AEW World Championship
AEW World Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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![]() The AEW World Championship belt | |||||||||||||||||||
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Promotion | All Elite Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||
Date established | May 25, 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Adam Page | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | November 13, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The AEW World Championship is a professional wrestling world championship[2] created and promoted by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Unveiled on May 25, 2019, it is the top championship of the promotion. The inaugural champion was Chris Jericho. The current champion is “Hangman” Adam Page, who is in his first reign.
History[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Chris_Jericho_Oct_2019.jpg/229px-Chris_Jericho_Oct_2019.jpg)
On January 1, 2019, the professional wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) was founded and its inaugural event, Double or Nothing, was scheduled for May 25.[3][4][5] The unveiling of the promotion's world championship was first teased on AEW's YouTube channel on May 22, where actor and comedian Jack Whitehall humorously attempted to reveal the title belt but struggled to get the championship out of its bag. During that same video, Whitehall revealed that the winner of Double or Nothing's Buy In pre-show battle royal, called the Casino Battle Royale, would face the winner of Double or Nothing's main event at a future date to determine the inaugural AEW World Champion.[6] The Casino Battle Royale was won by Adam Page,[7] while Chris Jericho defeated Kenny Omega in the main event, setting up the inaugural championship match. During Double or Nothing, pro wrestling veteran Bret Hart unveiled the AEW World Championship belt.[8]
Shortly after Double or Nothing, the inaugural championship match was scheduled for AEW's event All Out on August 31.[9] At the pay-per-view, Jericho defeated Page in the main event to become the inaugural champion.[10] The following day, it was reported by Tallahassee Police that the physical championship belt was stolen from Jericho's limousine while he was travelling;[11] it was recovered on September 4.[12]
Belt design[]
The AEW World Championship belt has five plates on a black leather strap. The large center plate prominently has the AEW logo at the center, with a diamond outline behind the logo. Above the logo is a banner that reads "WORLD" while below the logo is another banner that reads "CHAMPION". Below this banner is a name plate to display the current champion's name. The two inner side plates are tall and skinny, with the AEW logo again at the center. Above this logo is one half of the globe, while below the logo is the other half of the globe. The two outer side plates are similar to the inner ones, but slightly smaller. The design of the championship was inspired by the Mid-South North American Heavyweight Championship. AEW wanted their title to be large like that belt. The belt was created by well-known professional wrestling championship belt maker Dave Millican.[13]
Reigns[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Adam_Page_beats_Danielson.jpg/170px-Adam_Page_beats_Danielson.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/WMC_AEWOMEGA-CHAMP.jpg/140px-WMC_AEWOMEGA-CHAMP.jpg)
As of February 1, 2022, there have been four reigns between four champions. Chris Jericho was the inaugural champion.[14] Kenny Omega's reign is the longest at 346 days, while Jericho's reign is the shortest at 182 days. Jericho is also the oldest champion when he won it at 48 years old while Adam Page is the youngest champion at 30 years old.
Adam Page is the current champion in his first reign. He defeated Kenny Omega at Full Gear on November 13, 2021, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
1 | Chris Jericho | August 31, 2019 | All Out | Hoffman Estates, IL | 1 | 182 | Defeated "Hangman" Adam Page to become the inaugural champion. | [9][15] |
2 | Jon Moxley | February 29, 2020 | Revolution | Chicago, IL | 1 | 277 | [16] | |
3 | Kenny Omega | December 2, 2020 | Winter Is Coming | Jacksonville, FL | 1 | 346 | [17] | |
4 | "Hangman" Adam Page | November 13, 2021 | Full Gear | Minneapolis, MN | 1 | 80+ | [18] |
References[]
- ^ AEW Dynamite: Chris Jericho, Jon Moxley have weigh-in
- ^ Killam, Mike (May 26, 2019). "Tony Khan On His Wrestling Fandom Fueling AEW, Weight Classes, Women's Wrestling Diversity & More". ProWrestling.com. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
Question: Will AEW have weight divisions? Khan: No. I'm not planning on weight divisions. ... I want to have a world championship, and that's going to be the world championship – not the heavyweight [championship].
