A.W.A.C. Intercommonwealth Championship

The **A.W.A.C. Intercommonwealth Championship** (sometimes abbreviated to the ICW Championship) is a belt promoted by A.W.A.C.. It is one of several belts in A.W.A.C. that is not exclusive to either the Anarchy brand or the Liberty brand; instead floating between the two so wrestlers from both brands can contend and wrestle for it.

This belt debuted near the end of Season 1 and was currently active past Season 2 and through to Season 3.

## History

The announcement of the belt was made by A.W.A.C. COO Triple H on August 24, 2018. During the announcement, he said that the first-ever champion would be crowned in the Intercommonwealth Cup: a round-robin tournament determined by points featuring 8 wrestlers from 8 different countries: King (Mexico), Ryu Hayabusa (Japan), Malcolm McDermott (Canada), Vin Taylor (USA), Yazeed (Saudi Arabia), Ori Kahn (Israel), TBO (UK), and Zack Bateley (South Africa). The finals would take place at the Intercommonwealth Cup Finals show.

### **Tournament Rules**

The Intercommonwealth Cup Tournament were as follows:

* Every match has a strict 10-minute time-limit (the final match to crown the champion will have a 20-minute time-limit)
* Matches can be won by pinfall, submission, countout or disqualification
* Pinfall win = 2 points
* Submission win = 5 points
* Time-Limit Draw = 1 point for each wrestler
* DQ/Countout win = 1 point
* Loss of any kind = 0 points

## Results

### **NIGHT 1**

* King defeated Vin Taylor via pinfall (09:15)
* Malcolm McDermott defeated Ryu Hayabusa via submission (07:18)
* Ori Kahn fought Zack Bateley to a time-limit draw (10:00)
* TBO fought Yazeed to a time-limit draw (10:00)

### **NIGHT 2**

* Yazeed defeated King via submission (05:41)
* Vin Taylor defeated Ryu Hayabusa via pinfall (06:54)
* TBO defeated Ori Kahn via pinfall (05:45)
* Malcolm McDermott fought Zack Bateley to a time-limit draw (10:00)

### **NIGHT 3**

* Ori Kahn defeated Vin Taylor via pinfall (05:54)
* Ryu Hayabusa defeated King via pinfall (04:17)
* TBO fought Zack Bateley to a time-limit draw (10:00)
* Yazeed defeated Malcolm McDermott via pinfall (05:24)

### **NIGHT 4**

* Zack Bateley defeated Ryu Hayabusa via submission (09:54)
* Ori Kahn defeated Malcolm McDermott via pinfall (03:16)
* King fought TBO to a time-limit draw (10:00)
* Yazeed defeated Vin Taylor via pinfall (07:17)

### **NIGHT 5**

* Vin Taylor defeated Malcolm McDermott via pinfall (07:00)
* Zack Bateley defeated King via pinfall (08:14)
* Ryu Hayabusa fought TBO to a time-limit draw (10:00)
* Ori Kahn fought Yazeed to a time-limit draw (10:00)

### **NIGHT 6**

* Zack Bateley defeated Vin Taylor via pinfall (08:07)
* Ori Kahn defeated King via pinfall (09:46)
* Ryu Hayabusa defeated Yazeed via pinfall (05:49)
* TBO defeated Malcolm McDermott via pinfall (08:10)

### **NIGHT 7**

* TBO defeated Vin Taylor via pinfall (09:24)
* Malcolm McDermott defeated King via pinfall (08:49)
* Ori Kahn fought Ryu Hayabusa to a time-limit draw (10:00)
* Yazeed fought Zack Bateley to a time-limit draw (10:00)

**FINAL STANDINGS**

1. Zack Bateley (18)
2. Yazeed (14)
3. Ori Kahn (11)
4. TBO (11)
5. Malcolm McDermott (8)
6. Ryu Hayabusa (6)
7. King (4)
8. Vin Taylor (4)

### **FINAL - INTERCOMMONWEALTH CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH**

* Yazeed def. Zack Bateley via pinfall to become the inaugural A.W.A.C. Intercommonwealth Champion (12:29)

On Anarchy #46, Beefy Magnum defeated Yazeed to become the A.W.A.C. Intercommonwealth Champion. On the A.W.A.C. block at VWU Prestige 2: Fight Forever, Holly Rood defeated Beefy in a Double Title Winner-Take-All Match where he won the Intercommonwealth Championship while also retaining his Wildside Championship. At Envy 2019, Ori Kahn pinned Holly Rood in the first fall of a Two-Fall Triple Threat Match (that also included Zack Bateley) to win the Intercommonwealth Title. On February 20, 2020, on Anarchy #51, Zack Bateley pinned Ori Kahn to become the new Intercommonwealth Champion. On April 21, 2020 at Descendance, P4NiC defeated an injured Zack Bateley to become the new Intercommonwealth Champion. On December 19, AOD #10, the 2020 Christmas Special for A.W.A.C., Vittore Timoteo defeated P4NiC to become the new Intercommonwealth Champion.

