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62-658: An "outlaw" wrestling promotion in the 1980s, International World Class Championship Wrestling held interpromotional events with the Puerto Rican-based World Wrestling Council , the American Wrestling Association and World Class Championship Wrestling . Many of its former roster would later find success in the World Wrestling Federation , World Championship Wrestling , Extreme Championship Wrestling and elsewhere during

124-555: A booker for ICW) as well as top stars Blackjack Mulligan , Mark Lewin , Austin Idol and Bruiser Brody . ICW also had a history of working with the American Wrestling Association , promoting joint cards in New England as well as AWA talent appearing on ICW shows from time to time. The ICW would expand beyond New England and produced cards in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York State. In

186-1046: A brief appearance to co-present the Slammy Award for "Trending Superstar of the Year." On April 10, 2012, Atlas made an appearance on SmackDown : Blast from the Past . In 2014, Atlas was a regular cast member on the WWE Network original reality show, Legends' House . ATLAS: Too Much...Too Soon was released in 2010. White was born in Roanoke, Virginia , where he attended Patrick Henry High School . He now lives with his wife Monika in Auburn, Maine . With his ex-wife Joyce, he has one daughter named Nikki. White has been open about what he calls his non-sexual shoe fetish , which involves paying women to step on him. He stated in an interview, "I, Tony 'Mr. USA' Atlas, WWE Hall of Famer, am free to be me. And there

248-487: A few seconds later a scuffle ensued, followed by two groans, loud enough for the entire locker room to hear. Atlas ran to the shower and saw Brody bent over and holding his stomach (Mantel came after him). Atlas and Mantel then looked up at González and saw him holding the knife. When the paramedics arrived, Atlas carried Brody downstairs to the waiting ambulance, as, due to Brody's enormous stature, paramedics were unable to lift him. González, who always maintained his innocence,

310-706: A former IWCCW Light Heavyweight Champion who had been wrestling in the promotion as The Tasmaniac , agreed to appear at an IWCCW taping in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1990. However, after a disagreement between him and promoters Mario and Tom Savoldi, he left the promotion and eventually began competing in Eastern Championship Wrestling during the early 1990s. Val Puccio had a brief run in ECW as “Big” Val Puccio. Dudley Family member Dances with Dudley worked in IWCCW as

372-511: A legends contract in mid-2012. Atlas started wrestling in 1974 for the National Wrestling Alliance World Wide/Mid Atlantic area. His debut, on July 10, was a tag team match with Bob Bruggers against Art Neilson and The Blue Scorpion. The match finished with Atlas winning the fall for his team with a sleeper hold on The Blue Scorpion. Throughout his career he worked for World Championship Wrestling (WCW),

434-588: A match that aired on November 17. Upon his return, Atlas was shunted to the mid card in the WWF and was undefeated against competition that included Mr Fuji , The Spoiler , The Iron Sheik , and Moondog Rex . He scored a win against Bob Orton and a non-title victory over WWF Intercontinental Champion Greg Valentine at the Steel Cage Turmoil round robin tournament in Hartford, CT on November 23, 1984 (a predecessor to

496-468: A member of the “Sioux War Party” known as Dancing Wolf. Another Dudley Family member, Big Dick Dudley , also worked in IWCCW under the gimmick “Alexander the Great” IWCCW mainstay Mondo Kleen is one of the few stars to be signed by the World Wrestling Federation directly. Mondo was repackaged as "Damien Demento” in the WWF. Another ECW star who got his start in IWCCW was Tommy Dreamer who briefly

558-653: A one match return on August 28, 1987, when he teamed with The Junkyard Dog to defeat Kamala and Sika at the WWF Paul Boesch Retirement Show. Two months later Tony joined the Texas-based World Class Championship Wrestling where he adopted the moniker of "The Black Superman". He made his initial appearance on November 11, 1986, and defeated Tim Brooks in Fort Worth, TX. On December 1, Atlas defeated Crusher Yorkoff to win

620-488: A potential takeover of a territory. This was not always the case, however, as some promotions freely cooperated with the NWA promoters (e.g. National Wrestling Federation ) while others operated in areas where there was not an established NWA presence. Upon its acrimonious exit from the NWA in summer 1983, the World Wrestling Federation became, in effect, an outlaw promotion. Longtime NWA members, such as Jim Crockett Promotions ,

