List of AEW World Champions

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.

Record-setting four-time, current, and longest combined reigning champion Jon Moxley

As of April 27, 2025, there have been 13 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, 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) and has the longest combined reign at 544+ 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.

Jon Moxley is the reigning champion in his record-setting fourth reign. He won the title by defeating Bryan Danielson at WrestleDream on October 12, 2024.

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
	All Elite Wrestling (AEW)
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, England	1	48	This was a Title vs. Career match.	[18]
13	Jon Moxley	October 12, 2024	WrestleDream	Tacoma, WA	4	197+		[19]

Combined reigns

Inaugural champion Chris Jericho

One-time, youngest, and longest-reigning champion MJF, who held the title for 406 days.

As of April 27, 2025.

†	Indicates the current champion

Rank	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined days
1	Jon Moxley †	4	544+
2	MJF	1	406
3	Kenny Omega	1	346
4	"Hangman" Adam Page	1	197
5	Chris Jericho	1	182
6	Swerve Strickland	1	126
7	Samoa Joe	1	113
8	CM Punk	2	90
9	Bryan Danielson	1	48

Notes

1. After Punk's return the following year, he was billed as the "Real World Champion"; however, this was storyline not recognized by AEW, and after Punk was released on August 27, 2023, the "Real World Championship" was dropped.