Background

ICW I Ain't Yer Pal, Dickface! was recorded as a taping for ICW's weekly Fight Club broadcast. It aired in three parts as ICW Fight Club episodes #128, #129 and #130 through June and July.^[12][13][14]

Grado was announced to face Ravie Davie at the event^[15] but was replaced by an unnamed opponent.^[16]

The event's name is a reference to a line from Donald Gibb in the 1988 movie Bloodsport starring Jean Claude Van Damme.^[17][18][19]

Storylines

Promoted in advance for the event was Jonny Storm's singles ICW debut^[20] as well as an early contest in the long running feud between Kez Evans and BT Gunn.^[21][22][23]

The story of the main event was the Winner Take All match between ICW World Heavyweight Champion Lionheart^{[24][25][26][27]} and Union of European Wrestling Alliances European Heavyweight Champion Alexander Dean.^[28][29]

In the first ICW vs. UEWA title match since Drew Galloway vs. Chaos and Apu Singh in 2015,^[30][31][32] Lionheart was victorious, now holding the ICW and UEWA titles,^[33][34][35] in addition to the Scottish Heavyweight Championship.^[36][37][38]

Event

The event saw Kieran Kelly defeat Jonny Storm and Kez Evans defeat his coach BT Gunn in upset victories.^[39][40] Joe Hendry defeated Andy Wild.^[41] Lionheart defeated Alexander Dean to retain the ICW World Heavyweight Championship and gain the Union of European Wrestling Alliances European Heavyweight Championship.^{[42][43] [24]}

Aftermath

On June 19, 2019, it was announced that the reigning ICW World Heavyweight Champion, Scottish Heavyweight Champion and UEWA European Heavyweight Champion Lionheart had died by suicide.^[44][45][46]

McAllum's Pro Wrestling Elite promotion saw its final event promoted in his honour after his death.^[47][48] The vacated UEWA European Heavyweight Championship was contested at the event, with Andy Wild winning the title in a match with BT Gunn and McAllum's final opponent^[49][50] Alexander Dean.^[51][52][53] The following month Wild defended the title at British Championship Wrestling's Believe: A Night in Memory of Lionheart.^[54][55][25]