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67-738: It was announced at Chapter 9 that beginning in November 2013 there would begin a series of matches to determine the first Progress Tag Team champions. The champions were crowned at Chapter 12, the second anniversary show, in March 2014. As with the Progress Championship not being a conventional championship belt, the Progress Tag Team Championship was originally represented by a shield with the Progress eagle on

134-681: A Road to Fear and Loathing X tour show in Cardiff, Triple H and NXT United Kingdom Champion Pete Dunne made a special guest appearance. Three days later, Lionheart died by suicide, causing the ICW title to be vacated. Stevie Boy defeated Wolfgang for the vacant title at Shug's Hoose Party 6 on 28 July 2019. Leyton Buzzard , who had won the ICW World Heavyweight Championship Fear & Loathing XIV on 20 November 2022, became ICW's first champion to defend

201-487: A contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , it was confirmed that Andrews would be moving stateside. Andrews' "home" promotion, Attack! Pro Wrestling, hosted a farewell show on 24 January 2015. Titled "Mandrews Goes To America", the show was held at Cathays Community Centre in Cardiff , a small venue just minutes from where Andrews grew up. Headlined by the promise of Andrews vs his long-time friend Pete Dunne, tickets for

268-816: A losing effort. In 2011, Andrews debuted for Insane Championship Wrestling in Glasgow, attempted to qualify for the Union of European Wrestling Alliances European Cruiserweight Championship tournament and competed at Premier British Wrestling's annual "King of Cruisers" six-way match in Irevine . Andrews also made two appearances for the newly reformed Frontier Wrestling Alliance , which included an encounter against long-time rival Wild Boar at Thorpe Park . Andrews started to make appearances for Preston City Wrestling , where he twice came up short in encounters for Bubblegum 's PCW Cruiserweight Championship, including in

335-480: A match to him. During 2016, he participated at many X Division match, in a losing effort. at X-Travaganza 2016 , Mandrews lost to Marshe Rockett . at Destination X (2016) , Mandrews competed in a Six-man Ladder match to determine the #1 contender for the TNA X Division Championship which was won by DJZ. at Against All Odds , Mandrews lost to Andrew Everett. On 6 October episode of Impact Wrestling , Mandrews took part in

402-480: A new ICW Heavyweight Champion was crowned for the first time in over three years as BT Gunn won the vacant title in a 4-way match against Wolfgang , Liam Thomson and Johnny Moss. The event also kicked off a tournament for a secondary title, the ICW Zero-G Championship . Another title change occurred on 4 September 2010 at ICW: Dazed and Confused when moments after defeating Red Lightning, BT Gunn

469-567: A new TNA concept called Team X Gold, teaming with Braxton Sutter and DJZ , with the team known as "Go for Broke." They would defeat The Helms Dynasty and Marshe Rockett . On 24 November episode of Impact Wrestling , the team defeated The Helms Dynasty and Marshe Rockett and Rockstar Spud and Decay in a three-way tag team elimination match for number one contendership for the TNA X Division Championship . On 1 December episode of Impact Wrestling , Mandrews, DJZ and Braxton Sutter faced each other for

536-523: A place in the Young Lions Cup IX, Andrews' first round match was a four-way eliminator, taking on Tadasuke , Nick Jackson and Sean South. Tadasuke won the match, last eliminating Andrews on the route to victory. In 2014, he appeared in Chikara 's yearly King of Trios tournament as Team UK with Pete Dunne and Damian Dunne. The team defeated The Bloc Party in the first round, advancing to

603-581: A previous stint in Impact Wrestling - then known as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) - in the mid 2010s under the ring name Mandrews . He is also the bassist and co-lead vocalist of the band Junior. Andrews started training at the age of 13, upon discovery of the NWA Wales training school in Newport . As well as training there under Edd Ferris, Andrews would travel to Kent three times

670-557: A split EP with Fierce Morgan and released their debut album "Beautiful Life" in August 2019. Several wrestlers have featured in their music videos, including Matt Hardy (in his "Broken" persona) and Tegan Nox . After studying GCSEs and A Levels at Cardiff High School , Andrews attended the University of Glamorgan . Andrews is the co-founder of "Defend Indy Wrestling", a clothing brand for independent wrestling fans. Inspired by

