ACW Tag Team Championship

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]

ACW Tag Team Championship
Details
PromotionAssault 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)

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

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Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
N/A The information is not available or is unknown
Days Number of days held
Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign

Reigns

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No. Wrestlers Reign Date Days
held
Location Event Notes Ref.
1 Apollo and Gunner
(Heavy Artillery)
1 November 30, 2001 85 Meriden, CT Live event Defeated Mind and Matter in a tournament final. [1]
2 Curt Daniels and Andy Jaxx
(Kappa Tappa Kegga)
1 February 23, 2002 35 Waterbury, CT Live event [1]
3 Dylan Kage and Fred Curry, Jr. 1 March 30, 2002 71 Meriden, CT Live event [1]
4 Redneck From Hell #1 and #2
(The Rednecks From Hell)
1 June 9, 2002 62 Meriden, CT Live event [1]
5 Avil Graves and Del Tsunami 1 August 10, 2002 N/A Pikesville, CT Live event [1]
Vacated October 2002 Meriden, Connecticut N/A Vacated when Tsunami turns on Graves during a title defense. [1]
6 Trent Acid and Johnny Kashmere
(The Backseat Boyz)
1 November 3, 2002 131 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)
1 March 14, 2003 86 East Hartford, CT Live event Defeated Red Hot Russ and Mike Xylas to win the vacant titles. [3][4][5]
8 Curt Daniels and Andy Jaxx
(Kappa Tappa Kegga)
2 June 8, 2003 287 Waterbury, CT Live event [6]
Deactivated March 21, 2004 N/A N/A ACW holds its last show on March 21, 2004. [1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Tsakiries, Phil (2004). "ACW Tag Team Title History". Solie's Title Histories.
  2. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (November 3, 2002). "ACW November Pain". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  3. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (March 14, 2003). "ACW 2nd Annual Dave Vicious Memorial Cup". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  4. ^ "March 14, 2003: Assault Championship Wrestling (ACW)". Results: 2003. The New England Independent. March 2004. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
  5. ^ Assault Championship Wrestling (Producer) (March 14, 2003). 03/14/2003 Assault Championship Wrestling: East Hartford, CT (VHS). East Hartford, Connecticut: TCTapes.net.
  6. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (June 8, 2003). "ACW Road To Damnation". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
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