ICW Television Championship

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
Details
PromotionInternational Championship Wrestling
Date establishedSeptember 9, 1980
Date retired1983
Statistics
First champion(s)Bob Roop
Longest reignUncertain[Note 1]
Shortest reignUncertain[Note 1]
Oldest championThe Masked Miser (56 years, 52 days approximately)
Youngest championLanny Poffo (27 years, 155 days approximately)
Heaviest championBob Roop (276 lb (125 kg))
Lightest championThe Masked Miser (200 lb (91 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 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
  1. Due to gaps in the championship history it is impossible to determine this.
  2. 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
  3. The location of the match was not captured as part of the championship documentation.
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  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.
  3. 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.
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