737-519: A stable called "The NexXxus", a parody of the " Nexus " faction in the WWE . Under the name "Mandrews Tarver", Andrews joined fellow 'rookies' Wade Helix (Helix), Hitch Sheffield ( Wild Boar ), Phil Otunga (Phil Ward) and Gav Gabriel (Morgan Webster) as the group ambushed and attacked various members of the roster. On 15 October 2010, Andrews challenged Andy Wild for the SPWO UK Championship in

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804-531: A standing ovation from the Progress fans after the match. In 2013, Andrews won the Natural Progression Series, defeating Jonathan Windsor in the second round and Paul Robinson in the final, claiming the trophy and a guaranteed title shot. Andrews cashed in his shot that evening, defeating Rampage Brown to win the title. However, the reign was short lived, as Jimmy Havoc cashed in another guaranteed title shot that same evening, stealing

871-536: A three-way match for the title at Chapter 48 where Dunne was victorious. At 2017's Super Strong Style 16 Tournament, Andrews lost in the first round to Flamita . At Chapter 55, held at Alexandra Palace , Andrews won an 8-Man Scramble Match, again becoming the number contender for the Progress World Championship before being attacked by long-time tag team partner Eddie Dennis. At Chapter 57, Andrews unsuccessfully challenged Travis Banks for

938-656: A three-way match that also included Austin Aries . Andrews' match against Kris Travis at "PCW SuperShow 4" was nominated for "UK Match of the Year" in the Fighting Spirit Magazine Reader Awards 2014, the second year running Andrews had been nominated for the honour. In Attack! Pro Wrestling , Andrews continued heavy involvement in the creative direction of the organisation. May saw Andrews reprise his role as Pikachu , as Attack! presented

1005-513: A title shot, pointing out that when the two had previously faced each other in Progress, Ospreay hadn't won either of their lauded matches. Andrews subsequently lost his granted title match against Ospreay at the January 2016 show, though the match achieved the number six spot on the Top 10 Progress Matches of 2015 as voted for by the Progress fans. Andrews subsequently became embroiled in a feud with

1072-452: A week later under his Mandrews nickname, teaming up with Spud to defeat The BroMans ( Robbie E & Jessie Godderz ). He continued to aid Rockstar Spud and Jeremy Borash in their feud with Ethan Carter III and Tyrus, which included Spud and Mandrews losing a Six Sides of Steel Two on One Handicap match to Tyrus at Lockdown 2015 . at Destination X (2015) , Mandrews competed in a Three-way TNA X Division Championship tournament match which

1139-422: A year to attend NWA UK Hammerlock's training camps, where he learned off the likes of John Ryan, Paul Tracey and Andre Baker. It is here that he met Zack Sabre Jr. , who later became Andrews's mentor. It was for NWA Wales that Andrews made his wrestling debut, appearing in a battle royal in 2006. Shortly afterwards, Andrews began competing under a mask, using the name "The Lightning Kid". He has stated that this

1206-515: Is a Welsh professional wrestler and musician, currently performing on the British independent scene and for Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro), where he and stablemate Flash Morgan Webster are former Undisputed British Tag Team Champions . He previously wrestled for WWE , where he and Webster were the first Welsh Champions in WWE history during their reign as NXT UK Tag Team Champions . He had

1273-644: Is restricted to those over 18 years old. The company began expanding across the UK, and was featured in a Vice Magazine documentary in 2012 and BBC documentary in 2014. It was named UK Promotion of the Year by Fighting Spirit Magazine in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2018. ICW formerly aired on cable television station MyChannel across Europe. ICW records and releases the majority of their shows on limited edition DVD as well as producing series of their own YouTube show, ICW Worldwide . In 2015, ICW launched their On Demand service (ICW On Demand), which has become

1340-534: The 2016 Battle of Los Angeles , Andrews beat Pete Dunne in the first round and Chris Hero in the quarter-finals but lost to Trevor Lee in the semi-finals. On 5 January 2017, Andrews was announced as part of the WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament . Andrews defeated Dan Moloney in the first round, advancing to the quarter-finals. The second night of the tournament, Andrews defeated Joseph Conners , advancing to

