ICW Zero-G Championship | |||||||||||||
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Promotion | Insane Championship Wrestling | ||||||||||||
Date established | 21 November 2011 [1] | ||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Theo Doros | ||||||||||||
Date won | June 2024 | ||||||||||||
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The ICW Zero-G Championship is a professional wrestling junior heavyweight championship owned by United Kingdom's Insane Championship Wrestling promotion. The title was first established as the Zero Gravity Championship at Fear & Loathing III [3] on 21 November 2011, with Noam Dar becoming the inaugural champion. [4]
As of December13, 2024, there have been 31 reigns between 23 champions and two vacancy. Noam Dar was the inaugural champion, defeating Andy Wild, Falcon and Rob Cage in a tournament final at Fear and Loathing 3. [5] Kenny Williams has the most reigns with four. Liam Thomson's second reign is the longest at 426 days, while Craig Anthony and Stevie James' reigns are both the shortest at less than a day. [6]
The title has been a stepping stone for some champions to move towards the ICW World Heavyweight Championship, including Wolfgang, Lionheart, Stevie Boy, BT Gunn and, most recently, Leyton Buzzard. [7] [8]
Kenny Williams is the current champion in his fourth reign. He defeated Stevie James for the title at Shug's Hoose Party 8 on August 13, 2023, in Glasgow, Scotland. James had defeated Jason Reed earlier in the night to win the championship for the first time, before Williams announced he was using his cash-in opportunity. [9]
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
<1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
1 | Noam Dar | 21 November 2010 | Fear & Loathing III | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 | 266 | Noam Dar defeated Andy Wild, Falcon and Rob Cage in a Four Way Elimination match in a tournament final to become Inaugural champion. [10] | [11] [12] |
2 | Lionheart | 14 August 2011 | SummerBam | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 | 70 | [13] | |
3 | Noam Dar | 23 October 2011 | Fear & Loathing IV | Glasgow, Scotland | 2 | 252 | [14] | |
4 | Andy Wild | 1 July 2012 | Insane In The Membrane | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 | 231 | This was a Three Way match which also involves Christopher. | [15] |
5 | Wolfgang | 17 February 2013 | Tramspotting | Edinburgh, Scotland | 1 | 189 | [16] | |
6 | Mikey Whiplash | 25 August 2013 | Dave's Not Here Man! | Edinburgh, Scotland | 1 | 13 | This was a Winner Takes All match in which Whiplash defended ICW Heavyweight Championship. | [17] |
7 | Mark Coffey | 7 September 2013 | There's Something About Mary(hill) | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 | 204 | [18] | |
8 | Fergal Devitt | 30 March 2014 | Still Smoking | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 | 28 | [19] | |
9 | Mark Coffey | 27 April 2014 | Show Me Your Lizard | Glasgow, Scotland | 2 | 147 | This was a Three Way match which also involves Noam Dar. | [20] |
10 | Kenny Williams | 21 September 2014 | Spacebaws Episode IV: A New Hope | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 | 203 | [21] | |
11 | Danny Hope | 12 April 2015 | Insane Entertainment System Tour - Boom Shakalaka (He's On Fire) | Liverpool, England | 1 | 7 | [22] | |
12 | Stevie Boy | 19 April 2015 | Insane Entertainment System Tour - Alex Kidd In London | London, England | 1 | 210 | This was a Six Way match which involves Kenny Williams, Kid Fite, Liam Thomson and Paul Robinson. | [23] |
13 | Davey Boy | 15 November 2015 | Fear & Loathing VIII | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 | 140 | [24] | |
14 | Lionheart | 3 April 2016 | BarraMania II | Glasgow, Scotland | 2 | 231 | This was a Six Way match which involves Joe Hendry, Kenny Williams, Liam Thomson and Zack Gibson. | [25] |
