WWE Intercontinental Championship

The WWE Intercontinental Championship is a secondary championship on the SmackDown brand. It is one of three secondary titles, alongside the United States Championship on the RAW brand and the non-brand exclusive European Championship. The title is currently held by AJ Styles, who is in his second reign.

Reigns
The inaugural champion was Eddie Guerrero. There have been 24 different reigns between 16 champions. Sami Zayn has the most reigns with three. Eddie Guerrero has held the championship for a record total of 231 days and also holds the longest uninterrupted reign at 204 days. Chris Jericho has the shortest reign at 8 days. The Rock is the only wrestler to have held both the Intercontinental Championship and another championship simultaneously, with him also holding the WWE Tag Team Championship.

AJ Styles is the current champion in his second reign. He won the title by defeating Kevin Owens and champion Sami Zayn in a triple threat match at WrestleMania XIII on April 2nd, 2017.