and Jeff Jarrett...
5) The Rock (Dwayne Johnson) defeats Ken Shamrock to retain WWF Intercontinental Title by disqualification at 8:07; Maivia had tapped out at 4:57 Fun Fact:This feud started in October, and Shamrock has bested Rock twice: at Survivor Series and No Way Out, both tag matches. Other than ...
like JoJo and Eva Marie in the ring along with barely functional trainees like Cameron and Aksana). Punk and Bryan vs. Harper, Rowan, and Wyatt was the biggest disappointment of 2013, and the rest of the card was meaningless filler (remember when CURTIS AXEL was Intercontinental Champion?!)...
as referee Tim White was distracted by an injured Chyna on the floor; after the match, referee Earl Hebner came out to tell White what really happened but the decision stood; only the IC title was on the line in the bout (History of the Intercontinental Championship, Breaking the Code: ...