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Promotion | All Elite Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||
Date established | July 27, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Bang Bang Gang (Jay White, Austin Gunn, and Colten Gunn) | ||||||||||||||||
Date won | April 21, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
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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 Bang Bang Gang (Jay White, Austin Gunn, and Colten Gunn), who are in their first reign, both as a team and individually. They won the title by defeating The Acclaimed (Max Caster, Anthony Bowens, and Billy Gunn) in a Winners Take All unification match also for Bullet Club Gold's ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship during Dynasty: Zero Hour on April 21, 2024; with both titles, Bullet Club Gold are referred to as the Unified World Trios Champions.
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]
During Dynasty: Zero Hour on April 21, 2024, Ring of Honor World Six-Man Tag Team Champions Bullet Club Gold (Jay White, Austin Gunn, and Colten Gunn) defeated The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens, Max Caster, and Billy Gunn) to win the AEW World Trios Championship in a winners take all championship unification match to unify the titles and become recognized as the Unified World Trios Champions. [6] [7]
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 [8] | |||||||||||||
United Empire (Kyle Fletcher, Mark Davis, and Will Ospreay) | Pin | |||||||||||||
United Empire | 18:59 [9] | |||||||||||||
The Elite | Pin | |||||||||||||
La Facción Ingobernable (Andrade El Idolo, Dragon Lee, and Rush) | 20:50 [10] | |||||||||||||
The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson) | Pin | |||||||||||||
The Elite | Pin | |||||||||||||
"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 [11] | |||||||||||||
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 2] | Pin | |||||||||||||
Best Friends | 11:10 [13] | |||||||||||||
The Trustbusters (Ari Daivari, Parker Boudreaux, and Slim J) | 10:32 [14] | |||||||||||||
Best Friends (Chuck Taylor, Trent Beretta, and Orange Cassidy) | Pin |
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. [15]
During 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. [16]
After The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens, Max Caster, and Billy Gunn) won the title in August 2023, they introduced their own custom "scissoring" championship belts. They featured the same basic design as the standard belts, but with pink straps. Additionally, the ends of the belts were shaped like scissors and said "Scissor Me" on one side and "Daddy Ass" on the other side, referencing their "scissoring" gimmick. The inner side plates were 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. [17]
In April 2024 at AEW Dynasty, ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions Bullet Club Gold (Jay White, Austin Gunn, and Colten Gunn) defeated the Acclaimed to win the AEW World Trios Championship, holding and defending both titles under the Unified World Trios Championship banner, using the standard AEW Trios belts, the ROH Six-Man belts, and the Acclaimed's custom pink AEW Trios belts to represent the collective accolade.
As of May24, 2024, there have been six reigns between five teams composed of 15 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 is also the shortest at 3 days while The Acclaimed's (Max Caster, Anthony Bowens, and Billy Gunn) sole reign is the longest at 238 days. Billy Gunn is the oldest champion, winning the title at 59, while Austin Gunn is the youngest at 29. [3] [5]
The current champions are Bullet Club Gold (Jay White, Austin Gunn, and Colten Gunn), who are in their first reign, both as a team and individually. They won the title by defeating The Acclaimed (Max Caster, Anthony Bowens, and Billy Gunn) in a winners take all title unification match that was also for Bullet Club Gold's ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship on the Dynasty: Zero Hour pre-show on April 21, 2024. With both titles, Bullet Club Gold are recognized as the Unified World Trios Champions. [18]
Name | Years |
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AEW World Trios Championship | September 4, 2022 – present |
Unified World Trios Championship | April 21, 2024 – present |
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different |
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 | The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson) | September 4, 2022 | All Out | Hoffman Estates, IL | 1 | 3 | Defeated "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 | 1 | 126 | Defeated 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 | 2 | 53 | This was an Escalera de la Muerte that was also the seventh and final match in a Best of Seven Series for the championship. | [19] |
4 | House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King, and Buddy Matthews) | March 5, 2023 | Revolution | San Francisco, CA | 1 | 175 | [20] | |
5 | The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens, Max Caster, and Billy Gunn) | August 27, 2023 | All In | London, England | 1 | 238 | This was a "House Rules" match; Gunn and the Acclaimed's stipulation was No Holds Barred. | [21] |
6 | Bullet Club Gold/Bang Bang Gang (Jay White, Austin Gunn, and Colten Gunn) | April 21, 2024 | Dynasty Zero Hour | St. Louis, MO | 1 | 33+ | This was a Winners Take All Title Unification match also for Bullet Club Gold's ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship. With both titles, Bullet Club Gold are referred to as the Unified World Trios Champions. Group renamed to Bang Bang Gang during this reign. | [18] |
As of May24, 2024
† | Indicates the current champion |
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Rank | Team | No. of reigns | Combined days |
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1 | The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens, Max Caster, and Billy Gunn) | 1 | 238 |
2 | House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King, and Buddy Matthews) | 1 | 175 |
3 | Death Triangle (Pac, Penta El Zero M, and Rey Fénix) | 1 | 126 |
4 | The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson) | 2 | 56 |
5 | Bullet Club Gold/Bang Bang Gang (Jay White, Austin Gunn, and Colten Gunn) † | 1 | 33+ |
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
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1 | Billy Gunn | 1 | 238 |
Anthony Bowens | |||
Max Caster | |||
4 | Brody King | 1 | 175 |
Buddy Matthews | |||
Malakai Black | |||
7 | Pac | 1 | 126 |
Penta El Zero Miedo | |||
Rey Fénix | |||
10 | Kenny Omega | 2 | 56 |
Matt Jackson | |||
Nick Jackson | |||
13 | Jay White † | 1 | 33+ |
Austin Gunn † | |||
Colten Gunn † |
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