8 WWE Wrestlers Who Won World & Intercontinental Championships In The Same Year
Scaling one mountain is hard enough, but two in the same year?
Every wrestler and every wrestling fan had the same dream when growing up - to win a major championship. We all closed our eyes and imagined defeating The Rock for the WWE (or WWF) Championship, or maybe submitting Mr. Perfect to win the Intercontinental Championship. Holding up that belt would have been the greatest feeling in the world.
Not many individuals grow up to achieve this dream. An even smaller number manage to do both: only 30 men have won the Intercontinental title and a world championship (WWE, World Heavyweight, Universal) in WWE.
An even smaller number did this in record time, conquering both the continents and the globe (and the universe, in one example) in the same calendar year.
Achieving a dream is one thing, but scaling two major mountains in the same year? These eight men should be very proud of themselves.
8. Bret Hart - 1992
The first man to achieve this unique double was the legendary Bret 'The Hitman' Hart. The 'Excellence of Execution' won both the Intercontinental and WWF Championships in 1992, defeating 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper for the former and Ric Flair for the latter.
Bret actually went into 1992 as the IC Champ, but he dropped the title just 17 days after celebrating the new year to The Mountie. The corrupt Canadian officer dropped the title to Piper just two days later. Roddy and Bret went on to put on a clinic at WrestleMania VIII, with Hart finishing the match with his second Intercontinental Championship in his hands.
Bret lost the Intercontinental to The British Bulldog at the next WWF pay-per-view, but 'The Hitman' wasn't without gold for long. Just six weeks after the famous night in London, Hart made Ric Flair tap out to the Sharpshooter at a house show in Saskatoon. It was Bret's first world title, capping off an incredible 1992 for 'The Best There Is, The Best There Was and The Best There Ever Will Be'.