1407-626: The Brixton Academy , Andrews teamed with Eddie Dennis, Jack Gallagher and Damon Moser in a losing effort against the Origin (Nathan Cruz, El Ligero, Dave Mastiff & Zack Gibson). At Chapter 38, Andrews and Matt Cross wrestled for the number one contendership for the Smash Wrestling Championship, a match Cross won. Andrews became number one contender for the Progress World Championship in January 2017, by winning

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1474-743: The United States by Drew Galloway. On 27 February 2016, ICW had their first show in Ireland named The Big Elbowski , where Big Damo defeated Chris Renfrew for the ICW World Heavyweight Championship. On 20 November 2016, ICW ran the Fear & Loathing IX PPV at the SSE Hydro , which was their biggest event to date and featured Kurt Angle , Team 3D , Ricochet , Finn Balor and others. On 5 November 2017, on

1541-581: The "DEFEND Pop Punk" message propagated by American band Man Overboard , Andrews created the brand in 2011 with fellow Welsh wrestler Eddie Dennis and English wrestler Pete Dunne , producing t-shirts , hoodies and other accessories. Insane Championship Wrestling Insane Championship Wrestling ( ICW ) is a professional wrestling promotion based in Glasgow, Scotland , founded by Mark Dallas in 2006. It mixes elements of traditional sports entertainment with hardcore wrestling ; thus admittance

1608-568: The 2018 Super Strong Style 16, being eliminated by Angelico in the first round. At Progress Hello Wembley, Andrews wrestled against his former tag team partner Eddie Dennis in a Tables, ladders and chairs match, with Andrews being defeated. Andrews competed in a dark match against DJ Z in a losing effort on 7 September 2014 during an Impact Wrestling taping from Fayetteville, North Carolina . In October 2014 Andrews participated in TNA British Boot Camp . After making it into

1675-560: The FSU ( Mark Andrews and Eddie Dennis ). The current champions are Smokin' Aces (Charlie Sterling and Nick Riley), who are in their third reign as a team as well as individually. They defeated previous champions SAnitY ( Big Damo and Axel Tischer ) on 22 September 2024 at Chapter 171: History Is Written By The Victors in London, England . As of November 28, 2024. Mark Andrews (wrestler) Mark Andrews (born 25 January 1992)

1742-576: The League of Nations. However, during that weekend Andrews also competed for Chikara's annual Rey de Voladores title, winning the tournament by defeating Shynron in the finals. In 2012, Andrews debuted for Progress Wrestling at Chapter 2, defeating Wild Boar Mike Hitchman. Andrews returned at Chapter 3 where he was victorious over Xander Cooper, before then entering the inaugural National Progression Series tournament. In his first-round match at Chapter 4, Andrews defeated Will Ospreay . Both men received

1809-625: The Origin – the stable previously known as the Faceless – teaming with Eddie Dennis and Jack Gallagher at the first ever Progress show in Manchester, losing a six-man tag team match to the Origin team of Dave Mastiff, Nathan Cruz and El Ligero . Andrews and Dennis, as FSU, were then granted two shots at the tag team titles in early 2016, including a no disqualification match, both of which they lost to Cruz and Ligero. In May 2016, Andrews entered Progress's Super Strong Style 16 Tournament for

1876-499: The Progress World Title. At Chapter 62, Andrews teams with Danny Jones losing to Jimmy Havoc and Mark Haskins. At chapter 63, Andrews defeated Morgan Webster. At Chapter 64, Andrews participated in the 2018 Thunderbastard match, the match was won by Webster while Andrews was eliminated by Tyler Bate. At Chapter 66, Andrews was defeated by Pete Dunne in a match that also involved Morgan Webster. Andrews then entered to

1943-716: The Thunderbastard match against seven other opponents at Chapter 43. Andrews faced Pete Dunne in a losing effort for the title at Chapter 46 and also lost when facing Tyler Bate for the WWE UK Championship at the Progress Orlando show held in March 2017 over Wrestlemania weekend in Florida. After Andrews and Mark Haskins fought to a draw for the number one contendership for the Progress Championship at Chapter 47, they both faced Pete Dunne in