682-1009: A return to Puerto Rico's WWC defeating Dutch Mantel on July 16, 2000, at WWC 27th anniversary event. On November 19, 2005, Atlas defeated Tracy Smothers at CCW A Tribute to Starrcade in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Since 2006 he has made occasional appearances for Big Time Wrestling and Top Rope Promotions both in New England. He teamed with Bushwhacker Luke to defeat Eric Johnson and Thad Hairy Howett at UCW in Kentville, Nova Scotia, on April 28, 2018. On May 25, 2018, he defeated Nathan Banner by disqualification in Pembroke, Ontario, for Great North Wrestling. On May 17, 2019, he teamed with Frankie Flow to defeat Gene Snitsky and Salvatore Sincere Managed by Lance Profit at East Coast Pro wrestling in Manville, New Jersey. On March 25, 2023, Atlas and Bob Orton Jr. won

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744-678: A shot at the titles and won by disqualification. Ten days later he teamed with Jim Brunzell for another shot at the Road Warriors, but this time was defeated. His final match with the promotion was a victory against Tom Scott on October 28, after which he returned to the World Wrestling Federation. One day after departing the AWA, Atlas returned to the WWF at a TV taping for All Star Wrestling in Hamilton, Ontario, and pinned Rene Goulet in

806-538: A tournament to crown a new United States Heavyweight Champion following the vacating of the title by an injured Rick Rude . Atlas pinned Van Hammer in the quarterfinals. In the semi-finals he fell to Dustin Rhodes. Atlas also became part of a storyline where a bounty had been placed on rookie Erik Watts head; Atlas entered a house show series in January 1993 with the young Watts but was winless. He made an appearance on Clash of

868-461: Is a list of outlaw wrestling promotions in the United States , sorted by regional area , from the 1940s to 1980s. This list does not include pre-1948 groups active during the " Pioneer Era " (1900s–1940s), overseas promotions outside the NWA remit from this period or modern-day " indy promotions ". Outlaw promotions are traditionally defined as professional wrestling promotions not affiliated with

930-432: Is an American bodybuilder, powerlifter , and professional wrestler who has held multiple titles and championships in each sport. He is also known by his bodybuilding title, " Mr. USA " (a distinction he earned three times) , the nom de guerre the " Black Superman ", as well as an alter ego named Saba Simba . He returned as an on screen manager for WWE , appearing on its now-defunct ECW brand. He re-signed with WWE on

992-437: Is nothing greater on this Planet Earth than to get kicked and punched in the face by a big-footed girl." White was once a frequent co-host of the popular YouTube wrestling interview channel Boston Wrestling MWF. However, following his co-host bringing up the controversial wrestler New Jack , White responded negatively and later left the show. The next episodes were co-hosted by New Jack, who criticized White. This promotion

1054-538: The 1991 Royal Rumble , where he was eliminated by Rick Martel . After the Royal Rumble, he was taken off TV and was inactive with the company. His last match was on September 13, 1991, at a house show in Allentown, Pennsylvania, filling in for Jim Neidhart , losing to Irwin R. Schyster as Saba Simba. After he left the WWF he returned to IWCCW shortly thereafter facing Tito Santana and Vic Steamboat . He would regain

1116-548: The National Wrestling Alliance , not recognizing the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and promoting shows in direct competition against NWA regional territories . Wrestlers who had been blackballed from the sport or were winding down their career often found a home with such promotions. These groups were often short-lived as NWA promoters would receive top stars from other members to prevent

1178-632: The Universal Wrestling Federation and World Class Championship Wrestling , left the organization in order to compete with the WWF during the 1980s wrestling boom . The collapse of the NWA territory system at the end of the decade, the result of the WWF's national expansion, subsequently saw outlaw promotions being replaced by the emerging independent wrestling circuit in North America. Tony Atlas Anthony White (born April 23, 1954) better known by his ring name Tony Atlas

1240-608: The WCCW Texas Title and appeared in several promos with the belt to announce the merger of the two federations. Kevin was billed as the “World Class” champion. The idea was that down the road the two champions (Tony Atlas and Kevin Von Erich) would meet to create an IWCCW title. Kevin appeared a couple of times in New England, wrestling at 2 or 3 TV tapings. He participated in a memorable interview with wrestler Tony Rumble , aka The Boston Bad Boy . During that interview, Rumble berated

1302-794: The WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship and the WWC Tag Team Championship as the top championships in the promotion. The titles were never clearly named as “WWC” titles on ICW television, nor were they presented as being owned by ICW. On February 27, 1985, Dory Funk, Jr. defeated Carlos Colón for the WWC Universal Heavyweight Title in Bangor, Maine . It marked the first time that the WWC Universal Title changed hands outside of Puerto Rico. During

