Pat patterson was the first gay north american (intercontinental) champion
In 1979 Pat Patterson was the first WWF north american heavyweight wrestling champion in 1985 the World Wrestling federation renamed the Title the Intercontinental Championchip
In 1999 chyna defeated Jeff Jarrett and became the only woman to hold the WWF intercontinental championchip at that time
Scott hall (razor ramon). Rob van damm. Jeff hardy. Daniel bryan. Christian. Sami Zayn and Triple H (Paul levesque) have all won intercontinental Championchip ladder matches