the ultimate warrior is the current intercontinental champion of wwe.
who is the current intercontinental champion of wwe?
the ultimate warrior
in july 2016, wwe reintroduced the brand split; during the 2016 draft, then-intercontinental champion the miz was drafted to smackdown. just days later, he successfully defended the title against raw draftee darren young at battleground, making the title exclusive to smackdown. in april 2017, during the superstar shake-up, intercontinental champion dean ambrose was moved to the raw brand, making the title exclusive to raw. two years later during the 2019 wwe superstar shake-up, intercontinental champion finn bálor moved to smackdown, making the title exclusive to smackdown.





























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wwe intercontinental championship
swagger returned on the july 1 episode of "raw", accompanying zeb colter's new client antonio cesaro to his match with cody rhodes. at the money in the bank pay-per-view, swagger and cesaro competed in the world heavyweight championship money in the bank ladder match, but were both unsuccessful as the match was won by damien sandow. the following night on "raw", swagger and cesaro, now billed as the real americans, teamed together for the first time, but ended up being defeated by the usos. during the night of champions pre-show, the real americans competed in a number one contender tag team turmoil match for the wwe tag team championship, in which they were the last team eliminated by the prime time players (darren young and titus o'neil). simultaneously, the real americans began a feud with the returning santino marella after he defeated both of them in singles competition. on october 6 at battleground, the real americans defeated marella and the great khali in a tag team match. the real americans moved onto feuding with los matadores, culminating in a tag team match on october 27 at hell in a cell, which los matadores won. the following night on "raw", the real americans defeated wwe tag team champions cody rhodes and goldust in a non-title match. at survivor series, swagger teamed with cesaro, roman reigns, dean ambrose and seth rollins in a 5 on 5 traditional survivor series tag team match in which their team was victorious over rey mysterio, cody rhodes, goldust and the usos' team. at tlc they also challenged for the wwe tag team championship again in a losing effort in a fatal four-way match also involving rybaxel and the team of big show and rey mysterio. swagger would enter the 2014 royal rumble match at entrant #7 but was eliminated by kevin nash. on the february 14 episode of "smackdown", swagger became the #1 contender for the intercontinental championship after winning a fatal 4-way match, defeating kofi kingston, rey mysterio and mark henry. however, swagger would advance to elimination chamber, where he would face the current intercontinental champion, big e, and would lose the match.
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