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1364-472: The World Wrestling Federation on October 23, 1979, defeating Johnny Rodz at a Championship Wrestling taping. One of his first feuds was with Jesse "The Body" Ventura , over who had the better physique. In 1983, he teamed with Rocky Johnson as The Soul Patrol to defeat The Wild Samoans for the WWF World Tag Team Championship , becoming the company's first black champions. After losing

1426-576: The 1990s. Originally known as International Championship Wrestling (not to be confused with the similarly named ICW promotion run by Angelo Poffo between 1978 and 1984, or the ICW promotion run by George and Gil Culkin from 1977 to 1979), the promotion started holding events the Boston area sometime around 1984 or 1985. Initially ICW was affiliated with the Puerto Rico -based World Wrestling Council , recognizing

1488-550: The August 19, 2008, episode of ECW against Hardy. At Unforgiven , Henry lost the title to Hardy. On the December 9 edition of ECW , Atlas wrestled in a WWE ring for the first time in 17 years (along with Mark Henry) in a tag team match, where they defeated Finlay and Hornswoggle . He also wrestled Evan Bourne on the June 9, 2009, episode of ECW in a losing effort. Henry was then traded to

1550-468: The Battle Royal at Wrestlemania 2 being eliminated by William Perry . He was also used as a jobber to the stars, putting over newly arriving talent like King Kong Bundy and Harley Race , as well as a series of matches with other muscle bound strongmen such as Hercules and "The Worlds Strongest Man" Ted Arcidi , the latter of which in an infamous match at Boston Garden where both men were booed by

1612-501: The Billion Dollar Babies, leaving many of its titles vacant. IWCCW began to decline as its events were held irregularly throughout 1994 and early 1995. Despite a short lived revival in 1995 that saw former WWF stars such as Tito Santana and Koko B. Ware hold the IWCCW title, the promotion folded in the latter part of 1995. Mario Savoldi kept promoting cards in the New England area after the demise of ICW/IWCCW. In 1999 Savoldi

1674-559: The Champions XXII in Milwaukee, WI on January 13, 1993, and lost an arm wrestling contest to Vinnie Vegas . Following a match with Steve Regal on February 5, Atlas left the promotion. Atlas returned to IWCCW in the fall of 1993 and faced Tommy Dreamer , Johnny Gunn , Tito Santana, and Primo Carnera III . He also wrestled for the CWA ( Century Wrestling Alliance ) in 1994, and in 1995 joined

1736-568: The IWCCW title. He defeated Jimmy Snuka on an independent show on June 28, 1992, in Wallingford, CT. He later left IWCCW which left the IWCCW title vacant. Teaming with The Barbarian , Atlas made his debut as a heel for WCW on the October 10, 1992, with a victory over Jeff Daniels and TA McCoy. They were immediately programmed by WCW Vice President Bill Watts into a feud with Barry Windham and Dustin Rhodes . He suffered his first pinfall when he

1798-778: The King of the Ring tournaments that were held later in the decade as annual house show events), but suffered his first defeat on his comeback when he lost to David Schultz . This would be his only loss for several months, as he would not be pinned again until losing to Paul Orndorff on Prime Time Wrestling on March 19, 1985. At this point Atlas began to transition to a mid-card performer and would lose several matches, including bouts with Bret Hart , Greg Valentine, Don Muraco , and Roddy Piper . The company also programmed him into several short-lived tag-teams with Ivan Putski, Lanny Poffo and George Wells. Atlas made his PPV debut in 1986 when he appeared in

1860-518: The NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions , the World Wrestling Council (WWC), World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW), the American Wrestling Association (AWA), and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Among his regular partners were Tommy Rich (as "TNT"), Dick Murdoch , and Rocky Johnson . He was also the first man to press slam and pin Hulk Hogan though Hogan's foot was on the rope and

1922-596: The Raw brand on June 29, quietly ending their alliance. Atlas would continue to appear on ECW during The Abraham Washington Show as Abraham Washington 's sidekick, until ECW went off air in February 2010. Atlas was released from his WWE contract on April 30, 2010. However he still made sporadic appearances with the company; he made a brief appearance on the Old School Raw episode on November 15, 2010. On December 12, 2011, he made

