ACW Great American Championship
Details
PromotionAssault Championship Wrestling
Date establishedNovember 30, 2001
Date retiredMarch 21, 2004
Statistics
First champion(s)Jeff Rocker
Final champion(s)Tony DeVito
Most reignsJeff Rocker (2 reigns)
Johnny Thunder (2 reigns)
Slyk Wagner Brown (2 reigns)
Longest reignTony DeVito (287 days)
Shortest reignJohnny Thunder (28 days)

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]

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
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.
1 Jeff Rocker 1 November 30, 2001 120 Meriden, Connecticut Live event Defeated Mercenary to become the first ACW Great American Champion. [1]
2 Johnny Thunder 1 March 30, 2002 71 Meriden, Connecticut Live event [1]
3 Jeff Rocker 2 June 9, 2002 42 Meriden, Connecticut Live event [1]
4 Bull Dredd 1 July 21, 2002 34 Waterbury, Connecticut Live event [1]
5 Slyk Wagner Brown 1 August 24, 2002 71 Meriden, Connecticut Live event [1]
6 Johnny Thunder 2 November 3, 2002 28 New Britain, Connecticut Live event [1]
7 Slyk Wagner Brown 2 December 1, 2002 N/A New Britain, Connecticut Live event [1]
— Vacated — December 2002 — Meriden, Connecticut N/A The championship is vacated when Slyk Wagner Brown is stripped of the title. [1]
8 Homicide 1 March 14, 2003 48-78 East Hartford, Connecticut Live event Defeated Jeff Rocker to win vacant title. [1][2][3]
— Vacated — May 2003 — Meriden, Connecticut N/A The championship is vacated when Homicide is stripped of the title. [1]
9 Tony DeVito 1 June 8, 2003 287 Waterbury, Connecticut Live event Defeated Jeff Rocker in tournament final to win vacant title. [1][4]
— Deactivated — March 21, 2004 — N/A N/A ACW holds its last show on March 21, 2004. [1]

Combined reigns

# Wrestlers Reign Combined
days
1 Tony DeVito1287
2 Jeff Rocker2162
3 Johnny Thunder299
4 Slyk Wagner Brown271-101
5 Homicide148-78
6 Bull Dredd134

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Tsakiries, Phil (2004). "ACW Great American Title History". Solie's Title Histories.
  2. ↑ Assault Championship Wrestling (Producer) (March 14, 2003). 03/14/2003 ASSAULT CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING: EAST HARTFORD, CT (VHS). East Hartford, Connecticut: TCTapes.net.
  3. ↑ "March 14, 2003: Assault Championship Wrestling (ACW)". Results: 2003. The New England Independent. March 2004. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
  4. ↑ Assault Championship Wrestling (Producer) (June 8, 2003). 06/08/2003 ASSAULT CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING: WATERBURY, CT (VHS). Waterbury, Connecticut: TCTapes.net.
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