ICW World Heavyweight Championship (Scotland)

ICW World Heavyweight Championship
Details
Promotion Insane Championship Wrestling
Date established October 15, 2006[1]
Date retired 2021
Current champion(s) Wolfgang
Date won July 31, 2016[2]
Other name(s)
  • ICW Heavyweight Championship

The ICW World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship owned by United Kingdom's Insane Championship Wrestling promotion. The title was first established as the ICW Heavyweight Championship on at ICW's debut show on October 15, 2006, with Drew Galloway becoming the inaugural champion.[3] On February 7, 2015, the title was officially renamed the ICW World Heavyweight Championship after Galloway successfully defended the title in a match against Matt Hardy for the Family Wrestling Entertainment promotion in New York.[4][5][6] The championship has been defended in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the United States, Australia, Denmark and Germany. In addition to these international title matches, defenses can be seen televised in over 30 countries via Fight Network as well as an international presence on iPPV.[7][8]

Wolfgang is the current champion in his first reign. Overall, there have been fourteen reigns shared among eleven wrestlers, with one vacancy.

The championship was featured prominently in both the Insane Fight Club documentaries produced by the BBC.[9][10]

History

Drew Galloway became the inaugural champion of Mark Dallas' ICW promotion on October 15, 2006 at their debut show "Fear & Loathing," having won a triple threat match against Darkside and Allan Grogan.

Initially a regional heavyweight title in the Glasgow area, the title was defended outside Scotland for the first time by Jack Jester, who defeated Jimmy Havoc in London, England to retain the title on May 4, 2014. It was first defended overseas by Drew Galloway on December 20, 2014 in Denmark for Dansk Pro Wrestling promotion, when Galloway won a Title-for-Title Three-Way match against DPW Champion Michael Fynne and Chaos.[11] Galloway then announced his intention to take the title overseas more often and make it a World Championship. His second international title defense was booked for February 7, 2015 against Matt Hardy in New York, USA after which the title was officially renamed the ICW World Heavyweight Championship. The ICW World Heavyweight Championship was defended in Australia for the first time on March 20, 2015 when Galloway retained over Andy Phoenix at an Outback Championship Wrestling show. The title was first defended in Northern Ireland when Galloway retained over Joe Hendry, TRON and Luther Valentine in a four-way match at a Pro Wrestling Ulster show on April 6, 2015.[12] Galloway again defended the title in America on July 18, 2015 at a Warriors of Wrestling show in Staten Island where he retained over Joey Ace, Matt Macintosh and Logan Black.[13] Galloway defended the championship in Kiel, Germany at a Maximum Wrestling show on October 16th, retaining in a triple threat over Chaos and Apu Singh.[14][15] Big Damo would go on to win the championship from Chris Renfrew in Northern Ireland, before defending the title successfully in Wales and Ireland on ICW's 2016 tour.

In addition to these international title matches, numerous wrestlers from outside Scotland have challenged for the title domestically, including Sabu, Fergal Devitt,[16] Martin Stone, Doug Williams, Rhino, Tommy End, Noam Dar, Robbie Dynamite, Johnny Moss, Rampage Brown, Kris Travis and Bram.[17][18] The only non-Scottish wrestlers to hold the championship are Mikey Whiplash and Big Damo.

On October 17, 2015 the title was defended in a pre-show "Dark" segment for the first time in its history when Drew Galloway would retain the title twice in two consecutive matches against Matt Daly and Coach Trip.[19]

The title was first defended outside of the UK (on an ICW show) by Big Damo at a show in Dublin, Ireland. Damo became the second man to defend the title in North America, battling VsK to a no-contest in Brooklyn, New York on May 20, 2016.[20]

Statistics

As of August 2016, Drew Galloway, Darkside and BT Gunn all share the record for most reigns, with two each. Darkside's first reign is the longest in the title's history, at 1028 days (the company was largely inactive during this period), while Joe Coffey's reign is the shortest, as he lost the title the same day. Drew Galloway currently holds the record for the most defenses, both within an individual reign and cumulatively. BT Gunn and Joe Coffey both have the least individual defenses with 1 (Gunn in his first reign as champion) with Coffey also having the least overall defenses with 1, although Wolfgang has yet to defend the title.[21]

Title history

Names

Name Years
ICW Heavyweight Championship October 15, 2006 – February 7, 2015
ICW World Heavyweight Championship February 7, 2015 – present

