ICW Television Championship

{{Infobox pro wrestling championship

|championshipname=ICW Television Championship

|image=

|caption=

|currentholder=

|promotion=International Championship Wrestling

|created=September 9, 1980

|titleretired =1983

|mostreigns=

|firstchamp=Bob Roop

|longestreign=Uncertain

|shortestreign=UncertainDue to gaps in the championship history it is impossible to determine this.

|youngest=Lanny Poffo ({{age in years and days|1954|12|28|1982|6|1}} approximately)

|oldest=The Masked Miser ({{age in years and days|1925|4|10|1981|6|1}} approximately)

|lightest=The Masked Miser ({{convert|200|lb|abbr=on}})

|heaviest=Bob Roop ({{convert|276|lb|abbr=on}})

}}

The ICW Television Championship was a singles championship in International Championship Wrestling.{{cite book | author=Royal Duncan & Gary Will | title=Wrestling Title Histories | publisher=Archeus Communications | year=2006|edition=4th | isbn=0-9698161-5-4 }} 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.{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm |title=How Pro Wrestling Works |author=Ed Grabianowski |publisher=How Stuff Works |accessdate=April 5, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131129050844/http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm |archivedate=November 29, 2013 }}

Title history

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|number=1

|champion={{sortname|Bob|Roop}}

|reign=1

|date={{dts|1980|9|9}}

|days={{age in days nts|month1=9|day1=9|year1=1980|month2=10|day2=11|year2=1980}}

|location=Lexington, Kentucky

|event=ICW show

|notes=Wins tournament final against Randy Savage.

|ref=

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|number=2

|champion={{sortname|Bob|Orton, Jr}}

|reign=1

|date={{dts|1980|10|11}}

|days={{age in days nts|month1=10|day1=11|year1=1980|month2=6|day2=13|year2=1981}}

|location=Louisville, Kentucky

|event=ICW show

|notes=

|ref=

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|number=3

|champion={{sortname|Bob|Roop}}

|reign=2

|date={{dts|1981|6|13}}

|days={{sort|{{age in days nts|month1=6|day1=13|year1=1981|month2=11|day2=1|year2=1981}}|The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between {{age in days nts|month1=6|day1=13|year1=1981|month2=11|day2=1|year2=1981}} days and {{age in days nts|month1=6|day1=13|year1=1981|month2=11|day2=30|year2=1981}} days}}

|location=Woodlawn, Illinois

|event=ICW show

|notes=

|ref=

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|number=4

|champion={{sort|Great Tio|The Great Tio}}

|reign=1

|date={{dts|1981|7}}

|days={{sort|1|The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and {{age in days nts|month1=11|day1=1|year1=1981|month2=12|day2=30|year2=1981}} days}}

|location={{sort|0|The location of the match was not captured as part of the championship documentation.}}

|event=ICW show

|notes=

|ref=

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|number=5

|champion={{sortname|The|Masked Miser|Angelo Poffo}}

|reign=1

|date={{dts|1981|11|19}}

|location={{sort|0|}}

|event=ICW show

|notes=

|ref=

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|number=6

|champion={{sort|Great Tio|The Great Tio}}

|reign=2

|date={{dts|1982|5|13}}

|days={{age in days nts|month1=5|day1=13|year1=1982|month2=5|day2=20|year2=1982}}

|location=Beckley, West Virginia

|event=ICW show

|notes={{cite web | url=http://www.f4wonline.com/other-wrestling/day-pro-wrestling-history-may-13-rick-martel-wins-awa-gold-kurt-angle-wins-tna-title | title=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 | date=May 13, 2015 | accessdate=February 11, 2017 | first=Brian | last=Hoops | publisher=Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online}}

|ref=

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|sort number=6.5

|type=unrecorded

|start={{dts|1982|5|13}}

|end={{dts|1982|5|20}}

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number=7

|champion={{sortname|Lanny|Poffo}}

|reign=1

|date={{dts|1982|5|20}}

|days={{sort|1|The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and {{age in days nts|month1=1|day1=1|year1=1982|month2=11|day2=30|year2=1982}} days}}

|location={{sort|0|}}

|event=ICW show

|notes=

|ref=

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|sort number=7.5

|type=unrecorded

|start={{dts|1982|5|20}}

|end={{dts|1982|11}}

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number=8

|champion={{sort|Great Tio|The Great Tio}}

|reign=3

|date={{dts|1982|11}}

|days={{sort|{{age in days nts|month1=11|day1=30|year1=1982|month2=1|day2=1|year2=1983}}|The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between {{age in days nts|month1=11|day1=30|year1=1982|month2=1|day2=1|year2=1983}} days and {{age in days nts|month1=11|day1=30|year1=1982|month2=1|day2=1|year2=1983}} days}}

|location={{sort|0|}}

|event=ICW show

|notes=

|ref=

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|sort number=8.5

|type=deactivated

|date={{dts|1983}}

|notes=Championship was abandoned for undocumented reasons

|ref=

}}

Footnotes

References

Category:International Championship Wrestling championships

Category:Television wrestling championships