List of AEW World Champions

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Record-setting four-time, current, and longest combined reigning champion Jon Moxley

The AEW World Championship is a men's professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Unveiled on May 25, 2019, it is the promotion's top championship and is presented as being AEW's most prestigious title.

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As of January20, 2025, there have been 13 reigns between nine champions and one vacancy, as well as one interim champion. Chris Jericho was the inaugural champion. Jon Moxley has the most reigns at four, also served as the interim champion in mid-2022 while reigning lineal champion CM Punk was out with an injury (this is not counted as one of Moxley's four reigns) and has the longest combined reign at 447+ days. MJF's singular reign is the longest at 406 days, while Punk's second reign is the shortest at 3 days. Jericho is the oldest champion when he won it at 48 years old, while MJF is the youngest, winning it at 26 years old.

Jon Moxley is the current champion in his record-setting fourth reign. He won the title by defeating Bryan Danielson at WrestleDream on October 12, 2024.

Title history

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
All Elite Wrestling (AEW)
1 Chris Jericho August 31, 2019 All Out Hoffman Estates, IL 1182Defeated "Hangman" Adam Page to become the inaugural champion. [1] [2]
2 Jon Moxley February 29, 2020 Revolution Chicago, IL 1277 [3]
3 Kenny Omega December 2, 2020 Dynamite: Winter Is Coming Jacksonville, FL 1346 [4]
4 "Hangman" Adam Page November 13, 2021 Full Gear Minneapolis, MN 1197This was Page's Casino Poker Chip cash-in match. [5]
5 CM Punk May 29, 2022 Double or Nothing Paradise, NV 187 [6]
— Jon Moxley (Interim)June 26, 2022 Forbidden Door Chicago, IL —59 Lineal champion CM Punk was originally scheduled to defend the title against Hiroshi Tanahashi at this event, but was pulled due to suffering a foot injury. Moxley defeated Tanahashi in a tournament final to become the interim champion. [7] [8]
6 Jon Moxley August 24, 2022 Dynamite Cleveland, OH 211Defeated lineal champion CM Punk to determine the undisputed champion. AEW officially recognizes this as the start of Moxley's second reign. [9]
7 CM Punk September 4, 2022 All Out Hoffman Estates, IL 23 [10]
— Vacated September 7, 2022 Dynamite Buffalo, NY —— CM Punk was stripped of the title after being suspended following a legitimate backstage altercation that occurred during the All Out post-event media scrum. [a] [11] [12] [13]
8 Jon Moxley September 21, 2022 Dynamite: Grand Slam Flushing, Queens, NY 359Defeated Bryan Danielson in a tournament final for the vacant title. [14]
9 MJF November 19, 2022 Full Gear Newark, NJ 1406This was MJF's Casino Poker Chip cash-in match. [15]
10 Samoa Joe December 30, 2023 Worlds End Uniondale, NY 1113 [16]
11 Swerve Strickland April 21, 2024 Dynasty St. Louis, MO 1126 [17]
12 Bryan Danielson August 25, 2024 All In London, England 148This was a Title vs. Career match. [18]
13 Jon Moxley October 12, 2024 WrestleDream Tacoma, WA 4100+ [19]

Combined reigns

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Inaugural champion Chris Jericho
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One-time, youngest, and longest-reigning champion MJF, who held the title for 406 days.

As of January20, 2025.

†Indicates the current champion
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns		Combined days
1 Jon Moxley †4 [b] 447+ [c]
2 MJF 1406
3 Kenny Omega 1346
4 "Hangman" Adam Page 1197
5 Chris Jericho 1182
6 Swerve Strickland 1126
7 Samoa Joe 1113
8 CM Punk 290
9 Bryan Danielson 148

Notes

  1. ↑ After Punk's return the following year, he was billed as the "Real World Champion"; however, this was storyline not recognized by AEW, and after Punk was released on August 27, 2023, the "Real World Championship" was dropped.
  2. ↑ 5 with his interim championship reign.
  3. ↑ 506+ days with his interim championship reign.

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  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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.
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