2010-514: The USA trip, Andrews also made his debut for Germany's award-winning Westside Xtreme Wrestling . Appearing on the Mülheim leg of the "wXw Drive of Champions Tour", Andrews teamed with Pete Dunne and Chris Brookes, losing out to Big Daddy Walter, Axel Dieter Jr. and Da Mack. Andrews' most successful year-to-date earned him three nominations at the Fighting Spirit Magazine Reader Awards 2014, where he

2077-563: The WWE Network and Peacock. ICW began airing its weekly TV and events through FITE , this began with The 11th Annual Square Go airing as a PPV on 26 February 2023, during which it was announced that ICW would be airing its events via FITE+ going forward. The first major event of this partnership was Get The F Out! on 14 May 2023. The promotion currently books most of its events in Glasgow with occasional events in Edinburgh . As

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2144-537: The World Championship outside of the UK since 2018. Inspired by Drew Galloway's internationally recognised reign, which spanned multiple countries, Buzzard eventually broke some of Galloway's records for international defences with matches in Italy, Spain, Ireland, Sweden, Germany and Canada. In January 2023, ICW announced that its deal with WWE had ended and their library would no longer be available through

2211-414: The X Division Championship, where Mandrews was close to winning after hitting the shooting star press, when DJZ was able to get the pin on Mandrews to retain his championship. When both Mandrews and Sutter helped an injured DJZ, Mandrews attacked DJZ while yelling at Sutter, thus beginning Mandrews' first heel run in the company. On 5 January 2017, it was reported that Mandrews' TNA contract had expired at

2278-689: The biggest event in European wrestling since the Dale Martin Wembley Arena shows of the early '80s in Glasgow's OVO Hydro with a claimed over 6000 attendees. Fear & Loathing would be held at the OVO Hydro in the two years following, featuring the likes of Rey Mysterio , Rob Van Dam , Noam Dar & James Storm . In July 2018 after a recent fire that caused damage to O2 ABC Glasgow , ICW had to reschedule their 2-day summer event Shugs Hoose Party 5 to Glasgow's O2 Academy for

2345-616: The coming weeks the group would be given a new entrance and theme music and start working together under the name "Subculture". On 18 August 2022, Andrews was released from his WWE contract. On the May 12, 2023 episode of Impact! , it was announced that Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster (accompanied by Dani Luna ) will challenge the Impact World Tag Team Champions ABC ( Ace Austin and Chris Bey ). On May 26 at Under Siege, Andrews and Webster failed to win

2412-574: The company grows, it has expanded to the rest of the UK, having held events in London and Newcastle with shows in Liverpool , Leeds and Birmingham booked in the future as part of a working relationship with O2 Academy venues. ICW runs shows in Glasgow's The Garage and Studio 24 in Edinburgh as well as ABC Glasgow until its closure due to a fire. As Fear & Loathing got bigger, ICW went on to host events at SEC Centre , and in 2016 held

2479-434: The company's primary source of distribution of content. On August 13, 2020, it was announced that ICW content would be available on WWE's video on-demand service, WWE Network . Mark Dallas founded the promotion while living with his girlfriend in Glasgow's Red Road Flats in 2006. After attending wrestling training to learn the business from the inside, he ran his first shows at Maryhill Community Centre. Drew Galloway

2546-674: The end of 2016 and that he had left the company. Mandrews had his final match in TNA on the edition of 8 December of Impact Wrestling defeating Aiden O'Shea . On 28 August 2015 Andrews made his debut for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) by entering the 2015 Battle of Los Angeles tournament, losing to Will Ospreay in his first round match. At December's All Star Weekend 11 , he lost to Chuck Taylor on Night 1 and to Ricochet on Night 2. After losing to Roderick Strong at All Star Weekend 12 Night 1 in March 2016, Andrews scored his first PWG victory by beating Player Uno on Night 2. At Prince on 20 May, Andrews lost to Marty Scurll . At

