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AEW Women's World Championship

The AEW Women's World Championship is a women's professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Established on October 2, 2019, the inaugural champion was Riho. The current champion is Mariah May, who is in her first reign. She won the title by defeating previous champion "Timeless" Toni Storm at All In on August 25, 2024.

AEW Women's World Championship
The AEW Women's World Championship belt
(2022–present)
Details
PromotionAll Elite Wrestling
Date establishedOctober 2, 2019
Current champion(s)Mariah May
Date wonAugust 25, 2024
Statistics
First champion(s)Riho
Most reigns3 reigns:
Longest reignHikaru Shida
(1st reign, 372 days)
Shortest reignHikaru Shida
(2nd reign, 25 days)
Oldest championNyla Rose
(37 years, 193 days)
Youngest championRiho
(22 years, 120 days)
Heaviest championNyla Rose
(185 lb (84 kg))
Lightest championRiho
(93 lb (42 kg))

History

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Inaugural champion Riho

On June 18, 2019, six months after the American professional wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) was founded,[1][2][3] AEW President and CEO Tony Khan announced plans for both a singles and tag team championship for the women's division.[4][5] It was then announced by AEW Chief Brand Officer Brandi Rhodes that the AEW Women's World Championship belt would be unveiled on August 31 at All Out,[6] and that the first champion would be crowned on October 2 during the inaugural broadcast of AEW's weekly television show, later revealed as Dynamite.[7][8][9]

Both participants for the inaugural championship match were determined at All Out. The first competitor was determined by the women's Casino Battle Royale during the Buy In pre-show, which was won by Nyla Rose. Later that night on the main show, Riho became her opponent by defeating Hikaru Shida.[10] On the premiere episode of Dynamite, Riho defeated Rose to become the inaugural champion.[11]

At All Out on September 4, 2022, reigning champion Thunder Rosa was originally scheduled to defend the championship against Toni Storm; however, due to Rosa suffering a back injury in late August, the match was called off. Instead of vacating the title, it was decided that an interim champion would be crowned until Rosa's return, after which, the interim champion would face Rosa to determine the undisputed champion. A four-way match was scheduled for All Out where Storm defeated Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D., Jamie Hayter, and Hikaru Shida to become the interim champion.[12] At Full Gear on November 19, Hayter defeated Storm to win the interim championship.[13] However, on the November 23 episode of Dynamite, it was announced that Rosa had relinquished the lineal championship, thus Hayter became the official champion by default and Storm's interim reign was retroactively made an official reign.[14]

Belt design

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Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D., with the 2021–2022 version of the championship belt

The original AEW Women's World Championship belt had a small oval shaped center plate. There were a total of six side plates, three on each side of the center plate. The top of the center plate had a crown and ornamentation lined the edge of the center plate. At the very center of the plate was a name plate to display the reigning champion's name. Above the name plate was AEW's logo while below the name plate read "Women's World Wrestling Champion". The side plates had a globe at the center with filigree around the globe. The plates were gold and nickel and were on a black leather strap.[10]

On the May 28, 2021, Friday night special airing of Dynamite, reigning champion Hikaru Shida was awarded with a slightly updated championship belt. The updated belt featured the overall same design, but was slightly bigger with extra encrusted diamonds and extra gold plating, and it only had two side plates on each side of the center plate instead of three.[15] The unveiling of this updated design was to commemorate Shida's reign of 370 days, which at the time was the longest reign for any AEW championship (this record would be broken by Jade Cargill with the AEW TBS Championship in January 2023).[16] Shida, however, would lose the title just two days later at Double or Nothing to Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.[17]

At Revolution on March 6, 2022, Baker unveiled a new design of the championship belt with bigger plates, which are gold and on a black strap. At the center of the center plate is a globe that shows the continents of North and South America. Above the globe is a black banner that says "Women's World" while below the globe is another black banner that says "Wrestling Champion". At the top of the center plate is AEW's logo while filigree fills out the rest of the plate. It lacks a nameplate that was on the previous design. The inner side plates each have a portion of the globe that shows continents not on the center plate, while the outer side plates have two wrestlers grappling below the AEW logo.[18] This belt was designed by Andre Dorsey, which took three weeks to complete, and it was inspired by the Mid-South North American Championship belt of the 1980s.[19]

Reigns

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Main article: List of AEW Women's World Champions
 
Current champion Mariah May.