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1984-772: The SICW Tag Team titles defeating the LA Hustlers - Bradley Driggs and Lamonte Potts in St. Louis, Missouri. As of 2024, at age 70 Atlas still wrestlers 50 years later. Atlas made a surprise return to the WWF on the March 10, 1997, edition of Monday Night RAW . Following a victory by Intercontinental Champion Rocky Maivia over Tony Roy, Atlas came out of the crowd to congratulate the son of his former tag-team partner Rocky Johnson . One week later he appeared on RAW again, this time holding Maivia back from attacking The Sultan . At Wrestlemania 13 he

2046-524: The Saba Simba character with saving his life as he was homeless and living on a park bench before getting a phone call from McMahon. He played a warrior of a Ugandan tribe and was intended to feud with Akeem , but the feud never took place after Akeem departed from the promotion. Atlas was kept at midcard status, losing to Dino Bravo & The Barbarian. The gimmick has been described by one writer as "unpopular at best, and racist at worst." He participated at

2108-652: The USWA. Over the years ICW established a kind of “open door” policy, working with any federation or any individual competitor who was interested in working in the federation; this open door policy even saw the Japanese Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling Brass Knuckles Champion Atsushi Onita challenge the ICW Heavyweight champion Tony Atlas to a Title Vs Title Match. Onita lost the match by Disqualification to keep

2170-510: The Von Erichs, and Kevin in return ran Rumble out of the studio when he signalled for the iron claw. Another World Class mainstay, Chris Adams, was to have been a part of IWCCW, but was not able to join the federation due to his legal troubles. After a short while Kevin Von Erich returned to Texas, effectively ending any plans to merge the two titles, but the name was kept. The IWCCW name lasted until

2232-616: The WWF where he wrestled as "Saba Simba" for the remainder of 1990 and into January 1991. He made his first appearance in his comeback on August 4, 1990, when he pinned Haku at a house show in Augusta, GA. On August 28 he participated in a taping for WWF Superstars and Prime Time Wrestling. In his first televised appearance as Simba, Atlas's history in the company was quickly acknowledged, but Vince McMahon claimed Atlas had "rediscovered his roots by legally changing his name". On December 13, 2010, Tony appeared on Right After Wrestling and credited

2294-613: The WWF; this represented a swing in the opposite direction and Atlas received a push upon joining the promotion. He was undefeated against "Mr Electricity" Steve Regal , Larry Zbyszko , and Jake Milliman in July before finally being defeated by King Kong Bundy on August 11 in Indianapolis, IN. This and a disqualification loss to Nick Bockwinkel were Atlas' only defeats in singles competition. On October 10, 1984, he teamed with The Crusher and faced AWA Tag-Team Champions The Road Warriors for

2356-664: The World Class World Television Championship. In January 1987, Atlas competed in a tournament to crown the Texas Heavyweight Champion, beating Tim Brooks in the opening round but falling to Matt Borne in the quarter-finals. In the summer of 1987 he had almost instant success when he teamed with Skip Young to win the World Class Texas Tag Team Title. Following a match that went to a time limit draw against Al Perez , Atlas left

2418-506: The company in 1988. On July 16, 1988, Atlas was appearing at a WWC event in Bayamón (a city near San Juan), Puerto Rico, where he was one of the 2 witnesses, the other being Dutch Mantel to the fatal assault on wrestler Bruiser Brody . José Huertas González a.k.a. the Invader, a fellow wrestler and booker, asked Brody to go into the shower to discuss business. Brody entered the shower stall and

2480-472: The crowd and mocked by commentators Gorilla Monsoon & Lord Alfred Hayes for their poor performances. Atlas began to be shunted further down the card, losing to Big John Studd , Iron Sheik, Dory Funk Jr. , and Harley Race . His final match was a loss to Adrian Adonis in a bout that took place in Madison Square Garden and which aired on September 8, 1986, on Prime Time Wrestling. Tony made

2542-446: The late 1980s and early 1990s, ICW cards occurred in towns like Harrisburgh, Middletown and Monticello, New York. This model was differentiated ICW from other regional federations, in that ICW was a very large territory that didn't have one town or city to act as its local base. So while the company had a presence in a wide area, it never got that strong local following of World Class, the PNW or

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2604-483: The management of The Duke (not Pete Doherty) won the ICW Heavyweight title from Joe Savoldi . Atlas lost the belt to Vic Steamboat in Middletown, NY. But after a few months, he regained the belt from Steamboat. That match became infamous because of the number of times it was shown on the IWCCW syndicated show. Afterwards he was inactive from wrestling due to being homeless for a year and a half. In 1990 Atlas returned to

