Intshatsheli ye-Intercontinental yenziwa nge-1 kaSeptemba 1979. Yaphunyezwa yintsomi yeWWE uPat Patterson kwitumente ebubuxoki eyathi yabakho eRio De Janeiro, eBrazil.
UPatterson, elawula njenge-WWF North American Heavyweight Champion, wayethathwa njenge-WWF South American Heavyweight Champion xa ethweswa isithsaba, kwaye izihloko zadityaniswa kwangoko zaba yi-WWF Intercontinental Championship.
Isihloko sikhuselwe kumazwekazi amathandathu kwasixhenxe kule minyaka idlulileyo, kwaye ngethemba lokuba ngenye imini iWWE ifumana indlela yokubonisa eAntarctica ukuze igqibe uhambo lwayo. Kukho ulawulo olude Ngale mini kuphela i-Intercontinental Champion), kunye neentshatsheli ezimbini.
Umlwi wokugqibela woyisa uHulk Hogan eWrestleMania VI ukuphumelela ubuNtshatsheli beWWF ngelixa i-IC Championship yakhe yayikulayini kwaye iTriple H ibambe isihloko se-IC ngelixa wayenguChampion Team kunye noSteve Austin.
U-D'Lo Brown, uJeff Jarrett, kunye no-Kurt Angle bonke babambe amabhanti ase-Europe kunye ne-Intercontinental ngaxeshanye (i-Euro-Continental Champions) kwaye uluhlu luyaqhubeka.
Isihloko se-Intercontinental sidityaniswe nelinye ibhanti kwizihlandlo ezine ezahlukeneyo. Ixesha lokuqala xa i-Edge (i-WCW United States Champion) yoyisa uVavanyo (i-WWF Intercontinental Champion) yokunyibilikisa isihloko se-US kwisihloko se-IC kwi-Survivor Series 2001.
Isihloko se-IC siginye iSihloko se-Yurophu kumdlalo weleli owabona i-IC Champ RVD yoyisa i-European Champ uJeff Hardy kwi-RAW ngoJulayi 2002 (i-RVD ayizukuthathwa njengoMdlali we-Euro-Continental Champion).
I-RVD yathatha umhlala phantsi kwi-Hardcore Championship kwiinyanga kamva, nakwiRAW, xa woyisa uTommy Dreamer ngezihloko zombini emgceni. Kwiiveki ezintathu emva kokuba uKane oyise uChris Jericho ukuphumelela ibhanti, yachithwa kwi-World Heavyweight Championship xa i-World Heavyweight Champion Triple H yoyisa i-IC Champion Kane e-No Mercy ngo-2002.
Oko kwahlala ngaphezulu kwesiqingatha sonyaka, njengoko uCold Cold, umphathi-jikelele weRAW ngelo xesha, wayivuselela (ngaphandle kwesizathu sokwenyani) ngoMeyi ka-2003.
Eyona ndlela yokuxelela umntu omthandayo
Isihloko esiphakathi kwelizwekazi ubukhulu becala besisisihloko sekhadi eliphakathi ngenxa yegolide eyintshatsheli efana nobuntshatsheli beWWE kunye nobuntshatsheli behlabathi obunzima. Nangona kunjalo, kubalulekile ukuba uqaphele ukuba isihloko se-IC lilitye lokunyathela ekuqinisekiseni ukuba abo bakhuphisana nabo bafikelela kwiiligi ezinkulu kwaye ngenxa yoko ubunyani bayo buqinile.
Eminye yemidlalo egqwesileyo eyaziwayo yexesha lonke ibiyeyintshatsheli ye-Intercontinental. Oku kulandelayo yimidlalo emi-5 ephezulu ye-Intercontinental Championship.
Ukhankanyiwe obekekileyo

IBritane Bulldog yoyise uBret Hart ukuphumelela isihloko se-IC eWembley Stadium.
Mhlanu kuphela umdlalo owenzileyo olu luhlu, kodwa kukho inani elihle kakhulu, nkqu nomdlalo omkhulu, ofanele ukwamkelwa. Ukusuka kungquzulwano olunzima ukuya kwimiboniso eqaqambileyo ye-wrestling yobungcali, nantsi eminye imidlalo ye-Intercontinental Championship efanele ukuphuma kwindlela yakho ukuze uyibone. Oku akukho myalelo othile.