2613-408: The finals of the competition and ultimately winning, he earned himself a Total Nonstop Action Wrestling contract. Andrews made his Impact Wrestling television debut on 23 January 2015 episode during a brawl that involved Ethan Carter III and Jeremy Borash , where he jumped from the crowd to help Jeremy and Rockstar Spud push away Ethan and his bodyguard Tyrus . Andrews made his in-ring debut

2680-544: The first round, but Andrews lost to Drew Gulak in the second round on 6 March 2018 which eliminated him from the WWE Cruiserweight Championship Tournament . On the 29 November episode of NXT , Andrews and Pete Dunne lost to Trent Seven and Tyler Bate . On the 27 March 2018 edition of 205 Live, Andrews defeated Tony Nese , confirming his rematch against Gulak for the 205 Live episode after WrestleMania weekend. Andrews would lose

2747-518: The first time ever. In February 2019, ICW announced the first ever 'King Of Hawners' tournament, taking place on the 26 & 27 May, with 8 trios teams competing in the inaugural tournament. ICW On Demand is a video-on-demand service owned by Insane Championship Wrestling. All major ICW events are uploaded on the service shortly after taking place. ICW Fight Club is the company's weekly episodic show, with episodes premiering on ICW On Demand on Friday nights. The service also features matches from

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2814-725: The first time, losing in the first round to Chris Hero . However, as Mark Haskins had to drop out due to illness, Andrews won Haskins' spot in the tournament via a ten-man scramble match. He went on to beat Mikey Whiplash in the quarter-finals and Zack Gibson in the semi-finals, before losing to Tommy End in the tournament final. During the PROGRESS vs. Smash Wrestling event in September 2016, Andrews competed at all three shows – losing to Brent Banks and winning matches against Scotty O'Shea and Kevin Bennett. At Chapter Thirty-Six at

2881-477: The front. The shield splits into two, one for each championship holder. At Chapter 46 the Tag Team shields were replaced with traditional strap title belts, with the design on the front plate of each belt representing the defunct Tag shields. As of November 28, 2024, there have been a total of 29 reigns shared between 20 different teams composed of 40 distinctive individual champions. The inaugural champions were

2948-660: The match Andrews was again attacked by the Coffey Brothers with Webster making the save, however Wolfgang turn on them and joined the Coffeys in the attack. In a triple threat tag team match at NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff , Andrews along with Flash Morgan Webster captured the NXT UK Tag Team Championship after defeating James Drake and Zack Gibson to win the titles and become the first Welsh champions in WWE history. After successfully defending

3015-594: The new ICW Fierce Females Championship. The Tag Team Championship changed hands for the first time with STI losing their titles to The Bucky Boys in a ladder match at ICW: Get To Da Choppa. At ICW: Reservoir Dogs, ICW announced that they were being filmed as the subject of a BBC documentary. On 7 February 2015, the ICW Heavyweight Championship was renamed the ICW World Heavyweight Championship following title defenses in England , Denmark and

3082-705: The promotion's archives, dating back to 2012. Retrospectives of pre-2012 events, shoot interviews and documentaries are also available. In a combination of WWE's Royal Rumble and Money in the Bank matches, the competitors compete in a 30-man over-the-top-rope battle royal , the Square Go!, with the winner earning the Square Go Briefcase. This gives the holder an opportunity to cash-in the briefcase for an ICW World Heavyweight Championship match at any time of their choosing for up to one year. More recently,

3149-525: The promotion's first-ever tag team champions. This made Andrews Progress' first ever Triple Crown champion, having won the Natural Progression Series, the Progress Championship and the Progress Tag Team Championship. Eddie and Andrews successfully defended the titles a further two times in 2014 In January 2015, at Andrews' last Progress show before beginning work for TNA in America, he and Eddie Dennis were scheduled to face each other for sole possession of

3216-572: The quarter-finals, where they were then felled by The Devastation Corporation. On the third night of the tournament, Andrews appeared in singles action, defeating Oliver Grimsly. Andrews was part of Chikara 's first ever tour of the UK, gaining a victory over Silver Ant at the show of 31 April 2015 in Cardiff , Wales. For the second year running, he took part in Chikara's King of Trios tournament, teaming with 'Flash' Morgan Webster and Pete Dunne as Team Attack. They lost their first round match against

