List of AEW TNT Champions

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The AEW TNT Championship is a men's professional wrestling television championship created and promoted by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Established on March 30, 2020, it is named after the TNT television network, which currently airs AEW's weekly program, Collision.

Current champion Kevin Knight

Overall, there have been 32 reigns between 20 champions and three vacancies. Cody Rhodes, then known simply as Cody, was the inaugural champion. Rhodes, Sammy Guevara, and Wardlow are tied for the most reigns at three. Darby Allin's first reign is the longest at 186 days, and the longest combined reign at 214 days, while Adam Copeland's first reign is the shortest at 3 minutes and 30 seconds. Daniel Garcia is the youngest champion at 26 years, 67 days old, while Dustin Rhodes is the oldest, winning the title at 56 years.

Kevin Knight is the current champion in his first reign. He won the vacant title by pinning Daniel Garcia in a 10-man Casino Gauntlet match at Dynasty on April 12, 2026; previous champion Kyle Fletcher relinquished the title due to injury.

Title history

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No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Days recog. Number of days held recognized by the promotion
<1 Reign lasted less than a day
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No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign DaysDays recog.
1 Cody Rhodes May 23, 2020 Double or Nothing Jacksonville, FL 1 8291 Defeated Lance Archer in the finals of an eight-man single-elimination tournament to become the inaugural champion. AEW recognizes Cody's reign as ending on August 22, 2020, when the following episode aired on tape delay. [1][2]
2 Mr. Brodie Lee August 13, 2020 Dynamite Jacksonville, FL 1 5546 AEW recognizes Lee's reign as beginning on August 22, 2020, when the episode aired on tape delay. [3]
3 Cody Rhodes October 7, 2020 Dynamite:
Chris Jericho's 30th Anniversary Celebration		 Jacksonville, FL 2 3131 This was a Dog Collar match. [4]
4 Darby Allin November 7, 2020 Full Gear Jacksonville, FL 1 186186 [5]
5 Miro May 12, 2021 Dynamite Jacksonville, FL 1 140140 [6]
6 Sammy Guevara September 29, 2021 Dynamite Rochester, NY 1 8487 AEW recognizes Guevara's reign as ending on December 25, 2021, when the following episode aired on tape delay. [7]
7 Cody Rhodes December 22, 2021 Rampage:
Holiday Bash		 Greensboro, NC 3 3532 AEW recognizes Rhodes' reign as beginning on December 25, 2021, when the episode aired on tape delay, and ending on January 26, 2022.
Previously known as Cody.		 [8]
— Sammy Guevara (Interim) January 8, 2022 Battle of the Belts I Charlotte, NC — 18— Lineal champion Cody Rhodes was originally scheduled to defend the title against Guevara at this event, but was pulled due to COVID-19-related issues. Guevara was instead scheduled to face Dustin Rhodes to determine the interim TNT Champion. [9][10]
8 Sammy Guevara January 26, 2022 Dynamite:
Beach Break		 Cleveland, OH 2 4242 Defeated lineal champion Cody Rhodes in a ladder match to determine the undisputed champion. AEW officially recognizes this as the start of Guevara's second reign. [11][12]
9 Scorpio Sky March 9, 2022 Dynamite Estero, FL 1 3738 AEW recognizes Sky's reign as ending on April 16, 2022, when the following event aired on tape delay. [13]
10 Sammy Guevara April 15, 2022 Battle of the Belts II Garland, TX 3 1211 AEW recognizes Guevara's reign as beginning on April 16, 2022, when the event aired on tape delay. [14][15]
11 Scorpio Sky April 27, 2022 Dynamite Philadelphia, PA 2 7070 This was a ladder match. [16]
12 Wardlow July 6, 2022 Dynamite Rochester, NY 1 136136 This was a Street Fight. [17]
13 Samoa Joe November 19, 2022 Full Gear Newark, NJ 1 4646 This was a three-way match, also involving Powerhouse Hobbs, who Joe submitted. [18]
