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ICW United States Heavyweight Championship
Details
PromotionInternational Championship Wrestling
Date established1981
Date retired1983
Statistics
First champion(s)The Sheik
Most reignsThe Sheik, Pez Whatley and Paul Christy (2 reigns)
Longest reignUncertain[Note 1]
Shortest reignUncertain[Note 1]
Oldest championThe Sheik (57 years, 357 days approximately)
Youngest championPez 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 Thunderbolt 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 Pez Whatley 1 1982 [Note 3] [Note 4] ICW Live event  
6 Paul Christy 1 1982 [Note 3] [Note 4] ICW Live event  
7 Pez Whatley 2 1983 [Note 3] [Note 4] ICW Live event  
8 Paul 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. ^ a b Due to gaps in the championship history it is impossible to determine this.
  2. ^ a b Documentation of the billed weight of 60% of the champions has not been found.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Neither the date the title was won or lost has been documented, making it too uncertain to determine any length for this reign.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h 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.
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