Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW) has announced a huge Women’s Championship match for their Fear & Loathing XI event. Women’s Champion Viper will be facing challenger Kay Lee Ray. Both stars are considered to be amongst the World’s best and have been a featured part of the weekly WoS programme on ITV/STV.
This will be another hotly contested bout between the two former Mae Young Classic competitors. The bout could easily steal the show and is one not to be missed.
Insane Championship Wrestling has also announced that British Strong Style will be heading to ‘Fear & Loathing XII.’ This will be first time that the BSS stable has appeared as a unit in ICW. Trent Seven is a former ICW World Champion. More interesting is that Pete Dunne actually defended his WWE United Kingdom Championship in the company previously. British Strong Style are arguably the most popular stars from the thriving UK scene. All three are featured heavily on the WWE UK brands and NXT television.
Fear & Loathing XII will be taking place on December 2nd at the SSE Hydro. If you’re an ICW fan you know that the ‘Loathing event is ICW’s biggest in the calendar year and last year’s iteration featured Rey Mysterio, Kevin Nash and Rob Van Dam amongst the homegrown talent.
Tickets are available to purchase via Ticketmaster now.
Insane Championship Wrestling has announced that British Strong Style will be heading to ‘Fear & Loathing XII.’ This will be first time that the BSS stable has appeared as a unit in ICW. Trent Seven is a former ICW World Champion. More interesting is that Pete Dunne actually defended his WWE United Kingdom Championship in the company previously.
British Strong Style are arguably the most popular stars from the thriving UK scene. All three are featured heavily on the WWE UK brands and NXT television.
Fear & Loathing XII will be taking place on December 2nd at the SSE Hydro. If you’re an ICW fan you know that the ‘Loathing event is ICW’s biggest in the calendar year and last year’s iteration featured Rey Mysterio, Kevin Nash and Rob Van Dam amongst the homegrown talent.
Tickets are available to purchase via Ticketmaster now.
You can check out Pete Dunne’s WWE UK Championship 4-Way match from 2017 below. The ‘Bruiserweight’ defends against Trent Seven, B.T. Gunn? and Wolfgang?. Gunn was not actually contracted to WWE and was the first challenger to the title without being signed to WWE.
Insane Championship Wrestling has confirmed that former TNA World Heavyweight Champion James Storm will be facing UK independent wrestling legend Jody Fleisch for the first night of the upcoming ‘Shug’s Hoose Party 5’ event on July 28th.
Jody Fleisch is a severely underrated veteran from the UK independent scene, the ‘Phoenix’ has been wowing UK and European crowds since his debut in 1997 and he has gone on to appear for companies across the globe including Ring of Honor, TNA/IMPACT, IPW:UK, XWA, ICW, 5* and Rev Pro. He will be heading to the US as part of the upcoming PWG Battle of Los Angeles later this year.
Here are the currently announced matches for the two nights of action:
Night 1
BT Gunn vs. WALTER
Lionheart vs “Just Justice” Jackie Polo
ICW Tag Team Championship Title Match – The Kinky Party (Jack Jester & Sha Samuels) (c) vs Iestyn Rees & Bram
Street Fight – Joe Hendry vs Chris Renfrew
If Kid Fite Wins, He Replaces Ravie Davie In The Texas Death Match –Ravie Davie vs Kid Fite
Night 2
Texas Death Match – James Storm vs. Ravie Davie
ICW Zero-G Title Match – Mark Coffey (c) vs. Joe Coffey
ICW World Heavyweight Title Match – Stevie Boy (c) vs. DCT
ICW Women’s Championship Title Match – Kasey vs “The Vixen Of Violence” Viper (c) vs “Session Moth” Martina
Aaron Echo vs “Mr Athletic” Jeff Cobb
The company has also announced that WWE Hall of Famer and founder of TNA/GFW Jeff Jarrett will be heading to the company for a special one off appearance; ‘Double J’ will be making a special appearance as part of ‘Shug’s Hoose Party 5’ acting as the Commissioner for Night 2. This isn’t the first time that WWE affiliated talents have acted as Commissioner for the Scottish based company; Former WCW/WWE Superstar Kevin Nash and Mick Foley have appeared at previous ‘Fear & Loathing’ pay per view shows in the same capacity.
Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW) has announced that WWE Hall of Famer and founder of TNA/GFW Jeff Jarrett will be heading to the company for a special one off appearance this July.
‘Double J’ will be making a special appearance as part of ‘Shug’s Hoose Party 5’ acting as the Commissioner for one night only. This isn’t the first time that WWE affiliated talents have acted as Commissioner for the Scottish based company; Former WCW/WWE Superstar Kevin Nash and Mick Foley have appeared at previous ‘Fear & Loathing’ pay per view shows in the same capacity.
This appearance will coincide with Jarrett’s UK speaking tour ‘Ain’t He Great?’ which starts July 23rd and heads to the following cities:
London – 23rd July
Edinburgh – 24th July
Sheffield – 25th July
Cardiff – 26th July
Tickets for these shows can be found via the tweet below:
Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW) has announced that their reigning Women’s Champion Piper Niven/Viper will be the subject of an upcoming BBC Documentary on Monday June 11th.
‘Fight Like A Girl’ will be shown across the United Kingdom and will be one of the highest profile spotlights on UK wrestling in the mainstream for the past few decades, potentially since the heyday of World of Sport.
Here’s part of the synopsis for the show: “By day, 26 year-old Kimberly Benson dons her smart workwear and goes off to her job in the family coach hire business. By night, with big blow-dried hair and head-to-toe in shimmering Lycra, she steps into the ring as Viper, one of the UK’s top female wresters. The contrast is not lost on her and in Fight Like A Girl, the first in a new run of BBC One’s Our Lives strand, Kimberly explains what it’s like to lead her double life. She reveals everything from how she copes with her rigorous training regime, to how she deals with homesickness, as the sport she loves takes her all over the world.”
If you live in the UK you can check out the show at 7:30pm on Monday 11th June on BBC One.
It has been rumored that two of the UK’s biggest independent promotions (PROGRESS and Insane Championship Wrestling) would be heading to the WWE Network for at least the past six months…well it now looks as though that the two companies could finally be heading to the Network.
The Wrestling Observer claimed that the “the idea of ICW and Progress from the U.K. going to the WWE Network is back on, at least this week. But this is close enough that we’ve been told the announcement, if it happens, would be coming right around the time or at the Royal Albert Hall shows.”
The working relationship between the two companies and WWE has been well publicised but never officially revealed. NXT star Kassius Ohno has appeared for both ICW and PROGRESS over the past year and many PROGRESS competitors have been heavily featured on WWE’s United Kingdom shows, NXT and 205 Live.
Both companies currently run On Demand services and the status of these following a Network merger has not yet been revealed, it is also not yet clear if these deals would be parted of a ‘tiered’ WWE Network at $15 per month.
Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW) has announced the latest bouts for their upcoming Fight Club taping on May 20th from the Garage in Glasgow, Scotland.
In somewhat of a battle of the ‘belt collectors’ ICW Women’s Champion and inaugural Mae Young Classic competitor Viper/Piper Niven will be defending her title against Pro Wrestling: EVE Champion Sammii Jayne. These are two of the most decorated Champions on the UK scene and could steal the show on an impressive card.
ICW’s Zero-G Championship will also be on the line when new Champion Mark Coffey defends against an independent wrestling legend in M-Dogg Matt Cross. Coffey defeated longtime Champion BT Gunn at the recent Barramania show and he will not want to relinquish the strap anytime in the near future.
Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW) has announced the date for their next Fear & Loathing event. The 11th iteration of ICW’s biggest annual show will be taking place on December 2nd from the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland.
Fear & Loathing is the ‘Wrestlemania’ in ICW’s calendar year, previous events have seen the likes of Finn Balor, Kurt Angle and Mick Foley appear and the SSE Hydro in Glasgow can hold a capacity of around 2,500 to 3,000 fans. Last year’s event also featured Rey Mysterio taking on Kenny Williams and Rob Van Dam facing Lionheart.
Tickets for Fear & Loathing XI will be available to purchase via the official ICW site as of Friday May 4th.
