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Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW) held the eighth annual edition of Square Go! on February 24, 2019 at SWG3 in Glasgow, Scotland. This was the first of the three major events that ICW carries out throughout the year along with Shug's House Party (July) and Fear & Loathing (November).
The show consisted of five matches that had Square Go! Match as the main event. The four titles of the company were in dispute and there was only one title change. It was in the first match of the night. The Kings of Catch (Aspen Faith & Lewis Girvan) defeated POD (Ashton Smith & Rampage Brown) and became the new ICW Tag Team Champions.
The biggest controversy of the night occurred in the ICW Women's Championship Match. The duel between champion Kay Lee Ray and challenger Toni Storm ended in No Contest due to the interference of Kasey Owens. Owens has two objectives: to finish the third reign of KLR and prevent Storm from becoming champion. In this way, she can get the title for the third time.
In a show of this magnitude, almost all the matches were up to the circumstances, but only a few will be remembered over the months. Here are the three best matches of ICW 8th Annual Square Go!
#3 Joe Coffey vs. Ilja Dragunov
In the third match of the night, the ICW Zero-G Championship was in dispute. Joe Coffey successfully defended his title against Ilja Dragunov in a match that lasted 10 minutes and 27 seconds. This was the first title defense of Coffey, who won this title after defeating his brother Mark at ICW Fear & Loathing XI in December 2018.
It was an impressive match with a great display of strength by both, as well as numerous lariats and variants of suplexes.
After a start without a clear dominator, the action moved to ringside where Coffey dominated. Dragunov responded and threw his opponent over chairs in the fan area and then fell on him with a Senton.
Back in the ring, there were great moments. While 'Unbesiegbar' stood out with a Powerbomb and a Death Valley Driver followed by a Senton Bomb, Coffey received a standing ovation after reversing a Torpedo Moscow and turning it into a German Suplex.
The best moment of the match occurred after a Coast To Coast by Dragunov, Coffey responded with a Lariat but Dragunov got up immediately and carried out the Torpedo Moscow.
Finally, Joe Coffey got the pinfall after a final Lariat on Dragunov, who couldn’t get up again.
#2 Lionheart vs. Angelico
The ICW World Heavyweight Championship was on the line in the fourth match of the night. Lionheart defeated Angelico and successfully retained his title in a match that lasted 17 minutes and 27 seconds. This was the third title defense of Lionheart, who became champion after defeating Jackie Polo in a historic match that took place at ICW Fear & Loathing XI in December 2018.
The first 10 minutes of the match were a bit slow but entertaining. It was a very technical match where there were almost no aerial maneuvers, so Angelico couldn’t show his full potential and was progressively dominated by Lionheart
Although he could not make big aerial maneuvers, Angelico showed great ability both to make moves and to dodge the attacks of his rival.
Lionheart was always close to winning the match. First with a Crossbody and then with a Superkick followed by a Full Nelson Slam. On both occasions, Angelico managed to avoid counting three.
Finally, Angelico couldn’t reverse the count of three after a Superkick by Lionheart followed by a Full Nelson Slam and a Frog Splash.
#1 Square Go! Match
The Square Go! Match is a 30 man Battle Royal that awards its winner the Square Go Briefcase that gives the opportunity to be a contender for the ICW World Heavyweight Champion. The winner of this edition was Rudo Lightning, a former ICW World Heavyweight Champion. He came in at #2 and eliminated Ravie Davie (#4), Sha Samuels (#26) and Joe Hendry (#30). This last elimination was the one that gave him the victory. Rudo Lightning has become the only wrestler to win Square Go! twice after winning the first edition in 2012.
BT Gunn, the first ICW Triple Crown Championship (he has been three times ICW World Heavyweight Champion, three times ICW Tag Team Champion and once ICW Zero-G Champion) came in at #20. He eliminated Mark Coffey (#13) and Kez Evans (#16) but was eliminated by the latter. For its part, Stevie Boy, the other ICW Triple Crown Championship, didn’t participate in this edition.
The two surprising appearances of this Battle Royal beyond the usual ICW roster were Jimmy Havoc (#19) and Jeff Jarrett (#29). Havoc is popular for having become one of the world leaders of the Deathmatch style. It wasn’t a good night for the former Progress World Champion because he didn’t eliminate anyone and was eliminated by Jackie Polo. The WWE Hall of Famer, for its part, managed to eliminate Grado before being also eliminated by Jackie Polo.
Jack Jester (#21), Wolfgang (#23), Grado (#28) and Jackie Polo (#24) were the other former ICW World Heavyweight Champions who participated in this eighth edition. Both Grado and Polo were eliminated by Hendry. Jester eliminated Chief Deputy Dunne (#25), but was eliminated by Wolfgang, who also eliminated two favorites such as Kenny Williams (#11) and Iestyn Rees (#12), but was eliminated by Liam Thomson (#1).
Kenny Williams, three times ICW Zero-G Champion, was one of the favorites to win the match but he could only eliminate Leyton Buzzard (#3) before being eliminated by Wolfgang.
Although he couldn’t win the match, Hendry became the wrestler with the highest number of eliminations. 'The Prestigious One' eliminated Liam Thomson, Andy Wild (#15), Kieran Kelly (#17), Viper (#22), Jackie Polo and Aaron Echo (#27). Mark Coffey (# 13) was the second with the highest number of eliminations. Joey Coffey's brother eliminated Paxxo (#6), Jack Morris (# 9), Alexander Darwin MacAllan (#10) and Krieger (#14).
Although it’s not officially confirmed, we will most likely watch Lionheart defend the ICW World Heavyweight Championship against Rudo Lightning at ICW So’s Yer Maw 2, the next big ICW event that will take place on April 7.
