List of AEW World Champions
Professional wrestling 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 August 12, 2026, there have been 19 reigns between 10 champions and one vacancy, as well as one interim champion. Chris Jericho was the inaugural champion. Jon Moxley has the most reigns at four and also 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). Moxley also has the longest combined reign at 620 days. MJF's first reign is the longest singular reign at 406 days, while Punk's second reign is the shortest at 3 days. Jericho is the oldest champion, winning the title at 48 years old, while MJF is the youngest, first winning it at 26 years old.
Kenny Omega is the current champion in his second reign. He won the title by defeating previous champion MJF in a Last Chance match at Dynamite: Beach Break on July 8, 2026, in Clearwater, Florida.
Title history
| Name | Years |
|---|---|
| AEW World Championship | May 25, 2019 – present |
| 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 | 133 | This was a Texas Deathmatch. | [20] |
| 15 | Samoa Joe | November 22, 2025 | Full Gear | Newark, NJ | 2 | 35 | This was a Steel Cage match. | [21] |
| 16 | MJF | December 27, 2025 | Worlds End | Hoffman Estates, IL | 2 | 109 | This was a four-way match, also involving Swerve Strickland and "Hangman" Adam Page. This was also MJF's Casino Gauntlet guaranteed championship match. | [22] |
| 17 | Darby Allin | April 15, 2026 | Dynamite: Spring BreakThru | Everett, WA | 1 | 39 | [23] | |
| 18 | MJF | May 24, 2026 | Double or Nothing | Queens, NY | 3 | 45 | This was a Title vs. Hair match. | [24] |
| 19 | Kenny Omega | July 8, 2026 | Dynamite: Beach Break | Clearwater, FL | 2 | 35+ | This was a Last Chance match. | [25] |
Combined reigns
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As of August 12, 2026.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
|---|
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jon Moxley | 4 | 620 |
| 2 | MJF | 3 | 560 |
| 3 | Kenny Omega † | 2 | 380+ |
| 4 | "Hangman" Adam Page | 2 | 330 |
| 5 | Chris Jericho | 1 | 182 |
| 6 | Samoa Joe | 2 | 148 |
| 7 | Swerve Strickland | 1 | 126 |
| 8 | CM Punk | 2 | 90 |
| 9 | Bryan Danielson | 1 | 48 |
| 10 | Darby Allin | 1 | 39 |
Notes
- 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.