10 Worst Title Reigns In AEW History
1. CM Punk (September 4th 2022 - September 7th 2022)
'The Best In The World' was the worst for the World Title picture in 2022 when, mere minutes after winning it, he unleashed a now-infamous verbal tirade on the state of the organisation via brutal digs at the expense of the EVPs and anybody else that had wronged him.
CM Punk's needle-moving ability was and is without compare in All Elite Wrestling, but the All Out press conference explosion was as damaging to business in the short term as it was long. A long-awaited rematch with MJF was as good as dead, dream potential contests against Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks were torched, and a relationship between 'The Second City Saint' and the challenger brand's core base was destroyed forever.
The only natural outcomes were suspensions and title-strippings, and that's what happened as early as the following Wednesday's Dynamite. It made for what's likely to be one of - if not the - shortest reigns ever, whilst plunging the value of the belt and perception of the company's inner workings to an all-time low.