Reigns

# Order in reign history
Reign The reign number for the specific wrestler listed
Event The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title was won
Successful defenses The number of successful defenses the champion had during her reign
— Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
+ Indicates the current reign is changing daily
# Wrestler Reign Date Days
held		 Location Event Notes Ref(s)
1 Drew Galloway 1 October 15, 2006 280 Glasgow, Scotland Fear & Loathing Galloway defeated Allan Grogan and Darkside in a triple threat match to become the inaugural champion. [22]
2 Darkside 1 July 22, 2007 1,028 Glasgow, Scotland ReZerection Won the title in a five-way match involving Drew Galloway, Jack Jester, Liam Thompson and Wolfgang. [23]
— Vacated — May 15, 2010 — — N/A Title vacated due to injury. [24]
3 BT Gunn 1 June 5, 2010 91 Glasgow, Scotland Menace 2 Society Defeated Johnny Moss, Liam Thompson and Wolfgang in a four-way elimination match. [25][25]
4 Darkside 2 September 4, 2010 505 Glasgow, Scotland Dazed and Confused
5 BT Gunn 2 January 22, 2012 133 Glasgow, Scotland 1st Annual Square Go!
6 Red Lightning 1 June 3, 2012 336 Glasgow, Scotland In Your Gaff Cashed in his "Square Go!" briefcase to defeat Gunn.
7 Mikey Whiplash 1 May 5, 2013 161 Glasgow, Scotland Reservoir Dogs This was Whiplash's Square Go contract cash-in match.
8 Jack Jester 1 October 13, 2013 385 Glasgow, Scotland Fear & Loathing VI - Welcome to Bat Country [17][26]
9 Drew Galloway 2 November 2, 2014 378 Glasgow, Scotland Fear & Loathing VII Title was renamed the ICW World Heavyweight Championship on February 7, 2015 following numerous international title defenses. [22][27][28][29]
10 Grado 1 November 15, 2015 70 Glasgow, Scotland Fear & Loathing VIII
11 Chris Renfrew 1 January 24, 2016 34 Glasgow, Scotland 5th Annual Square Go! This was Renfrew's Square Go contract cash-in match.
12 Big Damo 1 February 27, 2016 155 Belfast, Northern Ireland Hey Look! It's That Mad Wrestling Thing aff the Telly Tour - The Big Elbowski [30]
13 Joe Coffey 1 July 31, 2016 0 Glasgow, Scotland Shug's Hoose Party 3
14 Wolfgang 1 July 31, 2016 127+ Glasgow, Scotland Shug's Hoose Party 3 This was Wolfgang's Square Go contract cash-in match.

List of combined reigns

As of December 5, 2016

+ Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of reigns Combined days
1 Darkside 2 1,533
2 Galloway, DrewDrew Galloway 2 658
3 Jester, JackJack Jester 1 385
4 Red Lightning 1 336
5 BT Gunn 2 224
6 Mikey Whiplash 1 161
7 Big Damo 1 155
8 Wolfgang 1 127+
9 Grado 1 70
10 Chris Renfrew 1 34
11 Joe Coffey 1 <1

See also

External links

References

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  2. ↑ "warrior photography". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  3. ↑ "BBC One - Insane Fight Club, Insane Fight Club - Drew Galloway". BBC.
  4. ↑ "FWE Wrestling". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  5. ↑ "Mark Dallas". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  6. ↑ ICW has a World Heavyweight Champion!. 7 February 2015 – via YouTube.
  7. ↑ http://fightnetwork.com/news/6558932:fight-network-signs-global-tv-deal-with-u-k-based-insane-championship-wrestling/
  8. ↑ http://www.insanewrestling.co.uk/news/stories/icwfightclub_nuvolari/
  9. ↑ "BBC One - Insane Fight Club, Insane Fight Club". BBC.
  10. ↑ "BBC One - Insane Fight Club, Episode 2". Bbc.co.uk. 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  11. ↑ "European results wrap-up December 19-21". watchingtheindies.
  12. ↑ Philip Kreikenbohm. "Title Reigns « ICW World Heavyweight Championship". Cagematch.net. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  13. ↑ "Warriors of Wrestling 07/18/15 Ultimate Survival Results". PWPonderings.com.
  14. ↑ Philip Kreikenbohm. "Maximum Wrestling". Cagematch.net. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  15. ↑ Maximum Wrestling - Three Way Dance 16.10.2015 - ICW Championship. 1 January 2016 – via YouTube.
  16. ↑ "Updated Card: ICW (@InsaneChampWres) "Jimmy Nail's Revenge"". Hashtag Wrestling.
  17. 1 2 Philip Kreikenbohm. "Title Reigns « ICW World Heavyweight Championship". Cagematch.net. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  18. ↑ Philip Kreikenbohm. "Title Reigns « ICW World Heavyweight Championship". Cagematch.net. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  19. ↑ "Insane Championship Wrestling 'Appetite For Destruction' FULL Results". Wrestle Ropes.
  20. ↑ http://www.pwponderings.com/2016/05/21/tier-1-052016-meteoric-results/
  21. ↑ Philip Kreikenbohm. "Detailed « ICW World Heavyweight Championship". Cagematch.net. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  22. 1 2 "ICW: ICW WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP TO BE DEFENDED IN NEW YORK". Insanewrestling.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  23. ↑ Philip Kreikenbohm. "ICW World Heavyweight Championship". Cagematch.net. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  24. ↑ B.T Gunn wins ICW Championship!. 6 June 2010 – via YouTube.
  25. 1 2 Philip Kreikenbohm. "ICW Menace 2 Society". Cagematch.net. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  26. ↑ "Insane Championship Wrestling". Insanewrestling.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  27. ↑ "Insane Championship Wrestling 'Fear & Loathing VII' Results *NEW CHAMPION*". Wrestle Ropes.
  28. ↑ Philip Kreikenbohm. "FWE No Limits 2015". Cagematch.net. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  29. ↑ Philip Kreikenbohm. "DPW Hardcore X-Mas 8". Cagematch.net. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  30. ↑ "Insane Championship Wrestling "The Big Elbowski" FULL Results". Wrestle Ropes.
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