3283-489: The rematch and was attacked after the match by Gulak until Tony Nese made the save. On the 7 November episode of 205 Live , Andrews was defeated by the Cruiserweight champion Buddy Murphy . On 17 October, on the first episode of NXT UK, Andrews was defeated by Joe Coffey and was attacked after the match by both Joe and Mark Coffey until Morgan Webster made the save. On 29 October 2018, Andrews defeated Wolfgang, after

3350-485: The second instalment of their popular video game themed shows, "Press Start Level 2". Taking on Arthur Klauser-Saxon ( Tyler Bate ), who was styled as Machoke , Andrews picked up the win to gain the hold of the 24:7 Championship for a second time. As with his first reign, he did not hold the title for long – with T-Bone winning the title almost immediately, styled as Bowser . At the following show, "The Weird And Wonderful World of Attack! Pro Wrestling", Andrews again regained

3417-420: The semi-finals where he was defeated by Pete Dunne . On the 22 February episode of NXT , Andrews lost his NXT debut to Dunne. On 7 November 2017, Andrews teamed with Cedric Alexander , defeating Joseph Conners and James Drake on 205 Live . On the 6 February 2018 edition of 205 Live, Andrews announced his participation in the WWE Cruiserweight Championship Tournament , where he defeated Akira Tozawa in

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3484-550: The show sold out in under 15 minutes. At the event, Andrews defeated Dunne who viciously attacked Andrews afterwards. In early 2016, Andrews and Nixon Newell formed the tag team Bayside High and on 27 March 2016 defeated #CCK (Chris Brookes and Kid Lykos) for the Attack! Tag Team Trophy Championship in a Ladder match. They lost the titles to #CCK on 21 August 2016 at a rematch in Cardiff. In August 2011, Andrews travelled to Pennsylvania , to make his debut for Chikara . Granted

3551-429: The tag team titles. However, the pair were attacked by villainous stable the Faceless, causing an impromptu match to ensue for the tag team titles which the Faceless won. Andrews and Dennis then faced off in a match during the second half of the show, which Andrews lost. Andrews returned to Progress in November 2015, saving Progress Champion Will Ospreay from a post-match beating by Paul Robinson. Andrews then requested

3618-560: The title after a series of chair shots. Andrews received a re-match for the Progress Championship at Chapter 13, which he ultimately lost after interference from Paul Robinson. Over the course of the year, Andrews also teamed with friend Eddie Dennis, entering the Progress Tag Team Championship tournament held at Chapters 11 and 12. The pair, known as FSU, won the tournament and were crowned

3685-568: The title, defeating current holders Sam Bailey and Zack Gibson in a soccer-themed tag team match, alongside Pete Dunne . For a third time, Andrews lost the title almost as quickly as he had won it, with Lana Austin and Nixon Newell striking the same evening to take the belt. Andrews also made another short trip to the US independents in 2014, which included a dark match appearance at DREAMWAVE's "Good As Gold" event in LaSalle, Illinois . In addition to

3752-414: The titles against Drake and Gibson, they lost the titles against Gallus ( Mark Coffey & Wolfgang ) on the 17 October episode of NXT UK . In June 2021 vignettes started appearing on WWE social media and NXT UK programming featuring Andrews, his tag team partner Flash Morgan Webster, and Dani Luna. The vignettes would focus on each of the individuals unique looks and passions for their music genres. In

3819-575: The titles at ICW: Hadouken!. After the airing of an in-house mockumentary and his prominent role in the Vice documentary, Grado became prominent in the promotion of ICW. At the 2nd Annual Square Go!, Mikey Whiplash secured his opportunity at the Heavyweight Championship while ICW ventured out of Glasgow for the first time with a show at Studio 24 in Edinburgh . In Edinburgh at ICW: Tramspotting, qualifying matches would begin for

