The AEW TNT Championship is a men's professional wrestling television championship created and promoted by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Established on March 30, 2020, it is named after the TNT television network, which currently airs AEW's weekly program, Collision .
Overall, there have been 27 reigns between 15 champions and two vacancies. Cody Rhodes, then known simply as Cody, was the inaugural champion. Rhodes, Sammy Guevara, and Wardlow are tied for the most reigns at three. Darby Allin's first reign is the longest at 186 days, and the longest combined reign at 214 days, while Adam Copeland's first reign is the shortest at 3 minutes and 30 seconds. Daniel Garcia is the youngest champion at 26, while Dustin Rhodes is the oldest, winning the title at 56 years old.The reigning champion is Kyle Fletcher, who is in his first reign. He won the title by defeating Dustin Rhodes in a Chicago Street Fight on Collision on July 31, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois.
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
Days recog. | Number of days held recognized by the promotion |
<1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Days recog. | ||||
1 | Cody Rhodes | May 23, 2020 | Double or Nothing | Jacksonville, FL | 1 | 82 | 91 | Defeated Lance Archer in the finals of an eight-man single-elimination tournament to become the inaugural champion. AEW recognizes Cody's reign as ending on August 22, 2020, when the following episode aired on tape delay. | [1] [2] |
2 | Mr. Brodie Lee | August 13, 2020 | Dynamite | Jacksonville, FL | 1 | 55 | 46 | AEW recognizes Lee's reign as beginning on August 22, 2020, when the episode aired on tape delay. | [3] |
3 | Cody Rhodes | October 7, 2020 | Dynamite: Chris Jericho's 30th Anniversary Celebration | Jacksonville, FL | 2 | 31 | 31 | This was a Dog Collar match. | [4] |
4 | Darby Allin | November 7, 2020 | Full Gear | Jacksonville, FL | 1 | 186 | 186 | [5] | |
5 | Miro | May 12, 2021 | Dynamite | Jacksonville, FL | 1 | 140 | 140 | [6] | |
6 | Sammy Guevara | September 29, 2021 | Dynamite | Rochester, NY | 1 | 84 | 87 | AEW recognizes Guevara's reign as ending on December 25, 2021, when the following episode aired on tape delay. | [7] |
7 | Cody Rhodes | December 22, 2021 | Rampage: Holiday Bash | Greensboro, NC | 3 | 35 | 32 | AEW recognizes Rhodes' reign as beginning on December 25, 2021, when the episode aired on tape delay, and ending on January 26, 2022. Previously known as Cody. | [8] |
— | Sammy Guevara (Interim) | January 8, 2022 | Battle of the Belts I | Charlotte, NC | — | 18 | — | Lineal champion Cody Rhodes was originally scheduled to defend the title against Guevara at this event, but was pulled due to COVID-19-related issues. Guevara was instead scheduled to face Dustin Rhodes to determine the interim TNT Champion. | [9] [10] |
8 | Sammy Guevara | January 26, 2022 | Dynamite: Beach Break | Cleveland, OH | 2 | 42 | 42 | Defeated lineal champion Cody Rhodes in a ladder match to determine the undisputed champion. AEW officially recognizes this as the start of Guevara's second reign. | [11] [12] |
9 | Scorpio Sky | March 9, 2022 | Dynamite | Estero, FL | 1 | 37 | 38 | AEW recognizes Sky's reign as ending on April 16, 2022, when the following event aired on tape delay. | [13] |
10 | Sammy Guevara | April 15, 2022 | Battle of the Belts II | Garland, TX | 3 | 12 | 11 | AEW recognizes Guevara's reign as beginning on April 16, 2022, when the event aired on tape delay. | [14] [15] |
11 | Scorpio Sky | April 27, 2022 | Dynamite | Philadelphia, PA | 2 | 70 | 70 | This was a ladder match. | [16] |
12 | Wardlow | July 6, 2022 | Dynamite | Rochester, NY | 1 | 136 | 136 | This was a Street Fight. | [17] |
