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| Promotion | All Elite Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||
| Date established | July 27, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||
| Current champions | The Opps (Samoa Joe,Powerhouse Hobbs, andKatsuyori Shibata) | ||||||||||||||||
| Date won | April 16, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||
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TheAEW World Trios Championship is a men'sprofessional wrestlingworld tag team championship created and promoted by theAmericanpromotionAll Elite Wrestling (AEW). It is a specialized tag team championship, being contested by teams of three wrestlers, referred to as trios. The reigning champions areThe Opps (Samoa Joe,Powerhouse Hobbs, andKatsuyori Shibata), who are in their first reign, both as a team and individually. They won the title by defeating previous championsDeath Riders (Claudio Castagnoli,Wheeler Yuta, andJon Moxley)[b] atDynamite: Spring BreakThru on April 16, 2025.
The title was established on July 27, 2022, and the inaugural champions wereThe Elite (Kenny Omega,Matt Jackson, andNick Jackson). From April until July 2024, the AEW World Trios Championship andRing of Honor'sWorld Six-Man Tag Team Championship were held and defended together as the Unified World Trios Championship.
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On the July 27, 2022,special episode ofDynamite titledFight for the Fallen,All Elite Wrestling (AEW) announced a tournament for the inaugural AEW World Trios Championship, which would culminate at theAll Outpay-per-view on September 4, 2022. Unlike theAEW 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, andNick Jackson) defeated"Hangman" Adam Page andThe Dark Order (Alex Reynolds andJohn Silver) in the tournament final to become the inaugural champions.[3]
Following berating comments made by reigningAEW World ChampionCM Punk at theAll Out post-event media scrum on September 5, a legitimate physical altercation occurred between Punk and The Elite. As a result, AEW presidentTony Khan suspended all involved.[4] On the September 7 episode ofDynamite, Khan announced that both the World Championship and Trios Championship were vacated. Khan then announced that the episode's scheduledsix-man tag team match betweenDeath Triangle (Pac,Penta El Zero M, andRey Fénix) andBest Friends (Chuck Taylor,Trent Beretta, andOrange Cassidy) would be for the vacant Trios Championship, which was won by Death Triangle.[5]
DuringDynasty:Zero Hour on April 21, 2024,Ring of HonorWorld Six-Man Tag Team ChampionsBullet Club Gold (Jay White,Austin Gunn, andColten Gunn) defeatedThe Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens,Max Caster, andBilly Gunn) to win the AEW World Trios Championship in awinners take allchampionship unification match to unify the titles and become recognized as the Unified World Trios Champions.[6][7] When Bullet Club Gold (who since became known as the Bang Bang Gang) were stripped of the Unified Trios Titles on July 10, 2024 (aired July 13), the AEW and ROH titles were separated, thus ending the unification.[8]
| 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, andRey Fénix) | 24:51[9] | |||||||||||||
| United Empire (Kyle Fletcher,Mark Davis, andWill Ospreay) | Pin | |||||||||||||
| United Empire | 18:59[13] | |||||||||||||
| The Elite | Pin | |||||||||||||
| La Facción Ingobernable (Andrade El Idolo,Dragon Lee, andRush) | 20:50[10] | |||||||||||||
| The Elite (Kenny Omega,Matt Jackson, andNick 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, andBuddy Matthews) | 9:03[11] | |||||||||||||
| The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds,John Silver, andPreston Vance) | Pin | |||||||||||||
| "Hangman" Adam Page and The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds and John Silver)[c] | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Best Friends | 11:10[15] | |||||||||||||
| The Trustbusters (Ari Daivari,Parker Boudreaux, and Slim J) | 10:32[12] | |||||||||||||
| Best Friends (Chuck Taylor,Trent Beretta, andOrange Cassidy) | Pin | |||||||||||||
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 whilefiligree 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 superkickson another wrestler.[16] The outer side plates originally showed a wrestler performing an electric chair driver, but when the standard belts returned in 2024 after the custom "scissoring" belts had been used, the outer side plates were changed to saying "WORLD TRIOS CHAMPION" (which had first appeared on the scissoring belts).
