8 greatest moments in ICW Fear and Loathing history

#4 - The first women’s champion is crowded - Fear and Loathing 8

Viper (left) with WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley at Fear and Loathing 8. Credit: David J Wilson

Despite playing a prominent role in the first nine years of the company, ICW never had a women’s championship of their own.

The company previously had a sister promotion in Fierce Females which exclusively featured women’s wrestling, but that partnership had ended by the time 2015 came along.

At this point, the ICW women’s division was bursting with top talent, so in the weeks leading up to Fear and Loathing 8, a tournament took place to decide who would compete to become the first ICW Women’s Champion.

Originally, the finals featured Kay Lee Ray clashing with Nikki Storm, now WWE’s Nikki Cross in a prominent match at Glasgow’s SECC. However, prior to the match beginning, WWE Hall of Famer and guest commissioner for the evening Mick Foley announced a surprise twist for the contest.

Having deemed she had been unfairly cost a place in the final, Foley made the decision to add Viper (NXT UK’s Piper Niven) to the match, making it a triple threat.

Viper would go to be successful, making history by becoming the first ICW Women’s Champ. Since that night four years ago, only five women in total have held the belt, with five of the ten individual title reigns lasting longer than 100 days, showing just how prestigious the championship had become.