Indiana Championship Wrestling
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| Acronym | ICW |
| Establishment | 2003-2010 |
| Key people | Chris Castle (Founder) Devin Bliss (Co-owner) |
| Style | Backyard wrestling |
| Wrestling base | Base Trampoline |
| Location | Anderson, Indiana |
| Formerly | Kids Championship Wrestling |
| External links | ICW Website |
Indiana Championship Wrestling (ICW) was a backyard wrestling federation opened in 2003 created by Chris Castle, co-owned by Devin Bliss and based in Anderson, Indiana. It is acclaimed as one of Indiana's best backyard wrestling federations and an idol to many online fans. ICW's run lasted from 2003 to March 21, 2010.
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History
Kids Championship Wrestling
Kids Championship Wrestling was founded by Chris Castle, who was then known a Streetfighter, in 2003 in the state of Anderson, Indiana. The federation, however, commenced to embark on a more serious, storyline-driven run and officially became publically seen on the web in 2007. KCW's wrestling festivities, were in the beginning years, hosted on a trampoline and the federation usually implemented fireworks to add to the flair of their events. Their weekly episodic tapings took form with their show called KCW Xplosion that typically preceded free per views like most organized backyard federations and together the entire group of whom were friends wrestled attracting a following online.
Indiana Championship Wrestling
In May 2008, the "new era" of KCW was established with the switch to adopting the name Indiana Championship Wrestling. Also, ICW members would continue to perform regularly on a trampoline until June 2009 debuting a base at ICW Vortex that year. It was around the same year the federation got engaged with other promotions on the west and east coast for backyard wrestling supershows and notably ones ICW held known as ICW This is Our House and ICW Midwest Extravaganza as well as supershows outside the federation such as BWA Global Domination and X2X Wrestlegasm while having essentially aligned with the Global Backyard Wrestling Nation.
The end of ICW
ICW reached a halt after roster member, Bonecrusher, decided to physically remove the federation's wrestling base out of his backyard leaving the organization short of an area to wrestle. At CCW Welcome to the Real World on March 21, 2010, ICW World Heavyweight Champion Devin Bliss and Chris Castle made the ultimate option to close ICW. During the closing moments, Bliss presented the ICW Title to Castle.
ICW Facts
ICW (even while known as KCW) featured full taped and edited wrestling events prepared by Chris Castle that varyingly took place on previously trampoline and mostly a base depending on circumstances and was presented on the internet catering to a cult following of subscribers becoming one, and if not, the biggest autonomous backyard league in the state of Indiana.
Last champions
ICW Championships
| Championships | Current champion(s) | Date Won | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
GBYWN Championships
| Championships | Current champion(s) | Date Won | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
Defunct championships
Roster
- Anthony Lee
- Bonecrusher
- Chongo
- Chris Castle
- Cody Streets
- Devin Bliss
- Elliot Ness
- Freak Show
- Happy Psycho
- Havoc
- Johnny Light
- Josh Castle
- Kyle Reeder
- Magic Man
- Matt Moody
- Mike Creston
- Soul Survivor
- Tank
- The Angel of Death
- The Executioner
- The Flesh
- The Pen Name
- Mr. Willie Goldsmith Jr.
