ICW Southeastern Heavyweight Championship

The ICW Southeastern Heavyweight Championship was a secondary 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 Southeastern Heavyweight Championship
Details
PromotionInternational Championship Wrestling
Date establishedMay 26, 1979
Date retired1984
Statistics
First champion(s)Ron Garvin
Most reignsRon Garvin (3 reigns)
Longest reignLanny Poffo (At least 1 year, 0 days)
Shortest reignUncertain[Note 1]
Oldest championRon Garvin (34 years, 282 days)
Youngest championLanny Poffo (28 years, 4 days)
Heaviest championBob Orton Jr. (248 lb (112 kg))
Lightest championLanny Poffo (221 lb (100 kg))

Title history
Key
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 Ron Garvin May 26, 1979 ICW show [Note 2] 1 [Note 3]    
Championship history is unrecorded from May 26, 1979 to October 15, 1979.
2 Bob Orton, Jr. October 15, 1979 ICW show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 [Note 4]    
— Vacated October 1979 — — — — Championship vacated for undocumented reasons.  
3 Terry Gibbs October 27, 1979 ICW show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 [Note 5] Terry Gibbs wins a tournament for the championship.  
Championship history is unrecorded from to January 6, 1980. 
5 Tony Peters January 1980 ICW show [Note 2] 1 [Note 6] Sometime before January 19, 1980.  
6 Ron Garvin March 29, 1980 ICW show Knoxville, Tennessee 3 [Note 7] Still/again champion as of February 13, 1981.  
Championship history is unrecorded from March 29, 1980 to January 1, 1983.
7 Lanny Poffo January 1, 1983 ICW show Springfield, Illinois 1 [Note 8]    
— Deactivated 1984 — — — — ICW Closed in 1984.  

Footnotes
  1. Due to gaps in the championship history it is impossible to determine this.
  2. The location of the match was not captured as part of the championship documentation.
  3. The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 152 days
  4. The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 11 days
  5. The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 70 days
  6. The exact date where Tony Peters won the championship has not been documented, which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 70 and 88 days
  7. The exact length of this championship reign is too uncertain to calculate.
  8. The date ICW closed in 1984 has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 365 days and 730 days

References
  1. Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  2. Ed Grabianowski. "How Pro Wrestling Works". How Stuff Works. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved April 5, 2009.
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