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. Together, the entire group of whom were friends wrestled attracting a following online.
Indiana Championship Wrestling
In May 2008, Kids Championship Wrestling was renamed to Indiana Championship Wrestling which was referenced as their "new era". They joined the Global Backyard Wrestling News community that same year, and eventually formed working relationships with other federations that had been integrated. By June 2009, ICW invested in a base to replace their trampoline debuting it on June 13 at their first two-day supershow, ICW This is Our House, which took the place of Unleashed event.
ICW started to host to and attend other backyard wrestling supershows such as BWA Global Domination, X2X Wrestlegasm, ICW Midwest Extravaganza and ICW It's Bsnowing Because of Khatonic and entered in on the interfederation supershow alliance, REVIVAL. By 2010, ICW encountered problems with their wrestling base due to its dilapidation and decided to return to the trampoline for an interim time. However, Bonecrusher made the ultimate choice to discharge it out of his hosting backyard.
The End of ICW
At the CCW Welcome to the Real World supershow on its second day, March 21, 2010, Chris Castle and ICW World Heavyweight Champion Devin Bliss came to a mutual consensus to close down the federation and made the announcement legitimately on camera with Bliss putting the ICW Title on 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 |
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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.
