The AAW Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship owned and promoted by AAW Wrestling. There have been a total of 32 reigns and one vacancy shared between 25 different champions. The current champion is Davey Vega, who is in his first reign.

Samuel Alton Johnston, better known by the ring name Sami Callihan, is an American professional wrestler and promoter, currently making appearances for Major League Wrestling (MLW) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is a former Impact World Champion. He previously wrestled for Lucha Underground under the ring names Jeremiah Crane, and later, Jeremiah Snake, and on the independent circuit.