10 Best WWE Intercontinental Champions Of The 90s

3. Mr. Perfect

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Few superstars in WWE are as connected to a specific accomplishment as Mr. Perfect is to the Intercontinental Championship.

Despite previous titleholders like Tito Santana, Randy Savage, and Ricky Steamboat, Mr. Perfect was the true personification of the "Workhorse Champion" when he won the Intercontinental Championship tournament following WrestleMania VI.

In 1990, the real-life Curt Hennig held the title on two separate occasions, establishing a run of nearly a year-and-a-half. During that time, like his predecessor, Perfect challenged the Federation Champion The Ultimate Warrior coincidentally enough, but without the same success Warrior had against Hogan.

Despite suffering a career-threatening back injury in the Summer of '91, Perfect insisted on working the scheduled Intercontinental Championship match at SummerSlam '91 against Bret "Hitman" Hart. In one of the greatest matches in SummerSlam history, Mr. Perfect did the honors for the Hitman in the middle of the ring, which did wonders for Bret's career.

In what proved to be a passing of the torch between two great in-ring workers, Mr. Perfect cemented his legacy as one of the greatest Intercontinental Champions of all time.

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