AEW World Championship Articles - Page 2

AEWThe Joker cashes in at AEW's All Out Casino Ladder Match

The Casino Ladder Match is a time tradition in AEW that affords its winner a chance to challenge for a championship in exchange for the oversized poker chip hung from atop the middle of the ring. A sort of Money in the Bank without the intrigue of a whenever cashing, so far, no performer in […]

AEWCM Punk and Jon Moxley go Double or Nothing at AEW's All Out

When Tony Khan announced that the match between CM Punk and Jon Moxley for the AEW World Championship was going to take place on AEW Dynamite instead of at All Out in the former’s hometown of Chicago, it shook the fibers of the AEW Galaxy, nay, the professional wrestling world to its core. Granted, it’s […]

AEWAEW's FTR continue to stand by their man CM Punk

FTR are CM Punk’s boys in AEW. The trio teamed together in Punk’s first match post-Double or Nothing and were reportedly going to work together once more at Forbidden Door had the then-newly minted AEW World Heavyweight Champion not suffered an injury that required him to temporarily vacate his spot. So naturally, when the greater […]

AEWCM Punk provides an instant reaction to his injury status in AEW

When CM Punk dropped a stunner and his AEW World Championship to Jon Moxley in a matter of minutes – single-digit minutes, to be more specific – it was an absolute stunner. Excalibur, JR, and company were all shocked on commentary, Mox talked his talk backstage about how it’s his time to shine, and wrestling […]

AEW'Best in the world my a—' AEW's Jon Moxley shoots on CM Punk

When Jon Moxley entered the ring to face off against CM Punk in the penultimate match of an otherwise unassuming episode of AEW Dynamite, fans in attendance in Ohio knew they were in for a show. Goodness, this was the first time in the promotion’s history where two AEW World Champions would square off in […]

AEWJon Moxley shockingly squashes CM Punk for the AEW World Championship

When AEW announced that Jon Moxley versus CM Punk would take place a few minutes after the one-hour mark of Dynamite, it generated an incredible amount of heat and intrigue around the professional wrestling world. Why wasn’t the match the main event? Would the show go long after 10 pm ET? And what about the […]

AEWCM Punk goes heel, bombs AEW's Interim World Champion

Say what you will about CM Punk in the ring, about his occasional botch, or his lack of exceptional cardio, but there’s nobody better on the mic in the industry today. Punk can open a show with nothing but a microphone and 15 minutes of time to kill, and can talk down or up any […]

AEWCM Punk makes a surprise return at AEW's Quake at the Lake

When Chris Jericho, in his newly re-tailored Lionheart getup, took the ring against the Interim AEW World Champion Jon Moxley as the main event of Quake by the Lake, fans knew they were going to be treated to an exciting event they’d remember forever, but goodness, it’s hard to imagine anyone saw what was coming, […]

AEWWill Ospreay takes a shot at former AEW Champion Kenny Omega

No wrestler in AEW history has ever kicked out of the One-Winged Angel; the finisher is considered one of the most protected finishing moves in all of wrestling and has become so ubiquitous that even casual fans know the name of the Kenny Omega move, a name he stole from Final Fantasy 7 villain Sephiroth. […]

AEWCM Punk remains AEW's top YouTube draw over Forbidden Door

AEW put a ton of work into the buildup to Forbidden Door, their co-promotional Pay-Per-View with NJPW. They produced digital hype packages, committed serious television time to contextualizing every angle, and even compiled it all on YouTube, where fans could catch up on anything they missed, or simply watch it again to familiarize themselves with […]

AEWJon Moxley has history with NJPW's Hiroshi Tanahashi outside of AEW

Jon Moxley is one match away from becoming the first two-time World Champion in AEW history. Sure, there have been multiple-time champions in the promotion before, with both Kenny Omega and “Hangman” Adam Page having both won the Tag Team Championship and the World Championship, and the trio of Cody Rhodes, Sammy Guevara, and Scorpio […]

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