AEW World Trios Championship | |||||||||||||||||
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The AEW World Trios Championship belts | |||||||||||||||||
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Promotion | All Elite Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||
Date established | July 27, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson) | ||||||||||||||||
Date won | January 11, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||
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The AEW World Trios Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship created and promoted by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It is a specialized tag team championship, being contested by teams of three wrestlers, referred to as trios. Established on July 27, 2022, the inaugural champions were The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson), who are also the current champions in their record-setting second reign.
On the July 27, 2022, special episode of Dynamite titled Fight for the Fallen, All Elite Wrestling (AEW) announced a tournament for the inaugural AEW World Trios Championship, which would culminate at the All Out pay-per-view on September 4, 2022. Unlike the AEW World Tag Team Championship, which is a standard tag team title contested by teams of two wrestlers, the Trios Championship is contested by teams of three wrestlers, referred to as trios.[1][2] At All Out, The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson) defeated "Hangman" Adam Page and The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds and John Silver) in the tournament final to become the inaugural champions.[3]
Following berating comments made by AEW World Champion CM Punk at the All Out post-event media scrum on September 5, a legitimate physical altercation occurred between Punk and The Elite. As a result, AEW president Tony Khan suspended all involved.[4] On the September 7 episode of Dynamite, Khan announced that both the World Championship and Trios Championship were vacated. Khan then announced that the episode's scheduled six-man tag team match between Death Triangle (Pac, Penta El Zero M, and Rey Fénix) and Best Friends (Chuck Taylor, Trent Beretta, and Orange Cassidy) would be for the vacant Trios Championship, which was won by Death Triangle.[5]
Quarterfinals Dynamite (August 17 and 24, 2022) Rampage (August 19 and 26, 2022) | Semifinals Dynamite (August 31, 2022) Rampage (September 2, 2022) | Finals All Out (September 4, 2022) | ||||||||||||
Death Triangle (Pac, Penta El Zero M, and Rey Fénix) | 24:51[6] | |||||||||||||
United Empire (NJPW) (Will Ospreay, Mark Davis, and Kyle Fletcher) | Pin | |||||||||||||
United Empire (NJPW) | 18:59[10] | |||||||||||||
The Elite | Pin | |||||||||||||
La Facción Ingobernable (Andrade El Idolo, Rush, and Dragon Lee) | 20:50[7] | |||||||||||||
The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson) | Pin | |||||||||||||
The Elite | Pin | |||||||||||||
"Hangman" Adam Page and The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds and John Silver) | 19:50[3] | |||||||||||||
House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King, and Buddy Matthews) | 9:03[8] | |||||||||||||
The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds, John Silver, and Preston Vance) | Pin | |||||||||||||
"Hangman" Adam Page and The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds and John Silver)[a] | Pin | |||||||||||||
Best Friends | 11:10[12] | |||||||||||||
The Trustbusters (Ari Daivari, Parker Boudreaux, and Slim J) | 10:32[9] | |||||||||||||
Best Friends (Chuck Taylor, Trent Beretta, and Orange Cassidy) | Pin |
As of February 7, 2023, there have been three reigns between two teams composed of six individual champions and one vacancy. The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson) were the inaugural champions. Their inaugural reign was also the shortest at 3 days while Death Triangle's (Pac, Penta El Zero M, and Rey Fénix) sole reign is the longest at 126 days. Omega is the oldest champion, winning the title for a second time at 39, while Fénix is the youngest at 31.[3][5]
The current champions are The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson), who are in their record-setting second reign, both as a team and individually. They defeated Death Triangle (Pac, Penta El Zero M, and Rey Fénix) in an Escalera de la Muerte (ladder match) on the January 11, 2023, episode of Dynamite in Inglewood, California. This was also the seventh and final match in a Best of Seven Series for the championship.[13]
No. | Overall reign number |
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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. | |||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
1 | The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson) |
September 4, 2022 | All Out | Hoffman Estates, IL | 1 | 3 | Defeated "Hangman" Adam Page and The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds and John Silver) in a tournament final to determine the inaugural champions. | [3] |
— | Vacated | September 7, 2022 | Dynamite | Buffalo, NY | — | — | The Elite were stripped of the title after being suspended by AEW president Tony Khan following a legitimate physical altercation at All Out. | [5] |
2 | Death Triangle (Pac, Penta El Zero M, and Rey Fénix) |
September 7, 2022 | Dynamite | Buffalo, NY | 1 | 126 | Defeated Best Friends (Chuck Taylor, Trent Beretta, and Orange Cassidy) to win the vacant championship. | [5] |
3 | The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson) |
January 11, 2023 | Dynamite | Inglewood, CA | 2 | 27+ | This was an Escalera de la Muerte that was also the seventh and final match in a Best of Seven Series for the championship. | [14] |
As of February 7, 2023
† | Indicates the current champion |
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Rank | Team | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
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1 | Death Triangle (Pac, Penta El Zero M, and Rey Fénix) |
1 | 126 |
2 | The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson) † |
2 | 30+ |
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
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1 | Pac | 1 | 126 |
Penta El Zero M | |||
Rey Fénix | |||
4 | Kenny Omega † | 2 | 30+ |
Matt Jackson † | |||
Nick Jackson † |