Shug’s Hoose Party will be taking place in July and a massive name has been announced to debut on Night 1. WWE linked star and PROGRESS ATLAS Champion WALTER will be making his way to Scotland’s biggest promotion, his opponent for the show has not yet been named.
If you’ve never heard of WALTER then he is certainly a performer that should be on your radar. The Austrian powerhouse has been dominating the Tag and Heavyweight divisions in wXw, PROGRESS and PWG over the past couple of years and he is now being slated as a future WWE/NXT signee (even if he denies any sort of negotiations). The de-facto leader of the Ringkampf stable (alongside Timothy Thatcher and previously NXT roster member Axel Dieter Jr) has a ton of potential on the world stage and has already garnered critical praise from the likes of Dave Meltzer, who gave his PWG All-Star Weekend bout against Zack Sabre Jr from October 2017 a 5 star rating.
Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW) has decided to offer their On Demand service for free to new subscribers for this week only. You can find more information via the official ICW On Demand Twitter account @ICWonDemand or here. If you’re interested in getting a free week of Scotland’s biggest independent promtion then make sure that you sign up by Sunday 22nd.
One of the most anticipated bouts at ICW’s upcoming Barramania IV event pits Lionheart against longtime foe Jackie Polo. The two men will look to settle their heated feud on Sunday April 29th…but before their match the two men met during ICW’s recent Fight Club tapings and before Lionheart left the ring he attacked company owner Mark Dallas, hitting a Rock Bottom and leaving ‘the boss’ laying. Check out the video via the tweet below but be forewarned there is EXTREMELY strong language.
Insane Championship Wrestling has publicly congratulated former ICW World Champion Drew McIntyre on his return to Monday Night RAW. The company made the following statement in an interview with the Sunday Post in Scotland:
“Drew McIntyre helped put ICW on the map. He took the ICW Heavyweight Championship and defended it across the globe, giving it World Title status. He was also one of the main features of our Fear & Loathing event at the SSE Hydro, the biggest British independent professional wrestling show in thirty years. We’re forever grateful to Drew for what he has done for ICW and cannot wait to see what he brings to the RAW brand.”
McIntyre (known as Galloway on the independent scene) had two stints for ICW, his first back in 2006 when he appeared at the company’s inaugural event and became their first ever Heavyweight Champion and his second followed his 2014 release from WWE. Drew’s run from 2014-2017 completely reignited his career and fundamentally changed the course of ICW’s already incredible success story.
Insane Championship Wrestling inducted the former NXT/WWE Intercontinental Champion into their Hall of Fame earlier this year on February 12th.
Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW) has announced that former WWE Tag Team Champion Paul London will no longer be able to appear at their Newcastle show on April 15th due to injury. London was scheduled to challenge for the ICW World Championship against Undisputed Champion BT Gunn.
ICW has now announced the replacement for Newcastle and it has kicked the event up by quite a notch…former PROGRESS World/Tag Team Champion Mark Haskins will now be taking on Gunn for a chance to add the Insane Championship title to his impressive run on top of the UK scene.
Tickets for the event in Newcastle are available to purchase now via Ticketmaster.
Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW) has announced that Undisputed Champion BT Gunn will be putting his ICW World Championship on the line against Mikey Whiplash in a DeathMatch for the main event of Barramania IV.
BT Gunn holds both the ICW World and Zero-G Championships, he gained the World Title in the main event of ICW’s biggest ever event Fear & Loathing X when he defeated then Champion Joe Coffey, successfully defending his Zero-G title in the process.
The annual Barramania event will be taking place once again at the Barrowlands in Glasgow, Scotland. As well as this massive main event ICW has announced that the following matches will be rounding out the card on April 29th:
Mae Young Classic competitor and current reigning Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW) Women’s Champion Viper/Piper Niven recently faced fellow Mae Young Classic star and Stardom SWA Champion Toni Storm in a bout for their aforementioned titles.
You may remember that these two fought during the Mae Young Classic on episode 7 of the series, Storm took the victory on that occasion but went on to lose to eventual winner Kairi Sane in the Semi-Finals. Going into this match Storm had held the SWA belt for over 600+ days and Viper had recently gone through some gruelling bouts to finally become the ICW Champion…Viper eventually took the win to become a co-ICW/SWA Champion.
