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Originally Posted by oojay
The very first WWF Intercontinental Championship was won by Pat Patterson on September 1, 1979 in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
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And I know oojay is gone, but the Rio De Janeiro tournament never existed. It was an excuse to put the title on Patterson and what better way than to make up a tournament in a South American country. This happens a lot in the early days of the WWWF and the regional territories.