ICW World Heavyweight Championship (Scotland)
The ICW World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship owned by Scotland's Insane Championship Wrestling promotion. The title was first established as the ICW National Heavyweight Championship 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]
ICW World Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||
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Promotion | Insane Championship Wrestling | ||||||||||
Date established | October 15, 2006[1] | ||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Noam Dar | ||||||||||
Date won | February 2, 2020 | ||||||||||
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The current champion is Noam Dar, who is in his first reign. Overall, there have been twenty-three reigns shared among seventeen wrestlers, with two vacancies.
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 in a Title-for-Title match over OCW Championship 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.[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 16, retaining in a Title-for-Title triple threat over UEWA European Champion 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] Another notable international title defense saw Trent Seven retain the title over Wolfgang on April 2, 2017, at a WWE WrestleMania Axxess show.[16]
In addition to these international title matches, numerous wrestlers from outside Scotland have challenged for the title domestically, including Kassius Ohno,[17] Sabu, Fergal Devitt,[18] Martin Stone, Doug Williams, Rhino, Colt Cabana, Tommy End, Noam Dar, Pete Dunne, Jordan Devlin, Dave Mastiff, Robbie Dynamite, Zack Gibson, Johnny Moss, Rampage Brown, Kris Travis and Bram.[19][20] 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 when Drew Galloway would retain the title twice in two consecutive matches against Matt Daly and Coach Trip.[21]
Statistics
As of November 2017, BT Gunn has the record for most reigns, with three. 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.[22]
Title history
Names
Name | Years |
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ICW Heavyweight Championship | October 15, 2006 – February 7, 2015 |
ICW World Heavyweight Championship | February 7, 2015 – present |
Reigns
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
<1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
1 | Drew Galloway | October 15, 2006 | Fear & Loathing | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 | 280 | Galloway defeated Allan Grogan and Darkside in a triple threat match to become the inaugural champion | [23] |
2 | Darkside | July 22, 2007 | ReZerection | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 | 1,028 | Won the title in a five-way match involving Drew Galloway, Jack Jester, Liam Thompson and Wolfgang | [24] |
— | Vacated | May 15, 2010 | — | — | — | — | Title vacated due to injury | [25] |
3 | BT Gunn | June 5, 2010 | Menace 2 Society | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 | 91 | Defeated Johnny Moss, Liam Thompson and Wolfgang in a four-way elimination match | [26][26] |
4 | Darkside | September 4, 2010 | Dazed and Confused | Glasgow, Scotland | 2 | 505 | ||
5 | BT Gunn | January 22, 2012 | 1st Annual Square Go! | Glasgow, Scotland | 2 | 133 | ||
6 | Red Lightning | June 3, 2012 | In Your Gaff | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 | 336 | Cashed in his "Square Go!" briefcase to defeat Gunn | |
7 | Mikey Whiplash | May 5, 2013 | Reservoir Dogs | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 | 161 | This was Whiplash's Square Go contract cash-in match | |
8 | Jack Jester | October 13, 2013 | Fear & Loathing VI - Welcome to Bat Country | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 | 385 | [19][27] | |
9 | Drew Galloway | November 2, 2014 | Fear & Loathing VII | Glasgow, Scotland | 2 | 378 | Title was renamed the ICW World Heavyweight Championship on February 7, 2015 following numerous international title defenses | [23][28][29][30] |
10 | Grado | November 15, 2015 | Fear & Loathing VIII | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 | 70 | ||
11 | Chris Renfrew | January 24, 2016 | 5th Annual Square Go! | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 | 34 | This was Renfrew's Square Go contract cash-in match | |
12 | Big Damo | February 27, 2016 | Hey Look! It's That Mad Wrestling Thing aff the Telly Tour - The Big Elbowski | Belfast, Northern Ireland | 1 | 155 | [31] | |
13 | Joe Coffey | July 31, 2016 | Shug's Hoose Party 3 | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 | <1 | ||
14 | Wolfgang | July 31, 2016 | Shug's Hoose Party 3 | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 | 189 | This was Wolfgang's Square Go contract cash-in match | |
15 | Trent Seven | February 5, 2017 | 6th Annual Square Go! | Newcastle upon Tyne, England | 1 | 70 | ||
16 | Joe Coffey | April 16, 2017 | Barramania III | Glasgow, Scotland | 2 | 217 | This was Coffey's Square Go contract cash-in match | |
17 | BT Gunn | November 19, 2017 | ICW Fear & Loathing X | Glasgow, Scotland | 3 | 161 | BT Gunn defended his ICW Zero-G Championship in this match as well | [32] |
18 | Stevie Boy | April 29, 2018 | Barramania 4 | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 | 91 | Cashed in his Square Go contract during a deathmatch between BT Gunn and Mikey Whiplash, pinning the latter | [33] |
19 | DCT | July 29, 2018 | Shugs Hoose Party 5, Night 2 | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 | 56 | This was a Loser Leaves The UK match. | [34] |
20 | Jackie Polo | September 23, 2018 | ICW Fight Club: Bravehearto | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 | 70 | ||
21 | Lionheart | December 2, 2018 | ICW Fear & Loathing XI | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 | 199 | This was a Title vs Career match. | [35] |
— | Vacated | June 19, 2019 | — | — | — | — | Title vacated after Lionheart's death. | [36] |
22 | Stevie Boy | July 28, 2019 | ICW Shug's Hoose Party 6 - Day 2 | Glasgow, Scotland | 2 | 189 | Defeated Wolfgang for the vacant title. | |
23 | Noam Dar | February 2, 2020 | 9th Annual Square Go! | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 | 187+ |
Combined reigns
As of August 7, 2020.
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† | Indicates the current champion |
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
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1 | Darkside | 2 | 1,533 |
2 | Drew Galloway | 2 | 658 |
3 | BT Gunn | 3 | 385 |
Jack Jester | 1 | 385 | |
5 | Red Lightning | 1 | 336 |
6 | Stevie Boy | 2 | 280 |
7 | Joe Coffey | 2 | 217 |
8 | Lionheart | 1 | 199 |
9 | Wolfgang | 1 | 189 |
10 | Mikey Whiplash | 1 | 161 |
11 | Big Damo | 1 | 155 |
12 | Noam Dar † | 1 | 187+ |
13 | Grado | 1 | 70 |
Jackie Polo | 1 | 70 | |
Trent Seven | 1 | 70 | |
16 | DCT | 1 | 56 |
17 | Chris Renfrew | 1 | 34 |
See also
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