Atlantic Athletic Commission World Heavyweight Championship
{{Infobox professional wrestling championship
| name=Atlantic Athletic Commission World Heavyweight Championship
| image=Atlantic Athletic Commission World Heavyweight Championship.png
| alt=The original championship belt
| caption=
| currentholder=
| won=
| aired=
| created=June 14, 1957
| promotion=Atlantic Athletic Commission
| firstchamp=Edouard Carpentier
| lastchamp=Gypsy Joe Gonzales
| retired=1975
| mostreigns=Jackie Fargo (2 reigns)
| longestreign=Jackie Fargo (1,185 days)
| shortestreign=Ted Blassie (35 days)
| oldest=
| youngest=
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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.{{Cite web | url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/newengland/bigtime/bigtime-h.html | title=World Heavyweight Title (Massachusetts) | website=Wrestling-Titles.com | access-date=December 28, 2019}} 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. 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.{{efn|name=Hornbaker|Hornbaker (2016) p. 550: "Professional wrestling is a sport in which match finishes are predetermined. Thus, win–loss records are not indicative of a wrestler's genuine success based on their legitimate abilities – but on now much, or how little they were pushed by promoters"{{sfn|Hornbaker|2016|p=550}}}}
Title history
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|number = 1
|champion ={{sortname|Edouard|Carpentier}}
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|June 14, 1957}}
|days = {{age in days nts|June 14, 1957|May 3, 1958}}
|location =Chicago, Illinois
|event=
|notes = Defeated the NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz when Thesz could not continue due to a back injury.
|ref =
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number = 2
|champion ={{sortname|Killer|Kowalski}}
|reign =
|date = {{dts|May 3, 1958}}
|days = {{age in days nts|May 3, 1958|April 4, 1961}}
|location =Boston, Massachusetts
|event=
|notes =
|ref =
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number = 3
|champion ={{sortname|Bearcat|Wright}}
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|April 4, 1961}}
|days = {{age in days nts|April 4, 1961|May 30, 1961}}
|location =Boston, Massachusetts
|event=
|notes =
|ref =
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number = 4
|champion ={{sortname|Jackie|Fargo}}
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|May 30, 1961}}
|days = {{age in days nts|May 30, 1961|August 27, 1964}}
|location =Boston, Massachusetts
|event=
|notes =
|ref =
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number = 5
|champion = Ted Blassie
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|August 27, 1964}}
|days = {{age in days nts|August 27, 1964|October 1, 1964}}
|location =
|event=
|notes =
|ref =
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number = 6
|champion ={{sortname|Jackie|Fargo}}
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|October 1, 1964}}
|days = N/A
|location =Boston, Massachusetts
|event=
|notes = Vacant in 1966 when Fargo left the area.
|ref =
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number = 7
|champion ={{sort|Fuller|Buddy Fuller}}
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|1966}}
|days = N/A
|location =
|event=
|notes =
|ref =
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number = 8
|champion ={{sort|Scarpa|Frank Scarpa}}
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|April 27, 1967}}
|days = N/A
|location =
|event=
|notes = Title was vacated in January 1969 when Scarpa died in the ring.
|ref =
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number = 9
|champion ={{sort|Gonzales|Gypsy Joe Gonzales}}
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|1969}}
|days = N/A
|location =
|event=
|notes = Wins tournament; vacated the title when the promotion closed in 1975.
|ref =
}}
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Footnotes
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References
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- {{cite book | title=Legends of Pro Wrestling - 150 years of headlocks, body slams, and piledrivers | first=Tim | last=Hornbaker | publisher=Sports Publishing | isbn=978-1-61321-808-2 | location=New York, New York | chapter= Statistical notes | year= 2016 | edition=Revised }}
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