What Happened To EVERY WWE Intercontinental Champion?!

From Golden Era WWF IC champions like Ricky Steamboat, The Honky Tonk Man and Greg 'The Hammer' Valentine to Attitude Era title holders D'Lo Brown, Val Venis, and Ken Shamrock all the way to more recent champs Ryback, Curtis Axel and Santino Marella, we are where are they now in What Happened To EVERY WWE Intercontinental Champion?!
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[@tonyx8862]

It’s so sad to see how many died of overdoses, heart attacks or suicides. It’s good to see now that our pg era favorites aren’t meeting the same fate

[@Zykovthedunce]

Videos like this always a sad reminder how rampant opioid use was among wrestlers

[@timothygraham4304]

Of all the people mentioned that died of overdoses, it seems like Mr Perfect's wasn't accidental. All tragic, but that sounded odd.

[@SaintPhoenixx]

Definitely. A sad reminder that Vince has a lot of blood on his hands, supporting, allowing or partaking in such wide steroid use. He allowed these men to destroy themselves, all to make a quick buck off them.

[@MSI-]

@@SaintPhoenixx I mean he took them himself at least he didn’t make them do something he wasn’t willing to do

[@bigjew9905]

give em time

[@Robochuck]

Big pop on that "young clean shaven Drew looks like Nick Jackson sitting on Matt's shoulders" reference! So true

[@NagatoNaoeProduction]

This was awesome! Kind of terrifying that so many of these guys were lost to overdoses or heart attacks.

[@BroudbrunMusicMerge]

Breaking down in laughter at the end of Punk's portion made me laugh, too

[@romibodoni]

I have to admit: the death of Scott Hall hit me harder than I would have expected, but still to this day the death of Owen Hart hurts the most, because it was so unnecessary

[@chindub6563]

I remember watching the ppv live where Owen Hart died the screen went completely black my dad thought it was a cable problem but when he called them they said sir it's not us then it came back on and then jr said Owen Hart died

[@TheThird1977]

I surely cannot be the only one who feels the "Honk-a-Meter" run of Santino was both hilarious and ended way, way to soon. That in itself was the perfect vehicle to work for a whole year (at least), with the last 1-2mths having Honky himself throw challengers at Santino to stop the record being broken. You could even have Marella keep the belt through count-out / DQ losses, using HTM's tactics against him.

[@MandalorianRevan]

I agree. While I wasn't sold on Santino when he first won the belt, he and his Honk-a-metet grew on me and I was disappointed to see it in.

[@adrenalineunlimited]

Negl thought I was alone with this opinion

[@moopert86]

It definitely had more legs and was really fun.

[@TheThird1977]

A great video, though the first half was rough going due to how many title holders have passed away (and how many of THEM were so young).

[@TBevill1231]

What got me was when a whole section was back to back of wrestlers who are now gone.

[@geekdaze]

Absolute savage to not say anything about the Punk fight/suspension fiasco and just kind of chuckle at the end of his section

[@andrewthompson1611]

Rest In Peace To All The Interdimensional Champions that are no longer with us but I'm very sure never forgotten

[@theghostreckon69420]

Jericho, Miz, Dean and the hennigs made that title special. Back in the 90s if someone won the intercontinental title they would eventually win the heavyweight belt.

[@theharv1490]

Seth as well

[@reno_2200]

23:18 that little laugh as he mentions CM Punk's 'recent history'

[@chocolatedaddy2094]

Now he's back 😂😂

[@cjq23]

Cultaholic keep on providing bangers after bangers!

[@ritebrayned5657]

After banger after banger…..

[@jellyhead8107]

After banger after banger

[@kylerwooten]

After..... banger

[@youngdolo8]

Cultaholic: The Sheamus of wrestling KZbin.

[@MjDudz99]

After Banger! After banger! After banger!

[@benoshea6064]

Heartbreaking how many of these greats were taken way before their time 😢

[@GenerationalTreasure]

Aw man, I was really looking forward to the Randal Keith song lol

[@MHruskamusic]

I have not finished the video yet but I am at 18:32 and have to point out that I love how the description of Christian's current character in AEW makes it seem like he is just playing as Test (may he rest in peace). Just thought that was hilarious haha

[@drewhaueter4502]

Yes alot of them have passed away. BUT on the other hand a lot of them were on my television screen just yesterday!