2666-515: The promotion closed down in 1995. A video series, All Star American Wrestling' was released during 1992 and 1993 which featured matches from IWCCW. In early 1993 however, many of its longtime veterans left the promotion to join the newly formed Century Wrestling Alliance (the present day NWA Cold Front ) promoted by former manager and booker Tony Rumble. Among those jumping to Rumble's promotion included then Heavyweight Champion Tony Atlas, Light heavyweight champion Joe Savoldi and Tag Team champions

2728-656: The promotion entered into a working agreement with Kevin Von Erich to use the World Class Championship Wrestling name. Von Erich had sold the WCCW territory to Jerry Jarrett and Jerry Lawler in 1989 but retained the rights to the World Class name (which is why Jarrett and Lawler created the United States Wrestling Association ). Since there was no real “home promotion” of WCCW the “merger”

2790-577: The referee did not see it. During his time with the NWA, Atlas captured the NWA Georgia Tag Team Title with Tommy Rich. He later teamed with Mr. Wrestling II , Thunderbolt Patterson , Kevin Sullivan , and Rocky Johnson. In 1982, he wrestled for New Japan Pro-Wrestling . From 1982 to 1983 he wrestled for Bill Watts 's Universal Wrestling Federation . Then from 1983 to 1984 he returned to Georgia and wrestled in St. Louis. Atlas debuted in

2852-868: The rights to WCCW footage produced following its buyout by promoter Jerry Jarrett in 1988 and includes the video libraries of USWA Dallas , Wild West Wrestling and the Global Wrestling Federation , and IWCCW remains one of the few North American regional promotions whose collection is not owned by the World Wrestling Entertainment video library . During the late 1990s, the Savoldi family released several low cost DVD series including Classic Superstars of Wrestling which includes early matches from Steve Austin , Mick Foley and Booker T . IWCCW gave many future superstars their first breaks in wrestling and their first television exposure. The federation

2914-442: The same match for weeks in a row – Vic Steamboat’s title victory over Tony Atlas and Joe Savoldi beating the Tasmaniac for the IWCCW Lightheavyweight title were two of the matches that were shown repeatedly. IWCCW’s “Revolving door” policy often meant that events would be hyped on Television, but never actually happened in real life, the best example of this was an angle between ”Ravishing” Rick Rude and The Honky Tonk Man over who

2976-519: The taped matches. Sometime in 1985 the working relation between ICW and WWC ended, which led to ICW creating both a Heavyweight and a tag-team title with their own names on them in 1985-86. These matches were initially taped in what appeared to be a high school gymnasium, with Lou Thesz and Les Thatcher providing color commentary. ICW next worked out another working relationship with Championship Wrestling from Florida which saw several Florida stars come to ICW such as Kevin Sullivan (who also acted as

3038-581: The time WWC and ICW had a working relationship talent from both federations travelled to the other federation to compete. The working relationship brought such superstars as Abdullah the Butcher , the Invaders and Hercules Ayala to the New England Area. Angelo Savoldi’s grandson ”Jumping” Joe Savoldi won the WWC Tag-Team Championship alongside Al Perez (known as the New York Rockers ) on January 6, 1985 when they beat Super Medico I and Black Gorman. During that period, these matches were shown on ICW television with Gordon Solie providing voice-over commentary to

3100-407: The title to Adrian Adonis and Dick Murdoch and missing shows due to drug addiction, Atlas' final match was on May 16, 1984, in Lacey Township, New Jersey. Two months after departing the World Wrestling Federation, Atlas resurfaced in Verne Gagne 's AWA . He made his debut on July 13 at a house show in Denver, Colorado, and defeated Chris Markoff . At the time the AWA was being raided for talent by

3162-434: The titles separate. Around 1989–90 ICW began using more “kid oriented” gimmicks like “Super Duper Mario” (a wrestling version of Super Mario ) as well as Curly Moe , the Equalizers: Zip, Zap and Zoom and even had a “Teen Report” segment hosted by kids. Paul E. Dangerously , after being fired from WCW , went to work for the company as a writer, but was fired on his first day in the middle of his first TV taping. In 1991,

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3224-407: The upstart American Wrestling Federation (AWF). He teamed with Koko B Ware to face Greg Valentine and Tommy Rich for the vacant AWF Tag-Team Championship. Apart from his AWF appearances Atlas wrestled primarily with the CWA in 1995 through 1997. On July 11, 1999, he teamed with Tito Santana to defeat Salvatore Bellomo and Jay Love at WXW Sportsfest 1999 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He made