As of November 24, 2024, there have been 13 reigns between nine champions and one vacancy. Riho was the inaugural champion. Hikaru Shida and "Timeless" Toni Storm are tied for the most reigns at three. Shida also has the longest and shortest reigns, with her first reign lasting 372 days and her second reign lasting 25 days, and she has the longest combined reign at 435 days. Riho was the youngest champion at 22 years old while Nyla Rose is the oldest champion at 37.

Mariah May is the current champion in her first reign. She won the title by defeating previous champion "Timeless" Toni Storm at All In on August 25, 2024, in London, England.

References

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  3. ^ Fritz, Brian (January 8, 2019). "Shad and Tony Khan comment on launch of All Elite Wrestling". Sportingnews. Archived from the original on February 9, 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
  4. ^ Lambert, Jeremy (June 19, 2019). "AEW Women's Title To Be Unveiled At All Out". Fightful.com. Fightful. Archived from the original on November 7, 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
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  7. ^ Martinez, Phillip (August 1, 2019). "The first AEW Women's Champion to be determined at first TNT show". Newsweek. Archived from the original on August 28, 2019. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  8. ^ "AEW to crown first women's champion on debut TV show". SI.com. Archived from the original on November 7, 2020. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
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  11. ^ Barnett, Jake (October 2, 2019). "10/02 AEW Dynamite TV results: Barnett's live review of Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks vs. Chris Jericho, Santana, and Ortiz, Pac vs. Hangman Page, Riho vs. Nyla Rose to become the first AEW Women's Champion, MJF vs. Brandon Cutler, Cody vs. Sammy Guevara, Jon Moxley appea". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on October 3, 2019. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
  12. ^ 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. Archived from the original on September 6, 2022. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  13. ^ Powell, Jason (November 19, 2022). "AEW Full Gear results: Powell's live review of Jon Moxley vs. MJF for the AEW World Championship, The Acclaimed vs. Swerve Strickland and Keith Lee for the AEW Tag Titles, Toni Storm vs. Jamie Hayter for the Interim AEW Women's Title, Death Triangle vs. The Elite for the AEW Trios Titles, Saraya vs. Britt Baker". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on November 20, 2022. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  14. ^ Rose, Bryan (November 23, 2022). "Thunder Rosa relinquishes AEW Women's World Championship". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Archived from the original on November 24, 2022. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
  15. ^ Thomas, Jeremy (May 28, 2021). "New AEW Women's World Title Belt Revealed on Dynamite". 411mania. Archived from the original on June 5, 2021. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  16. ^ Beaston, Erik (May 28, 2021). "AEW Dynamite Results: Winners, Grades, Reaction and Highlights from May 28". Bleacher Reporter. Archived from the original on November 14, 2021. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  17. ^ Powell, Jason (May 30, 2021). "AEW Double Or Nothing results: Powell's live review of Kenny Omega vs. Orange Cassidy vs. Pac for the AEW Championship, Hikaru Shida vs. Britt Baker for the AEW Women's Title, Miro vs. Lance Archer for the TNT Title, The Young Bucks vs. Jon Moxley and Eddie Kingston for the AEW Tag Titles, The Pinnacle vs. The Inner Circle in a Stadium Stampede match". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on November 15, 2021. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
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  19. ^ Mutter, Eric (March 7, 2022). "More Photos And Details On New AEW Women's World Championship Belt". Wrestling Inc. Archived from the original on March 7, 2022. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
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