Moxley First Title Reign

Lore & Background

Moxley won the AEW World Championship in February 2020, making him the first person to hold championships in AEW and NJPW simultaneously. He won the AEW World Championship twice more in 2022, setting records for most world championship wins and longest cumulative reigns in AEW history. He won the AEW International Championship in September 2023, becoming the first AEW wrestler to hold both the world championship and a secondary championship. At WrestleDream in October 2024, he won the AEW World Championship for a record-setting fourth time. In December 2025, he won the 2025 Continental Classic and the AEW Continental Championship.

Reader's Guide

Moxley made his AEW debut at Double or Nothing in May 2019. He won the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship in his first NJPW match in June 2019, becoming the only person to have held United States Championships in both WWE and NJPW. He later won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at Windy City Riot, becoming the first and only wrestler to hold world titles in WWE, AEW, and NJPW. He has headlined 18 AEW pay-per-view events, the most in company history. In total, he has held 17 championships (including six world championships) between WWE, AEW, and NJPW.

Did You Know?

• Moxley won the Pro Wrestling Illustrated Most Popular Wrestler of the Year award in 2014, 2015, and 2022.
• He was named Wrestler of the Year by Sports Illustrated in 2019.
• He was ranked first on the 2020 Pro Wrestling Illustrated list of the top 500 wrestlers.
• Moxley starred in the films 12 Rounds 3: Lockdown (2015) and Cagefighter: Worlds Collide (2020).