GCW Intercontinental Title

The GCW Intercontinental Title is the secondary singles title in Global Championship Wrestling. The title was introduced on April 24, 1975 in a 4-man tournament.

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1 Title History

1.1 Names

Name Years
GCW Intercontinental Title 1975-current

1.2 Reigns

# Wrestler Reigns Date Days Held Location Event Notes
1 Dory Funk Jr. 1 April 24, 1975 247 Philadelphia, PA Live event This was the finals of a 4-man tournament. Funk defeated Billy Robinson in the finals.
2 Bobby Duncum 1 December 27, 1975 205 New York, NY Live event -
3 Terry Funk 1 July 19, 1976 403 Philadelphia, PA Live event -
4 Pat Patterson 1 August 26, 1977 54 New York, NY Live event -
5 Stan Hansen 1 October 19, 1977 238 New York, NY Live event -
6 Pedro Morales 1 June 14, 1978 86 San Juan, PR Live event -
7 Stan Hansen 2 September 8, 1978 505 New York, NY Live event Texas Bullrope match.
8 Chavo Guerrero 1 January 26, 1980 6 Philadelphia, PA Live event -
- Vacated - February 1, 1980 - N/A N/A Chavo Guerrero was forced to vacate the title due to injuries sustained at the hands of Stan Hansen on 1/26/80.
9 Roddy Piper 1 April 2, 1980 129 New York, NY Live event Defeated Larry Zbyszko in the finals of an 8-man tournament.
10 Don Muraco 1 August 9, 1980 385 Chicago, IL Rumble at Wrigley -
11 Stan Hansen 3 August 28, 1981 270 Toronto, ON, CA Live event Steel cage match.
12 Ricky Steamboat 1 May 25, 1982 22 Pittsburgh, PA Live event -
13 Larry Zbyszko 1 June 16, 1982 194 New York, NY Live event -
14 Ricky Steamboat 2 December 27, 1982 94 New York, NY Live event -
- Vacated - March 31, 1983 - N/A N/A Ricky Steamboat was forced to vacate the title due to injuries sustained at the hands of Bob Backlund on 3/3/83.
15 Nick Bockwinkel 1 April 5, 1983 382 New York, NY Live event Won a 23-man battle royal to win the title.
16 Rick Martel 1 April 21, 1984 1 Philadelphia, PA Live event -
- Vacated - April 22, 1984 - N/A N/A Rick Martel suffers a broken neck on 4/21/84 and is stripped of the title.
17 Ricky Steamboat 3 June 5, 1984 200 Landover, MD Live event Defeated Nick Bockwinkel for the vacant title.
18 Jimmy Snuka 1 December 22, 1984 85 New York, NY Live event Steel cage match.
19 Tony Atlas 1 March 17, 1985 230 Minneapolis, MN Live event -
20 Ted DiBiase 1 November 2, 1985 266 Hershey, PA Saturday Night Slam Masters -
21 Barry Windham 1 July 26, 1986 42 Philadelphia, PA Live event -
- Vacated - September 6, 1986 - N/A N/A Barry Windham was stripped of the title after suffering a knee injury during the 8/5/86 taping of GCW Superstars against Koko B. Ware.
22 Kerry Von Erich 1 September 16, 1986 - Baltimore, MD GCW Superstars This was the finals of an 8-man tournament. Von Erich defeated Lex Luger in the finals. Aired on September 27.

2 List of top combined reigns

(does not include current reign)

Rank Wrestler # of Reigns Combined Days
1 Stan Hansen 3 1013
2 Terry Funk 1 403
3 Don Muraco 1 385
4 Nick Bockwinkel 1 382
5 Ricky Steamboat 3 316
6 Ted DiBiase 1 266
7 Dory Funk Jr. 1 247
8 Tony Atlas 1 230
9 Bobby Duncum 1 205
10 Larry Zbyszko 1 194
11 Roddy Piper 1 129
12 Pedro Morales 1 86
13 Jimmy Snuka 1 85
14 Pat Patterson 1 54
15 Barry Windham 1 42
16 Chavo Guerrero 1 6
17 Rick Martel 1 1
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