DuringHouse of Black's (Malakai Black,Brody King, andBuddy 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.[17]
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 likescissors 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.[18]
During Dynasty:Zero Hour in April 2024, ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions Bullet Club Gold (Jay White, Austin Gunn, and Colten Gunn) defeated The Acclaimed to win the AEW World Trios Championship, holding and defending both titles under the Unified World Trios Championship banner, using the standard AEW Trios belts, the ROH World Six-Man belts, and The Acclaimed's custom "scissoring" belts to represent the collective accolade. This would continue until July 2024 when Bullet Club Gold (who had since become known as the Bang Bang Gang) were stripped of the Unified World Trios Championship. This subsequently ended the unification of the AEW and ROH titles with the custom "scissoring" belts also being dropped in favor of the standard AEW World Trios Championship belts.[19]
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As of November 24, 2025, there have been nine reigns between eight teams composed of 23 individual champions, and two vacancies. The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson) were the inaugural champions and they have the most reigns as a team at two, while individually, all three and Pac are tied, also at two. The Elite's inaugural reign is also the shortest at three 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, whileNick Wayne is the youngest at 19.[3][5]
The current champions areThe Opps (Samoa Joe,Powerhouse Hobbs, andKatsuyori Shibata) who are in the first reign, both as a team and individually. They defeated theDeath Riders (Claudio Castagnoli,Wheeler Yuta, andJon Moxley)[b] atDynamite: Spring BreakThru on April 16, 2025, inBoston, Massachusetts.[20]
| Name | Years |
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| AEW World Trios Championship | September 4, 2022 – present |
| Unified World Trios Championship | April 21, 2024 – July 13, 2024 |
| No. | Overall reign number |
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| Reign | Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Days recog. | Number of days held recognized by the promotion |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Days recog. | ||||
| 1 | The Elite (Kenny Omega,Matt Jackson, andNick Jackson) | September 4, 2022 | All Out | Hoffman Estates, IL | 1 | 3 | 3 | Defeated"Hangman" Adam Page andThe Dark Order (Alex Reynolds andJohn 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 presidentTony Khan following alegitimate backstage physical altercation withCM Punk andAce Steel that occurred during theAll Out post-event media scrum. | [5] |
| 2 | Death Triangle (Pac,Penta El Zero M, andRey Fénix) | September 7, 2022 | Dynamite | Buffalo, NY | 1 | 126 | 126 | DefeatedBest Friends (Chuck Taylor,Trent Beretta, andOrange Cassidy) to win the vacant championship. | [5] |
| 3 | The Elite (Kenny Omega,Matt Jackson, andNick Jackson) | January 11, 2023 | Dynamite | Inglewood, CA | 2 | 53 | 53 | This was anEscalera de la Muerte that was also the seventh and final match in aBest of Seven Series for the championship. | [21] |
| 4 | House of Black (Malakai Black,Brody King, andBuddy Matthews) | March 5, 2023 | Revolution | San Francisco, CA | 1 | 175 | 175 | [22] | |
| 5 | The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens,Max Caster, andBilly Gunn) | August 27, 2023 | All In | London, England | 1 | 238 | 238 | This was a "House Rules match"; The Acclaimed's stipulation wasNo Holds Barred. | [23] |
| 6 | Bullet Club Gold/Bang Bang Gang (Jay White,Austin Gunn, andColten Gunn) | April 21, 2024 | Dynasty Zero Hour | St. Louis, MO | 1 | 80 | 83 | This was aWinners Take AllTitle Unification match also for Bullet Club Gold'sROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship. With both titles, Bullet Club Gold were referred to as the Unified World Trios Champions and during this reign, the group was renamed to Bang Bang Gang. AEW recognizes this reign as ending on July 13, 2024, when the following episode aired ontape delay. | [24] |
| — | Vacated | July 10, 2024 | Collision | Calgary, AB, Canada | — | — | — | Bang Bang Gang were stripped of the Unified World Trios Championship by interim AEW Executive Vice PresidentChristopher Daniels afterJay White suffered an injury, overruling Bang Bang Gang's attempt to invoke theFreebird Rule to allowJuice Robinson to defend the title in place of White. This subsequently ended the unification with theROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship. This episode aired ontape delay on July 13, 2024. | [25][8] |
| 7 | The Patriarchy (Christian Cage,Killswitch, andNick Wayne) | July 20, 2024 | Collision | Arlington, TX | 1 | 36 | 36 | DefeatedBang Bang Gang (Juice Robinson,Austin Gunn, andColten Gunn) to win the vacant championship. | [26] |
| 8 | Blackpool Combat Club/Death Riders (Pac,Claudio Castagnoli, andWheeler Yuta) | August 25, 2024 | All In | London, England | 1 (2, 1, 1) | 234 | 234 | This was a four-wayLondon Ladder match also involvingBang Bang Gang (Juice Robinson,Austin Gunn, andColten Gunn) andHouse of Black (Malakai Black,Brody King, andBuddy Matthews). During this reign on November 6, the group was renamed to the Death Riders. | [27] |
| 9 | The Opps (Samoa Joe,Powerhouse Hobbs, andKatsuyori Shibata) | April 16, 2025 | Dynamite: Spring BreakThru | Boston, MA | 1 | 222+ | 222+ | Jon Moxley filled in as substitute for theDeath Riders in place of a legitimately injuredPac. | [20] |
As of November 24, 2025
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| Rank | Team | No. of reigns | Combined days | Combined days recognized by AEW |
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| 1 | The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens,Max Caster, andBilly Gunn) | 1 | 238 | |
| 2 | Blackpool Combat Club/Death Riders (Pac,Claudio Castagnoli, andWheeler Yuta) | 1 | 234 | |
| 3 | The Opps † (Samoa Joe,Powerhouse Hobbs, andKatsuyori Shibata) | 1 | 222+ | |
| 4 | House of Black (Malakai Black,Brody King, andBuddy Matthews) | 1 | 175 | |
| 5 | Death Triangle (Pac,Penta El Zero M, andRey Fénix) | 1 | 126 | |
| 6 | Bullet Club Gold/Bang Bang Gang (Jay White,Austin Gunn, andColten Gunn) | 1 | 80 | 83 |
| 7 | The Elite (Kenny Omega,Matt Jackson, andNick Jackson) | 2 | 56 | |
| 8 | The Patriarchy (Christian Cage,Killswitch, andNick Wayne) | 1 | 36 | |
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days | Combined days recognized by AEW |
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| 1 | Pac | 2 | 360 | |
| 2 | Anthony Bowens | 1 | 238 | |
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| 5 | Claudio Castagnoli | 1 | 234 | |
| Wheeler Yuta | ||||
| 7 | Samoa Joe † | 1 | 222+ | |
| Katsuyori Shibata † | ||||
| Powerhouse Hobbs † | ||||
| 10 | Brody King | 1 | 175 | |
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| Malakai Black | ||||
| 13 | Penta El Zero Miedo | 1 | 126 | |
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| 15 | Austin Gunn | 1 | 80 | 83 |
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| 18 | Kenny Omega | 2 | 56 | |
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| 21 | Christian Cage | 1 | 36 | |
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