thanks dan.
let's put the history bit into perspective. Sean (seymour almasy/orphan) has done a butt-ton of work to get all this, but this is the history, for a title we hardly even used.
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1. (ACW Courage 2, 9/15/02, BJCC Arena, Birmingham, AL) ICU beat Dustin Jacobs by pinfall with a schoolboy to become the first champion. (decision match)
- (ACW Courage 3, 9/22/02, HSBC Arena, Buffalo, NY) : ICU –c- beat Thomas Field by referee stop when Field could no longer continue to retain the title. (1st defense)
2. (ACW Relentless 2002 PPV, 10/6/02, Key Arena, Seattle, WA/Ladder Match) SilverHAWK (4) beat ICU by retrieval to become the second champion.
3. (ACW Relentless 2002 PPV, 10/6/02, Key Arena, Seattle, WA) ERA beat SIlverHAWK by pinfall with a Sambo suplex to become the third champion.
**Due to consistent no-showing, Ethan Winters stripped ERA of the US Title at breakout 2002, and called for a tournament to crown a new champion.**
4. (ACW End Game 2002, 12/22/02, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY) Geo Vacton beat Jay Smash by pinfall with the Geocide to become the fourth champion. (tournament final)
- (ACW Courage 13, 1/12/03, MCI Center, Washington, D.C.) Geo Vacton –c- beat Dante Inferno by disqualification to retain the title. (1st defense)
- (ACW Courage 14, 1/19/03, San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, CA) Geo Vacton –c- beat Jay Smash by pinfall with an exploding garbage can to retain the title. (2nd defense)
- (ACW Apocalypse 2002, 2/16/03, Pontiac Silverdome, Detroit, MI) : Geo Vacton –c- beat A*Dubbs by pinfall with the Geocide to retain the title. (3rd defense)
- (ACW Courage 18, 2/23/03, United Center, Chicago, IL) : Geo Vacton –c- beat Rook by pinfall with a second-rope sunset flip to retain the title. (4th defense)
- (ACW Courage 19, 3/2/03, United Center, Chicago, IL) Geo Vacton –c- beat A*Dubbs by pinfall with the Geocide to retain the title. (5th defense)
- (ACW Courage 23, 4/6/03, Key Arena, Seattle, WA) Dante Inferno beat Geo Vacton –c-by disqualification when A*Dubbs attacked Inferno; Vacton retains the title. (6th defense)
5. (ACW Pain or Pleasure 2003 PPV, 5/4/03, New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, LA/Ladder Match) A*Dubbs beat Geo Vacton –c- by climbing the ladder and retrieving the belt to become the fifth champion.
- (ACW Courage 27, 5/18/03, Tulsa Convention Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma) Dante Inferno beat A*Dubbs –c- by disqualification when Dubbs hit him with a steel chair; Dubbs retains the title. (1st defense)
6. (ACW Glory 2003 PPV, 7/6/03, Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN/No Rope No Post Steel Cage Match) : Dante Inferno (2) beat A*Dubbs –c- with the Heaven/Hell off the top of the cage to win the title.
- (ACW King of Ages 2003, 9/7/03, Neal S. Blaisdell Arena, Honolulu, HI/Hardcore Rules) Dante Inferno –c- beat Alexi Volstein by pinfall after driving him head-first into a fluorescent light. (1st defense)
**ACW’s loss of its TV deal at the end of 2003 forced the company to close and Inferno to vacate the title. When ACW returned in 2004, a fatal fourway match was held to decide a new champion.**
7. (ACW Courage 49, 5/27/04, Gaylord Entertainment Center, Nashville, TN/Fatal Four Way) Geo Vacton beat The Mammoth & Marshall & Phoenix Rose by pinfall when he used the Dynamite Drop on Mammoth to become the seventh champion.
- (ACW Courage 50, 6/3/04, Gaylord Entertainment Center, Nashville, TN) Geo Vacton –c- beat Phoenix Rose by pinfall thanks to interference from A*Dubbs to retain the title. (1st defense)
**Geo Vacton soon after vacated the title by leaving ACW. The powers that were decided to put the title up at stake as an additional prize for the winner of that year’s King of Ages tournament. **
8. (ACW King of Ages 2004 PPV, 8/22/04, Investors Group Athletic Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada/Ladder Match) God’s Forgotten Son beat Quinton May by climbing the ladder after interference from Fejona Min & Joseph McMillan to become the eighth champion.
