the miz won the intercontinental championship on monday night raw.
the miz won the intercontinental championship on monday night raw.
who won the intercontinental championship on monday night raw?
the miz
on april 3, miz wrestled in a seven-man ladder match for the intercontinental championship at wrestlemania 32, which was won by zack ryder. on the "raw" episode post-wrestlemania 32, miz won the intercontinental championship for the fifth time, after his wife maryse made her return to wwe and distracted ryder by slapping his father, thus becoming his manager in the process, where the two then became an on-screen power couple. in the weeks following, miz and maryse then began to cut various promos during the "miz tv" segments, while calling themselves the "it" couple. at payback on may 1, miz defeated cesaro to retain his championship after cesaro was distracted by kevin owens and sami zayn brawling on the apron, leading to a feud over the intercontinental championship between the four men. at extreme rules on may 22, miz successfully retained the championship against cesaro, sami zayn and kevin owens in a highly acclaimed fatal four-way match, when miz pinned cesaro. the following night on "raw", miz failed to qualify for the 2016 money in the bank ladder match when he was defeated by cesaro, setting up another championship match between the two set for the week's "smackdown", which miz won. following this, he and maryse began filming "", taking them out of action. both returned on the june 27 episode of "raw", where he lost to kane in a championship match via countout. at battleground on july 24, the intercontinental championship match between miz and darren young ended in a double disqualification after the miz pushed bob backlund (darren young's mentor) and young attacked him. on july 19 at the 2016 wwe draft, miz along with maryse was drafted to smackdown, with the intercontinental championship becoming exclusive to that brand. at summerslam on august 21, miz successfully defended the championship against apollo crews.
the miz
warrior returned to the wwf on march 31, 1996, defeating hunter hearst helmsley at wrestlemania xii. he made his first appearance on "monday night raw" on april 8, where he gave an in-ring interview and credited the "voices" of the "warriors" (his name for members of the wwf audience) for his return; he was then interrupted by goldust. warrior challenged for goldust's intercontinental championship at ; warrior won the match by countout, but did not win the title. the following night on "monday night raw", warrior defeated isaac yankem, dds. a rematch with intercontinental champion goldust, on the may 27 episode of the show, ended in a double countout, thus eliminating both men from the tournament and eventually giving vader a bye into the semi-finals. warrior defeated jerry lawler at king of the ring, and defeated owen hart by disqualification on the july 8 episode of "monday night raw".
the ultimate warrior