There have been rumors surrounding both women and their WWE statuses for quite some time, Australian star Toni Storm is expected to be heading to WWE in the very near future whilst news surrounding Piper Niven has been more sparse of late.
Insane Championship Wrestling has announced that World Champion BT Gunn will be defending his belt on April 15th as part of their ‘Jimmy Nails Revenge II: This Time It’s Personal’ event. The ICW World and Zero-G Undisputed Champion will be defending the belt against former WWE Tag Team Champion: Paul London.
London was an active member of the WWE roster from late 2003, his initial run saw him teaming with WCW legend Billy Kidman. Shortly after Kidman’s retirement he formed a team with Brian Kendrick and began a run which culminated in his winning of the WWE Tag Team Championships. London eventually left the company in 2008 when Kendrick was drafted to Smackdown.
After his release London took the independent scene, his run as part of PWG tag team ¡Peligro Abejas! (alongside WWE’s Sami Zayn) saw him again win Tag Team gold and he can now be found on Lucha Underground as part of the ‘Rabbit Tribe’ stable.
Former NXT Champion Drew McIntyre was inducted into the ICW Hall Of Fame earlier this month. The icon of Scottish wrestling helped grow and define Insane Championship Wrestling into the phenomenon they are today.
McIntyre (known as Galloway on the independent scene) had two stints for the company, his first back in 2006 when he appeared at the company’s inaugural event and became their first ever Heavyweight Champion and his second followed his 2014 release from WWE. Drew’s run from 2014-2017 completely reignited his career and fundamentally changed the course of ICW’s already incredible success story.
Drew recently spoke to SPORTBible on his induction and revealed his thoughts on the Scottish scene in general:
“It’s crazy, the idea I’m going into the ICW hall of fame, with everything that ICW had achieved is pretty incredible. For a start I’m 32 and going into a hall of fame, that’s pretty mental. But when you break it down and put it into perspective there wasn’t any Scottish wrestling scene when I started wrestling, aged 15, 17 years ago, Mark Dallas was the first guy I met in the whole of professional wrestling. He told me he wanted to be a promoter one day, I told him I wanted to be in the WWE one day. And that was the first guy I met and we had big dreams, there was nothing and we started the scene back then.
He started ICW, I was the first champion, I left, the BBC documentary came around and it started taking off. There was 1500 people when I made my return, we all worked together and we all busted our arses and we built that number from 1500 to over 6000 for the biggest indie show of all time. All the things the guys are saying online about me, the roster, all the compliments, they all mean the world to me but it really was a team effort to be able to change so much and I really am so proud to be recognised and going into the ICW hall of fame.”
This past Sunday saw ICW present their 7th annual Square Go from the The O2 ABC in Glasgow, Scotland.
The event saw Irish star ‘Session Moth’ Martina defeat Kasey to become the brand new ICW Women’s Champion, she will now defend against Mae Young Classic competitor Viper at tonight’s #ICWFightClub taping. ICW Undisputed Champion BT Gunn successfully defended his belt against former TNA star Bram, he will now face new Number 1 contender James Storm also as part of tonight’s Fight Club taping.
Stevie Boy became the seventh winner of the Square Go match, outlasting 29 other men. The Square Go is almost identical to a Royal Rumble match, 2 men start in the ring and a new competitor appears every 2 minutes, eliminations only occurring once a competitor has been thrown over the top rope and both feet have hit the ground. The only discernible difference is that 5 random competitors are given the opportunity to use a weapon of their choosing during the match.
Check out the rather strange rules video for the Square Go below, if you’re a fan of the film Battle Royale then you may get a kick out of it:
Former NXT Champion Drew McIntyre will be inducted into the ICW Hall Of Fame later this evening. The icon of Scottish wrestling helped grow and define Insane Championship Wrestling into the phenomenon they are today.
McIntyre (known as Galloway on the independent scene) had two stints for the company, his first back in 2006 when he appeared at the company’s inaugural event and became their first ever Heavyweight Champion and his second followed his 2014 release from WWE. Drew’s run from 2014-2017 completely reignited his career and fundamentally changed the course of ICW’s already incredible success story.
