Professional wrestling championship
ICW United States Heavyweight Championship |
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Details |
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Promotion | International Championship Wrestling |
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Date established | 1981 |
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Date retired | 1983 |
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Statistics |
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First champion(s) | The Sheik |
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Most reigns | The Sheik, Pez Whatley and Paul Christy (2 reigns) |
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Longest reign | Uncertain[Note 1] |
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Shortest reign | Uncertain[Note 1] |
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Oldest champion | The Sheik (57 years, 357 days approximately) |
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Youngest champion | Pez Whatley (31 years, 355 days approximately) |
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Heaviest champion | [Note 2] |
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Lightest champion | [Note 2] |
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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 |
- ^ a b Due to gaps in the championship history it is impossible to determine this.
- ^ a b Documentation of the billed weight of 60% of the champions has not been found.
- ^ a b c d e f g h The location of the match was not captured as part of the championship documentation.
- ^ 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
- ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ Ed Grabianowski. "How Pro Wrestling Works". How Stuff Works. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved April 5, 2009.