SGW INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP

9/22/1999 - CURRENT

HANDLER
William Moor

DATE
09 / 22 / 1999

REIGN
56 days

Scott Hall won a battle royal to become the first SGW Intercontinental Champion, making him the first person to win a championship in Solid Gold Wrestling.

HANDLER
Brian P.

DATE
11 / 17 / 1999

REIGN
2 days

Dan Spivey defeated Scott Hall and Sting (Mike Anstett) in a three way ladder match to become the new champion after interference from Spivey's tag team partner, Rick "The Model" Martel.

HANDLER
Unknown

DATE
11 / 19 / 1999

REIGN
58 days

Raven defeated Dan Spivey to become the new championship after interference from The Flock.

HANDLER
Matt Emerson

DATE
01 / 16 / 2000

REIGN
21 days

Hollywood Hogan defeated Raven to become the new SGW Intercontinental Champion.

HANDLER
Brian P.

DATE
02 / 06 / 2000

REIGN
14 days

The Undertaker defeated Hollywood Hogan, Edge (Unknown), and Chris Benoit (Unknown) in a Four Corner Survival to become the new champion.

HANDLER
Mike Anstett

DATE
02 / 20 / 2000

REIGN
7 days

Sting defeated The Undertaker to become the new champion.

HANDLER
Tyler Courtney

DATE
02 / 27 / 2000

REIGN
77 days

Chris Kanyon defeated Sting and Kane (Unknown) in a Triple Threat Match to become the new champion.

HANDLER
Anthony Hall

DATE:
05 / 14 / 2000

REIGN
77 days

The Sandman defeated Chris Kanyon to become the new champion.

HANDLER
Dustin Leisner

DATE
07 / 30 / 2000

REIGN
7 days

Bret Hart defeated The Sandman, Sting (Jerry), and Vampiro (Unknown) to become the new champion.

REIGN #2

HANDLER
Jerry

DATE
08 / 06 / 2000

REIGN
25 days

Sting defeated Bret "The Hitman" Hart to become the new champion in a Submission Match.

It was decided by SGW management to temporarily shelve the SGW Intercontinental Championship due to a change in the company's direction and focus on other titles.

HANDLER
Josh Smith

DATE
03 / 31 / 2001

REIGN
4 days

The Repo Man broke into the SGW vault and stole the SGW Intercontinental Championship, declaring himself the champion.

Arn Anderson had the Repo Man arrested and the SGW Intercontinental Championship was returned to the vault, vacant.

HANDLER
Matt G.

DATE
06 / 17 / 2001

REIGN
21 days

In a tournament final, Chavo Guerrero, Jr. defeated The Rock (John Baron) to win the vacant championship.

HANDLER
John Baron

DATE
07 / 08 / 2001

REIGN
7 days

The Rock defeated Chavo Guerrero, Jr. to become the new champion.

REIGN #2

HANDLER
Matt G.

DATE
07 / 15 / 2001

REIGN
7 days

Chavo Guerrero, Jr. defeated The Rock in a Two Out of Three Falls match to regain the championship.

The SGW Intercontinental Championship was retired indefinitely once again due to another change in direction by management.

REIGN #2

HANDLER
Devon Rightsell

DATE
04 / 16 / 2006

REIGN
105 days

Raven won a Battle Royal, last eliminating John Bradshaw Layfield (Dan Shepherd), to become the first champion in nearly five years.

Raven defeated Matt Hardy (Archie Caplin) to unify the Intercontinental Championship with the SGW United States Championship.

 Unified: 06/25/2006

HANDLER
Brett Albers

DATE
07 / 30 / 2006

REIGN
34 days

Raven refused to defend the championship at WrestleBrawl 2, focusing his efforts on the WrestleBrawl match itself. It was defended by his lackey, Stevie Richards. Rob Conway defeated Stevie Richards and Matt Hardy (Archie Caplin) to become the new champion.

REIGN #2

HANDLER
Corey Rich

DATE
09 / 02 / 2006

REIGN
7 days

The Rock defeated Rob Conway and Colt Cabana (Shawn Taggart) to become the new champion.

Upon closure of Solid Gold Wrestling, the championship was declared vacant indefinitely.

HANDLER
Marshall

DATE
06 / 13 / 2020

REIGN
85 days

At SGW Supremacy '20, Chris Jericho defeated "Diamond" Dallas Page (Fuz), Keith Lee (Charles), Danhausen (George), Christopher Daniels (Rick H), Jay Briscoe (Tyler), Jon Moxley (Cross), Steve Corino (Cleve), Nunzio (Sagar), Maxwell Jacob Friedman (Shawn Taggart), Triple H (Jason), and CM Punk (Serg) in Gold Rush 3 to become the new champion.

DEFENSES
07/25/20 - A Lot of Evidence to the Contrary - def. "Diamond" Dallas Page (Fuz) via Pinfall
09/05/20 - Forever - lost to Alex Shelley via Pinfall

HANDLER
Matt G.

DATE
09 / 05 / 2020

REIGN
722 days

At SGW Forever, former World Champion Alex Shelley returned to the ring and defeated Chris Jericho to become the new champion.

DEFENSES
10/31/21 - SGW KILLS - def. Brock Anderson via Submission
08/27/22 - Game of Squids - lost to Steve Austin in a triple threat match featuring Adam Cole (Jared)

HANDLER
Dustin L

DATE
08 / 27 / 2022

REIGN
Current

At SGW Game of Squids, Steve Austin defeated Alex Shelley and Adam Cole in a triple threat match to become the new champion.

DEFENSES
09/24/2022 - The Death of SGW - def. Wade Barrett via Pinfall
12/31/2022 - Holiday Hell - def. Anthony Ogogo via Pinfall