Insane Championship Wrestling

When I was a kid I was a fan of WWE when it was still WWF. I stopped watching it for a long time though and was never interested in watching any form of wrestling again. My interest in "sports entertainment" was peaked again though when a friend of ICW's owner Mark Dallas invited me and my roommate to go see a show in either 2010 or 2011. The show was in Apollo 23, Glasgow. The venue was quite small and I got hit in the face with a wrestler (that's right, with not by). The show was pretty awesome though and I've been semi-into wrestling again ever since. The owner, Mark Dallas, is an inspiration I think. There's too much stigma with being Scottish, we've been brainwashed from an early age to think that anything Scottish is inferior and that we should inspire to be like any other country. That is a lie however and ICW is one of the many things that have recently proven this point. ICW has kept its distinctly Scottish nature as well as being just as good as the larger companies like WWE.

Even though I don't know any the ICW people personally it still fills me with pride seeing them do so well. It really has blew up for them and it's pretty awesome. It's pretty cool seeing their shows now, especially since the last one I went to was massive compared to the first one I went to as there was over 1600 people there. I think their success lies in their guts to take risks and the personalities of the wrestlers especially their most popular ones like Jack Jester and Grado.

A personal highlight for me is the comedians The Wee Man and Billy 'Fucking' Kirkwood. I love that Billy Kirkwood starts every show with a few jokes and his commentary along with Sean David is always hilarious.

Billy Kirkwood

You should give ICW a watch if you like wrestling or like me you had ignored it for years. They are however for adults only and put on some epic hardcore matches. You can find ICW online on youtube and you can access ICW On Demand via the official site.