[@VorpalBender]

Santino Marella still should have had a longer 2nd Intercontintal Title reign. That Honk-A-Meter was fantastic.

[@daquechua]

24:14 Drew Mcintyre : it's Nick Jackson on Matt shoulders 🤣🤣🤣

[@danielcorreard3746]

my uncle who recently passed away and was a fan of wrestling once said of the honky tonk man he is living proof those titles are bought and sold always loved that statement.

[@PhilLeotardosGhost]

JBL completed the original grand slam with the IC BELT. He won the European Title in late 2001.

[@discoder]

Jericho did it first.

[@wanderlustwarrior]

20:06 I miss the Randall Keith song!

[@victorevans2867]

It's nuts that I thought some of these guys were old when they died and now I have surpassed them in years

[@ReaverPrime]

Ricky and Randy at Mania for the strap remains one of my favorite matches ever. Their performance was just so damn good and an absolute clinic on how to craft a match. Shawn and Razor at Mania for the strap is another of my favorites. To this day, it remains the blueprint for a good ladder match.

[@kamieyonce]

Still one of my favorite belts and consistently well represented and designed (dont care for the current eras belt tho i love Gunther!)

[@saywhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat]

You should rank every cruiserweight/light heavyweight champion in WWE and WCW history

[@DamnItDomo]

Can you do a list of forgettable 1× champions Example: Rhyno as Intercontinental Champion

[@b.broady5557]

Go back and watch Roddy win the belt again, the man had the most genuine smile on his face, just loving wrestling. What a fuckin legend man

[@newageoutlaw]

Can you please make a video about "What happened to every wrestler from the full version of the 'What Happened To That Wrestler?' theme tune"?

[@zulanpul-an2438]

They already had

[@deathbat93rn]

Funny this is uploaded while I was looking up IC title history lol

[@garrettplaysgames4349]

Could yall rank every NWA Champion?

[@jace140490]

I'd love to see that list but that title had such a low point that (aside from length of reigns) there'd be almost no source material for some periods. That'd be a lot of work but I hope I get to see it!!!

[@bobbyneedz7268]

This theme tune slaps more than Gunther

[@jerryjanik480]

Literally put every Intercontinental Champion into this intro song at the beginning of the video and it would be amazing

[@Brichhorn]

I live a town over from Roxbury and genuinely had no clue Tito Santana is a teacher there

[@a.j.santiago303]

That Levesque guy did pretty well for himself....😂

[@a.j.santiago303]

Also love how WWE is presenting GUNTHER as a star, thereby also elevating the IC title. Almost reminds me of Greg 'The Hammer' Valentine in his presentation: he looks like a champion.

[@moopert86]

This has aged well. over a year later, and the last entry about Gunther is still 100% accurate.

[@brandonadk2711]

Marc Mero was just at my old high school a couple weeks ago. My sister got to listen to one of his talks.

[@mattalan6618]

he looks good for being in his early 60s

[@Jack-hz4wz]

Video idea - ranking every individual IC Championship reign

[@anjhontongo6945]

