IWA Intercontinental Championship
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The IWA Intercontinental Championship (right) being held by former champion Chris Angel. | |||||||||||
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| Promotion | International Wrestling Association & International Wrestling Entertainment | ||||||||||
| Date established | February 23, 2002 | ||||||||||
| Current champion | John Hawking | ||||||||||
| Date won | November 18, 2023 | ||||||||||
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The IWA Intercontinental Championship is a secondary professional wrestling title defended in Puerto Rico. It was originally defended in the original International Wrestling Association, later being reintroduced in the World Wrestling League (WWL). The title was used since 2002, when Super Crazy became the first champion, defeating Eddie Guerrero at the very first Ring of Honor event, The Era of Honor Begins, in Philadelphia, 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 manager Chicky Starr and Savio 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".