Atlantic Athletic Commission World Heavyweight Championship
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The AAC World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship owned and promoted by the Atlantic Athletic Commission in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[1] The title was created in 1957 when Edouard Carpentier defeated the NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz when Thesz could not continue due to a back injury. The title was recognized in promoter Paul Bowser's territory, and after his death in 1960 the lineage continued in Tony Santos' Big Time Wrestling.[2] As it was a professional wrestling championship, the AAC World Heavyweight Championship was not won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match.[a]
PromotionAtlantic Athletic Commission
Date establishedJune 14, 1957
Date retired1975
First championEdouard Carpentier
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| Date established | June 14, 1957 | ||||||||||||
| Date retired | 1975 | ||||||||||||
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Title history
| No. | Overall reign number |
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| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | Edouard Carpentier | June 14, 1957 | N/A | Chicago, Illinois | 1 | 323 | Defeated the NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz when Thesz could not continue due to a back injury. | |
| 2 | Killer Kowalski | May 3, 1958 | N/A | Boston, Massachusetts | 1,067 | |||
| 3 | Bearcat Wright | April 4, 1961 | N/A | Boston, Massachusetts | 1 | 56 | ||
| 4 | Jackie Fargo | May 30, 1961 | N/A | Boston, Massachusetts | 1 | 1,185 | ||
| 5 | Ted Blassie | August 27, 1964 | N/A | N/A | 1 | 35 | ||
| 6 | Jackie Fargo | October 1, 1964 | N/A | Boston, Massachusetts | 1 | N/A | Vacant in 1966 when Fargo left the area. | |
| 7 | Buddy Fuller | 1966 | N/A | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||
| 8 | Frank Scarpa | April 27, 1967 | N/A | N/A | 1 | N/A | Title was vacated in January 1969 when Scarpa died in the ring. | |
| 9 | Gypsy Joe Gonzales | 1969 | N/A | N/A | 1 | N/A | Wins tournament; vacated the title when the promotion closed in 1975. | |