14 Best WWE Title Changes That Ever Happened At SummerSlam
6. WWF Intercontinental Championship (1992): Bret Hart (c) Vs. The British Bulldog
This is how you build up a secondary title change as
a big deal. The fact that the match was the 1992 SummerSlam main event didn’t
hurt either.
The British Bulldog was fighting against his brother-in-law in front of his countrymen at Wembley Stadium in London. Bret Hart was the technically gifted IC champ who was being groomed for a world title reign (in fact, he’d win the WWF Championship two months later). Hart was a proud champion, while Bulldog was a proud Brit fighting on his home soil. It’s little things like that that make title matches mean something.
Hart and Bulldog tore the house down until Davey Boy countered a sunset flip with a pin for the title, giving him a career win and freeing Hart up to pursue the world title. Unfortunately, Smith’s IC title reign and WWF career would grind to a halt a few months later amid PED accusations.