A.W.A.C. Online Championship

The **A.W.A.C. Online Championship** was a belt promoted by A.W.A.C. on the Liberty brand. It was the mid-card title for Liberty, alongside the A.W.A.C. Intercontinental Championship on Anarchy. At the start of Season 3, the brands merged together.

The belt debuted in Season 2 as part of the A.W.A.C. Liberty brand until it was retired at the start of the Season 3.

## History

On Liberty #1, GM Hugo Strange announced that at Proceed With Caution, the newly-created Online Championship will be on the line in an 8-Man Ladder Match between Armor King, Nazareth, War Bacon, Riku, Rick Grimes, Lester Barkley, Hush, and Metallo. Mike Berkley was originally scheduled to compete in this match but before Liberty #2, Riku attacked him and gave him a concussion. Later in the show, Hugo Strange said that Riku can indeed replace Mike Berkley, but only if he beats Lester Barkley on Liberty #3. On Liberty #3, Riku won via disqualification when Lester hit him with a steel chair; the reason being that Lester wanted revenge on Riku for attacking him on National Pro Wrestling Day 2019.

At Proceed With Caution 2019, Armor King won the 8-Man Ladder Match to become the first-ever A.W.A.C. Online Champion. On Liberty #5, Armor King successfully retained against Lester Barkley. At No Guts, No Mercy on April 7, 2020, TJ Nicholson won a Double-Title Winner-Take-All All Out War Match to win the Online Title and also retain the All Out War Title. On Liberty #13, TJ successfully defended the title against Armor King. On July 15, 2021, on Night 1 of Anarchy Rulz III, Cell defeated TJ Nicholson to become the new champion.

## Retirement

On August 2, 2021, on the first CPV of Season 3, Undisputed Universe, All Out War Champion John Wick defeated Online Champion Cell. As a result, the belts were unified together and the Online Title was officially retired.

## Belt Design

The A.W.A.C. Online Championship was originally create in 2018, but because of the re-branding to the current A.W.A.C. logo, it was scrapped and went unused. While the strap is still black, all 3 circular plates are made of nickel and the side plates are virtually identical to the ones on the second belt design, the front plate is entirely different. The front plate shows an almost-geometric globe outline with an actual globe in the middle and the A.W.A.C. logo in front surrounded by a rectangle. Both the curves and border are lined with sapphire and swarovski jewels with blue paint cutting the curves off. At the top of the front plate reads "Online" and at the bottom, it reads "Champion". A.W.A.C. creator/owner Donte Hamid has said he prefers the second design due to it resembling the WCPW/Defiant Internet Title, one of his favourite indie wrestling belts in the past 10 years.

The second and final design is akin to the WCPW/Defiant Internet Championship. The 3-plated belt is made from nickel and is on a black leather strap. The top of the front plate lies the new A.W.A.C. logo. The front plate also features banners reading "Online" at the top and "Champion" at the bottom. There are also unique geometric-style line tooling in sections of the front plate. In the middle of the front plate is a blue globe. On the left and right sides of the globe are circular sections; within them are cage mesh designs filled in with blue paint.

The side plates show 2 bolts are either side with a blue line globe in the background and another nickel globe in the foreground.

## Title Defenses

 TJ Nicholson
2 - Armor King
2 - A.W.A.C. Liberty #13

## Combined Reigns

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