- ^ Ghosh, Pratyay (January 2, 2019). "All Elite Wrestling News: AEW officially announced, Cody Rhodes confirms his role". Fox Sports Asia. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- ^ Pratt, Emily (January 1, 2019). "The Young Bucks And Cody Officially Announced All Elite Wrestling And Released Some Details". Uproxx. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- ^ Fritz, Brian (January 8, 2019). "Shad and Tony Khan comment on launch of All Elite Wrestling". Sportingnews. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- ^ All Elite Wrestling (May 22, 2019). Actor & comedian Jack Whitehall reveals Huge AEW World Championship Final Eliminators #AEWDoN. YouTube. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
- ^ Powell, Jason. "AEW The Buy In pre-show results: Powell's live review of the Casino Battle Royale, Kip Sabian vs. Sammy Guevara". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
- ^ Powell, Jason. "AEW Double Or Nothing results: Powell's live review of Kenny Omega vs. Chris Jericho, The Young Bucks vs. Pentagon Jr. and Fenix for the AAA Tag Titles, Cody vs. Dustin Rhodes, Britt Baker vs. Nyla Rose vs. Kylie Rae". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
- ^ a b AEW Staff (May 31, 2019). "Hangman Page vs. Chris Jericho For The AEW World Championship Officially Set For All Out". All Elite Wrestling. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
- ^ Staszewecki, Joseph. "AEW got it right by crowning Chris Jericho champ at All Out". New York Post. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
- ^ Currier, Joseph (September 3, 2019). "AEW World Champion Chris Jericho reports title belt stolen". f4wonline.com. Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
- ^ Brookhouse, Brent (September 4, 2019). "Chris Jericho's missing AEW world championship belt retrieved by police in Florida". CBS Sports. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
- ^ Thompson, Andrew (June 12, 2019). "Cody Rhodes Says AEW World Title Is About Five Pounds Heavier Than The IWGP Heavyweight Title". Fightful. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
- ^ Woodward, Hamish (November 5, 2021). "Is Chris Jericho the best AEW Champion of all time?". Atletifo Sports. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
- ^ Powell, Jason (August 31, 2019). "AEW All Out results: Powell's live review of Chris Jericho vs. Hangman Adam Page to become the first AEW Champion, Pentagon Jr. and Fenix vs. The Young Bucks in a ladder match for the AAA Tag Titles, Cody vs. Shawn Spears, Kenny Omega vs. Pac". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
- ^ Powell, Jason (February 29, 2020). "AEW Revolution results: Powell's live review of Chris Jericho vs. Jon Moxley for the AEW Championship, Kenny Omega and Hangman Page vs. The Young Bucks for the AEW Tag Titles, Cody vs. MJF, Nyla Rose vs. Kris Statlander for the AEW Women's Championship, Pac vs. Orange Cassidy". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
- ^ Barnett, Jake (December 2, 2020). "12/02 AEW Dynamite results: Barnett's live review of Jon Moxley vs. Kenny Omega for the AEW World Championship, Dynamite Diamond Battle Royal, Chris Jericho vs. Frankie Kazarian, Darby Allin and Cody Rhodes vs. Powerhouse Hobbs and Ricky Starks, Britt Baker vs. Leyla Hirsch". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
- ^ Barnett, Jake (November 13, 2021). "AEW Full Gear results: Barnett's live review of Kenny Omega vs. Hangman Page for the AEW World Championship, Bryan Danielson vs. Miro in the eliminator tournament finals, Penta and Rey Fenix vs. FTR for the AEW Tag Titles, CM Punk vs. Eddie Kingston, Britt Baker vs. Tay Conti for the AEW Women's Title, Darby Allin vs. MJF". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
External links[]
- All Elite Wrestling championships
- World professional wrestling championships
- 2019 introductions