AEW World Trios Championship
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). The current champions are The House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King, and Buddy Matthews), who are in their first reign, both as a team and individually.
| 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 House of Black (Brody King, Buddy Matthews and Malakai Black) | ||||||||||||||||
| Date won | March 5, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||
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History
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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]
Inaugural tournament
| 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) (Kyle Fletcher, Mark Davis and Will Ospreay) | Pin | |||||||||||||
| United Empire (NJPW) | 18:59[7] | |||||||||||||
| The Elite | Pin | |||||||||||||
| La Facción Ingobernable (Andrade El Idolo, Dragon Lee and Rush) | 20:50[8] | |||||||||||||
| 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 (Brody King, Buddy Matthews and Malakai Black) | 9:03[9] | |||||||||||||
| The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds, John Silver, and Preston Vance) | Pin | |||||||||||||
| "Hangman" Adam Page and The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds and John Silver)[lower-alpha 1] | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Best Friends | 11:10[11] | |||||||||||||
| The Trustbusters (Ari Daivari, Parker Boudreaux, and Slim J) | 10:32[12] | |||||||||||||
| Best Friends (Chuck Taylor, Trent Beretta, and Orange Cassidy) | Pin | |||||||||||||
Reigns
As of May 18, 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. 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 House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King, and Buddy Matthews), who are in their first reign, both as a team and individually. They defeated The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson) on March 5, 2023, at Revolution in San Francisco, California.
| 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 | 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 (Brody King, Buddy Matthews and Malakai Black) |
March 5, 2023 | Revolution | San Francisco, CA | 1 | 74+ | [14] | |
Combined reigns
As of May 18, 2023
| † | Indicates the current champion |
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By team
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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 House of Black (Brody King, Buddy Matthews and Malakai Black) † | 1 | 74+ |
| 3 | The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson) | 2 | 56 |
By wrestler
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
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| 1 | Pac | 1 | 126 |
| Penta El Zero Miedo | |||
| Rey Fénix | |||
| 4 | Brody King † | 1 | 74+ |
| Buddy Matthews † | |||
| Malakai Black † | |||
| 7 | Kenny Omega | 2 | 56 |
| Matt Jackson | |||
| Nick Jackson |
Notes
- Page replaced Preston Vance because the latter was not medically cleared to compete.[10]
References
- Barnett, Jake (July 27, 2022). "7/27 AEW Dynamite results: Barnett's live review of Jon Moxley vs. Rush for the Interim AEW World Championship, Thunder Rosa vs. Miyu Yamashita for the AEW Women's Championship, Ricky Starks vs. Danhausen for the FTW Title, Bryan Danielson vs. Daniel Garcia, Sammy Guevara vs. Dante Martin". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
- Lambert, Jeremy (July 27, 2022). "AEW Officially Announces Trios Championships, First Champions Will Be Crowned At AEW All Out". Fightful. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
- Powell, Jason (September 4, 2022). "AEW All Out results: Powell's live review of Jon Moxley vs. CM Punk for the AEW World Championship, Toni Storm vs. Britt Baker vs. Jamie Hayter vs. Hikaru Shida for the Interim AEW Women's Title, Chris Jericho vs. Bryan Danielson, Ricky Starks vs. Powerhouse Hobbs, "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry vs. Christian Cage, Casino Ladder Match". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
- "Report: AEW Members Suspended After 'All Out' Altercation". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- Barnett, Jake (September 8, 2022). "9/7 AEW Dynamite results: Barnett's live review of Tony Khan addressing the status of the AEW World Championship and AEW Trios Titles, MJF's return promo, Wheeler Yuta vs. Daniel Garcia for the ROH Pure Rules Title, Death Triangle vs. Best Friends, Interim AEW Women's Champ Toni Storm vs. Penelope Ford in an eliminator match". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
- Barnett, Jake (August 24, 2022). "8/24 AEW Dynamite results: Barnett's live review of CM Punk vs. Jon Moxley for the unified AEW World Championship, Death Triangle vs. Will Ospreay and Aussie Open in an AEW Trios Title tournament match, Dax Harwood vs. Jay Lethal, Billy Gunn vs. Colten Gunn, Britt Baker vs. KiLynn King, Chris Jericho and Daniel Garcia meeting". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
- Barnett, Jake (August 31, 2022). "8/31 AEW Dynamite results: Barnett's live review of Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks vs. Will Ospreay and Aussie Open in an AEW Trios Titles tournament semifinal match, Bryan Danielson vs. Jake Hager, Britt Baker and Jamie Hayter vs. Hikaru Shida and Toni Storm, AEW World Champion Jon Moxley promo". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
- Powell, Jason (August 17, 2022). "8/17 AEW Dynamite results: Powell's live review of The Young Bucks and a partner vs. Andrade, Rush, and Dragon Lee in an AEW Trios Titles tournament match, Bryan Danielson vs. Daniel Garcia in a best of three falls match, Ricky Steamboat appears, Toni Storm vs. KiLynn King, Gunn Club vs. The Varsity Blonds". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
- McGuire, Colin (August 26, 2022). "8/26 AEW Rampage results: McGuire's review of Claudio Castagnoli vs. Dustin Rhodes for the ROH Title, Malakai Black, Brody King, and Buddy Matthews vs. Alex Reynolds, John Silver, and 10 in an AEW Trios Titles tournament match, Sammy Guevara and Tay Melo vs. Ortiz and Ruby Soho, Wardlow vs. Ryan Nemeth for the TNT Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
- All Elite Wrestling [@AEW] (August 31, 2022). "#DarkOrder's 10 is unable to compete in this FRIDAY's #AEW World Trios Tournament #AEWRampage Final. Just made official: Hangman Page will be taking his place to stand alongside #DarkOrder against #BestFriends & Orange Cassidy! Tune in NOW to #AEWDynamite LIVE on TBS" (Tweet). Retrieved August 31, 2022 – via Twitter.
- McGuire, Colin (September 2, 2022). "9/2 AEW Rampage results: McGuire's review of Orange Cassidy, Trent Beretta, and Chuck Taylor vs. Hangman Page, Alex Reynolds, and Jon Silver in an AEW Trios Titles tournament match, Ricky Starks vs. QT Marshall, Sammy Guevara and Tay Melo vs. Rubo Soho and Ortiz for the AAA Mixed Tag Team Titles, final hype for AEW All Out". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
- McGuire, Colin (August 19, 2022). "8/19 AEW Rampage results: McGuire's review of Swerve Strickland and Keith Lee vs. Private Party for the AEW Tag Titles, Hook vs. Zack Clayton for the FTW Title, The Trustbusters vs. Orange Cassidy, Trent Beretta, and Chuck Taylor in an AEW Trios Titles tournament match, Penelope Ford vs. Athena". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
- Powell, Jason (January 11, 2023). "1/11 AEW Dynamite results: Powell's live review of Death Triangle vs. The Elite in a ladder match for the AEW Trios Titles, Jon Moxley vs. Hangman Page, Bryan Danielson vs. Konosuke Takeshita, Jamie Hayter and Britt Baker vs. Saraya and Toni Storm, "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry and Hook vs. Big Bill and Lee Moriarty". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
- Powell, Jason (March 5, 2023). "AEW Revolution results: Powell's live review of MJF vs. Bryan Danielson in an Iron Man match for the AEW World Championship, Jamie Hayter vs. Saraya vs. Ruby Soho in a three-way for the AEW Women's Title, Jon Moxley vs. Hangman Page in a Texas Death match, Samoa Joe vs. Wardlow for the TNT Title, The Elite vs. House of Black for the AEW Trios Titles". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved March 6, 2023.