AEW World Championship

AEW World Championship is the primary title in the professional wrestling promotion, All Elite Wrestling. The championship was unveiled by the legendary Britt Hart at AEW's inaugural event, Double or Nothing 2019. Chris Jericho was the first-ever AEW Champion, winning the title at All Out 2019. Bryan Danielson is the current champion in his first reign with the title.

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Current AEW World Champion

Bryan Danielson is the current AEW World Champion in his first reign with the title. He won the title at AEW All In London on August 25, 2024, by defeating the former champion Swerve Strickland. Danielson had made his AEW debut back in 2021, and despite contesting for the championship multiple times, had hard luck in winning the gold. Building up to AEW All In 2024, Danielson challenged Strickland to a match, and even put his career on the line, vowing to retire if he lost. However, he defeated Strickland to win the AEW World Championship for the first time in his career.

List of AEW World Champions

History of the AEW World Championship

AEW was introduced as a promotion on January 1, 2019, and fans knew that the first title to be introduced in the promotion was to be the world title. Not complicating things much, the promotion simply named it the AEW World Championship, and was unveiled by the iconic wrestler Bret 'The Hitman' Hart at AEW Double or Nothing in May, which was also the first-ever PPV and the first-ever event by All Elite Wrestling.

At the event, Hangman Page won the Casino Battle Royal, and Chris Jericho defeated Kenny Omega to qualify for the tournament finals. A few weeks later, Jericho defeated Page at AEW All Out, becoming the first wrestler to hold the championship. Since then, the title has changed hands numerous times. It has been held by already established stars like Jon Moxley, Bryan Danielson, CM Punk, Samoa Joe, Kenny Omega, and rising names like MJF and Swerve Strickland.

Jon Moxley was the first wrestler to win the title twice and then became the first to win it thrice. MJF held the title for 406 days, which is the longest in the title's history. He is also the youngest champion of the belt, at 26, while his former mentor Chris Jericho won the title at the age of 48, and is the oldest champion. The title has only been vacated once so far after CM Punk was suspended from the AEW after a post-conference.