IWA Intercontinental Championship
The IWA Intercontinental Championship (right) being held by former champion Chris Angel.
Details
Promotion	International Wrestling Association & International Wrestling Entertainment
Date established	February 23, 2002
Current champion	John Hawking
Date won	November 18, 2023
Other names
IWA Intercontinental (Heavyweight)Championship (Febrery 23, 2002 - June 16, 2012, September 7, 2019 -present) IWE Intercontinental Championship (January 22, 2022 - November 19, 2022 (Unification)) (During the IWE takeover storyline vs IWA, 2 champions of each division were disputed, it continued with the same lineage) IWA Undisputed Intercontinental Championship (also used in addition as referenced in IWA's website since the November 19, 2022 IWA/IWE title Unification)
Statistics First champion Super Crazy Most reigns Chicano (6 reigns) Longest reign Manny Ferno (623 days) Shortest reign Huracan Castillo (<1 day)

TheIWA Intercontinental Championship is a secondaryprofessional wrestlingtitle defended inPuerto Rico. It was originally defended in the originalInternational Wrestling Association, later being reintroduced in theWorld Wrestling League (WWL). The title was used since 2002, whenSuper Crazy became the first champion, defeatingEddie Guerrero at the very firstRing of Honor event,The Era of Honor Begins, inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania. The championship was modified in 2009, changing the original black belt to another colored red.

In 2021, Fernando Tonos and Manny Ferno created the group La Alianza IWE with the intention of completing a hostile takeover on behalf of International Wrestling Entertainment. Members of the stable won all of the IWA-PR titles. In response, general managerChicky Starr andSavio Vega introduced parallel titles for each division in March 2022. While the storyline continued, there was a pair of belts contested independently of each other, with the original being referenced to as the "IWE Intercontinental Championship".

In early 2015, while Vega was part of La Radio PR's "Más Allá del Ring" show, the title made appearances as part of the studio's decore along the Undisputed World Heavyweight and World Tag Team Championships.

Reintroduced by Savio Vega as part of the main angle of Golpe de Estado 2018, in which he led a group that intended to convert the WWL into the second incarnation of the IWA. At the event, Richard Rondón carried the title with him. Despite IWA failing at Golpe de Estado, the angle was continued. In the meantime, the Intercontinental Championship was featured in an event sponsored by the municipal administration ofNaranjito, still lacking formal adjudication.

On June 15, 2019, inNaranjito, Puerto Rico IWA started doing matches to determine a new Intercontinental Champion. the new champion will be determined at Golpe de Estado inGuaynabo, Puerto Rico on September 7, 2019. On August 24 edition of Impacto Total, Chicky Starr announced that Monster Pain would replace Sweet Nasty Papi due he was beaten and unable to participate at the event.

The original was crafted byReggie Parks using acid etching in 2002, it used the same basic template that this craftsman has used in the 1986WWE Intercontinental Championship belt and other titles in his line. Like those belts, the IWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship had a main plate composed by three gilded rectangles of receding size, which due to usage exposed the silver coloring underneath. The central area of the design features a geographical World Map inside a circle, flanked by the same design of six five-pointed stars grouped together. Above and under are three black-colored ribbons, with the upper one prominently reading “INTERCONTINENTAL” and the inferior pair “HEAVYWEIGHT WRESTLING CHAMPION”. The lower part features two eight-pointed stars, an element that is also present in the Parks belts. The crown of the belt has the acronym, “IWA”, inside a trapezoid that is surrounded by leaf motifs. There are four two side square side plates which originally featured designs of wrestlers grappling under the company name. These were replaced with ones that depict the flags of Puerto Rico, Japan, Germany and the United States with their capitalized names over each. The title was modified in 2009, when strap was replaced with a new made of red-colored leather. The template was shared with theIWA Hardcore Championship and later theIWA Puerto Rico/Caribbean Heavyweight Championship.

In 2021, IWA-PR commissioned new belts to commemorate its 20th anniversary from Collection Spot. The Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship was replaced with an original design, which was based on the original. The new belt featured an oblong central plaque that preserved the World Map and ribbons. However, it introduced two flanking black ribbons which contained five stars and widespread use of heraldic wreath motifs andmantling. The grouping of six stars forming another star, a feature created by Parks and present in many of his designs, was used inside a circle placed at the bottom of the central plaque. The side plates were redesigned to be circular and removing the flags. Both feature maps surrounded by two ribbons with five stars and wreaths, with the left plaque depicting theWestern Hemisphere and the right theEastern Hemisphere. All three plates include a silver-colored IWA logo at the top. Meanwhile, the original belt was repurposed as the IWE Intercontinental Championship with a sticker of the stable's logo being placed over the "IWA" in the crown of the center plate.

Highlights in bold denotes after Juicio Final 2022 each division have 2 champions due by the controversy between IWA and IWE, in which the latter took control of the old titles forcing IWA to create new titles in each division

As of February 16, 2026.

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