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Promotion | All Elite Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||
Date established | July 27, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Billy Gunn and The Acclaimed (Max Caster and Anthony Bowens) | ||||||||||||||||
Date won | August 27, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||
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The AEW World Trios Championship is a men's 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). The current champions are The Acclaimed (Max Caster and Anthony Bowens) and Billy Gunn, who are in their first reign, both as a team and individually. They won the title by defeating The House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King, and Buddy Matthews) at All In on August 27, 2023.
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 (Kyle Fletcher, Mark Davis, and Will Ospreay) | Pin | |||||||||||||
United Empire | 18:59[10] | |||||||||||||
The Elite | Pin | |||||||||||||
La Facción Ingobernable (Andrade El Idolo, Dragon Lee, and Rush) | 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] | |||||||||||||
The 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 August 29, 2023, there have been four reigns between three teams composed of nine individual champions and one vacancy. The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson) were the inaugural champions and they have the most reigns at two. Their inaugural reign was also the shortest at 3 days while The House of Black's (Malakai Black, Brody King, and Buddy Matthews) sole reign is the longest at 175 days. Billy Gunn is the oldest champion, winning the title at 59, while Fénix is the youngest at 31.[3][5]
The current champions are The Acclaimed (Max Caster and Anthony Bowens) and Billy Gunn, who are in their first reign, both as a team and individually. They won the title by defeating The House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King, and Buddy Matthews) on August 27, 2023, in London, England at All In.
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parenthesis, if different |
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 | 53 | This was an Escalera de la Muerte that was also the seventh and final match in a Best of Seven Series for the championship. | [13] |
4 | The House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King, and Buddy Matthews) |
March 5, 2023 | Revolution | San Francisco, CA | 1 | 175 | [14] | |
5 | Billy Gunn and The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens and Max Caster) |
August 27, 2023 | All In | London, England | 1 | 2+ | This was a House Rules No Holds Barred match. | [15] |
As of August 29, 2023
† | Indicates the current champion |
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Rank | Team | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
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1 | The House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King, and Buddy Matthews) |
1 | 175 |
2 | Death Triangle (Pac, Penta El Zero M, and Rey Fénix) |
1 | 126 |
3 | The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson) |
2 | 56 |
4 | Billy Gunn and The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens and Max Caster) † |
1 | 2+ |
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
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1 | Brody King | 1 | 175 |
Buddy Matthews | |||
Malakai Black | |||
4 | Pac | 1 | 126 |
Penta El Zero Miedo | |||
Rey Fénix | |||
7 | Kenny Omega | 2 | 56 |
Matt Jackson | |||
Nick Jackson | |||
10 | Billy Gunn † | 1 | 2+ |
Anthony Bowens † | |||
Max Caster † |