AEW World Trios Championship

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AEW World Trios Championship
AEW-World-Trios-Championship-scissor-belt.jpeg
The custom "scissoring" belts used by current champions Billy Gunn and The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens and Max Caster)
Details
Promotion All Elite Wrestling
Date establishedJuly 27, 2022
Current champion(s) Billy Gunn and The Acclaimed
(Max Caster and Anthony Bowens)
Date wonAugust 27, 2023
Statistics
First champion(s) The Elite
(Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson)
Most reigns The Elite
(Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson)
(2 reigns)
Longest reign Billy Gunn and The Acclaimed
(Max Caster and Anthony Bowens)
(217+ days)
Shortest reign The Elite
(Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson)
(1st reign, 3 days)
Oldest champion Billy Gunn
(59 years, 289 days)
Youngest champion Rey Fénix
(31 years, 251 days)
Heaviest champion The House Of Black
(Malakai Black, Brody King, and Buddy Matthews)
(725 lbs combined)

The AEW World Trios Championship is a men's professional wrestling world tag team championship created and promoted by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It is a specialized tag team championship, being contested by teams of three wrestlers, referred to as trios. Established on July 27, 2022, the inaugural champions were The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson). The current champions are The Acclaimed (Max Caster and Anthony Bowens) and Billy Gunn, who are in their first reign, both as a team and individually, which is the longest reign in the title's history. They won the title by defeating the House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King, and Buddy Matthews) in a House Rules No Holds Barred match at All In on August 27, 2023.

Contents

History

Record two-time and inaugural champions The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson) The ELITE (professional wrestling).jpg
Record two-time and inaugural champions The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson)

On the July 27, 2022, special episode of Dynamite titled Fight for the Fallen, All Elite Wrestling (AEW) announced a tournament for the inaugural AEW World Trios Championship, which would culminate at the All Out pay-per-view on September 4, 2022. Unlike the AEW World Tag Team Championship, which is a standard tag team title contested by teams of two wrestlers, the Trios Championship is contested by teams of three wrestlers, referred to as trios. [1] [2] At All Out, The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson) defeated "Hangman" Adam Page and The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds and John Silver) in the tournament final to become the inaugural champions. [3]

Following berating comments made by AEW World Champion CM Punk at the All Out post-event media scrum on September 5, a legitimate physical altercation occurred between Punk and The Elite. As a result, AEW president Tony Khan suspended all involved. [4] On the September 7 episode of Dynamite, Khan announced that both the World Championship and Trios Championship were vacated. Khan then announced that the episode's scheduled six-man tag team match between Death Triangle (Pac, Penta El Zero M, and Rey Fénix) and Best Friends (Chuck Taylor, Trent Beretta, and Orange Cassidy) would be for the vacant Trios Championship, which was won by Death Triangle. [5]

Inaugural tournament

Quarterfinals
Dynamite
(August 17 and 24, 2022)
Rampage
(August 19 and 26, 2022)
Semifinals
Dynamite
(August 31, 2022)
Rampage
(September 2, 2022)
Finals
All Out
(September 4, 2022)
         
Death Triangle
(Pac, Penta El Zero M, and Rey Fénix)
24:51 [6]
United Empire
(Kyle Fletcher, Mark Davis, and Will Ospreay)
Pin
United Empire 18:59 [7]
The ElitePin
La Facción Ingobernable
(Andrade El Idolo, Dragon Lee, and Rush)
20:50 [8]
The Elite
(Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson)
Pin
The ElitePin
"Hangman" Adam Page and The Dark Order
(Alex Reynolds and John Silver)
19:50 [3]
The House of Black
(Malakai Black, Brody King, and Buddy Matthews)
9:03 [9]
The Dark Order
(Alex Reynolds, John Silver, and Preston Vance)
Pin
"Hangman" Adam Page and The Dark Order
(Alex Reynolds and John Silver)
[lower-alpha 1]
Pin
Best Friends 11:10 [11]
The Trustbusters
(Ari Daivari, Parker Boudreaux, and Slim J)
10:32 [12]
Best Friends
(Chuck Taylor, Trent Beretta, and Orange Cassidy)
Pin

Belt design

The standard AEW World Trios Championship belts. AEW Trios Titles.jpg
The standard AEW World Trios Championship belts.

