ACW Junior Heavyweight Championship
The ACW Junior Heavyweight Championship was a secondary professional wrestling championship title in the American independent promotion Assault Championship Wrestling. The first-ever champion was Tiger Mulligan who defeated Shockwav, and Frankie Starz in a Four Corners match in Meriden, Connecticut on August 24, 2001. The championship was regularly defended throughout the state of Connecticut, most often in Meriden, Connecticut, but also in New Britain and Waterbury, Connecticut until the promotion closed in early-2004.[1]
ACW Junior Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||
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Promotion | Assault Championship Wrestling | ||||||||||
Date established | February 23, 2002 | ||||||||||
Date retired | March 21, 2004 | ||||||||||
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Jim Nastic holds the record for most reigns as a 2-time champion. At 211 days, Eddie Edwards' reign is the longest in the title's history. Jim Nastic's first reign, which lasted only 24 days, was the shortest in the history of the title. Overall, there have been 8 reigns shared between 7 wrestlers, with one vacancy.[1]
Title history
# | Order in reign history |
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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. |
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1 | Tiger Mulligan | 1 | February 23, 2002 | 35 | Waterbury, Connecticut | Live event | Mulligan defeated Shockwave and Frankie Starz in a four corners match to become the first ACW Junior Heavyweight Champion. | [1] |
2 | Scotty Charisma | 1 | March 30, 2002 | 113 | Meriden, Connecticut | Live event | [1] | |
3 | Jim Nastic | 1 | July 21, 2002 | 24 | Waterbury, Connecticut | Live event | [1] | |
4 | Chi Chi Cruz | 1 | August 14, 2002 | N/A | Meriden, Connecticut | Live event | [1] | |
— | Vacated | — | October 2002 | — | N/A | N/A | The championship is vacated when Chi Chi Cruz is stripped of the title. | [1] |
5 | Del Tsunami | 1 | November 3, 2002 | 189 | New Britain, Connecticut | Live event | Defeated Jim Nastic, Abunai, and Scotty Charisma in a four corners match. | [1] |
6 | Jim Nastic | 2 | May 11, 2003 | 69 | Waterbury, Connecticut | Live event | [1][2] | |
7 | Eddie Edwards | 1 | July 19, 2003 | 211 | Waterbury, Connecticut | Live event | [1] | |
8 | Abunai | 1 | February 15, 2004 | 35 | New Britain, Connecticut | Live event | [1][3][4] | |
— | Deactivated | — | March 21, 2004 | — | N/A | N/A | ACW holds its last show on March 21, 2004. | [1] |
Combined reigns
Rank | Wrestler | Reigns | Combined days |
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1 | Eddie Edwards | 1 | 211 |
2 | Del Tsunami | 1 | 189 |
3 | Scotty Charisma | 1 | 113 |
4 | Jim Nastic | 2 | 93 |
5 | Chi Chi Cruz | 1 | 48-78 |
6 | Abunai | 1 | 35 |
Tiger Mulligan | 1 | 35 | |
References
- Tsakiries, Phil (2004). "ACW Junior Heavyweight Title History". Solie's Title Histories.
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- McGrath, Jess (February 3, 2004). "Indy Kingdom: Banderas, Invader, Teddy Hart, Sierra, Bigelow, Brooks, And More". PWInsider.com. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
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