15 | Kenny Williams | 20 November 2016 | Fear & Loathing IX | Glasgow, Scotland | 2 | 210 | This was a Stairway To Heaven match which also involved Zack Gibson, Aaron Echo, Andy Wild, Liam Thomson and Iestyn Rees. | [26] |
16 | Zack Gibson | 18 June 2017 | Fight Club | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 | 41 | This was a Falls Count Anywhere Street Fight match | [27] |
17 | Kenny Williams | 29 July 2017 | Shug's Hoose Party 4 - Day 1 | Glasgow, Scotland | 3 | 1 | This was a Ladder match. | [28] |
18 | BT Gunn | 30 July 2017 | Shug's Hoose Party 4 - Day 2 | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 | 245 | [29] | |
— | Vacated | 1 April 2018 | — | — | — | — | Vacated after a double pinfall between Jody Fleisch and Mark Coffey in a Three Way match | [30] |
19 | Mark Coffey | 29 April 2018 | BarraMania 4 | Glasgow, Scotland | 3 | 217 | This was a Gauntlet match for a vacant title which also involves Aaron Echo, Andy Wild, DCT, Jordan Devlin and Rampage Brown. | [31] |
20 | Joe Coffey | 2 December 2018 | Fear & Loathing XI | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 | 237 | [32] | |
21 | Liam Thomson | 27 July 2019 | Shug's Hoose Party 6 - Day 1 | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 | 141 | This was a Save Pro Wrestling Rules match. | [33] |
22 | Leyton Buzzard | 15 December 2019 | Fight Club | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 | 49 | [34] | |
23 | Liam Thomson | 2 February 2020 | 9th Annual Square Go! | Glasgow, Scotland | 2 | 426 | [35] | |
— | Vacated | 3 April 2021 | — | — | — | — | Thomson had to vacate the championship due to injury | |
24 | Craig Anthony | 10 April 2021 | Fight Club | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 | <1 | [36] | |
25 | Kez Evans | 10 April 2021 | Fight Club | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 | 141 | [36] | |
26 | Daz Black | 29 August 2021 | Fight Club | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 | 175 | [37] | |
27 | Dylan Thorn | 20 February 2022 | 10th Annual Square Go! | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 | 160 | [38] | |
28 | Daz Black | July 30, 2022 | Shug's Hoose Party 7 - Night 2 | Glasgow, Scotland | 2 | 113 | This was a Ladder match. | [39] |
29 | Theo Doros | November 20, 2022 | Fear & Loathing XIV | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 | 98 | The event will air at a later date on the WWE Network. | [40] |
30 | Saqib Ali | February 26, 2023 | The 11th Annual Square Go! | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 | 77 | [41] | |
31 | Jason Reed | May 14, 2023 | Get The F Out | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 | 91 | This was a four way match also involving Che Monet and Stevie James | [42] |
32 | Stevie James | August 13, 2023 | Shug's Hoose Party 8 | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 | <1 | [9] | |
33 | Kenny Williams | August 13, 2023 | Shug's Hoose Party 8 | Glasgow, Scotland | 4 | 488+ | [9] |
As of December13, 2024.
† | Indicates the current champion |
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Rank | Champion | No. of reigns | Combined days |
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1 | Kenny Williams † | 4 | 902+ |
2 | Mark Coffey | 3 | 568 |
3 | Liam Thomson | 2 | 567 |
4 | Noam Dar | 2 | 518 |
5 | Lionheart | 2 | 301 |
6 | Daz Black | 2 | 288 |
7 | BT Gunn | 1 | 247 |
8 | Joe Coffey | 1 | 237 |
9 | Andrew Wilde | 1 | 231 |
10 | Stevie Boy | 1 | 210 |
11 | Wolfgang | 1 | 189 |
12 | Dylan Thorn | 1 | 160 |
13 | Kez Evans | 1 | 141 |
14 | Davey Boy | 1 | 140 |
15 | Theo Doros | 1 | 98 |
16 | Jason Reed | 1 | 91 |
17 | Saqib Ali | 1 | 77 |
18 | Leyton Buzzard | 1 | 49 |
19 | Zack Gibson | 1 | 41 |
20 | Fergal Devitt | 1 | 28 |
21 | Mikey Whiplash | 1 | 13 |
22 | Danny Hope | 1 | 7 |
23 | Craig Anthony | 1 | <1 |
Stevie James | 1 | <1 |
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