3286-455: The victory. Atlas then announced Henry the winner of the bout, although the official result was a double countout. This is also the first time since his brief stint in WCW in 1992 that Atlas has worked as a heel , as he would then become Henry's manager. Atlas helped Mark Henry retain his title at SummerSlam by disqualification, attacking Matt Hardy once a win by Hardy appeared to be imminent. Atlas also helped Henry retain his championship on

3348-418: Was defeated by Tom Zenk in Chicago, IL on October 31, 1992. Atlas entered the King of Cable tournament but was defeated by Big Van Vader in the quarterfinals. On the house show circuit he continued his partnership with the Barbarian and received title matches against Ricky Steamboat and Shane Douglas , but were unsuccessful in obtaining the NWA/WCW Tag-Team Championship. On January 2, 1993, Atlas entered

3410-593: Was even seen on Satellite channels in the United Kingdom . The ICW shows usually featured a combination of original ICW/IWCCW footage and repeats of footage from other territories such as WWC, Florida Wrestling, Memphis , the National Wrestling Alliance and vintage footage of the World Wrestling Federation . During its existence, the first over-the-air video music channel V66 added the syndicated show to daily rotation Monday through Friday at 7pm. From around 1990 and on ICW Television often repeated old ICW matches, sometimes presenting them as brand new, other times repeating

3472-590: Was in many ways the breeding ground for future Eastern Championship Wrestling (later “Extreme Championship Wrestling”) performers due to the fact that Paul Heyman worked for the company as head booker in late 1989 and early 1990 and got to know quite a few of the people involved, such as Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge who both competed in IWCCW under different gimmicks. Rocco Rock was a masked high flier known as “The Cheetah Kid” while Johnny Grunge worked both as “Johnny Rotten” and “Equalizer Zap”. Heyman would repackage both men as The Public Enemy . Peter Senerchia ,

3534-523: Was initially charged with first-degree murder but was later reduced and tried for involuntary homicide. Both Atlas and Mantel appeared in 2019's Dark Side of the Ring episode on Bruiser Brody and explained what actually happened. Atlas said that he was asked to be in the trial but never got a call back because the case was already finalized. Atlas then moved on to Southern Ontario area in late 1988. He joined International Championship Wrestling (owned and operated by Mario Savoldi) where he turned heel and under

3596-477: Was involved in a promotion called Ultimate Professional Wrestling (not to be mistaken for Ultimate Pro Wrestling) which continued IWCCW’s tradition of mixing current wrestling with classic matches on their TV shows. UPW's website claims to be a direct continuation of ICW. Despite being a small promotion that mainly toured in the New England area ICW/IWCCW had a nationally syndicated show from its inception. The show, simply called International Championship Wrestling

3658-424: Was only really felt in ICW and mainly as a way to re-brand the federation so that it did not have the same name as Angelo Poffo’s old ICW territory. Due to this working agreement, ICW changed the name of the promotion to International World Class Championship Wrestling (IWCCW), using the same opening sequence as WCCW did in the 1980s, with Earth from the Apollo 16 mission in the background. Kevin Von Erich had won

3720-594: Was spotted in the crowd and cheering for Maivia. Atlas was shown on RAW once more, again cheering for Maivia on the March 31 edition when Maivia wrestled Bret Hart . Atlas was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2006 by S. D. Jones . Atlas appeared on the July 8, 2008, airing of ECW where Theodore Long appointed him the special guest ring announcer for the main event featuring Tommy Dreamer with then-babyface, Colin Delaney in his corner against then-heel, ECW Champion Mark Henry . Atlas attacked Delaney, which in turn distracted Dreamer, allowing Henry to gain

3782-441: Was the best Intercontinental Champion of all time. Vignettes were aired for months on end, but neither Rude nor the Honky Tonk Man ever worked in an ICW ring to settle the issue. However, after quite a number of years, the owners of the IWCCW footage released this very match, long rumored to have never taken place, via their streaming service called Ultimate Classic Wrestling Network In addition to its television series, IWCCW owns

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3844-471: Was the promotion's World Champion. This led to a very awkward moment for Dreamer who was briefly working as a pizza deliveryman. According to Dreamer (interviewed in WWE Magazine), he delivered some food to a person's house, who just so happened to be watching Dreamer win the IWCCW title on TV at the same time. Dreamer had to very quickly assert that he wasn't, in fact, himself, so as not to break kayfabe . List of outlaw wrestling promotions This

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