The standard AEW World Trios Championship belts were made by Ron Edwardsen of Red Leather Belts. They have five gold plates on black leather straps. The circular center plate has a blue globe at the center with "TRIOS" written across the globe in black with a gold border. Above the globe is a black banner that says "WORLD" in gold while a black banner below the globe says "CHAMPION" in gold. At the top of the plate is AEW's logo while filigree fills out the rest of the plate. Sitting on either side of the center plate are two side plates each. The inner side plates show two wrestlers performing simultaneous superkicks on another wrestler, while the outer side plates show a wrestler performing an electric chair driver. [13]

Custom designs

During The House of Black's (Malakai Black, Brody King, and Buddy Matthews) reign that began in March 2023, they introduced their own custom "black out" versions of the championship belts. The belts featured mostly the same basic design as the standard belts, but with silver plates instead of gold (the globe was also black instead of blue). The side plates were also changed to The House of Black's logos with a vertical "HOB" tooled into the leather between the outer side plates and the button snaps. [14]

After Billy Gunn and The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens and Max Caster) won the title in August 2023, they introduced their own custom "scissoring" championship belts. They feature the same basic design as the standard belts, but with pink straps. Additionally, the ends of the belts are shaped like scissors and say "Scissor Me" on one side and "Daddy Ass" on the other side, referencing their "scissoring" gimmick. The inner side plates are the same as the standard belts, but the outer side plates were changed to saying "WORLD TRIOS CHAMPION". AEW's logo was also added to the top of each side plate. [15]

Reigns

Current champions Billy Gunn and The Acclaimed (Max Caster and Anthony Bowens), with The Acclaimed holding the AEW World Tag Team Championship belts The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn 2022-12-07 (AEW, Dynamite, HEB Center, Cedar Park).jpg
Current champions Billy Gunn and The Acclaimed (Max Caster and Anthony Bowens), with The Acclaimed holding the AEW World Tag Team Championship belts

As of March31, 2024, there have been five reigns between four teams composed of 12 individual champions and one vacancy. The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson) were the inaugural champions and they have the most reigns at two. Their inaugural reign was also the shortest at 3 days while Billy Gunn and The Acclaimed's (Max Caster and Anthony Bowens) ongoing reign is the longest at 217+ days. Gunn is the oldest champion, winning the title at 59, while Rey Fénix is the youngest at 31. [3] [5]

The current champions are The Acclaimed (Max Caster and Anthony Bowens) and Billy Gunn, who are in their first reign, both as a team and individually. They won the title by defeating House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King, and Buddy Matthews) in a "House Rules" No Holds Barred match at All In on August 27, 2023, in London, England.

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different
DaysNumber of days held
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
1 The Elite
(Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson)
September 4, 2022 All Out Hoffman Estates, IL 13Defeated "Hangman" Adam Page and The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds and John Silver) in a tournament final to determine the inaugural champions. [3]
Vacated September 7, 2022 Dynamite Buffalo, NY The Elite were stripped of the title after being suspended by AEW president Tony Khan following a legitimate backstage physical altercation that occurred during the All Out post-event media scrum. [5]
2 Death Triangle
(Pac, Penta El Zero M, and Rey Fénix)
September 7, 2022 Dynamite Buffalo, NY 1126Defeated Best Friends (Chuck Taylor, Trent Beretta, and Orange Cassidy) to win the vacant championship. [5]
3 The Elite
(Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson)
January 11, 2023 Dynamite Inglewood, CA 253This was an Escalera de la Muerte that was also the seventh and final match in a Best of Seven Series for the championship. [16]
4 House of Black
(Malakai Black, Brody King, and Buddy Matthews)
March 5, 2023 Revolution San Francisco, CA 1175 [17]
5 Billy Gunn and The Acclaimed
(Anthony Bowens and Max Caster)
August 27, 2023 All In London, England 1217+This was a "House Rules" match; Gunn and the Acclaimed's stipulation was No Holds Barred. [18]

Combined reigns

As of March31, 2024

Indicates the current champion

By team

RankTeamNo. of
reigns
Combined
days
1 Billy Gunn and The Acclaimed
(Anthony Bowens and Max Caster)
1217+
2 The House of Black
(Malakai Black, Brody King, and Buddy Matthews)
1175
3 Death Triangle
(Pac, Penta El Zero M, and Rey Fénix)
1126
4 The Elite
(Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson)
256

By wrestler

RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns
Combined
days
1 Billy Gunn 1217+
Anthony Bowens
Max Caster
4 Brody King 1175
Buddy Matthews
Malakai Black
7 Pac 1126
Penta El Zero Miedo
Rey Fénix
10 Kenny Omega 256
Matt Jackson
Nick Jackson

Notes

  1. Page replaced Preston Vance because the latter was not medically cleared to compete. [10]

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