ICW: Drew Galloway takes title as Glasgow-based wrestling company bowl over London crowd before biggest show

The former WWE star, and current TNA champion had lost in the main event

Drew Galloway holds both the TNA and ICW belts at the end of the night (ICW)

Insane Championship Wrestling will host the biggest British promoted wrestling event in 35 years later on this year, when it brings its show Fear & Loathing IX to the 13,000 capacity SEE Hydro in Glasgow in November.

But on the road to the Hydro, the Glasgow-based company, which was founded a decade ago by Mark Dallas, stopped off at London’s Brooklyn Bowl inside the o2 Arena last weekend for a thoroughly entertaining and often hilarious show, Pin Pals. It was the company’s, who have been showcased in two BBC documentaries, largest show in London to date.

Former WWE star and current heavyweight champion of US promotion Total Nonstop Action, Drew Galloway, failed to capture the ICW world heavyweight title from Big Damo in the main event – but Galloway still took the belt.

‘The Beast of Belfast’ Damo ran out victorious in the show’s final bout, beating Galloway, Jack Jester and fan favourite Grado, star of Vice’s 2012 documentary, The British Wrestler, in a Fatal Four Way contest.

But the action did not stop at the final bell. Galloway may get cheers from the American crowds when he is defending his TNA title, but in ICW he is Public Enemy No 1, and he loves it. Inciting the baying London crowd, he and Jester, also known as the Black Label, decided to beat down both Damo and Grado after the match, following some assistance from stablemate Wolfgang.

Drew Galloway and his stable rile the London crowd (ICW)

Galloway then grabbed the microphone and gave some choice words to the crowd at the sold-out Brooklyn Bowl. The pair will do battle again at BarraMania 2 in Glasgow this coming Sunday.

A stellar undercard preceded the Fatal Four Way, with a special mention deserved for Zack Sabre Jr and Mickey Whiplash's technical exhibition.

History will be made when ICW hosts its biggest show at the Hydro in November. Not since Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks fought at Wembley Arena in 1981 will such a big crowd witness a British wrestling show, and with London company Progress also putting on a fine event this weekend at the Electric Ballroom, British wrestling truly is flying higher than Neville right now.