10 Best WWE Intercontinental Title Matches Ever
5. Bret Hart Vs Davey Boy Smith (SummerSlam '92)
Bret Hart was in arguably the most famous WWE match ever contested outside of the United States thanks the controversial conclusion to his Survivor Series 1997 brawl with Shawn Michaels. His loss in the second most was at least less acrimonious. As the first ever WWE pay-per-view without Hulk Hogan, SummerSlam 1992 had furnished an enormous Wembley Stadium crowd with Randy Savage, Ultimate Warrior and Ric Flair elsewhere on the broadcast, but the Intercontinental Title spectacle was irrefutably the show's biggest takeaway.
It's an even greater spectacle in later years when watched with 'The Hitman's lengthy account of it in mind. According to Hart's expansive memoirs, a nervous Davey Boy Smith had spent the week beforehand masking his insecurities by smoking crack with Jim Neidhart. He was - in every sense - wrecked. Revealing his situation as the pair locked up, Bret took hold of his brother-in-law and the match to craft a 25-minute epic.
Having helped Smith through each individual step in front of the biggest crowd the two would ever perform in front of, Hart understandably considered it his favourite ever match. In every conceivable manner, the 'Excellence Of Execution' was yet again the hard-working consumate pro.