Updated: *The Rock - now a Board Member of TKO and currently as a Heel for his alliance with The Bloodline, just to destroy Cody Rhodes *Edge - now in AEW under his real name Adam Copeland *Kurt Angle - now a Meme guy (thanks to his Meme face) *Billy Gunn - now as Daddy A** and member of The Acclaimed and Bang Bang Scissor Gang *Lance Storm - creating his own Podcast *Christian Cage - current TNT World Television Champion and leader of his own faction with Luchasaurus (now Killswitch), Nick Wayne and his Mother *William Regal - returning to WWE, works maybe as an Authority figure with Ava Raine, and backstage producer for NXT *Rob Van Dam - currently wrestled part-time in AEW *Randy Orton - now creating his feud with Logan Paul over the United States Championship *Carlito - now currently in WWE, and an honorary member of LWO *Ric Flair - now appearing in AEW *John Morrison - currently wrestled part-time in AEW *Santino Marella - now as Director of Authority in TNA Impact *Kofi Kingston - now feuding with Imperium (Ludwig Kaiser and Giovanni Vinci) with Xavier Woods *CM Punk - returns to WWE in November 2023 at Survivor Series: Wargames in Chicago, currently sidelined with injury *Rey Mysterio - now a WWE Hall of Famer (even tho still active), and leader of LWO *Drew McIntyre - feuding with Seth "Freakin" Rollins over the World Heavyweight Championship *Dolph Ziggler - now under his real name "THE MOST WANTED MAN" Nic Nemeth, currently wrestled in indies, in TNA Impact and NJPW as the current NJPW Global Champion *Cody Rhodes - now former Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions with Main Event Jey Uso, 2x Back-2-Back Royal Rumble winner and Back-2-Back main event WrestleMania with Roman Reigns (this time with The Rock and Seth Rollins) and he's focusing to FINISH HIS DAMN STORY *The Miz - now a Hollywood Celebrity, and model, reunites with R-Truth (Awesome Truth) and plans to create D.I.X with D.I.Y (Johnny Gargano and Tomasso Ciampa) to combat Judgment Day *Big E - rarely appears in WWE, not yet medically cleared to compete *Kevin Owens - also feuding with Logan Paul *Seth "Freakin" Rollins - current World Heavyweight Champion *Bobby Lashley - leader of reformed Hurt Business 2.0 with The Street Profits and B-Fab, feuding with The Final Testament (Karrion Kross, A.O.P, Paul Ellering and Scarlett Bordeaux) *Finn Balor - leader of The Judgment Day (even tho the REAL leader is Mami Rhea Ripley), current 1/2 of Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions *Shinsuke Nakamura - now a sadistic NJPW style Heel persona *AJ Styles - now a sadistic psychopath TNA and NJPW style heel persona/run, feuding with L.A Knight............ YEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!!!

[@shaunelliott8583]

Given that this is a list of wrestlers from the last 40-odd years I knew there would be a fair few deceased in there, but damn that was depressing

[@bukkij40]

Who doesn't watch this and sing along with the intro. absolute banger

[@thebigdog5269]

I’d love to see the white strap title back

[@youngdolo8]

I'm probably the only one, but I'd quite like to see it with a sky blue or purple strap like the world title when Warrior/Slaughter had it.

[@warmachine1919]

Ironic how the Unamerican stable was ranked after each other lol

[@dangerfeild4Life]

Booker T back on commentary is news to me. I have to tune in!

[@BrandonDMG]

holy crap! Never expected to see myself in a Cultaholic video! Thanks, Lutte Academie!

[@Molson-xg9hs]

(Sheamus sheds single tear)

[@MrBaLard1]

Video idea - ranking the worst to best triple crown champions.

[@Jiamil]

Love those videos, love the dancing cutouts. But when we see the face behind those lyrics, we see a very good example of a "Backpfeifengesicht".

[@adrenalineunlimited]

Nooooo. You started that song in the beginning and I'm like okay, just a throwaway, gonna rhyme a few and move on. Then you paused, then kept going and I got so excited. Please release a full version 😭

[@manchuriancandybar864]

14:29 The Eighth Wonder of the World Andre the Giant, The Immortal Hulk Hogan, The Million Dollar Man Ted Dibiase and multiple-time 24/7 champion R-Truth never held the intercontinental title in their respective illustrious careers. They should have been given a run with this title to complete their triple Crown titles. R-Truth was world heavyweight champion in TNA and Dibiase was WWE champion after buying the title from Andre and holding it for about a month until WM4 where the title was held up in a tournament.

[@seanmcdermott716]

When are you guys going to do a 'where are they now?' video for everyone in the what happened to that wrestler song? The world is ready

[@nickmontoya3001]

Razor Ramon was actually a (first ever) 5 time IC Champ, won at a house show but lost it and never was recognized.

[@yo_046]

I am disappointed he didn’t mention Billy Gunn is playing paper beating desk objects

[@WRESTLINGWRITESITSELF]

About Morisson& his name change,,😂😂🙌 Funniest thing I've heard all week!!!💀

[@kanemulligan124]

No gonna lie I was expecting the randal kieth gag when Orton came on I'm disappointed haha 😂

[@ewhite5810]

Adam can really play the piano.

