ACW Tag Team Championship

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ACW Tag Team Championship
Details
Promotion Assault Championship Wrestling
Date establishedNovember 30, 2001
Date retiredMarch 21, 2004
Statistics
First champion(s)Apollo and Gunner (Heavy Artillery)
Final champion(s)Curt Daniels and Andy Jaxx (Kappa Tappa Kegga)
Most reignsKappa Tappa Kegga (Andy Jaxx and Curt Daniels) (2 reigns)
Longest reignKappa Tappa Kegga (287 days)
Shortest reignKappa Tappa Kegga (35 days)

The ACW Tag Team Championship was the top professional wrestling tag team championship title in the American independent promotion Assault Championship Wrestling. The first champions were Heavy Artillery (Apollo and Gunner) who defeated Mind and Matter in the finals of a championship tournament held 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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Kappa Tappa Kegga (Curt Daniels and Andy Jaxx) holds the record for most reigns as a 2-time champion. The team's second reign, lasting 287 days, is the longest in the title's history; their first reign, which lasted only 35 days, was the shortest in the history of the title. There have been a total of 14 recognized individual champions and 7 recognized teams, who have had a combined 8 official reigns, with two vacancies. [1]

Title history

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
N/AThe information is not available or is unknown
DaysNumber of days held
—Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign

Reigns

No.WrestlersReignDateDays
held		LocationEventNotesRef.
1Apollo and Gunner
(Heavy Artillery)		1November 30, 200185 Meriden, CT Live event Defeated Mind and Matter in a tournament final. [1]
2Curt Daniels and Andy Jaxx
(Kappa Tappa Kegga)		1February 23, 200235 Waterbury, CT Live event [1]
3Dylan Kage and Fred Curry, Jr.1March 30, 200271 Meriden, CT Live event [1]
4Redneck From Hell #1 and #2
(The Rednecks From Hell)		1June 9, 200262 Meriden, CT Live event [1]
5Avil Graves and Del Tsunami1August 10, 2002N/APikesville, CT Live event [1]
— Vacated —October 2002— Meriden, Connecticut N/AVacated when Tsunami turns on Graves during a title defense. [1]
6 Trent Acid and Johnny Kashmere
(The Backseat Boyz)		1November 3, 2002131 New Britain, CT Live event This was a Gauntlet match involving Eddie Edwards/DC Dillanger, Bo/Jeff Douglas, The Panther Brothers, Kappa Tappa Kegga, The Rednecks From Hell, The Mutilators, and Red Hot Russ/Mike Xylas. [2]
— Vacated —March 14, 2003— East Hartford, Connecticut N/A [1]
7 Matt Striker and Scotty Charisma
(The New Strike Force)		1March 14, 200386 East Hartford, CT Live event Defeated Red Hot Russ and Mike Xylas to win the vacant titles. [3] [4] [5]
8Curt Daniels and Andy Jaxx
(Kappa Tappa Kegga)		2June 8, 2003287 Waterbury, CT Live event [6]
— Deactivated —March 21, 2004—N/AN/AACW holds its last show on March 21, 2004. [1]

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