ACW Heavyweight Championship

ACW Heavyweight Championship
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Date established August 24, 2001
Date retired March 21, 2004
Promotion Assault Championship Wrestling

The ACW Heavyweight Championship was the top professional wrestling championship title in the American independent promotion Assault Championship Wrestling. The first-ever champion was Chris Hamrick who won the title in a championship tournament held in Meriden, Connecticut on August 24, 2001. The championship was regularly defended throughout the state of Connecticut, most often in Meriden, Connecticut, until the promotion closed in early-2004.[1]

Dylan Kage holds the record for most reigns as the only 2-time champion. At 217 days, Chris Hamrick's reign is the longest in the title's history. Jeff Rocket's reign, which lasted only 4 days before vacating due to injury, was the shortest in the history of the title. Overall, there have been 9 reigns shared between 8 wrestlers, with one vacancy.[1]

Title history

# Order in reign history
Reign The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Event The event in which the title was won
 — Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/A The information is not available or is unknown
+ Indicates the current reign is changing daily

Reigns

# Wrestlers Reign Date Days
held		 Location Event Notes Ref.
1 Chris Hamrick 1 August 24, 2001 218 Meriden, Connecticut Live event Won tournament to become the first ACW Heavyweight Champion. [1]
2 Slyk Wagner Brown 1 March 30, 2002 71 Meriden, Connecticut Live event [1]
3 Balls Mahoney 1 June 9, 2002 62 Meriden, Connecticut Live event [1]
4 Jeff Rocket 1 August 10, 2002 4 Pikesville, Connecticut Live event [1]
— Vacated — August 14, 2002 — Meriden, Connecticut N/A The championship is vacated when Jeff Rocket suffers an injury. [1]
5 Dylan Kage 1 August 14, 2002 109 Meriden, Connecticut Live event Defeated Ron Zombie in a singles match. [1]
6 Paul E. Normous 1 December 1, 2002 103 New Britain, Connecticut Live event [1][2]
7 Johnny Thunder 1 March 14, 2003 149 East Hartford, Connecticut Live event [1][3]
8 Dylan Kage 2 August 10, 2003 189 Meriden, Connecticut Live event [1]
9 Ron Zombie 1 February 15, 2004 35 New Britain, Connecticut Reload (2004) [1][4][5][6]
— Deactivated — March 21, 2004 — N/A N/A ACW holds its last show on March 21, 2004. [1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 Tsakiries, Phil (2004). "ACW Heavyweight Title History". Solie's Title Histories.
  2. ↑ "Assault Championship Wrestling". Miscellaneous Independent Results. OnlineWorldofWrestling.com. 2003. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
  3. ↑ "March 14, 2003: Assault Championship Wrestling (ACW)". Results: 2003. The New England Independent. March 2004. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
  4. ↑ Levene, Lance (February 19, 2004). "411 Indies Update: Big Names Return In CA, Results". News. 411mania.com. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
  5. ↑ "Road Report: Volume 43 (Assault Championship Wrestling-2/15/04)". Road Reports: 2004. The New England Independent. February 2004. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
  6. ↑ "Assault Championship Wrestling: "Reload" 2/15/04, Club Arkadia, New Britain, CT." DeclarationofIndependents.net. Ed. Sean McCaffrey. N.p., 2004. Web. 11 Oct. 2010. <www.declarationofindependents.net/doi/pages/specialsubmits/adam/acw215.html>

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