ICW United States Heavyweight Championship

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ICW United States Heavyweight Championship
Details
PromotionInternational Championship Wrestling
Date established1981
Date retired1983

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
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
1 The Sheik 1981 N/A [Note 3] 1 [Note 4] Title awarded  
2 Thunderbolt Patterson 1982 ICW show [Note 3] 1 [Note 4]    
3 The Sheik 1982 ICW show [Note 3] 2 [Note 4]    
4 Ratamyus December 7, 1982 ICW show [Note 3] 1 [Note 4]    
5 Pez Whatley 1982 ICW show [Note 3] 1 [Note 4]    
6 Paul Christy 1982 ICW show [Note 3] 1 [Note 4]    
7 Pez Whatley 1983 ICW show [Note 3] 2 [Note 4]    
8 Paul Christy 1983 ICW show [Note 3] 2 [Note 4]    
— Deactivated 1983 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 The location of the match was not captured as part of the championship documentation.
  4. ^ 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.

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. Archived from the original on November 18, 2013. Retrieved April 5, 2009.
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