| Championshipname: | SSW Appalachian Heavyweight Championship |
| Promotion: | Southern States Wrestling |
| Created: | May 11, 1996 |
| Mostreigns: | Beau James (4) |
| Firstchamp: | Beau James |
| Longestreign: | Chuck Jones (361 days) |
| Finalchamp: | Stan Sierra |
| Shortestreign: | The Fall Branch Redneck (<1 days) |
| Titleretired: | 2017 |
The Southern States Wrestling (SSW) Appalachian Heavyweight Championship is a secondary professional wrestling tag team championship in Southern States Wrestling. It was first won by Beau James who defeated Tracey Smothers in a best-of-three matches in Meadowview, Virginia on May 11, 1996. The title is generally defended in the Southern United States, most often in its home base in East Tennessee, but has been defended in Virginia and West Virginia.[1] There are 14 recognized champions with a total of 25 title reigns.[2]
| width=25% | Wrestler: | width=5% | Times: | width=15% | Date: | width=18% | Location: | width=32% | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beau James | 1 | May 11, 1996 | Meadowview, Virginia | ||||||
| Scott Sterling | 1 | May 31, 1996 | Pennington Gap, Virginia | ||||||
| Beau James | 2 | July 5, 1996 | Fall Branch, Tennessee | ||||||
| The War Machine | 1 | December 21, 1996 | Beckley, West Virginia | ||||||
| Beau James | 3 | January 17, 1997 | Fall Branch, Tennessee | ||||||
| Danny Christian | 1 | July 18, 1997 | Fall Branch, Tennessee | ||||||
| Brooklyn Bad Boy #1 | 1 | November 14, 1997 | Fall Branch, Tennessee | ||||||
| The Fall Branch Redneck | 2 | January 16, 1998 | Fall Branch, Tennessee | ||||||
| Brooklyn Bad Boy #1 | 2 | February 20, 1998 | |||||||
| Brooklyn Bad Boy #2 | 1 | March 6, 1998 | Fall Branch, Tennessee | ||||||
| Brooklyn Bad Boy #1 | 3 | March 20, 1998 | Fall Branch, Tennessee | ||||||
| Danny Christian | 3 | April 10, 1998 | Fall Branch, Tennessee | ||||||
| Title is held-up following a match between Danny Christian and Steve Flynn in which both men scored a double pin. | |||||||||
| Steve Flynn | 1 | April 24, 1998 | Fall Branch, Tennessee | ||||||
| Iron Cross | 1 | January 30, 1999 | Kingsport, Tennessee | ||||||
| The War Machine | 2 | May 8, 1999 | Kingsport, Tennessee | ||||||
| Ricky Harrison | 1 | July 10, 1999 | Kingsport, Tennessee | ||||||
| Chuck Jones | 1 | August 7, 1999 | Kingsport, Tennessee | ||||||
| Ricky Harrison | 2 | October 30, 1999 | Kingsport, Tennessee | ||||||
| Chuck Jones | 2 | November 4, 1999 | Johnson City, Tennessee | ||||||
| Porkchop Thomas | 1 | October 30, 2000 | Kingsport, Tennessee | ||||||
| Bryan Wayne | 1 | June 2001 | Kingsport, Tennessee | ||||||
| Flex Armstrong | 1 | October 2001 | Kingsport, Tennessee | ||||||
| Ricky Harrison | 3 | January 2002 | Mountain City, Tennessee | ||||||
| Beau James | 4 | February 27, 2002 | Kingsport, Tennessee | ||||||
| Title is retired in 2002. | |||||||||
| Eric Darkstorm | 1 | April 23, 2004 | Greenville, Tennessee | ||||||