- (ACW Courage 60, 8/26/04, RIMAC Arena, San Diego, CA) : God’s Forgotten Son beat SilverHAWK by pinfall with the Sacrificial Retribution to retain the title. (1st defense)
- (ACW Courage 62, 9/16/04, Calihan Hall, Detroit, MI/Title vs. Title) Quinton May beat God’s Forgotten Son by disqualification when Khristain Keller and Joseph McMillan laid him out with a steel chair; GFS retains the title. (2nd defense)
- (ACW Courage 66, 11/18/04, Smith Center, Washington D.C.) God’s Forgotten Son beat Natalie Quinston by pinfall with the Meteoric Suicide to retain the title. (3rd defense)
- (ACW breakout 2005 PPV, 2/6/2005, The Palace at Auburn Hills, Detroit, MI) God’s Forgotten Son –c- beat Sars the Clown by pinfall with the Sacrificial Retribution to retain the title. (4th defense)
**Due to God’s Forgotten Son ****ing off home for a while, management decided to vacate the title, and held a battle royale on Courage 71 to determine a new champion.**
9. (ACW Courage 71, 2/24/2005, Berry Events Center, Marquette, MI) Kelly Flawless won a eleven-person battle royale to become the ninth champion.
- Khristian Keller eliminated the Loser.
- Avalon eliminated Mark Morris
- TMM eliminated Sars the Clown & Andy Sharp.
- Avalon eliminated Slapnutz.
- Khristain Keller eliminated Lowell Dot Com.
- TMM eliminated Avalon.
- Avalon (no longer legal in the match) eliminated TMM.
- Kelly Flawless eliminated Seymour Almasy.
- Alias (not in the match) helped Kelly Flawless eliminate Khristian Keller
- (ACW Courage 74, 4/28/05, Dickens Athletic Center, Chicago, IL) Kelly Flawless –c- beat Mark Morris by disqualification when Sars the Clown attacked Flawless with a chair to retain the title. (1st defense)
- (ACW End Game 2005 PPV, 5/29/05, Carnesecca Arena, New York, NY/Hardcore Submission Match) Kelly Flawless –c- beat Sars the Clown by submission with the Alaskan Leg Lock to retain the title. (2nd defense)
- (ACW Courage 77, 7/8/2010, Round Valley Dome, Eagar, AZ) Kelly Flawless –c- beat Phoenix Rose by submission with the Alaskan Leg Lock to retain the title. (3nd defense)
- (ACW Courage 78, 8/4/2005, Antelope Gymnasium, Phoenix, AZ) Kelly Flawless –c- beat Hound by pinfall with a low blow to retain the title. (4th defense)
- (ACW Courage 79, 9/8/2005, Royal Brougham Pavilion, Seattle, WA) : Kelly Flawless –c- and Hound fought to a no contest when God’s Forgotten Son interfered to retain the title. (5th defense)
10. (ACW Courage 81, 10/6/05, Packard Stadium, Tempe, AZ) Alias –c- beat Kelly Flawless by submission with the Anarchy’s Lullaby to become the tenth champion.
- (ACW Ready or Not 2005 PPV, 10/16/2005, Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA) Alias –c- beat Violence Jack by pinfall with the A-Bomb to retain the title. (1st defense; match did not air until Courage 84)
**Joe Bishop retired the United States Championship at Legends II, along with the Television Championship, when he brought back the Spirit of ACW Championship. The belt would remain vacant until 2010, when brought back by ICU to be the main championship of the All-Star Academy.**
11. (ASA Showcase Episode 3, 2/28/10, Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI/Triple Threat Ladder Match) Jack Harris beat Peter Phoenix & Orlando Grant by retrieving the belt to become the eleventh champion.
- (ASA Showcase Episode 4, 3/7/10, Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI) Jack Harris –c- beat Peter Phoenix by pinfall with the Execution to retain the title. (1st defense
- (ASA Showcase Episode 5, 3/14/10, Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI) Jack Harris –c- beat Josh Marshall with the Execution to retain the championship. (2nd defense)
**From here, the history of the title becomes extremely fuzzy at best. The belt appears twice more on ACW television, on a pair of World Wide Wrestlecide shows. The All-Star Academy shows that are supposed to run concurrent with these title changes and defenses never existed. It is the recommendation of the ACW Historical Society that the title’s lineage as far as parent company ACW is concerned be severed here. The two defenses are replicated below for completion’s sake.**
- (ACW World Wide Wrestlecide 001, 4/30/10, All-Star Arena, Montreal, Quebec, Canada) Orlando Grant –c- beat Jeremy Stevenson with the Big **** Poppin’ to retain the title. (1st defense?)
- (ACW World Wide Wrestlecide 004, 10/21/10, Goudi Olympic Hall, Athens, Greece) Palio –c- beat Malk Al-Haq by pinfall with the Babylonian Drop to retain the title. (1st defense?)
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Yeah.
So imagine that with every belt, and all the shows lined up etc etc.
