title: ICW United States Heavyweight Championship
text: # ICW United States Heavyweight Championship
  
  The ICW United States Heavyweight Championship was a secondary singles championship in International Championship Wrestling. The title was created when The Sheik brought the now-defunct Detroit version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship to the promotion, making the Sheik the first ICW United States Heavyweight Champion. 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.
  
  ## Title history
  
  Key :
  
  | No. | Overall reign number |
  | - | - |
  | Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
  | Days | Number of days held |
  | No. | Champion | Championship change | Championship change | Championship change | Reign statistics | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. |
  | No. | Champion | Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Notes | Ref. |
  | 1 | The Sheik | 1981 | N/A | | 1 | | Title awarded | |
  | 2 | Thunderbolt Patterson | 1982 | ICW show | | 1 | | | |
  | 3 | The Sheik | 1982 | ICW show | | 2 | | | |
  | 4 | Ratamyus | December 7, 1982 | ICW show | | 1 | | | |
  | 5 | Pez Whatley | 1982 | ICW show | | 1 | | | |
  | 6 | Paul Christy | 1982 | ICW show | | 1 | | | |
  | 7 | Pez Whatley | 1983 | ICW show | | 2 | | | |
  | 8 | Paul Christy | 1983 | ICW show | | 2 | | | |
  | — | Deactivated | 1983 | N/A | N/A | — | — | Championship was abandoned for undocumented reasons | |
  
  ## Footnotes
  
  * 1 2 Due to gaps in the championship history it is impossible to determine this.
  * 1 2 Documentation of the billed weight of 60% of the champions has not been found.
  * 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The location of the match was not captured as part of the championship documentation.
  * 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Neither the date the title was won or lost has been documented, making it too uncertain to determine any length for this reign.
  