10 Worst Title Reigns In AEW History

3. The Deathriders (August 24th 2024 - ???)

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Furthering the idea that the division and titles are cursed, Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta and PAC won the belts as a makeshift Blackpool Combat Club offshoot in the sunshine of Wembley Stadium in 2024, only to plunge them back into darkness when they all became part of sludgy Jon Moxley takeover of All Elite Wrestling.

Yes, they're credible wrestlers, but who isn't in 2025? Good Wrestling is everywhere across every product, televised and otherwise (making a further mockery of the Moxley character shift based on how he supposedly wants to reshape the product) and even with title defences - and there hasn't been many -  the quality hasn't risen to such an extent that the hostage situation/vacuum effect created by their reign has solved the problem of dragging the gold back from irrelevance. 

This isn't the biggest crime (not counting the actual crimes) the group have committed with a title though...

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