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The ICW World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship owned by Scotland's Insane Championship Wrestling promotion. The title was first established as the ICW Heavyweight Championship on at ICW's debut show on October 15, 2006, with Drew Galloway becoming the inaugural champion.〔http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/5Zc8rk16yzHT6Fjv4Ls0fyd/drew-galloway〕 On February 7, 2015, the title was officially renamed the ICW World Heavyweight Championship after Galloway successfully defended the title in a match against Matt Hardy for the Family Wrestling Entertainment promotion in New York.〔https://twitter.com/FWEWrestling/status/562385835652554752〕〔https://twitter.com/MarkDallas69/status/562410765697941505〕〔https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ALY_iAgnqA〕 This American title defense followed multiple defenses by former champion Jack Jester at ICW shows across England〔http://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=726&page=5&reign=8〕 and a defense by Galloway for the Dansk Pro Wrestling promotion in Denmark on December 20, 2014. 〔http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=119354〕〔https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9yQ1ubVjms〕 The title was subsequently defended by Galloway in Australia, England, Ireland and Germany.〔http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=125358〕〔http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=123609〕 Grado is the current champion in his first reign. Overall, there have been ten reigns shared among seven wrestlers, with one vacancy. The championship was featured prominently in both the Insane Fight Club documentaries produced by the BBC.〔http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01qv39d〕〔http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02dlcf3〕〔http://glasgow.stv.tv/articles/307206-insane-championship-wrestlings-bbc-documentary-insane-fight-club-airs/〕 ==History== Drew Galloway became the inaugural champion of Mark Dallas' ICW promotion on October 15, 2006 at their debut show "Fear & Loathing," having won a triple threat match against Darkside and Allan Grogan. Initially a regional heavyweight title in the Glasgow area, the title was defended outside Scotland for the first time by Jack Jester, who defeated Jimmy Havoc in London, England to retain the title on May 4, 2014. It was first defended overseas by Drew Galloway on December 20, 2014 in Denmark for Dansk Pro Wrestling promotion, when Galloway won a Title-for-Title Three-Way match against DPW Champion Michael Fynne and Chaos.〔https://watchingtheindies.wordpress.com/2014/12/23/european-results-wrap-up-december-19-21/〕 Galloway then announced his intention to take the title overseas more often and make it a World Championship. His second international title defense was booked for February 7, 2015 against Matt Hardy in New York, USA after which the title was officially renamed the ICW World Heavyweight Championship. The ICW World Heavyweight Championship was defended in Australia for the first time on March 20, 2015 when Galloway retained over Andy Phoenix at an Outback Championship Wrestling show. The title was first defended in Northern Ireland when Galloway retained over Joe Hendry, TRON and Luther Valentine in a four-way match at a Pro Wrestling Ulster show on April 6, 2015.〔http://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=726&page=5&reign=9〕 Galloway again defended the title in America on July 18, 2015 at a Warriors of Wrestling show in Staten Island where he retained over Joey Ace, Matt Macintosh and Logan Black.〔http://www.pwponderings.com/2015/07/19/warriors-of-wrestling-071815-ultimate-survival-results/〕 Galloway defended the championship in Kiel, Germany at a Maximum Wrestling show on October 16th, retaining in a triple threat over Chaos and Apu Singh.〔http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=131679〕 In addition to these international title matches, numerous wrestlers from outside of Scotland have challenged for the title domestically, including Sabu, Fergal Devitt,〔https://hashtagwrest.wordpress.com/2014/05/29/updated-card-icw-insanechampwres-jimmy-nails-revenge-4/〕 Martin Stone, Doug Williams, Rhino, Tommy End, Damian O'Connor, Robbie Dynamite, Johnny Moss, Rampage Brown and Kris Travis.〔http://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=726&page=5&reign=8〕〔http://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=726&page=5&reign=4〕 The only non-Scottish wrestler to hold the championship is Mikey Whiplash. On October 17, 2015 the title was defended in a pre-show "Dark" segment for the first time in its history when Drew Galloway would retain the title twice in two consecutive matches against Matt Daly and Coach Trip.〔https://wrestleropesuk.wordpress.com/2015/10/18/insane-championship-wrestling-appetite-for-destruction-full-results/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「ICW World Heavyweight Championship (Scotland)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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