3886-526: The titles from ABC. It was later on announced that Andrews and Webster would return to Impact to participate in a four-way match for the World Tag Team Championship against ABC, Brian Myers and Moose , and Rich Swann and Sami Callihan at Slammiversary of year 2023. During this match the two were successful. Andrews plays in a pop-punk band called Junior where he is the co-lead vocalist and bassist. They have released 2 EPs,

3953-605: The venue would later host many ICW shows. The beginning of the year saw ICW gain TV exposure through MyChannel , although their tenure on the station was short-lived as they were removed from programming after one of their shows was shown at an inappropriate time. During the summer, the ICW Tag Team Championship was introduced and, after a series of elimination matches, STI (Dickie Divers & William Grange) defeated The Bucky Boys (Davie Boy & Stevie Boy ) for

4020-530: Was briefly dropped by Dar to Lionheart at ICW: Summerbam on 14 August 2011 before winning the title back at ICW: Fear & Loathing 4 on 23 November. 2012 saw the introduction of a new event on 22 January, Square Go!. This event was headlined by an over-the-top-rope battle royal granting the winner a shot at the ICW Heavyweight Championship at a time of their choosing. ICW's next event, ICW: Smells like Teen Spirit, took place in The Garage venue, in Glasgow;

4087-509: Was challenged by James Scott who won the match and joined the villainous Gold Label faction. ICW: Fear & Loathing 3 signaled ICW's first venture into Glasgow City Center with the event taking place at Apollo 23 nightclub on 21 November 2010. The finals of the Zero-G Championship Tournament took place with Noam Dar defeating Andy Wild, Falcon and Rob Cage in a four-way elimination match. The Zero-G Championship

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4154-522: Was crowned the company's inaugural Heavyweight Champion on 15 October 2006 after defeating Darkside and Allan Grogan in a three-way match at ICW: Fear & Loathing . Galloway held the title until 22 July 2007 when he was defeated by Darkside. After an almost 2-year hiatus, ICW returned on 9 May 2009 with ICW: Fear & Loathing, however, after another brief hiatus, the company began running shows every other month beginning with ICW: Payback on 28 February 2010. On 5 June 2010, ICW: Menace 2 Society ,

4221-552: Was flown out to Madrid to compete for La Super Wrestling Alliance (SWA). In 2009, Andrews first began to gain exposure on Britain's independent wrestling scene, making appearances for British Championship Wrestling and Premier British Wrestling; where he competed against Noam Dar . In November 2009, Andrews wrestled at IPW:UK's event in Chatham, Kent , against Zack Sabre Jr. In 2010, Andrews started to appear regularly for Coventry-based Triple X Wrestling. He appeared as part of

4288-455: Was shortlisted for "Best UK Wrestler" and "Best UK Tag Team" (with Eddie Dennis), alongside his "UK Match of the Year" nomination for his PCW encounter against Kris Travis. Meanwhile, the online message board UKFF voted Andrews the 3rd best wrestler in the UK, with a series of complimentary comments, including: "Mark's the poster boy of the resurgence British wrestling is seeing at the moment. Talented, likeable, and genuinely cool." After signing

4355-527: Was to hide his young age from audiences. Andrews' rise as The Lightning Kid was gradual, with most his appearances in 2006 and 2007 limited to promotions in South Wales. His first appearance outside Wales was at the 2007 Holbrooks Festival in Coventry , where he first met his long-time friend (and wrestling rival), Pete Dunne . January 2008 saw Andrews make his first international appearance, when he

4422-489: Was won by Tigre Uno . Mandrews was included as a participant in the TNA World Title Series as a member of "Group X Division." However he was unable to win any of the matches he took part in against the other members, receiving zero points and not advancing in the tournament as a result. At One Night Only: Live! , Mandrews competed in a Four-Way elimination match for the TNA X Division Championship which

4489-437: Was won by Tigre Uno . At Joker's Wild 2016 , Mandrews and Tigre Uno defeated Robbie E and Jessie Godderz to qualify for the Gauntlet Battle Royal match later that night and that match was won by Drew Galloway . In early 2016, Andrews was part of TNA's Maximum Impact tour of the UK. He was called out by Mike Bennett during 16 February Manchester show and took exception to Bennett's patronising praise, subsequently losing

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