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Promotion | All American Wrestling | ||||||||||
Date established | December 17, 2005 | ||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Davey Vega | ||||||||||
Date won | September 1, 2022 | ||||||||||
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The AAW Heritage Championship (previously known as AAW Cruiserweight Championship) is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion All American Wrestling. [1]
As of January4, 2024, there have been a total of thirty-three reigns and one vacancy shared between 27 different wrestlers. The inaugural champion was Dan Lawrence. The current champion is Davey Vega, who is in his second reign. He defeated Ace Austin on September 1, 2022, on Destination Chicago in Chicago, Illinois.
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
1 | Dan Lawrence | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1 | N/A | Billed as the first-ever champion. The circumstances under which he won the title and the length of the reign are unknown. | |
2 | Danny Daniels | December 17, 2005 | Hardcore Holiday | Berwyn, IL | 1 | 147 | Daniels defeated Dan Lawrence in an "I quit" match. Renamed AAW Heritage Championship on January 14, 2006. | |
3 | Silas Young | May 13, 2006 | Point of No Return | Berwyn, IL | 1 | 133 | ||
4 | Jimmy Jacobs | September 23, 2006 | Day of Reckoning | Berwyn, IL | 1 | 168 | ||
5 | Eric Priest | March 10, 2007 | 3rd Anniversary Show | Berwyn, IL | 1 | 336 | ||
6 | Jimmy Jacobs | February 9, 2008 | My Bloody Valentine | Berwyn, IL | 2 | 133 | This was a dog collar chain match | |
7 | Krotch | June 21, 2008 | Point of No Return | Berwyn, IL | 1 | 77 | ||
8 | Arik Cannon | September 6, 2008 | Hostile Intentions | Berwyn, IL | 1 | 448 | ||
9 | Colt Cabana | November 28, 2009 | Windy City Classic | Berwyn, IL | 1 | 91 | ||
10 | Arik Cannon | February 27, 2010 | My Bloody Valentine | Berwyn, IL | 2 | 209 | ||
11 | Shane Hollister | September 24, 2010 | Defining Moment | Berwyn, IL | 1 | 204 | ||
12 | Mason Beck | April 16, 2011 | Point of No Return | Berwyn, IL | 1 | 195 | ||
13 | Michael Elgin | October 28, 2011 | War is Coming | Merrionette Park, IL | 1 | 406 | ||
N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||||
14 | Josh Hardy | December 7, 2012 | One Twisted Holiday | Berwyn, IL | 1 | 84 | Hardy defeated Dan Lawrence and Tyler Black in an "Ladder" match. | |
15 | A. C. H. | March 1, 2013 | Path of Redemption | Merrionette Park, IL | 1 | 274 | A. C. H. defeated Samuray del Sol and Josh Hardy | [2] |
16 | Matt Cage | November 30, 2013 | Windy City Classic IX | Berwyn, IL | 1 | 258 | [3] | |
17 | Heidi Lovelace | August 15, 2014 | All Hail | Berwyn, IL | 1 | 84 | This title marks the first time a woman has held the championship. It also marks the first time a woman has held any championship in AAW. | [4] |
18 | Christian Faith | November 7, 2014 | A Monster's Rage | Merrionette Park, IL | 1 | 224 | ||
19 | Louis Lyndon | June 19, 2015 | Killers Among Us | Merrionette Park, IL | 1 | 190 | [5] | |
20 | Davey Vega | December 26, 2015 | Unstoppable | Merrionette Park, IL | 1 | 20 | [6] | |
21 | A. R. Fox | January 15, 2016 | The Chaos Theory | Merrionette Park, IL | 1 | 350 | [7] | |
22 | A. C. H. | December 30, 2016 | Unstoppable | Merrionette Park, IL | 2 | 77 | [8] | |
23 | Penta el 0M | March 17, 2017 | Homecoming | Berwyn, IL | 1 | 253 | [9] | |
24 | Zema Ion | November 25, 2017 | Unstoppable | Chicago, IL | 1 | 84 | [10] | |
25 | Trevor Lee | February 17, 2018 | Showdown | Chicago, IL | 1 | 294 | This was a WRSTLING Rules Match. | [11] |
26 | DJ Z | December 8, 2018 | Last Call | LaSalle, IL | 2 | 125 | Previously known as Zema Ion | [12] |
27 | Maxwell Jacob Friedman | April 12, 2019 | EPIC 2019: The 15th Anniversary Show | Merrionette Park, IL | 1 | 29 | [13] | |
28 | Jake Something | May 11, 2019 | Take No Prisoners | Chicago, IL | 1 | 203 | [14] | |
29 | Paco | November 30, 2019 | Unstoppable 2019 | Chicago, IL | 1 | 28 | [15] | |
30 | Hakim Zane | December 28, 2019 | Windy City Classic XV | Merrionette Park, IL | 1 | 462 | [16] | |
31 | Myron Reed | April 3, 2021 | AAW Alive #6 | Villa Park, IL | 1 | 152 | [17] | |
32 | Ace Austin | September 2, 2021 | AAW Destination Chicago | Chicago, IL | 1 | <1 | [18] | |
33 | Hakim Zane | September 2, 2021 | AAW Destination Chicago | Chicago, IL | 2 | 119 | [18] | |
34 | Ace Austin | December 30, 2021 | Unosstopable | Chicago, IL | 2 | 245 | This was a three-way match which involves Myron Reed | [19] |
35 | Davey Vega | September 1, 2022 | Destination Chicago | Chicago, IL | 2 | 490+ | [20] |
As of January4, 2024
† | Indicates the current champions |
¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest length is considered. |
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Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
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1 | Arik Cannon | 2 | 657 |
2 | Hakim Zane | 2 | 581 |
3 | Michael Elgin | 1 | 406 |
4 | A. C. H. | 2 | 351 |
5 | A. R. Fox | 1 | 350 |
6 | Eric Priest | 1 | 336 |
7 | Jimmy Jacobs | 2 | 301 |
8 | Trevor Lee | 1 | 294 |
9 | Davey Vega † | 2 | 510+ |
10 | Matt Cage | 1 | 258 |
11 | Penta el 0M | 1 | 253 |
12 | Ace Austin | 2 | 245 |
13 | Christian Faith | 1 | 224 |
14 | DJ Z/Zema Ion | 2 | 209 |
15 | Shane Hollister | 1 | 204 |
16 | Jake Something | 1 | 203 |
17 | Mason Beck | 1 | 195 |
18 | Louis Lyndon | 1 | 190 |
19 | Myron Reed | 1 | 152 |
20 | Danny Daniels | 1 | 147 |
21 | Silas Young | 1 | 133 |
22 | Colt Cabana | 1 | 91 |
23 | Heidi Lovelace | 1 | 84 |
24 | Josh Hardy | 1 | 84 |
25 | Krotch | 1 | 77 |
26 | Maxwell Jacob Friedman | 1 | 29 |
27 | Paco | 1 | 28 |
28 | Dan Lawrence | 1 | ¤N/A |
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