8 WWE Wrestlers Who Won World & Intercontinental Championships In The Same Year

5. Chris Jericho - 2001

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Chris Jericho has won the Intercontinental Championship more times than anyone else in history. Y2J has nine IC reigns on his resumé, and the fourth of these reigns began at the 2001 Royal Rumble. On that night Jericho defeated Chris Benoit in a true classic, in a ladder match which was one of the best matches of the entire year.

Championships changed hands a lot in 2001, but Jericho managed to hold onto the Intercontinental Championship for three months before losing it to Triple H on SmackDown. Y2J didn't regain the IC title until September 2002, but by that time he had scaled the highest mountain in wrestling history.

On 9 December 2001, Chris Jericho defeated The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin back to back to become the first ever Undisputed WWF Champion. The result was shocking to say the least, with no one giving Jericho a chance going into Vengeance. Y2J defied the odds to etch his name into the history books, becoming the fourth man to win both WWF and Intercontinental Championships in the same year in the process.

Jericho repeated this feat in 2008, becoming the first man to win the Intercontinental Championship and WWE World Heavyweight Championship in the same year. Jericho remains the only man to achieve this feat twice.

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