ICW United States Heavyweight Championship

ICW United States Heavyweight Championship
Details
Promotion	International Championship Wrestling
Date established	1981
Date retired	1983
Statistics First champion(s) The Sheik Most reigns The Sheik, Pez Whatley and Paul Christy (2 reigns) Longest reign Uncertain[Note 1] Shortest reign Uncertain[Note 1] Oldest winner The Sheik (57 years, 357 days approximately) Youngest winner Pez Whatley (31 years, 355 days approximately) Heaviest champion [Note 2] Lightest champion [Note 2]

The ICW United States Heavyweight Championship was a secondary singles championship in International Championship Wrestling. The title was created when The Sheik brought the now-defunct Detroit version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship to the promotion, making the Sheik the first ICW United States Heavyweight Champion.^[1] Because the championship is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The championship is awarded after the chosen team "wins" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.^[2]

Title history

Key

Symbol	Meaning
#	The overall championship reign
Reign	The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed.
Event	The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands
—	Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
	Indicates periods of unknown lineage
(NLT)	Indicates that the championship changed hands "No Later Than" a certain date.

#	Wrestler	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes
1	The Sheik	1	1981	[Note 3]	[Note 4]	N/A	Title awarded
2	Patterson, ThunderboltThunderbolt Patterson	1	1982	[Note 3]	[Note 4]	ICW Live event
3	The Sheik	2	1982	[Note 3]	[Note 4]	ICW Live event
4	Ratamyus	1	December 7, 1982	[Note 3]	[Note 4]	ICW Live event
5	Whatley, PezPez Whatley	1	1982	[Note 3]	[Note 4]	ICW Live event
6	Christy, PaulPaul Christy	1	1982	[Note 3]	[Note 4]	ICW Live event
7	Whatley, PezPez Whatley	2	1983	[Note 3]	[Note 4]	ICW Live event
8	Christy, PaulPaul Christy	2	1983	[Note 3]	[Note 4]	ICW Live event
—	Abandoned	N/A	1983	N/A	N/A	N/A	Championship was abandoned for undocumented reasons

Footnotes

1. Due to gaps in the championship history it is impossible to determine this.
2. Documentation of the billed weight of 60% of the champions has not been found.
3. Neither the date the title was won or lost has been documented, making it too uncertain to determine any length for this reign.
4. The location of the match was not captured as part of the championship documentation.

References

1. Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
2. Ed Grabianowski. "How Pro Wrestling Works". How Stuff Works. Retrieved April 5, 2009.