{"id":9838,"date":"2017-11-22T20:25:23","date_gmt":"2017-11-23T01:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=9838"},"modified":"2017-11-23T16:20:22","modified_gmt":"2017-11-23T21:20:22","slug":"joe-coffey-finishes-icw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2017\/11\/22\/joe-coffey-finishes-icw\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Coffey Finishes Up With ICW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past Sunday at ICW&#8217;s <em><strong>Fear and Loathing X<\/strong><\/em> in Glasgow, Scotland, Scottish indie wrestler &#8220;Ironman&#8221; <strong>Joe Coffey<\/strong> finished up with Scotland&#8217;s premier wrestling promotion, <strong>Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW)<\/strong>. The 29-year old Coffey was defeated in the main event, a Champion vs Champion match, where he put his ICW World Heavyweight title on the line against ICW Zero-G Champion <strong>BT Gunn<\/strong>. Following the match, Coffey tweeted this out to his fans.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So Farewell. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6fOArhOeG4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/6fOArhOeG4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joe Coffey (@Joe_Coffey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Joe_Coffey\/status\/932565909667008512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 20, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The next day, one of his fellow ICW veterans, <strong>Lionheart<\/strong>, tweeted out the following, confirming what many feared after seeing Coffey&#8217;s original post. He was leaving ICW after six years with the company. As well, Coffey &#8220;Liked&#8221; many tweets sent out by ICW and BritWres fans who were thanking him for his years of service to ICW or wished him well on his journey elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/LionheartUK\/status\/933037237725487104<\/p>\n<p>Joe Coffey has been a part of ICW since 2011, although he started with the <strong>Scottish Wrestling Alliance (SWA)<\/strong> a few years earlier. Trained by NXT Superstar <strong>Killian Dain<\/strong> (formerly <strong>Big Damo<\/strong>), Coffey became a staple regular by 2014 and by 2016, he was one of the UK&#8217;s top indie wrestlers, adding stints with<strong> PROGRESS, WCPW, OTT, Discovery<\/strong>, and <strong>Fight Club: PRO<\/strong> along the way. He was even a part of the <strong>World of Sports<\/strong> special that aired on New Year&#8217;s Eve in 2016. He leaves ICW as a 2x ICW World Champion.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9855\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9855\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9855\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/11\/xAv_W09p_400x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/11\/xAv_W09p_400x400-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/11\/xAv_W09p_400x400-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/11\/xAv_W09p_400x400-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9855\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: twitter.com\/Joe_Coffey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It will be interesting to see what Coffey&#8217;s future plans are in professional wrestling. He&#8217;s still booked with some indie dates upcoming, but fans are already speculating that he may be headed to major promotion, but WWE seems like the furthest chance. ICW has a working relationship with the WWE (<strong>Wolfgang<\/strong> from the WWE UK division wrestles for ICW and several WWE Superstars have appeared at ICW events the past year, like <strong>Finn Balor<\/strong>, <strong>Noam Dar<\/strong> and <strong>Kassius Ohno<\/strong>), so even if he was signed to NXT, he would still be able to work for ICW as well. At 5&#8217;11&#8221;, Coffey isn&#8217;t the biggest wrestler out there, but he&#8217;s a solid 250 lbs. &#8211; he&#8217;s a beast with a lot of power. He&#8217;d fit in well in the strong style rough and tumble of <strong>NJPW<\/strong>, or potentially in <strong>Impact Wrestling<\/strong>, but at this stage, there&#8217;s still too little news to predict with any reliability. In a related note, Joe&#8217;s brother <strong>Mark Coffey<\/strong> &#8211; who just became a 4x ICW Tag Team Champion with <strong>Jackie Polo<\/strong> on Saturday &#8211; had a WWE tryout just a few weeks ago when the WWE was in Manchester, England.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9853\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9853\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9853\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/11\/joe-entrance-900x540-e1511400206563.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9853\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: David Wilson \/ ICW<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Where would you like to see Joe Coffey wind up, if he has indeed decided to go to a major promotion? Or do you think he&#8217;s moving on to a bigger role in PROGRESS? Or could it be something else, like retirement? Let us know in the comments below.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>A COLLECTION OF SOME OF JOE COFFEY&#8217;S BEST MATCHES<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FULL MATCH - Kurt Angle vs. Joe Coffey\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/82JPxHGN1rk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Full Match - Joe Coffey VS Pete Dunne - ICW World Heavyweight Championship Match\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MQ9f_86rxx4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AEW vs. WWE FULL MATCH - Joe Coffey vs. Keith Lee\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PLd32tSOoSc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PWE Iestyn Rees vs Joe Coffey\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lN9QUpmqaXo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WWE Champion Drew McIntyre Defends Gold\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z2_gXXG4lP8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Discovery Wrestling.....Joe Coffey vs Chris Hero FULL MATCH!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uHRMuSxxJsw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WCPW Loaded #6 Part 6 - Big Damo vs. Joe Coffey\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PC8u4weMwTE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Discovery Wrestling......Joe Coffey vs Jay Lethal FULL MATCH\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vAOF02kw4NY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Joseph Conners vs. Joe Coffey (Pro Wrestling World Cup - Round Of 16)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rL3DCy8IjVM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Full Match - Joe Coffey vs. Timothy Thatcher - ICW Fight Club\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RkJ_3Lx6Kik?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rampage vs El Ligero vs Dave Mastiff vs Joe Coffey - WCPW Fight Back\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DpKVE4IRdy0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WCPW True Legacy #5: Minoru Suzuki vs. Joe Coffey II\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kjRqwOZGBro?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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The 29-year old Coffey was defeated in the main event, a Champion vs Champion match, where he put his ICW World Heavyweight title on the line [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":9854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,21,13],"tags":[812,1766,454,768],"class_list":["post-9838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-icw","category-international","tag-bt-gunn","tag-fear-and-loathing-x","tag-icw","tag-joe-coffey"],"modified_by":"Jamie Greer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/649"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}