AEW_World_Trios_Champions

AEW World Trios Championship

AEW World Trios Championship

Men's professional wrestling trios tag team championship


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 Bullet Club Gold (Jay White, Austin Gunn, and Colten Gunn), who are in their first reign, both as a team and individually. They won the title by defeating The Acclaimed (Max Caster, Anthony Bowens, and Billy Gunn) in a Winners Take All unification match also for Bullet Club Gold's ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship during Dynasty: Zero Hour on April 21, 2024; with both titles, Bullet Club Gold are referred to as the Unified World Trios Champions.

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History

Record two-time and inaugural champions The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson)

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]

During Dynasty: Zero Hour on April 21, 2024, Ring of Honor 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) to win the AEW World Trios Championship in a winners take all championship unification match to unify the titles and become recognized as the Unified World Trios Champions.[6][7]

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[8]
United Empire
(Kyle Fletcher, Mark Davis, and Will Ospreay)
Pin
United Empire 18:59[9]
The Elite Pin
La Facción Ingobernable
(Andrade El Idolo, Dragon Lee, and Rush)
20:50[10]
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[11]
The Dark Order
(Alex Reynolds, John Silver, and Preston Vance)
Pin
"Hangman" Adam Page and The Dark Order
(Alex Reynolds and John Silver)
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Pin
Best Friends 11:10[13]
The Trustbusters
(Ari Daivari, Parker Boudreaux, and Slim J)
10:32[14]
Best Friends
(Chuck Taylor, Trent Beretta, and Orange Cassidy)
Pin

Belt design

The standard AEW World Trios Championship belts were made by Ron Edwardsen of Red Leather Belts. They have five gold plates on black leather straps. The circular center plate has a blue globe at the center with "TRIOS" written across the globe in black with a gold border. Above the globe is a black banner that says "WORLD" in gold while a black banner below the globe says "CHAMPION" in gold. At the top of the plate is AEW's logo while filigree fills out the rest of the plate. Sitting on either side of the center plate are two side plates each. The inner side plates show two wrestlers performing simultaneous superkicks on another wrestler, while the outer side plates show a wrestler performing an electric chair driver.[15]

Custom designs

The Acclaimed's (Anthony Bowens, Max Caster, and Billy Gunn) custom "scissoring" belts.

During House of Black's (Malakai Black, Brody King, and Buddy Matthews) reign that began in March 2023, they introduced their own custom "black out" versions of the championship belts. The belts featured mostly the same basic design as the standard belts, but with silver plates instead of gold (the globe was also black instead of blue). The side plates were also changed to The House of Black's logos with a vertical "HOB" tooled into the leather between the outer side plates and the button snaps.[16]

After The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens, Max Caster, and Billy Gunn) won the title in August 2023, they introduced their own custom "scissoring" championship belts. They featured the same basic design as the standard belts, but with pink straps. Additionally, the ends of the belts were shaped like scissors and said "Scissor Me" on one side and "Daddy Ass" on the other side, referencing their "scissoring" gimmick. The inner side plates were the same as the standard belts, but the outer side plates were changed to saying "WORLD TRIOS CHAMPION". AEW's logo was also added to the top of each side plate.[17]

Title history

As of April 29, 2024, there have been six reigns between five teams composed of 15 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 is also the shortest at 3 days while The Acclaimed's (Max Caster, Anthony Bowens, and Billy Gunn) sole reign is the longest at 238 days. Billy Gunn is the oldest champion, winning the title at 59, while Austin Gunn is the youngest at 29.[3][5]

The current champions are Bullet Club Gold (Jay White, Austin Gunn, and Colten Gunn), who are in their first reign, both as a team and individually. They won the title by defeating The Acclaimed (Max Caster, Anthony Bowens, and Billy Gunn) in a winners take all championship unification match that was also for Bullet Club Gold's ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship on the Dynasty: Zero Hour pre-show on April 21, 2024. With both titles, Bullet Club Gold are recognized as the Unified World Trios Champions.[18]

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Combined reigns

As of April 29, 2024

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Notes

  1. Page replaced Preston Vance because the latter was not medically cleared to compete.[12]

References

  1. 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.
  2. Lambert, Jeremy (July 27, 2022). "AEW Officially Announces Trios Championships, First Champions Will Be Crowned At AEW All Out". Fightful. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
  3. "Report: AEW Members Suspended After 'All Out' Altercation". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  4. Miller, Haley (April 21, 2024). "Bullet Club Gold Become the Inaugural Unified World Trios Champions at AEW Dynasty". ComicBook. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  5. Brody King [@Brodyxking] (May 12, 2023). "B L A C K O U T" (Tweet). Retrieved August 31, 2023 via Twitter.
  6. Thomas, Jeremy (August 30, 2023). "New AEW Trios Titles Unveiled On AEW Dynamite". 411Mania. Retrieved August 31, 2023.

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