On January 22, on Anarchy #62, Vittore retained the title against Anarchymus in a Taipei Deathmatch. As a result of this win, not only did he retain his title but he also qualified for the Men's Money In The Bank Ladder Match at Anarchy Rulz 3. On January 26, 2021, on Anarchy #63, P4NiC defeated Vittore to become a 2-time Intercommonwealth Champion. On July 17, 2021, on Night 3 of Anarchy Rulz 3, Zack Bateley defeated P4NiC in a Red Surrender Match to become a 2-time champion.

## Season 3

On August 2, 2021, on the first CPV of Season 3, Undisputed Universe, Intercommonwealth Champion Zack Bateley defeated Wildside Champion Christian Cage. As a result, the belts were unified together and the Wildside Title was officially retired. On November 21, 2021, at Collateral Damage, Colt Draven defeated Zack Bateley to win the Intercommonwealth Title. On November 28, on Anarchy #68, Colt defeated Zack in a rematch to retain the title. After the match, Colt attacked Zack. This then led into Ori Kahn's heel turn (also attacking Zack) and both Colt Draven and Ori Kahn announcing that they have joined the War Horsemen. On December 20, 2021 at Resonance, Colt defeated Matthew Santoro to retain his title. On December 22, 2022, Ishmael defeated Draven to win the belt due to some unwanted interference by Fernando Striker.

On February 15, 2023, TJ Nicholson defeated Ishmael to become the new champion. On February 18, 2023, at A.W.A.C. presents Saturday Night's Maine Event, TJ defeated Ishmael, Tank Davis and Zack Bateley in a Four Belt Massacre Match to retain his Centennial, Rocky Mountain National, Avalanche 29 Division, and Kenny McCormick Deathmatch Championships. Additionally, by order of A.W.A.C. COO Revy, TJ had to defend all 4 titles as long as he held all 4 belts.

## Belt Design

A.W.A.C. creator Donte Hamid has noted that the inspiration for the belt came from the NWA British Commonwealth Championship with its use of multiple flags on the side plates and from the MCW Intercommonwealth Championship as the name "sounded cool". Other partial inspiration comes from the WWE European Championship, the NXT UK Championship and the XPW European Championship.

The A.W.A.C. Intercommonwealth Championship belt has the unique distinction of being a 7-plated belt, the only belt of such kind in A.W.A.C. history. The 7 plates are all made of gold. At the top of the front plate is the A.W.A.C. logo. In the center of the front plate, there is a black and gold globe with "Intercommonwealth" written at the top and "Champion" written at the bottom. To the left of the globe is a lion and to the right is a unicorn, calling back to the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom as the UK is part of the Commonwealth Of Nations. The belt is also crafted from a blue leather strap and featured a gold tip. The 6 side plates feature a collection of flags showing not only various countries from the Commonwealth Of Nations, but also the four American states that make up the US Commonwealth. On the left-hand side are the flags of Australia, Jamaica, US states Virginia and Kentucky, the United Kingdom and South Africa. On the right-hand side are the flags of Canada, Barbados, US states Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, New Zealand, and Malta.

Alongside all the other A.W.A.C. titles, the Intercommonwealth Title was altered to coincide with the new A.W.A.C. logo. In this case, the only change was to the front plate where the old logo was replaced with the new logo, along with Swarovski jewels at the top beside the new logo and "Intercommonwealth" has now been split into two words due to the circular shape of the new logo. The new belt has also removed the gold tip and has been given a slightly lighter-blue leather strap.

The third version of the belt is like the second version except the belt now has a darker shade of blue for its strap and the flag of The Bahamas replaced the flag of Barbados; even though Barbados became a republic in November 2021, the country confirmed that it would still be a part of the Commonwealth Of Nations.

### Rocky Mountain National Championship Design

Shortly after Anarchy #82 on February 15, 2023, TJ Nicholson revealed his newest rebranding of one of A.W.A.C.'s belts. This time, turning the Intercommonwealth Championship into the Rocky Mountain National Championship; the name coming from the Rocky Mountains range, of which TJ's home state of Colorado is part of. The strap itself is and all 5 plates are gold.

The main plate shows sapphire stones on the corners bordering the plate. At the top is a shield-type shape with the "C" logo taken from the flag of Colorado placed in the middle; at the bottom is an engraved sunburst pattern with the same "C" logo. The most prominent feature is the Rocky Mountains with a deer skull, reminiscent of the old Smoking Skull belt. Just below the mountains and skull are blue banners which respectively read "Rocky Mountain National Champion".

The side plates are all rectangular in shape and contain a sapphire stone on each corner with the same Colorado "C" logo arre the top each of them. All four side plates shows a white rectangle, displaying each US mountain state flag. On the left-hand side are the flags of Utah, Idaho, Colorado, and Arizona. On the right-hand side are the flags of Wyoming, New Mexico, Montana, and Nevada.

## Title Defenses

 Vittore Timoteo
 Zack Bateley (2)
2 - Matthew Santoro
 TJ Nicholson