ICW United States Heavyweight Championship

The ICW United States Heavyweight Championship was a secondary singles championship in International Championship Wrestling

International Championship Wrestling

International Championship Wrestling was an independent professional wrestling promotion based in Lexington, Kentucky that operated from 1978 until 1984. It was run by WCW Hall of Famer Angelo Poffo, the father of Randy Savage and "The Genius" Lanny Poffo...

. The title was created when The Sheik

Ed Farhat

Edward George Farhat was an American professional wrestler best known as by his ring name The Sheik...

brought the now-defunct Detroit version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship

NWA Detroit United States Heavyweight Championship

The NWA Detroit United States Heavyweight Championship was a version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Title. It was known as the Chicago version from 1953 until 1959 and was later renamed the Detroit version from 1959 until 1980...

to the promotion, making the Sheik the first ICW United States Heavyweight Champion.

Title history

Wrestler:	Reigns:	Date:	Place:
The Sheik Ed Farhat Edward George Farhat was an American professional wrestler best known as by his ring name The Sheik...	1	1981	Title awarded
Thunderbolt Patterson	1	1982
The Sheik	2	1982
Ratamyus	1
Pez Whatley Pez Whatley Pezavan Whatley was a professional wrestler in the 1980s and early 1990s who wrestled primarily under the ring name Pez Whatley.-Career:...	1
Paul Christy Paul Christy Paul Christy is a former professional wrestler known mainly for his work in the National Wrestling Alliance and International Championship Wrestling as well as a very short stint in the World Wrestling Federation in the mid-'80s...	1
Title abandoned

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