25 best WWE Intercontinental Champions of all time

4. Razor Ramon

Coming in just ahead of Curt Hennig on this list is his former tag team partner, Scott Hall, who put together four Intercontinental Championship reigns during his time as Razor Ramon. And while his introductory vignettes may not have been quite as good as the ones done for Mr. Perfect, they were still pretty darn entertaining, much like Razor Ramon was in the ring.

Immediately jumping into some big-time feuds upon his arrival in 1992, Razor won his first Intercontinental Championship on October September 27, 1993 by defeating Rick Martel in the finals of a tournament to crown a new champion after it was vacated by Shawn Michaels. He would hold the title for 198 days, during which he defeated HBK in their amazing Ladder Match at WrestleMania X, before dropping the belt to none other than his future nWo running mate, Kevin Nash. Diesel would hold the belt for nearly five months before Hall regained it at SummerSlam in Chicago, a match that saw Walter Payton come to the ring with Razor, which is just cool in itself.

Razor’s second reign would last 146 days, at which point he dropped it to Jeff Jarrett at the Royal Rumble in early 1995 following a restart of the match but would win it back from Jarrett a few months later in a Ladder Match to become the first three-time Intercontinental Champion in history. This reign would last only three days as Jarrett regained the title at a house show in Canada, thus matching Hall’s three reigns. Shawn Michaels would then get his third run but vacate the title, which was just given to Dean (don’t call me Shane) Douglas, whom Michaels was set to battle at In Your House 4. But that reign only lasted 11 minutes as Douglas had to defend his title against The Bad Guy and Razor Ramon won his fourth and final Intercontinental Championship that night. He would lose it three months later to Goldust at the Royal Rumble in 1996 and would be gone to WCW a few months later.

Razor Ramon’s 438 total days as champion is good for fifth on the all-time list and he’s good for fourth on this one.