Championshipname: | ICW United States Heavyweight Championship |
Promotion: | International Championship Wrestling |
Created: | 1981 |
Titleretired: | 1983 |
Mostreigns: | The Sheik, Pez Whatley and Paul Christy (2 reigns) |
Firstchamp: | The Sheik |
Longestreign: | Uncertain |
Shortestreign: | Uncertain[1] |
Youngest: | Pez Whatley (approximately) |
Oldest: | The Sheik (approximately) |
Lightest: | [2] |
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.[3] 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.[4]