ACW Great American Championship

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ACW Great American Championship
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Promotion Assault Championship Wrestling
Date establishedNovember 30, 2001
Date retiredMarch 21, 2004

The ACW Great American Championship was a secondary professional wrestling championship title in the American independent promotion Assault Championship Wrestling. The first champion was "The Machine" Jeff Rocker who won the title from Mercenary in Meriden, Connecticut on November 30, 2001. The championship was regularly defended throughout the state of Connecticut, most often in Meriden, Connecticut, until the promotion closed in early 2004. [1]

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Jeff Rocker, "Lightning" Johnny Thunder and Slyk Wagner Brown hold the record for most reigns, each having won the title twice. At 287 days, Tony DeVito's reign is the longest in the title's history. Johnny Thunder second reign, which lasted 28 days, was the shortest in the history of the title. Overall, there have been 9 reigns shared between 6 wrestlers, with two vacancies. [1]

Title history

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

Reigns

#WrestlersReignDateDays
held
LocationEventNotesRef.
1Jeff Rocker1November 30, 2001120 Meriden, Connecticut Live event Defeated Mercenary to become the first ACW Great American Champion. [1]
2Johnny Thunder1March 30, 200271 Meriden, Connecticut Live event [1]
3Jeff Rocker2June 9, 200242 Meriden, Connecticut Live event [1]
4Bull Dredd1July 21, 200234 Waterbury, Connecticut Live event [1]
5 Slyk Wagner Brown 1August 24, 200271 Meriden, Connecticut Live event [1]
6Johnny Thunder2November 3, 200228 New Britain, Connecticut Live event [1]
7Slyk Wagner Brown2December 1, 2002N/A New Britain, Connecticut Live event [1]
Vacated December 2002 Meriden, Connecticut N/AThe championship is vacated when Slyk Wagner Brown is stripped of the title. [1]
8 Homicide 1March 14, 200348-78 East Hartford, Connecticut Live event Defeated Jeff Rocker to win vacant title. [1] [2] [3]
Vacated May 2003 Meriden, Connecticut N/AThe championship is vacated when Homicide is stripped of the title. [1]
9 Tony DeVito 1June 8, 2003287 Waterbury, Connecticut Live event Defeated Jeff Rocker in tournament final to win vacant title. [1] [4]
Deactivated March 21, 2004N/AN/AACW holds its last show on March 21, 2004. [1]

Combined reigns

#WrestlersReignCombined
days
1 Tony DeVito 1287
2Jeff Rocker2162
3Johnny Thunder299
4 Slyk Wagner Brown 271-101
5 Homicide 148-78
6Bull Dredd134

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