13 | Samoa Joe | November 19, 2022 | Full Gear | Newark, NJ | 1 | 46 | 46 | This was a three-way match, also involving Powerhouse Hobbs, who Joe submitted. | [18] |
14 | Darby Allin | January 4, 2023 | Dynamite | Seattle, WA | 2 | 28 | 28 | [19] | |
15 | Samoa Joe | February 1, 2023 | Dynamite | Dayton, OH | 2 | 32 | 32 | This was a No Holds Barred match. | [20] |
16 | Wardlow | March 5, 2023 | Revolution | San Francisco, CA | 2 | 3 | 3 | [21] | |
17 | Powerhouse Hobbs | March 8, 2023 | Dynamite | Sacramento, CA | 1 | 42 | 42 | This was a Falls Count Anywhere match that Hobbs won by technical knockout. | [22] |
18 | Wardlow | April 19, 2023 | Dynamite | Pittsburgh, PA | 3 | 59 | 59 | [23] | |
19 | Luchasaurus | June 17, 2023 | Collision | Chicago, IL | 1 | 98 | 98 | [24] | |
20 | Christian Cage | September 23, 2023 | Collision | Grand Rapids, MI | 1 | 98 | 98 | This was a three-way match, also involving Darby Allin. | [25] |
21 | Adam Copeland | December 30, 2023 | Worlds End | Uniondale, NY | 1 | <1 | <1 | This was a no disqualification match. | [26] |
22 | Christian Cage | December 30, 2023 | Worlds End | Uniondale, NY | 2 | 81 | 81 | After his loss to Copeland, Cage immediately invoked the title shot earned by his Patriarchy member Killswitch earlier that night to get an immediate rematch. | [26] |
23 | Adam Copeland | March 20, 2024 | Dynamite / Rampage | Toronto, ON, Canada | 2 | 70 | 70 | This was an "I Quit" match. The match started as the main event of Dynamite and concluded at the start of Rampage, which aired back-to-back. | [27] |
— | Vacated | May 29, 2024 | Dynamite | Inglewood, CA | — | — | — | AEW executive vice presidents The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson and Nicholas Jackson) stripped Adam Copeland of the title due to Copeland's legitimate leg injury incurred at Double or Nothing three days prior. | [28] |
24 | Jack Perry | June 30, 2024 | Forbidden Door | Elmont, NY | 1 | 146 | 146 | Defeated Mark Briscoe, Konosuke Takeshita, Dante Martin, Lio Rush, and El Phantasmo in a 6-man ladder match to win the vacant title. | [29] |
25 | Daniel Garcia | November 23, 2024 | Full Gear | Newark, NJ | 1 | 134 | 134 | [30] | |
26 | Adam Cole | April 6, 2025 | Dynasty | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 97 | 97 | [31] | |
— | Vacated | July 12, 2025 | All In: Texas Zero Hour | Arlington, TX | — | — | — | Adam Cole vacated the title due to not being medically cleared to compete for an indefinite period of time. | [32] [33] |
27 | Dustin Rhodes | July 12, 2025 | All In: Texas | Arlington, TX | 1 | 19 | 19 | Originally scheduled as a singles match in which Adam Cole was to defend the title against Kyle Fletcher. After Cole relinquished the title, the match became a four-way match between Fletcher, Daniel Garcia, Sammy Guevara, and Dustin Rhodes for the vacant title. | [33] |
28 | Kyle Fletcher | July 31, 2025 | Collision | Chicago, IL | 1 | 19+ | 19+ | This was a Chicago Street Fight. | [34] |
As of August19, 2025.
† | Indicates the current champion |
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Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days | Combined days recognized by AEW |
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1 | Darby Allin | 2 | 214 | |
2 | Wardlow | 3 | 198 | |
3 | Christian Cage | 2 | 179 | |
4 | Cody Rhodes | 3 | 148 | 154 |
5 | Jack Perry | 1 | 146 | |
6 | Miro | 1 | 140 | |
7 | Sammy Guevara | 3 | 138 | 140 |
8 | Daniel Garcia | 1 | 134 | |
9 | Scorpio Sky | 2 | 107 | 108 |
10 | Luchasaurus | 1 | 98 | |
11 | Adam Cole | 1 | 97 | |
12 | Samoa Joe | 2 | 78 | |
13 | Adam Copeland | 2 | 70 | |
14 | Mr. Brodie Lee | 1 | 55 | 46 |
15 | Powerhouse Hobbs | 1 | 42 | |
16 | Kyle Fletcher † | 1 | 19+ | |
17 | Dustin Rhodes | 1 | 19 |