10 WWE Stars Who Saved The Intercontinental Title

10. Randy Savage

When the Intercontinental Championship was created in 1979, the belt was given to Pat Patterson, one of WWE's best workers.

Over the next few years, the title passed to stars like Ken Patera, Don Muraco, and former WWE Champion Pedro Morales, but it was still distinctly a second-tier belt.

That all changed when Randy Savage captured the title from Tito Santana in 1986. For the first time, the championship was around the waist of a star who would later be the WWE Champion, and it showed.

Savage came into his own as a crazy, arrogant heel during his title reign, defending the belt against popular babyfaces like George "The Animal" Steele. Savage was a superstar, outshining everyone else in the company.

Savage's title reign even ended in spectacular fashion - at WrestleMania III, he lost the title to Ricky Steamboat in one of the most acclaimed matches in WWE history.

The bout was a classic that made the Intercontinental Title more important than ever before, and Randy Savage went down in history as one of the greatest champions of all time.