14 Darby Allin January 4, 2023 Dynamite Seattle, WA 2 2828 [19]
15 Samoa Joe February 1, 2023 Dynamite Dayton, OH 2 3232 This was a No Holds Barred match. [20]
16 Wardlow March 5, 2023 Revolution San Francisco, CA 2 33 [21]
17 Powerhouse Hobbs March 8, 2023 Dynamite Sacramento, CA 1 4242 This was a Falls Count Anywhere match that Hobbs won by technical knockout. [22]
18 Wardlow April 19, 2023 Dynamite Pittsburgh, PA 3 5959 [23]
19 Luchasaurus June 17, 2023 Collision Chicago, IL 1 9898 [24]
20 Christian Cage September 23, 2023 Collision Grand Rapids, MI 1 9898 This was a three-way match, also involving Darby Allin. [25]
21 Adam Copeland December 30, 2023 Worlds End Uniondale, NY 1 <1<1 This was a no disqualification match. [26]
22 Christian Cage December 30, 2023 Worlds End Uniondale, NY 2 8181 After his loss to Copeland, Cage immediately invoked the title shot earned by his Patriarchy member Killswitch earlier that night to get an immediate rematch. [26]
23 Adam Copeland March 20, 2024 Dynamite/Rampage Toronto, ON, Canada 2 7070 This was an "I Quit" match. The match started as the main event of Dynamite and concluded at the start of Rampage, which aired back-to-back. [27]
— Vacated May 29, 2024 Dynamite Inglewood, CA — —— AEW executive vice presidents The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson and Nicholas Jackson) stripped Adam Copeland of the title due to Copeland's legitimate leg injury incurred at Double or Nothing three days prior. [28]
24 Jack Perry June 30, 2024 Forbidden Door Elmont, NY 1 146146 Defeated Mark Briscoe, Konosuke Takeshita, Dante Martin, Lio Rush, and El Phantasmo in a 6-man ladder match to win the vacant title. [29]
25 Daniel Garcia November 23, 2024 Full Gear Newark, NJ 1 134134 [30]
26 Adam Cole April 6, 2025 Dynasty Philadelphia, PA 1 9797 [31]
— Vacated July 12, 2025 All In: Texas
Zero Hour		 Arlington, TX — —— Adam Cole vacated the title due to not being medically cleared to compete for an indefinite period of time. [32][33]
27 Dustin Rhodes July 12, 2025 All In: Texas Arlington, TX 1 1919 Originally scheduled as a singles match in which Adam Cole was to defend the title against Kyle Fletcher. After Cole relinquished the title, the match became a four-way match between Fletcher, Daniel Garcia, Sammy Guevara, and Dustin Rhodes for the vacant title. [33]
28 Kyle Fletcher July 31, 2025 Collision Chicago, IL 1 114114 This was a Chicago Street Fight. [34]
29 Mark Briscoe November 22, 2025 Full Gear Newark, NJ 1 7070 This was a No Disqualification match where if Briscoe had lost, he would have been forced to join Kyle Fletcher in The Don Callis Family. [35]
30 Tommaso Ciampa January 31, 2026 Collision Arlington, TX 1 1111 [36]
31 Kyle Fletcher February 11, 2026 Dynamite Ontario, CA 2 5656 [37]
— Vacated April 8, 2026 – – — —— The title was vacated due to Kyle Fletcher suffering an injury. [38]
32 Kevin Knight April 12, 2026 Dynasty Vancouver, BC, Canada 1 19+19+ Pinned Daniel Garcia in a 10-man Casino Gauntlet match for the vacant title. [39]
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Combined reigns

Inaugural and record-tying three-time champion Cody Rhodes.
Two-time champion Darby Allin; he has the longest singular reign for the title at 186 days for his first reign, as well as the longest combined reign at 214 days.

As of May 1, 2026.

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Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined
days		 Combined days
rec. by AEW
1 Darby Allin2214
2 Wardlow3198
3 Christian Cage2179
4 Kyle Fletcher2170
5 Cody Rhodes3148154
6 Jack Perry1146
7 Miro1140
8 Sammy Guevara3138140
9 Daniel Garcia1134
10 Scorpio Sky2107108
11 Luchasaurus198
12 Adam Cole197
13 Samoa Joe278
14 Adam Copeland270
Mark Briscoe170
16 Mr. Brodie Lee15546
17 Powerhouse Hobbs142
18 Kevin Knight †119+
19 Dustin Rhodes119
20 Tommaso Ciampa111
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