ICW Fight Club

ICW Fight Club
Also known asICW Friday Night Fight Club (2015–2016)
GenreProfessional wrestling
Presented byBilly Kirkwood
James R. Kennedy
StarringICW roster
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes140
Production
Camera setupMulticamera setup
Running time45–90 minutes
Production companyInsane Championship Wrestling
Original release
NetworkICW On Demand
ReleaseFebruary 20, 2015 (2015-02-20) –
March 20, 2020 (2020-03-20)
NetworkWWE Network
Peacock
ReleaseNovember 28, 2020 (2020-11-28) –
January 17, 2023 (2023-01-17)
NetworkYouTube
Facebook
ReleaseJanuary 17 (2023-01-17) –
February 27, 2023 (2023-02-27)
NetworkFITE TV
ReleaseMarch 3 (2023-03-03) –
December 17, 2023 (2023-12-17)

ICW Fight Club, formerly known as ICW Friday Night Fight Club, is a British professional wrestling streaming television programme produced by Insane Championship Wrestling which aired from February 20, 2015 to December 17, 2023.

History

On February 15, 2015, ICW taped the first two episodes of Friday Night Fight Club in Dundee, Scotland. The show premiered on February 20, 2015 on ICW On Demand with the main event match being between Joe Hendry and Mikey Whiplash. In May 2016, the show was renamed to Fight Club beginning with the tapings for the June 3, 2016 and June 10, 2016 episodes which were taped in Glasgow.

On July 29, 2016 and July 30, 2016, ICW held their first specials for Fight Club with the Shug's Weekender Definitely Maybe and Seven Nation Army events at the O2 Ritz in Manchester, England and the O2 Institute in Birmingham, England respectively. Both events also featured matches for a tournament to crown the new ICW Tag Team Champions.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, several Fight Club tapings were postponed and resulted in the show going on hiatus. On November 28, 2020 ICW announced that new episodes of Fight Club would be airing on the WWE Network. On March 20, 2023, ICW aired a special episode of Fight Club titled Barred, a special event in which every match on the card took place inside a steel cage. During this event, the ICW Tag Team Championship changed hands when The Nine9 (Dickie Divers and Jack Morris) defeated Krieger and Lou King Sharp.

In January 2023, ICW announced that due to their contract with WWE ending, their content would be removed from Peacock and the WWE Network. On February 27, 2023, ICW announced that they would be airing Fight Club and all of their events on FITE TV.

On October 7, 2023, ICW held tapings for Fight Club at the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland as part of Comic Con Scotland.

On November 13, 2023, ICW announced that they would be ending Fight Club after 8 years of being on the air with a final live broadcast on FITE TV taking place on December 17, 2023 at the Asylum in Glasgow.

References

  1. ↑ "ICW Friday Night Fight Club #1.01". Cagematch.
  2. ↑ "ICW Fight Club #21". Cagematch.
  3. ↑ "ICW Fight Club #22". Cagematch.
  4. ↑ Docking, Neil (July 29, 2016). "WWE Cruiserweight Classic star Jack Gallagher faces 'Liverpool's No.1' Zack Gibson at Insane Championship Wrestling". Liverpool Echo.
  5. ↑ "ICW Fight Club #26: Shug's Weekender - Seven Nation Army". Cagematch.
  6. ↑ Wilson, Steven (June 17, 2020). "Glasgow-based Insane Championship Wrestling postpone all 2020 events due to COVID-19 outbreak". Glasgow Live.
  7. ↑ "Available now: The best independent wrestling companies on WWE Network".
  8. ↑ Currier, Joseph (November 23, 2020). "New ICW Fight Club episodes coming to WWE Network". F4WOnline.
  9. ↑ Harris, Jeffrey (February 20, 2021). "ICW: Barred to Hold Every Match Inside Steel Cage, Will Stream on WWE Network". 411Mania.
  10. ↑ "ICW Fight Club #164 - ICW Barred". Cagematch.
  11. ↑ Carey, Ian (January 18, 2023). "PROGRESS, ICW confirm end of partnership with WWE Network". F4WOnline.
  12. ↑ Tessier, Colin (January 18, 2023). "ICW Announces Its Contract with WWE Has Come to an End, Information for Upcoming Shows". Fightful.
  13. ↑ "Insane Championship Wrestling Now Exclusively on FITE+". February 27, 2023.
  14. ↑ "ICW Fight Club Tapings". Cagematch.
  15. ↑ "Family Friendly ICW Fight Club To Take Place In Edinburgh!". September 14, 2023.
  16. ↑ "ICW Says Goodbye to Fight Club". Insane Championship Wrestling. November 13, 2023.