Two of ICW’s biggest stars Lionheart and Wolfgang took to Twitter to congratulate the ‘Chosen One’ for his many accomplishments. Wolfgang, who is currently a member of the WWE United Kingdom roster paid special tribute to the legend, stating that “He was there my first day of training in 03 Without him laying the ground work before leaving in 07 returning in 14 to put Scotland on the world map we may never have got this far.”
Monday Scotlands true world champ @DMcIntyreWWE returns #ICW as hes rightfully inducted into t HOF He was there my first day of training in 03 Without him laying the ground work before leaving in 07 returning in 14 to put Scotland on the world map we may never have got this far pic.twitter.com/A0o96OOutS
Insane Championship Wrestling has announced that former NXT/WWE Intercontinental Champion Drew McIntyre will be inducted into their Hall of Fame on Monday February 12th. Following McIntyre’s initial release from WWE he found his feet in ICW and helped grow the company into arguably the biggest in Europe, helping transform the UK scene in the process.
ICW has also announced that BT Gunn will be defending his Undisputed Championship against former TNA star Bram at Square Go! on February 11th. The company has also announced that Session Moth Martina will be challenging for the ICW Women’s title against Champion Kasey Owens at the now annual event.
Former IMPACT/TNA World Heavyweight Champion James Storm will be making his way to Scotland this February to be part of ICW’s Square Go event.
The ‘Cowboy’ will be facing homegrown ICW talent Jack Jester in a Number 1 contenders match to BT Gunn’s ICW World Championship.
Tickets for the event are available to purchase now via Ticketmaster. The show will be available to watch via ICW’s On Demand service, which is available for $6.99 per month.
Insane Championship Wrestling’s (ICW) Fight Club show will be making it’s return on January 21st when they host ‘It’s Always Raining in Glasgow.’ The company always over delivers when it comes to their event posters and fans of ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ will likely agree that they’ve pulled it off again (check out the tweet below).
Emanating from the company’s spiritual home of the Garage in Glasgow, Scotland the event will feature some massive bouts heading into the ‘Square Go’ pay per view event the next night.
The matches currently announced are:
ICW World Heavyweight Championship – “The Oddity” BT Gunn (c) vs Red Lightning
Glasgow Street Fight – The Kinky Party (Sha Samuels & Jack Jester) & Kenny Williams vs The Filthy Generation (Stevie Boy, Aspen Faith & Lewis Girvan)
Mikey Whiplash vs Jordan Devlin
“The International Sex Hero” DCT vs Joseph Conners
“The Regulator” Wolfgang vs Kid Fite
Leyton Buzzard (w/ Joe Hendry) vs Chris Renfrew
Ravie Davie & Kasey vs “The King Of All Evil” Bram & Martina
If you want to check out ICW then their On Demand service is available here.
WWE Mae Young Tournament competitor Piper Niven/Viper was recently featured by the BBC as part of the promotion for ICW’s upcoming Fear & Loathing X event in Glasgow, Scotland.
The 26 year old star, best known for her work in ICW as well as the short lived reboot of World of Sport talks at length about the career thus far and how she gets “hit like the big boys.” Here are some of the highlights:
On her initial training: “The way I was brought up in wrestling was that you train with the boys, you’re one of the boys, and you’ll get hit like one of the boys. If I was constantly pandered or treated differently then I definitely wouldn’t be here today.”
On gender equality in wrestlng: “People will say things like ‘it’s such a good woman’s match’ – why is it not just a good match? I hate that. Sometimes you’re segregated in a way. If you’re going to put in the work and break the mould, you can be a good wrestler”.
On the cancellation of World of Sport:“I was utterly devastated. It was one of the worst days of my life, To have it all come crashing down was so hard.”
On performing as part of the Mae Young Classic:“It was amazing just being there. It was great, seeing everything and how high-class it was.”
