ICW World Heavyweight Championship (Scotland)
| ICW World Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||
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| Promotion | Insane Championship Wrestling | ||||||||||
| Date established | October 15, 2006[1] | ||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Joe Coffey | ||||||||||
| Date won | April 16, 2017 | ||||||||||
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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 National Heavyweight Championship on at ICW's debut show on October 15, 2006, with Drew Galloway becoming the inaugural champion.[2] 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.[3][4][5] The championship has been defended in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the United States, Australia, Denmark, Italy 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.[6][7]
Joe Coffey is the current champion in his second reign. Overall, there have been sixteen reigns shared among twelve wrestlers, with one vacancy.
The championship was featured prominently in both the Insane Fight Club documentaries produced by the BBC.[8][9]
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.[10] 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.[11] 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.[12] 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.[13][14] 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. The title was defended in Italy for the first by Wolfgang on December 17, 2016.[15]
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.[16]
In addition to these international title matches, numerous wrestlers from outside Scotland have challenged for the title domestically, including Sabu, Fergal Devitt,[17] Martin Stone, Doug Williams, Rhino, Tommy End, Noam Dar, Robbie Dynamite, Johnny Moss, Rampage Brown, Kris Travis and Bram.[18][19] The only non-Scottish wrestlers to hold the championship are Mikey Whiplash, Trent Seven and Big Damo.
The title was defended in a pre-show "Dark" segment for the first time in its history on October 17, 2015 t when Drew Galloway would retain the title twice in two consecutive matches against Matt Daly and Coach Trip.[20]
Statistics
As of April 2017, Joe Coffey, 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. Joe Coffey holds the record for least successful defenses, losing the championship to Wolfgang in his first defense.[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 | [18][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 | <1 | Glasgow, Scotland | Shug's Hoose Party 3 | ||
| 14 | Wolfgang | 1 | 189 | This was Wolfgang's Square Go contract cash-in match. | ||||
| 15 | Trent Seven | 1 | February 5, 2017 | 70 | Newcastle upon Tyne, England | 6th Annual Square Go! | ||
| 16 | Joe Coffey | 2 | April 16, 2017 | 2,807+ | Glasgow, Scotland | Barramania III | This was Coffey's Square Go contract cash-in match. |
List of combined reigns
As of December 22, 2024
| + | Indicates the current champion |
| Rank [1] | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darkside | 2 | 1,533 |
| 2 | Drew Galloway | 2 | 658 |
| 3 | Jack Jester | 1 | 385 |
| 4 | Red Lightning | 1 | 336 |
| 5 | BT Gunn | 2 | 224 |
| 6 | Wolfgang | 1 | 189 |
| 7 | Mikey Whiplash | 1 | 161 |
| 8 | Big Damo | 1 | 155 |
| 9 | Joe Coffey | 2 | 2807+ |
| 10 | Grado | 1 | 70 |
| Trent Seven | 1 | 70 | |
| 12 | Chris Renfrew | 1 | 34 |
See also
- Insane Championship Wrestling
- ICW Zero-G Championship
- ICW Tag Team Championship
- ICW Women's Championship
External links
References
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- ^ "BBC One - Insane Fight Club, Insane Fight Club - Drew Galloway". BBC.
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- ^ http://www.insanewrestling.co.uk/news/stories/icwfightclub_nuvolari/
- ^ "BBC One - Insane Fight Club, Insane Fight Club". BBC.
- ^ "BBC One - Insane Fight Club, Episode 2". Bbc.co.uk. 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
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- ^ http://www.pwponderings.com/2016/05/21/tier-1-052016-meteoric-results/
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- ^ a b Philip Kreikenbohm. "ICW Menace 2 Society". Cagematch.net. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
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