AEW Unified Championship
| AEW Unified Championship | |||||
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 The AEW Unified Championship belt (minus the outer side plates). | |||||
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| Promotion | All Elite Wrestling | ||||
| Date established | June 11, 2025 | ||||
| Current champion | TBD | ||||
| Date won | July 12, 2025 | ||||
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The AEW Unified Championship is an upcoming men's professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). The title was unveiled during Dynamite: Summer Blockbuster on June 11, 2025, as the unification of the AEW Continental Championship and the AEW International Championship. The inaugural champion will be determined in a Winner Takes All Championship Unification match between Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada and International Champion Kenny Omega at All In on July 12, 2025.
History
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On the March 20, 2024, episode of All Elite Wrestling's (AEW) weekly professional wrestling television program, Dynamite, Kazuchika Okada won the AEW Continental Championship.[1] The following year on March 9, 2025, at the Revolution pay-per-view (PPV) event, Kenny Omega won the AEW International Championship.[2] Over this time, AEW began teasing a match between the two to reignite a long rivalry between them from their time in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). This came to a head at Dynamite: Fyter Fest on June 4, 2025, where Okada confronted Omega to set up a Winner Takes All match between them at AEW's PPV event All In on July 12, 2025.[3] During the contract signing the following week at Dynamite: Summer Blockbuster, Tony Schiavone announced that the match would also be a championship unification to unify the Continental and International titles as the AEW Unified Championship.[4]
According to a report from Fightful Select, AEW plans to book the title as another top championship on par with the AEW World Championship and not as a "mid or upper-midcard level title". Additionally, although the Continental Championship will be retired, the Continental Classic will still continue; the Continental Championship was the prize of the annual tournament. It has not yet been confirmed if the Unified Championship will succeed the Continental title as the prize of the Continental Classic.[5]
Belt design
[edit]The AEW Unified Championship belt takes inspiration from both the Continental and International Championship belts. It has five gold plates on a black leather strap. The oval shaped center plate features AEW's logo at the top. At the center of the center plate is a circle that has the crown from the Continental Championship, with the rest of the circle filled in with jewels. Above and below this are two black banners, in similar style to the International Championship, which say "Unified" on the top banner and "Champion" on the lower banner. The banners are held up on each side by an upright lion facing inward, also from the International Championship. By the end of each banner are parts of a globe, similar to the circles on the four corners of the International Championship's center plate. The inner side plates also have an oval shape and are modeled after the Continental Championship's side plates, featuring part of the globe with the AEW logo above it.[6]
The outer side plates are unique in that the left one features Kenny Omega delivering his finisher, the One-Winged Angel, while the right one shows Kazuchika Okada performing his finisher, The Rainmaker. According to the Wrestling Observer, AEW president Tony Khan plans to keep the Omega and Okada side plates to commemorate the International and Continental titles and the legacies that Omega and Okada brought to the unification match. Like most of AEW's championships, the belt was produced by Red Leather Belts.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Rose, Bryan (March 20, 2024). "Kazuchika Okada wins Continental title on AEW Dynamite". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
- ^ Ucchino, Rick (March 9, 2025). "Kenny Omega Completes Comeback Winning International Championship At AEW Revolution". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
- ^ Renner, Ethan (June 4, 2025). "Omega vs. Okada AEW All In double title match official". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
- ^ Lambert, Jeremy (June 11, 2025). "AEW Unified Championship Unveiled, Kazuchika Okada Attacks Kenny Omega And Aligns With Don Callis At AEW Summer Blockbuster". Fightful. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
- ^ Thomas, Jeremy (June 12, 2025). "Note On How Long Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega Has Been Planned, Continental Classic Update". 411Mania. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
- ^ a b Middleton, Marc (June 13, 2025). "Tony Khan's Unique Plans For New AEW Unified Championship Revealed". Inside the Ropes. Retrieved June 13, 2025.
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