ICW United States Heavyweight Championship

ICW United States Heavyweight Championship
Details
Promotion International Championship Wrestling
Date established 1981
Date retired 1983

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
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
  Indicates periods of unknown lineage
(NLT) Indicates that the championship changed hands "No Later Than" a certain date.
No. Champion Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes Ref(s).
1 The Sheik 1 1981 [Note 3] [Note 4] N/A Title awarded  
2 Thunderbolt Patterson 1 1982 [Note 3] [Note 4] ICW Live event    
3 The Sheik 2 1982 [Note 3] [Note 4] ICW Live event    
4 Ratamyus 1 December 7, 1982 [Note 3] [Note 4] ICW Live event    
5 Pez Whatley 1 1982 [Note 3] [Note 4] ICW Live event    
6 Paul Christy 1 1982 [Note 3] [Note 4] ICW Live event    
7 Pez Whatley 2 1983 [Note 3] [Note 4] ICW Live event    
8 Paul Christy 2 1983 [Note 3] [Note 4] ICW Live event    
— Abandoned N/A 1983 N/A N/A N/A Championship was abandoned for undocumented reasons  

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 Due to gaps in the championship history it is impossible to determine this.
  2. 1 2 Documentation of the billed weight of 60% of the champions has not been found.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Neither the date the title was won or lost has been documented, making it too uncertain to determine any length for this reign.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The location of the match was not captured as part of the championship documentation.

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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