Iindawo ezimnandi zokuya xa ukruqukile
URandy Orton vs Mick Foley (Ukubuyela umva ngo-2004)
- Lo ngumdlalo othi, emehlweni abantu abaninzi benze uRandy Orton inkwenkwezi. Emva kweenyanga zokuziphendukela kwemvelo kunye nokuhlukumeza uFoley, ekugqibeleni wakwazi ukufumana izandla zakhe e-Orton, ngabanye. Akukho mntu wayephoxekile, kwaye uRandy Orton wangqina ubunzima bakhe xa waphoswa, engenahempe, ebuyela umva kuqala kwimfumba yezithupha. Umdlalo wawuyindibano enobundlobongela apho u-Orton wakwazi ukuphumelela.
UShawn Michaels vs Razor Ramon (Uhlobo lweSlam 1995)
- Impikiswano phakathi kwabalandeli iya kuhlala ngonaphakade. Yeyiphi kwezi zimbini i-HBK vs. Ngaba yayingowokuqala, umdlalo owawubeka ibha kuyo yonke eminye imidlalo, ukusuka eWrestleMania X? Ngaba yayikukuphindwaphindwa kweSummerSlam ngaphezulu konyaka emva koko? IWrestleMania enye ikwindawo yesi-5 ephezulu, ke olu luhlu luthathe isigqibo.
USeth Rollins vs.Finn Balor vs iMiz (WrestleMania 34)
- Kumdlalo wokuvula wekhadi eliphambili, iiRollins, iBalor, kunye neMiz ziyidilize indlu zaphantse zayitshisa ngomlilo kwisoyikiso sabo esinezihloko ze-IC. Yayiyintsimbi ebetha intsimbi kunye nesihlwele esineengcwangu, kwaye impendulo yayiyimpambano ngakumbi xa uRollins efumana ubuNtshatsheli bakhe bokuqala be-Intercontinental.
IBret Hart vs. iBritish Bulldog (ngehlobo laseSlam 1992)
- Kumdlalo oqwalaselwe ngabaninzi njengeyona midlalo mihle kulo lonke ixesha ngokubanzi, hayi eyesihloko se-IC kuphela, i-Bulldog yase-Bhritane yabona owona mzuzu wakhe wembonakalo ungalibalekiyo. Uphumelele isihloko se-IC ngaphezulu kweBret Hart ekhayeni lakhe eNgilane phambi kwendibano enkulu yabalandeli abangama-80,000 eWembley Stadium. Njengomdlalo omnandi, kwaye ngakumbi okomzuzwana, ngulo mdlalo ungaphezulu kweblip kwi-radar kunokubaluleka kweklasikhi. IBulldog iyakuphulukana nebhanti kwiinyanga nje ezimbalwa kamva kwaye ingaze iphinde iphumelele isihloko. Lo yayingoyena mzuzu wakhe wokwenyani njenge-single wrestling, kodwa yayingeyiyo isithsaba Okomzuzwana. Bamphosa ngethambo phambi kwabaphulaphuli bedolophu. Ubundlobongela bosapho njengoko babupapashiwe beheed bufumana umdlalo ubume behlelo. Ukongeza udadewabo kaHart kumxube yayiyintshukumo entle yeWWE.
UChris Yeriko vs. Rey Mystero (Imithetho eQhelekileyo kunye neBash, 2009)
- I-Mysterio kunye neJeriko babengabachasi kwicandelo le-Cruiserweight kwi-WCW, kodwa kunqabile ukuba badibane kwi-WWE. Olona qhushululu lwabo lokwenene lwafika phakathi ku-2009, olwalubona ukubuyela umva komdlalo omnandi, owesibini owawunemaski kaMysterio emgceni.
Eddie Guerrero nxamnye URob Van Dam (Ukubuyela umva ngo-2002)
- Ukuba ufuna ukubona inkcazo yomdlalo onokubakho kwicala elinye kwaye ulunge ngaxeshanye, nika le jonga. U-Eddie Guerrero wahambisa i-RVD esikolweni esikolweni ngobo busuku, kwaye waba sisigqibo se-IC Champ kwixesha lakhe lesibini nelokugqibela. Oku akukhunjulwa kangako kunamanqanaba omdlalo wabo welayiti kwinyanga kamva kwiRAW (umdlalo apho ifeni yankqonkqoza khona ileli), kodwa bobabini kufanelekile ukuba bajonge.