[@chrisrd86]

Way too many sadly ...... passed away here

[@anthonycatalfamojr2403]

Do all the belts!!!this is great!

[@dano_the_collector8421]

Still the best opening on the Channel 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@unwarranteddesign806]

You couldn't hold in the chuckle when talking about Punk's time in AEW

[@Lenoh]

Take a drink every time Adam says “Sadly” The wrestlers involved probably would have wanted that, tbh

[@bearlyplayin]

The giggle when mentioning Punks 2 title 'runs' in 2022... 😂

[@jonhildahl9982]

10:12 nice daisy dukes

[@Vamparicsaiyan]

Update September 1,2023, Gunther’s reign is at 447 days and about 8 from surpassing Honky Tonk Man’s recordas longest single reign as Intercontinental champion

[@canuckj8382]

I live in Calgary, Bret makes appearances in town for dungeon wrestling a promotion started by his son Dallas

[@mutts.nutts1]

Im surety not the only one who songa along with Pacitti during the intro to these lists? 🤣

[@americannihilst]

Alternate title: Sadly/tragically

[@BananaKing274]

I wonder if Adam still has that keyboard neck tie from the intro.

[@Nbflowers1989]

A great one!

[@lue316]

That intro is lit

[@ritebrayned5657]

WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT WREST-LAH??!!!!?!

[@jerryjanik480]

The Hollywood hunks older brother won the Intercontinental Championship a couple times wow

[@mrdudeguy2199]

Time to watch this 10 times 😆

[@mrcllz]

Allright, loved the parody of Billy Joel

[@alleahsasseville]

Some of the BEST wrestlers!!!! 💪

[@antoniodearry7114]

Billy gunn looks incredible

[@tbknews9552]

Where my song Randell Keith

[@tafua_a]

I've watched too many Mark Remarks. Now every time I hear the name "Curtis Axel", I immediately go "Eheehheehehe"

[@greghuber7497]

Can you do one for the US title too?

[@GamerEddy1]

they did awhile back

[@thunderb4stard80]

thought it was a bit sad having rude then perfect both dead of overdoses then I realised God damnit kerry Vaughan erichs next

[@anthonyjsgamingchannel7272]

patterson is a mix feeling since many have come out with stories.

[@nicholassealy251]

rest in peace to all that are not with us.

[@tiffa808]

My jam!

[@MrLarsrocks]

A wild Slapnuts appeared.

[@gregpeloquin6345]

Wait RVD does standup? I have to see this!

[@scottmccurdy6493]

God, the Attitude Era was poison to the IC title...

[@dizzy1369]

Steamboat is also working with NWA, pay attention

[@LastRealPlayaAlive]

What Happened To That Wrestler 🤼‍♀️ 😂😂😂😂 that’s my jam right there 🎶 🎵 🎼

[@dylanogg347]

"Uninvited"!? Sami Zayn is the Honorary Uce in case you forgot!

[@VyeSpree]

ill comment on every what happened to video: Best Intro on youtube.

[@jameswarner5878]

Wasn't a stepping stone until the mid 90s.

[@randyhamm3862]

I do think that there are less people alive on this list which is super super sad

[@danielcorreard3746]

there seems to be some sort of curse on the wwe ic title as many of the wrestlers that have held it died young

[@somebodynowhere]

I'm wondering when they're gonna pull the trigger and have the miz match and eventually beat jericho's number

[@theupliftchannel]

Greg Valentine has a face like a baseball mitt. Sorry. Just has to put that out there. Lol

[@_facethefeat]

The rock is the first person to win the ic title in their debut

[@danrduggan]

you can take Jack Swagger off your intro since he is back in the wrestling picture as Jake Hager in AEW

[@namikstudios]

The IC belt isn't the greatest secondary belt ever, that's easily the US title.

[@EMRll]

lord so many men/ woman that held that title are gone now every time i hear “sadly….” i’m like lord how many times imma be hearing just said man 😢

[@KingCanada]

Come for the intro (because everybody comes for the intro, let's be honest) Stay for....well, isn't it obvious? They're highlighting literally every IC Champion in history. Why wouldn't you want to watch that?

[@pauladame6310]

Why did you show 3 Diesels and one Shawn Michaels in the same graphic?