IWCCW Heavyweight Championship
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Tony Atlas the longest reigning IWCCW Heavyweight Champion.
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| Date established | 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date retired | 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Promotion | International Championship Wrestling (1985–January 1991) International World Class Championship Wrestling (January 1991–1995) |
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The ICW / IWCCW Heavyweight Championship was the top singles championship of International World Class Championship Wrestling between 1984 and 1995 where IWCCW closed down operations. Since the ICW/IWCCW championships were not given "world title status" by Pro Wrestling Illustrated, this championship was seen as a regional championship, although it was considered the top singles championship of the promotion. Initially ICW’s main title was the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship, through a talent exchange program and a close working relationship between ICW and WWC the Universal Title was promoted in the New England area as the main ICW title without ever mentioning the WWC name, nor was it presented as a title owned by ICW. When the arrangement came to an end in 1985 a specific “ICW Heavyweight Championship” was created with the lineage of the WWC Universal title during the time of the working relationship. In 1993 the then champion Tony Atlas along with a number of IWCCW wrestlers left the company leaving the title vacant and only used sporadically between 1993 and 1995 where the promotion closed. 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.[1]
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 |
| (NLT) | Indicates that the championship changed hands "No Later Than" a certain date. |
| # | Wrestler | Reign | Date | Days held |
Location | Event | Notes |
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| 1 | Carlos Colón | 1 | December 8, 1984 | [Note 2] | N/A | N/A | Carlos Colón was the WWC Universal Heavyweight Champion when ICW was founded and recognized as the first champion to represent ICW. |
| 2 | Dory Funk, Jr. | 1 | February 27, 1985 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bangor, Maine | ICW Live event | This marked the first (and, to date, only) time that the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship changed hands outside of Puerto Rico. |
| — | Vacated | N/A | May 18, 1985 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Held up after a match against Carlos Colón. This marked the end of the ICW/WWC joint title lineage. |
| 3 | Joe Savoldi | 1 | April 1, 1986 (NLT) | [Note 3] | [Note 4] | ICW Live event | Joe Savoldi is the first champion to be recognized as the "ICW Heavyweight Champion". |
| 4 | Phil Apollo | 1 | March 1, 1987 (NLT) | [Note 5] | [Note 4] | ICW Live event | |
| — | Vacated | N/A | October 1, 1987 (NLT) | N/A | N/A | N/A | Championship is vacated when Phil Apollo leaves the promotion. |
| 5 | Joe Savoldi | 2 | October 1, 1987 | [Note 6] | [Note 4] | ICW Live event | Joe Savoldi wins a battle royal to claim the vacant championship. |
| 6 | Moondog Spike | 1 | 1988 | [Note 7] | [Note 4] | ICW Live event | |
| 7 | Joe Savoldi | 3 | 1988 | [Note 8] | [Note 4] | ICW Live event | |
| 8 | "Lord" Jonathan Boyd | 1 | December 28, 1988 | [Note 9] | [Note 4] | ICW Live event | |
| 9 | Joe Savoldi | 4 | January 1989 | [Note 10] | Presque Isle, Maine | ICW Live event | |
| 10 | Tony Atlas | 1 | February 11, 1989 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Presque Isle, Maine | ICW Live event | |
| 11 | Vic Steamboat | 1 | July 24, 1990 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Middletown, Delaware County, New York | ICW Live event | |
| 12 | Tony Atlas | 2 | April 19, 1991 | [Note 11] | South China, Maine | IWCCW Live event | |
| — | Vacated | N/A | March 1, 1993 (NLT) | N/A | N/A | N/A | Championship is vacated when Tony Atlas leaves ICW. |
| 13 | Tito Santana | 1 | February 9, 1994 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Yardville, New Jersey | IWCCW Live event | Defeated Greg Valentine to win the vacant championship. |
| 14 | Greg Valentine | 1 | March 3, 1995 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania | IWCCW Live event | |
| 15 | Koko B. Ware | 1 | June 2, 1995 | [Note 12] | Chattanooga, Tennessee | IWCCW Live event | Is awarded the championship when Greg Valentine does not show for a scheduled title defence. |
| — | Championship abandoned | N/A | 1995 | N/A | N/A | N/A | IWCCW Closes. |
Footnotes
- ↑ Due to some records being incomplete it is possible someone else held the championship for a shorter period of time.
- ↑ The exact date ICW recognizes Colon as the champion is not documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. and Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days
- ↑ The exact date Savoldi won and lost the championship is not documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 and Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 The location of the match was not captured as part of the championship documentation.
- ↑ The exact date Apollo won the championship is not documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 and Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days
- ↑ The exact date Savoldi lost the championship is not documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. and Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days
- ↑ The exact date Moondog Spike won and lost the championshio is not documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 and Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days
- ↑ The exact date Savlodi won the championshio is not documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 and Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days
- ↑ The exact date Boyd lost the championshiphas not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. and Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days
- ↑ The exact date Savoldi won the championship is not documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. and Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days
- ↑ The exact date Tony Atlas left IWCCW has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 and Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days
- ↑ The exact date IWCCW stopped promoting not documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 and Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days
References
- General sources
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- Specific sources
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