AEW World Trios Championship
| AEW World Trios Championship | |||||||||||||||||
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.jpg) Two-time champion Pac and-one-time champions Rey Fénix and Penta El Zero M, together known as Death Triangle | |||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | All Elite Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||
| Date established | July 27, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Pac and Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta) | ||||||||||||||||
| Date won | August 25, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
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The AEW World Trios Championship is a professional wrestling championship in All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It is competed for in tag teams of three people. From April to July 2024, it was defended together with Ring of Honor's ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship as the Unified World Trios Championship.
History
[change | change source]The title was introduced on July 27, 2022. It was announced that there would be a tournament held to crown the first champions.[1]
The first champions were The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson). They defeated "Hangman" Adam Page and The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds and John Silver) at All Out.[2]
Shortly after they won, The Elite had their titles stripped from them and they were suspended. This was because they had gotten into a real-life backstage fight with AEW World Champion CM Punk. Punk was also suspended and had his championship stripped.[3] On the September 7 episode of Dynamite, a six-man tag team match was held for the vacant championships. Death Triangle (Pac, Penta El Zero M, and Rey Fénix) defeated Best Friends (Chuck Taylor, Trent Beretta, and Orange Cassidy) to become the new champions.
At Dynasty: Zero Hour on April 21, 2024, ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions Bullet Club Gold (Jay White, Austin Gunn and Colten Gunn) defeated The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens, Max Caster, and Billy Gunn) for the AEW World Trios Championship in a Winners Take All match to make the titles into one as the Unified World Trios Championship.[4][5] On July 10, 2024 (aired July 13), Bullet Club Gold (who were renamed the Bang Bang Gang) were stripped of the Unified Trios Titles and the AEW and ROH titles were separated again.[6]
Title history
[change | change source]| 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 the finals of a tournament to become the first champions. | [7] |
| — | Vacated | September 7, 2022 | Dynamite | Buffalo, NY | — | — | The Elite were stripped of the title and were suspended by AEW president Tony Khan after a real-life fight that happened backstage during the All Out post-event media scrum. | [8] |
| 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. | [9] |
| 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. | [10] |
| 4 | The House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King, and Buddy Matthews) |
March 5, 2023 | Revolution | San Francisco, CA | 1 | 175 | [11] | |
| 5 | Billy Gunn and The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens and Max Caster) |
August 27, 2023 | All In | London, England | 1 | 238 | This was a House Rules No Holds Barred match. | [12] |
| 6 | Bullet Club Gold (Jay White, Austin Gunn, and Colten Gunn) |
April 21, 2024 | Dynasty Zero Hour |
St. Louis, MO | 1 | 90 | This was a Winners Take All Championship Unification match also for Bullet Club Gold's ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship. With both titles, Bullet Club Gold are called the Unified World Trios Champions. Bullet Club Gold is also known as the Bang Bang Gang. AEW lists the end of this reign on July 13, 2024, when the following episode aired on tape delay. |
[13] |
| — | Vacated | July 10, 2024 | Collision | Calgary, AB, Canada | — | — | Bullet Club Gold (now renamed Bang Bang Gang) were stripped of the title by interim AEW Executive Vice President Christopher Daniels after Jay White suffered an injury, overruling Bang Bang Gang's attempt to use the Freebird Rule, which would have allowed Juice Robinson to defend the title in place of White. This ended the unification with the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship. Aired on tape delay on July 13, 2024. |
[14][6] |
| 7 | The Patriarchy (Christian Cage, Killswitch, and Nick Wayne) |
July 20, 2024 | Collision | Arlington, TX | 1 | 36 | Defeated the Bang Bang Gang (Juice Robinson, Austin Gunn, and Colten Gunn) to win the vacant championship. | [15] |
| 8 | Pac and Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta) |
August 25, 2024 | All In | London, England | 1 (2, 1, 1) |
117+ | This was a four-way London Ladder match also involving Bang Bang Gang (Juice Robinson, Austin Gunn, and Colten Gunn) and House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King, and Buddy Matthews). | [16] |
Footnotes
[change | change source]- ↑ Together with the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "AEW Officially Announces Trios Championships, First Champions Will Be Crowned At AEW All Out". Fightful. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW All Out Results (9/4/2022): Jon Moxley vs. CM Punk AEW Title Match, Casino Ladder Match & More". Fightful. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW World Championship Vacated, New Champion Set To Be Crowned At 9/21 AEW Dynamite Grand Slam". Fightful. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
- ↑ "Bullet Club Gold Are The Unified World Trios Champions". AEW. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
- ↑ Miller, Haley (April 21, 2024). "Bullet Club Gold Become the Inaugural Unified World Trios Champions at AEW Dynasty". ComicBook. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lambert, Jeremy (July 13, 2024). "Bang Bang Gang Stripped Of Unified AEW Trios Titles On 7/13 AEW Collision". Fightful. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
- ↑ "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". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW Dynamite (9/7) Results: Tony Khan Addresses Issues, MJF Speaks, ROH Pure Title Match, More!". Fightful. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
- ↑ "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". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 3, 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". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 3, 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". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW All In results: Powell's live review of MJF vs. Adam Cole for the AEW World Championship, Will Ospreay vs. Chris Jericho, CM Punk vs. Samoa Joe for the Real World Title, Stadium Stampede". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
- ↑ Powell, Jason (April 21, 2024). "AEW Dynasty Zero Hour pre-show results: ROH Six-Man Tag Champions Jay White, Austin Gunn, and Colten Gunn vs. AEW Trios Champions Max Caster, Anthony Bowens, and Billy Gunn for both titles". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
- ↑ Krotchsen, Billy (July 10, 2024). "AEW COLLISION SPOILERS FROM CALGARY". PWInsider. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
- ↑ "AEW Collision results (7/20): Murphy's review of Austin and Colten Gunn and Juice Robinson vs. The Patriarchy for the vacant Unified Trios Titles, Thunder Rosa vs. Deonna Purrazzo in a lumberjack match". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
- ↑ "AEW All In results: Powell's live review of Swerve Strickland vs. Bryan Danielson for the AEW World Championship, Toni Storm vs. Mariah May for the AEW Women's Championship". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved August 28, 2024.