AEW World Championship

The AEW World Championship is a professional wrestling championship in All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It is the top men's championship and the most important championship in AEW.

AEW World Championship
First champion Chris Jericho
Details
Promotion	All Elite Wrestling
Date established	May 25, 2019
Current champion(s)	"Hangman" Adam Page
Date won	July 12, 2025
Statistics First champion(s) Chris Jericho Most reigns Jon Moxley (4 reigns) Longest reign MJF (406 days) Shortest reign CM Punk (2nd reign, 3 days) Oldest winner Chris Jericho (48 years, 295 days) Youngest winner MJF (26 years, 249 days) Heaviest champion Samoa Joe (310 lb (140 kg)) Lightest champion Bryan Danielson (210 lb (95 kg))

It is not a heavyweight championship because AEW doesn't have weight divisions.^[1]

History

The title was introduced by Bret Hart in a segment at Double or Nothing on May 29, 2022.^[2]

The first champion was Chris Jericho. Jericho defeated Adam Page in the main event of All Out.

During CM Punk's first reign as champion, he got injured and wanted to drop the championship. AEW president Tony Khan said that Punk would keep the championship but a new interim champion would be crowned after a tournament. The interim champion would then face Punk after he returned from injury to see who would become the undisputed champion.^[3] Jon Moxley defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi at Forbidden Door. Punk returned and lost to Moxley.

During his second reign, Punk had his title stripped from him and was suspended. This was because he had gotten into a real-life backstage fight with AEW's executive vice presidents.^[4] After a tournament, Moxley defeated Bryan Danielson at AEW Grand Slam to win the championship for a third time.^[5]

Current champion

Right now the champion is "Hangman" Adam Page, who in his second reign. He defeated Jon Moxley in a Texas Deathmatch at All In Texas on July 12, 2025.

Title history

Key

No.	Overall reign number
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.
		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 first champion.	[6]
2	Jon Moxley	February 29, 2020	Revolution	Chicago, IL	1	277		[7]
3	Kenny Omega	December 2, 2020	Dynamite: Winter Is Coming	Jacksonville, FL	1	346		[8]
4	"Hangman" Adam Page	November 13, 2021	Full Gear	Minneapolis, MN	1	197		[9]
5	CM Punk	May 29, 2022	Double or Nothing	Paradise, NV	1	87		[10]
—	Jon Moxley	June 26, 2022	AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door	Chicago, IL	—	59	CM Punk was the original champion but got injured. Moxley became the interim champion after defeating Hiroshi Tanahashi in a tournament.	[3][11]
6	Jon Moxley	August 24, 2022	Dynamite	Cleveland, OH	2	11	Defeated original champion CM Punk to become the undisputed champion. This is recognized as Moxley's second reign by AEW.	[12]
7	CM Punk	September 4, 2022	All Out	Hoffman Estates, IL	2	3		[13]
—		September 7, 2022	Dynamite	Buffalo, NY			The championship was stripped from CM Punk after Punk got into a real-life fight backstage and was suspended. After Punk returned to the company, he said that he was the "Real World Champion". AEW did not recognize the "Real World Championship" reign. Punk was fired after getting into another backstage fight.	[14][15][16]
8	Jon Moxley	September 21, 2022	Dynamite: Grand Slam	Flushing, Queens, NY	3	59	Defeated Bryan Danielson in a tournament final for the vacant title.	[17]
9	MJF	November 19, 2022	Full Gear	Newark, NJ	1	1134	This was MJF's Casino Poker Chip cash-in match.	[18]
10	Samoa Joe	December 30, 2023	Worlds End	Uniondale, NY	1	113		[19]
11	Swerve Strickland	April 21, 2024	Dynasty	St. Louis, MO	1	125	Strickland became the first black wrestler to win the title.	[20]
12	Bryan Danielson	August 25, 2024	All In	London, England	1	48	This was a Title vs. Career match.	[21]
13	Jon Moxley	October 12, 2024	WrestleDream	Tacoma, WA	4	273	Since previous champion Bryan Danielson lost, his full-time wrestling career came to an end.	[22]
14	"Hangman" Adam Page	July 12, 2025	All In	Arlington, TX	2	168+	This was a Texas Deathmatch.	[23]