On her proud Scottish heritage and ICW: “It should be important to everyone to be proud of where they come from. Scottish wrestling is huge at the moment, I think it has some of the best wrestling in the world. I’m quite proud of my heritage. It [ICW] really is my home. It’s where my friends are, it’s the place I’ve come back to, it’s the place that grounds me.”
You can check out the feature in full via the tweet below:
ICW will be hosting their biggest event of the year tomorrow when they invade the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland.
Several stars from the WWE UK and NXT rosters have performed for Scotland’s number 1 wrestling promotion and four ICW alumni have taken to Twitter to wish the company luck for Fear & Loathing X tomorrow night…WWE UK superstar Wolfgang sent out the tweet below alongside Killian Dain, Nikki Cross and NXT Champion Drew McIntyre.
Good luck to team #ICW this weekend from some former World Champs and your #FearAndLoathing alumni
Speaking of Fear & Loathing X, here is the full card for the event:
Tag Team Match: The Kings Of Catch (Aspen Faith & Lewis Girvan) vs. The Kinky Party (Jack Jester & Sha Samuels)
King Of Insanity Tag Team Match: Jimmy Havoc & Stevie Boy vs. The Legion (Chris Renfrew & Mikey Whiplash)
Lionheart vs. Rob Van Dam vs Zack Gibson
ICW Unified Zero-G World Heavyweight Title #1 Contendership Six Man Ladder Match: Aaron Echo vs. Bram vs. DCT vs. Jody Fleisch vs. Joe Hendry vs. Kid Fite
ICW Tag Team Title Match: The Marauders (Mike Bird & Wild Boar) (c) vs. Polo Promotions (Jackie Polo & Mark Coffey)
ICW Women’s Title Three Way Steel Cage Match: Kay Lee Ray (c) vs. Kasey vs. Viper
Kenny Williams vs. Rey Mysterio
ICW Zero-G Title / ICW World Heavyweight Title Match: BT Gunn vs. Joe Coffey
WWE/WCW legend Rey Mysterio will be making his debut for ICW in 12 days at Fear & Loathing X.
Fear & Loathing is ICW’s biggest event of the year and the inclusion of Mysterio has been a huge boost for the company looking to sell out the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland.
Mysterio’s opponent for the event is ICW homegrown talent Kenny Williams, who has been a mainstay on the UK independent scene for the past couple of years. William’s highest profile bout to this point has been on the reboot episode of World of Sport however this match with Mysterio completely eclipses anything he has achieved so far in his career.
ICW recently released a shot promo from William’s where he calls out Rey, he asks why Mysterio has not yet responded to his verbal jabs and the company has begun teasing fans asking “will we hear from the master of the 619 before November 19th?”
Are you going to the event? Let us know in the comments after checking out the video below…
Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW) has announced two big matches as part of their ‘Road to the Hydro’ shows. This Saturday sees the company hit Sheffield and the ICW Champion Joe Hendry will be defending against WWE UK’s Wolfgang and the Zero-G Champion BT Gunn will be defending against Former PROGRESS World Champion Jimmy Havoc.
These shows are building towards ICW’s biggest event of the year: Fear & Loathing X, which takes place inside the SSE Hydro on November 19th and will feature Former WWE/WCW Superstar Rey Mysterio, Kevin Nash, Rob Van Dam and more.
ICW star Kenny Williams is set to have arguably the biggest match of his career when he challenges WWE legend Rey Mysterio at Fear & Loathing X on Sunday November 19th from the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland.
Williams recently spoke to Scotland’s Sunday Post about the match and how he idolised the Luchador superstar growing up:
“It’s hard to put into words.” My mum found out about the match and she doesn’t normally know any of the people I’m wrestling. She said: ‘I can’t believe you’re wrestling one of your toys!’ If you would’ve told me when I was 12 years old that I’d be standing in The Garage challenging Rey Mysterio I’d have called you an idiot!”
Regarding his time in ICW, he stated: “I started off as a stand-in replacement for someone who pulled out last minute. The crowd took to me, and the fact they’ve continued to support me, you can’t repay that.Getting to open the show at the Barrowlands in the first wrestling event there for thirty odd years was a great moment too,”
“I’ve been up and down the country on tours, tour buses… We’re like the best rock and roll school that money can buy!”