The ICW Television Championship was a singles championship in International Championship Wrestling.[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]
| ICW Television Championship | |||||||||||||||||
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| Details | |||||||||||||||||
| Promotion | International Championship Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||
| Date established | September 9, 1980 | ||||||||||||||||
| Date retired | 1983 | ||||||||||||||||
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Title history
edit| 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 | Bob Roop | September 9, 1980 | ICW show | Lexington, Kentucky | 1 | 32 | Wins tournament final against Randy Savage. | |||
| 2 | Bob Orton, Jr | October 11, 1980 | ICW show | Louisville, Kentucky | 1 | 245 | ||||
| 3 | Bob Roop | June 13, 1981 | ICW show | Woodlawn, Illinois | 2 | [Note 2] | ||||
| 4 | The Great Tio | July 1981 | ICW show | [Note 3] | 1 | [Note 4] | ||||
| 5 | The Masked Miser | November 19, 1981 | ICW show | [Note 3] | 1 | [Note 5] | ||||
| 6 | The Great Tio | May 13, 1982 | ICW show | Beckley, West Virginia | 2 | 7 | [3] | |||
| Championship history is unrecorded from May 13, 1982 to May 20, 1982. | ||||||||||
| 7 | Lanny Poffo | May 20, 1982 | ICW show | [Note 3] | 1 | [Note 6] | ||||
| Championship history is unrecorded from May 20, 1982 to November 1982. | ||||||||||
| 8 | The Great Tio | November 1982 | ICW show | [Note 3] | 3 | [Note 7] | ||||
| — | Deactivated | 1983 | — | — | — | — | Championship was abandoned for undocumented reasons | |||
Footnotes
edit- ^ a b Due to gaps in the championship history it is impossible to determine this.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 141 days and 170 days
- ^ a b c d The location of the match was not captured as part of the championship documentation.
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 59 days
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 393 days
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 333 days
- ^ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 32 days and 32 days
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Hoops, Brian (May 13, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (May 13): Rick Martel wins AWA gold, Kurt Angle wins TNA title, Nash & Hall beat one man to win tag titles". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 11, 2017.