ICW Heavyweight Championship
This article is about Scotland's
Insane Championship Wrestling World Title.
For ICW World Heavyweight Championship (Scotland), see ICW Heavyweight Championship (disambiguation).
| ICW World Heavyweight Championship |
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| Details |
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| Date established |
May 10, 1978 |
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| Date retired |
1984 |
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| Promotion |
International Championship Wrestling |
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| Statistics |
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| First champion(s) |
Lanny Poffo |
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| Most reigns |
Lanny Poffo (4 reigns) |
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| Longest reign |
Uncertain[Note 1] |
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| Shortest reign |
Uncertain[Note 1] |
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| Oldest winner |
Paul Christy (7009140909760000000♠44 years, 238 days) |
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| Youngest winner |
Lanny Poffo (7008737316000000000♠23 years, 133 days) |
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| Heaviest champion |
Randy Savage (237 lb (108 kg)) |
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| Lightest champion |
Lanny Poffo (221 lb (100 kg)) |
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The ICW World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship of International Championship Wrestling. Many title defenses featured matches between Randy Savage and his real-life brother Lanny Poffo. After the original ICW shut down in 1984, Paul Christy started his own ICW promotion. The title history in 1979 is not clear. It is possible that Randy Savage won the title in July rather than on March 13.[1] In addition, one source does not recognize the title changes between Savage and Poffo between this reign and 1982, as it claims that Savage won the title in 1979 and held it for over four years before dropping it to Christy.[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 |
| # |
Wrestler |
Reign |
Date |
Days
held |
Location |
Event |
Notes |
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| 1 |
Poffo, LannyLanny Poffo |
1 |
01978-05-10-0000May 10, 1978 |
7002307000000000000♠307 |
San Francisco, California |
ICW Live event |
Defeated Joe Banek to become the first champion[1] |
| 2 |
Savage, RandyRandy Savage |
1 |
01979-03-13-0000March 13, 1979 |
7002130000000000000♠130 |
Halifax, Nova Scotia |
ICW Live event |
[1] |
| 3 |
Poffo, LannyLanny Poffo |
2 |
01979-07-21-0000July 21, 1979 |
Lexington, Kentucky |
0 ![Note 2] |
ICW Live event |
[1] |
| 4 |
Savage, RandyRandy Savage |
2 |
1981 |
0 ![Note 2] |
0 ![Note 3] |
ICW Live event |
[1] |
| 5 |
Poffo, LannyLanny Poffo |
3 |
1981 |
0 ![Note 2] |
0 ![Note 3] |
ICW Live event |
[1] |
| 6 |
Savage, RandyRandy Savage |
3 |
1982 |
0 ![Note 2] |
0 ![Note 3] |
ICW Live event |
[1] |
| 7 |
Christy, PaulPaul Christy |
1 |
01983-11-13-0000November 13, 1983 |
7001490000000000000♠49 |
Springfield, Illinois |
ICW Live event |
[1] |
| 8 |
Poffo, LannyLanny Poffo |
4 |
01984-01-01-0000January 1, 1984 |
0 ![Note 3] |
Springfield, Illinois |
ICW Live event |
[1] |
| 8.5 !— |
Abandoned |
0 !N/A |
01984-01-01-00001984 |
0 !N/A |
0 !N/A |
0 !N/A |
Championship abandoned when ICW closed in 1984 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Due to gaps in the championship history it is impossible to determine this.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Neither the date the title was won or lost has been documented, making it too uncertain to determine any length for this reign.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 The location of the match was not captured as part of the championship documentation.
References