Introduction

This was always considered the “workrate title,” by internet fans, so why not go with Randy Savage, Mr. Perfect, and Chris Jericho in matches without a lot of run.

06/28/1986: Intercontinental Title Match: Paul Orndorff def. Randy Savage (C) by countout in 8:20. This wasn’t a full-on title program for Savage, and it certainly looks good on paper in 1986. This was a one-off in Philadelphia. They wasted a lot of time stalling to start, including Orndorff taking some flowers at ringside and handing them to Elizabeth. Savage flipped and tried to attack Orndorff with them (in what I can only assume was thorns first), but Orndorff laid him out. By the time they got going, there was an abbreviated heat sequence by Savage and an abbreviated comeback by Orndorff. They were fighting on the floor when Orndorff laid Savage out with a clothesline and snuck back in the ring for a pretty horrible countout victory. The sad thing is that SD Jones probably worked Steve Lombardi in a fifteen-minute match underneath. 

03/17/1991: Intercontinental Title Match: Mr. Perfect (C) def. Shawn. Michaels by DQ in 9:35. The most exciting part of the match was Shawn hitting this beautiful tope to the floor on Hennig, where Shawn glided through the air like a paper airplane, and just barely caught Perfect with a forearm to the head. Shawn took some great bumps, but was completely outdone by Perfect during the babyface comeback. Marty Jannetty and Bobby Heenan got involved, which brought down the Big Bossman (Perfect’s Mania opponent), who hit Hennig with the nightstick, breaking up the Perfectplex pin attempt for the DQ. This was a better match than their Summerslam ‘93 match, but the finish was awful. Bossman’s interference still gave Perfect the win, and it’s not like it mattered that he didn’t pin Michaels. **3/4 

05/08/2000: Chris Jericho (C) def. Kurt Angle in 5:36. Holy fucking Attitude Era, Batman. Since Jericho has the most IC title reigns in history, why not throw him in here? Sadly, the ADHD-riddled 2000 WWF crowd lost interest the longer this went on, despite the match lasting only a handful of minutes. We were two minutes in, and Angle was already using a belly-to-belly off the top. Jericho didn’t appear to miss anything, which is a plus for this era, and Angle was in constant movement for the most part. Eventually, Jericho caught Angle and gave him the Walls of Jericho for the CLEAN tap-out win. They were trying to test Angle at this point after an undefeated streak to start, so they were having him do jobs like this one here that didn’t mean much of anything. The match was fine at best. **