10 First AEW Wrestlers To Win The Triple Crown

The MOST elite from All Elite, but who strikes (all the) gold first?

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Chris Jericho has made "Sports Entertainment" a go-to heat intensifier in his new role as the leader of the Jericho Appreciation Society in All Elite Wrestling.

He deserves even more plaudits than he's receiving for making this specific element of it work.

Praise has already been flowing for the group and his character's new lease on life following the protracted demise of The Inner Circle. AEW's first heel stable had long outlived their usefulness, not least with a version of 'The Demo God' at the front that looked far too locked into a dated version of himself to pull the trademark morph trick and turn the proverbial page. But morph he did, again, and in doing so has managed to get boos for Vince McMahon's catch-all pro wrestling synonym decades after message boards raged about it and Vince Russo booked an nWo knockoff around it in TNA.

Long after forcing "wrestling" back into the conversation was somehow edgelord behaviour, Jericho has imbued it with brand new spite. All of this has proved his worth once more, far more so than winning a secondary title in the organisation ever could.

Those are for the men he's helping to bring forward, as well as others on the AEW roster still on the way to the upper echelon 'Le Champion' will never leave...

10. Scorpio Sky

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AEW

It speaks to just how overlooked Scorpio Sky often is in All Elite Wrestling that it's barely been mentioned how close he is to being the first to ever tick off all three major accolades in the organisation.

One half of the first AEW Tag Team Champions in SCU, Sky had to wait nearly two full years to gain gold again, but made good on a long unbeaten singles run when when he defeated Sammy Guevara for the TNT Championship. On paper, he is but one career win away.

But "paper" is already being used to describe his current title run.

Sky's record brought into question the validity of AEW's ranking system (or worse, the quality of administration within the company) because his rise took place almost entirely on Dark and Dark: Elevation. No less valid technically, but known and accepted within the rules of the company's universe as the proving grounds ahead of eventual appearances on Dynamite and Rampage.

If anything, Sky's been left trying to shake off transitional Champion tags, but his ability to excel bell-to-bell will hopefully silence his critics before the run reaches its climax.

 
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