List of AEW World Champions
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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.
As of April 14, 2026, there have been 15 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, 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 he has the longest combined reign at 620 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.
Samoa Joe is the current champion in his second reign. He won the title by defeating "Hangman" Adam Page in a Steel Cage match at Full Gear on November 23, 2025.
Title history
[edit | edit source]| Name | Years |
|---|---|
| AEW World Championship | May 25, 2019 – present |
| AEW Men's World Championship | July 16, 2025 – November 23, 2025 (unofficial name used by "Hangman" Adam Page during his second reign) |
| 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 inaugural champion. | [1][2] |
| 2 | Jon Moxley | February 29, 2020 | Revolution | Chicago, IL | 1 | 277 | [3] | |
| 3 | Kenny Omega | December 2, 2020 | Dynamite: Winter Is Coming | Jacksonville, FL | 1 | 346 | [4] | |
| 4 | "Hangman" Adam Page | November 13, 2021 | Full Gear | Minneapolis, MN | 1 | 197 | This was Page's Casino Poker Chip cash-in match. | [5] |
| 5 | CM Punk | May 29, 2022 | Double or Nothing | Paradise, NV | 1 | 87 | [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 | 2 | 11 | Defeated 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 | 2 | 3 | [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 | 3 | 59 | Defeated Bryan Danielson in a tournament final for the vacant title. | [14] |
| 9 | MJF | November 19, 2022 | Full Gear | Newark, NJ | 1 | 406 | This was MJF's Casino Poker Chip cash-in match. | [15] |
| 10 | Samoa Joe | December 30, 2023 | Worlds End | Uniondale, NY | 1 | 113 | [16] | |
| 11 | Swerve Strickland | April 21, 2024 | Dynasty | St. Louis, MO | 1 | 126 | [17] | |
| 12 | Bryan Danielson | August 25, 2024 | All In: London | London, England | 1 | 48 | This was a Title vs. Career match. | [18] |
| 13 | Jon Moxley | October 12, 2024 | WrestleDream | Tacoma, WA | 4 | 273 | [19] | |
| 14 | "Hangman" Adam Page | July 12, 2025 | All In: Texas | Arlington, TX | 2 | 134 | This was a Texas Deathmatch. During this reign, the title was also unofficially referred to as the AEW Men's World Championship at the request of Adam Page.[20] | [21] |
| 15 | Samoa Joe | November 23, 2025 | Full Gear | Newark, NJ | 2 | 142+ | This was a Steel Cage match. | |
Combined reigns
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Inaugural champion Chris Jericho
Record 4-time and longest combined reign champion Jon Moxley
One-time, youngest, and longest reigning champion MJF, who held the title for 406 days.
As of April 14, 2026.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
|---|
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jon Moxley | 4 | 620 |
| 2 | MJF | 1 | 406 |
| 3 | Kenny Omega | 1 | 346 |
| 4 | "Hangman" Adam Page | 2 | 331 |
| 5 | Chris Jericho | 1 | 182 |
| 6 | Samoa Joe † | 2 | 255+ |
| 7 | Swerve Strickland | 1 | 126 |
| 8 | CM Punk | 2 | 90 |
| 9 | Bryan Danielson | 1 | 48 |
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ After Punk's return the following June, he proclaimed himself the "Real World Champion"; this was not an official reign recognized by AEW. After Punk's contract was legitimately terminated by AEW on September 2, 2023, the "Real World Championship" was dropped.
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