Triple H congratulates Gunther on becoming longest-reigning WWE IC champion
Gunther is now officially recognized as the longest-reigning Intercontinental Champion in WWE history.
On Thursday, WWE posted a graphic on social media congratulating Gunther on reaching the milestone. Paul “Triple H” Levesque also sent out a message congratulating Gunther.
“Defining his own legacy. And this is just the beginning,” Levesque wrote. “Congratulations to @Gunther_AUT on making history as the longest-reigning #ICChampion EVER.”
Gunther’s Intercontinental title reign has reached the 454-day mark. Honky Tonk Man’s reign was also 454 days but is recognized as 453 by WWE.
Honky Tonk Man won the Intercontinental title from Ricky Steamboat in June 1987 and lost it to Ultimate Warrior in August 1988.
Gunther became Intercontinental Champion by defeating Ricochet on the June 10, 2022 episode of SmackDown. To ensure that his reign would be record-breaking, Gunther defeated Chad Gable in the main event of Raw this week. The full match has been uploaded to WWE’s YouTube channel:
Gunther vs. Gable was a rematch from August 21 edition of Raw. In that match, Gunther suffered his first one-on-one loss on the WWE main roster when Gable defeated him by countout. Gunther retained the Intercontinental title with the countout loss.
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