8 Quickest Elevations From Midcard Titles To WWE Champion
1. The Ultimate Warrior
The Ultimate Warrior has a special place at the top of this list, as he is the only person in WWE history to never actually lose their secondary title on the way to claiming their first ever World Championship.
With mammoth momentum behind him, Warrior rampaged into WrestleMania VI as the Intercontinental Champion. In a main event dubbed the Ultimate Challenge, it was the Parts Unknown native going up against WWF Champion Hulk Hogan in a winner-takes-all contest.
In what was supposed to be a passing of the torch, the Ultimate One emerged victorious on that 1 April 1990 night. Of course, the Hulkster was one forever reluctant to pass any torch, brother, and Warrior was always in an uphill battle to carry the company on his back.
As for the Intercontinental Champion, Warrior would end up vacating that title in the aftermath of WrestleMania VI. Mr. Perfect would defeat Tito Santana in the final of a tournament to crown the new IC Champ.
For Warrior, his run as WWF Champion was actually pretty fun and drew solid numbers. The problem, as was so often the case, was that Warrior was his own worst enemy. His insane demands and erratic behaviour saw his career never get even close to the highs of 'Mania VI - and that's without even mentioning what a racist, sexist, homophobic piece of sh*t he proved to be in his later years.