ACW Heavyweight Championship

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ACW Heavyweight Championship
Details
Promotion Assault Championship Wrestling
Date establishedAugust 24, 2001
Date retiredMarch 21, 2004
Statistics
First champion(s) Chris Hamrick
Most reignsDylan Kage (2 reigns)
Longest reignChris Hamrick (218 days)
Shortest reignJeff Rocket (4 days)

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]

Contents

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
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.
1 Chris Hamrick 1August 24, 2001218 Meriden, Connecticut Live event Won tournament to become the first ACW Heavyweight Champion. [1]
2 Slyk Wagner Brown 1March 30, 200271 Meriden, Connecticut Live event [1]
3 Balls Mahoney 1June 9, 200262 Meriden, Connecticut Live event [1]
4Jeff Rocket1August 10, 20024 Pikesville, Connecticut Live event [1]
Vacated August 14, 2002 Meriden, Connecticut N/AThe championship is vacated when Jeff Rocket suffers an injury. [1]
5Dylan Kage1August 14, 2002109 Meriden, Connecticut Live event Defeated Ron Zombie in a singles match. [1]
6Paul E. Normous1December 1, 2002103 New Britain, Connecticut Live event [1] [2]
7Johnny Thunder1March 14, 2003149 East Hartford, Connecticut Live event [1] [3]
8Dylan Kage2August 10, 2003189 Meriden, Connecticut Live event [1]
9Ron Zombie1February 15, 200435 New Britain, Connecticut Reload (2004) [1] [4] [5] [6]
Deactivated March 21, 2004N/AN/AACW holds its last show on March 21, 2004. [1]

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