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The following night on Raw, The Miz lost the Intercontinental Championship to Roman Reigns, ending his title reign at 169 days. [237] After taking a hiatus, The Miz returned in January 2018, and won the Intercontinental Championship back from Roman Reigns during the 25th Anniversary of Raw, beginning his eighth reign with the championship. [238]
The Intercontinental Championship has been called the second most important championship in the company, after the WWE Championship. [3] It has been active in WWE for the second-longest period, but is the third-oldest active title overall, behind the WWE Championship (1963) and the United States Championship (1975), the latter of which was ...
The Intercontinental Champion could appear on both Raw and SmackDown. July 19, 2016 SmackDown: Reintroduction of the brand split. Intercontinental Champion The Miz was drafted to SmackDown during the 2016 WWE Draft. April 10, 2017 Raw: Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose was moved to Raw during the 2017 WWE Superstar Shake-up. April 16, 2019 ...
In October 2009, WWE premiered a new pay-per-view event based around inter-brand matches. At the time, the Miz was the second-tier champion on Raw after winning the United States Championship and was subsequently booked against SmackDown's Intercontinental Champion, John Morrison. [36]
Other prominent matches included The Miz retaining the WWE Championship against Randy Orton in a Tables match, Edge defeated defending champion Kane, Rey Mysterio and Alberto Del Rio to win the World Heavyweight Championship in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match, and in the opening bout, Dolph Ziggler retained as the Intercontinental Champion ...
On the November 15 episode of SmackDown, The Miz defeated Dolph Ziggler to win the Intercontinental Championship after interference from Maryse. [33] The following week, after Miz won his match, Ziggler performed a Superkick on Miz, and a ladder match between the two for the title was subsequently scheduled for TLC. [35]
New Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins was interrupted by Finn Bálor. The Miz then came out and said that he wanted his contractual rematch at Backlash. Jeff Hardy then returned from injury and teamed with Rollins and Bálor in a winning effort against Miz and The Miztourage. [77]
On the October 17, 2012 episode of Main Event, Kingston defeated The Miz to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship for the fourth time in his career. [97] Kingston then began feuding with Wade Barrett, when the two were placed on opposing teams in the traditional five-on-five elimination tag team match on November 18 at Survivor Series. [98]