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

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.

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.
Won tournament to become the first ACW Heavyweight Champion.
N/A The championship is vacated when Jeff Rocket suffers an injury.
Defeated Ron Zombie in a singles match.
ACW holds its last show on March 21, 2004.

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