ICW World Heavyweight Championship (Scotland)

ICW World Heavyweight Championship

Drew Galloway, the current ICW World Champion.
Details
Current champion(s) Drew Galloway
Date won November 2, 2014[1]
Date established October 15, 2006[2]
Promotion Insane Championship Wrestling
Other name(s)
ICW Heavyweight Championship

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 Heavyweight Championship on October 15, 2006, with Drew Galloway becoming the inaugural champion after defeating Allan Grogan and Darkside in a triple threat match.[4] 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.[5][6][7] This American title defense followed multiple defenses by former champion Jack Jester at ICW shows across England[8] and a defense by Galloway for the Dansk Pro Wrestling promotion in Denmark on December 20, 2014. [9][10] The title was subsequently defended by Galloway in Australia, England and Ireland.[11][12]

As of February 2015, 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 BT Gunn's first reign is the shortest, at 91 days. Jack Jester has the most defenses, with 16; BT Gunn's first reign has the least individual defenses, with 1. Drew Galloway is the current champion in his second reign.[13][14] Overall, there have been nine reigns shared among six wrestlers, with one vacancy.

History

Drew Galloway became the inaugural champion on October 15, 2006 at ICW's 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 the Dansk Pro Wrestling promotion in Denmark, when Galloway won a Title-for-Title Three-Way match against DPW Champion Michael Fynne and Chaos.[15] 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. In addition to these international title matches, numerous international wrestlers have challenged for the title domestically, including Sabu, Fergal Devitt,[16] Martin Stone, Doug Williams, Tommy End, Damian O'Connor, Robbie Dynamite, Lionheart and Johnny Moss.[17][18] The ICW World Heavyweight Championship was defended in Australia for the first time on March 20th when Galloway retained over Andy Phoenix at an Outback Championship Wrestling show. The title was first defended in 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.[19]

The championship was featured prominently in both the Insane Fight Club documentaries produced by the BBC.[20][21][22]

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 Successful
defenses		 Notes Ref(s)
1 Drew Galloway 1 October 15, 2006 280 Glasgow, Scotland Fear & Loathing 2 Galloway defeated Allan Grogan and Darkside in a triple threat match to become the inaugural champion. [23]
2 Darkside 1 July 22, 2007 1,028 Glasgow, Scotland ReZerection 2 Won the title in a five-way match involving Drew Galloway, Jack Jester, Liam Thompson and Wolfgang. [24]
— Vacated — May 15, 2010 — — N/A N/A Title vacated by Darkside due to injury. [25]
3 BT Gunn 1 June 5, 2010 91 Glasgow, Scotland Menace 2 Society 1 Defeated Johnny Moss, Liam Thompson and Wolfgang in a four-way elimination match. [26][27]
4 Darkside 2 September 4, 2010 505 Glasgow, Scotland Dazed and Confused 3
5 BT Gunn 2 January 22, 2012 133 Glasgow, Scotland 1st Annual Square Go! 4
6 Red Lightning 1 June 3, 2012 336 Glasgow, Scotland In Your Gaff 7 Cashed in his "Square Go!" briefcase to defeat Gunn.
7 Mikey Whiplash 1 May 5, 2013 161 Glasgow, Scotland Reservoir Dogs 3
8 Jack Jester 1 October 13, 2013 385 Glasgow, Scotland Fear & Loathing VI - Welcome to Bat Country 16 [28][29]
9 Drew Galloway 2 November 2, 2014 175+ Glasgow, Scotland Fear & Loathing VII 13 Title was renamed the ICW World Heavyweight Championship on February 7, 2015 following numerous international title defenses. [30][31][32][33]

List of combined reigns

As of April 26, 2015

Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of reigns Combined days Combined defenses
1 Darkside, Darkside 2 1533 5
2 Galloway, DrewDrew Galloway 2 455+ 15
3 Jester, JackJack Jester 1 385 16
4 Red Lightning, Red Lightning 1 336 7
5 Gunn, BTBT Gunn 2 224 5
6 Whiplash, MikeyMikey Whiplash 1 161 3

References

  1. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=726&page=5&reign=9
  2. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=9090
  3. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=9090
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  5. ↑ https://twitter.com/FWEWrestling/status/562385835652554752
  6. ↑ https://twitter.com/MarkDallas69/status/562410765697941505
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  9. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=119354
  10. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9yQ1ubVjms
  11. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=125358
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  19. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=726&page=5&reign=9
  20. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01qv39d
  21. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02dlcf3
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  23. ↑ http://www.insanewrestling.co.uk/news/stories/ICW_World_Heavyweight_Championship/
  24. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=726
  25. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnh7tKjnp7o
  26. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=45434
  27. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=45434
  28. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=726&page=5&reign=8
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  30. ↑ http://www.insanewrestling.co.uk/news/stories/ICW_World_Heavyweight_Championship/
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  32. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=121826
  33. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=119354