A.W.A.C. United States Heavyweight Championship

The **A.W.A.C. United States Heavyweight Championship** (more commonly referred to as the United States Title, U.S. Title or US Title) was a belt promoted by A.W.A.C. on the Liberty brand. It was one of two world titles for A.W.A.C.'s brands, alongside the A.W.A.C. World Championship that was drafted to the Anarchy brand as a result of the 2018 Draft. At the start of Season 3, the brands were merged.

The belt debuted near the end of Season 1 and was active in Season 2 as part of the A.W.A.C. Liberty brand until it was retired at the start of Season 3.

## History

The belt was created as part of the 2018 Draft. A.W.A.C. COO Triple H announced in a press conference that the first-ever champion will be crowned at the 2018 Draft show. The winners of two 8-Man Battle Royals would wrestle each other in that night's main event to determine the champion. Lance Maverick defeated Wayne Myers in the main event to become the first-ever A.W.A.C. United States Heavyweight Champion.

On June 1, 2019, at A.W.A.C. Proceed With Caution 2019, Bobby Roode defeated Lance Maverick to become the new United States Heavyweight Champion. At No Guts, No Mercy on April 7, 2020, Kevin Owens defeated Bobby Roode to become the new US Heavyweight Champion. On Liberty #10 on April 12, 2020, Roode won the belt back in a No Disqualification Match. On April 21, 2020 at Descendance, Riku defeated Bobby Roode, Malcolm McDermott, Mike Berkley, Kevin Owens, and Lance Maverick in an Elimination Chamber Match to become the new champion. On July 16, 2021, on Night 2 of Anarchy Rulz 3, Metallo defeated Mike Berkley and Riku in a Triple Threat Match to become the new champion.

## Retirement

On August 2, 2021, on the first CPV of Season 3, Undisputed Universe, A.W.A.C. Champion Daas Wheedon defeated A.W.A.C. United States Heavyweight Champion Metallo. As a result, the belts were unified together and the US Heavyweight Title was officially retired.

## Belt Design

The belt is similar in design to the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship with the US flag and eagle motif on the front plate. However, all belt plates are nickel instead of gold. At the top of the front plate is the A.W.A.C. logo, in the stripes of the US flag, it reads "US", red stars emerge from underneath the eagle's wings, then finally at the bottom, it reads "Heavyweight Wrestling Champion". The outer side plates depict a smaller eagle with the US flag in a shield-like shape. The inner side plates depict a silhouette of the Statue Of Liberty on a blue background.

Alongside all the other A.W.A.C. belts, the US Heavyweight Championship was altered to coincide with the new A.W.A.C. logo. In this case, the entire belt was changed to resemble the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. The new A.W.A.C. logo is now where the domed globe is and the top of the front plate reads "U.S. Heavyweight Wrestling". The flag of the USA lies in the left-hand side of the front plate near the bottom and beside the flag reads "Champion". The side plates all have flags from 4 American states plus their abbreviations. The left side has the flags of New York and California, and the right side has the flags of Texas and Pennsylvania. There are also grommets in between the front plate and side plates.