10 Worst Title Reigns In AEW History
2. Jon Moxley (October 12th 2024 - ???)
A worst case scenario for the AEW Championship and the product writ large, Jon Moxley literally holding the belt hostage in a briefcase has come to symbolise a total loss of connection between the promotion's former conscience and what its core audience desperately wants to see.
Muddled creative re-introduced Moxley's character as a harbinger of doom for the roster, determined to take out the (supposedly) weak and fix a broken organisation. Acknowledging that the show hadn't been all that good was the first misfire, because Mox - the heel - was ultimately speaking on behalf of a loud portion of the fanbase. Then, when he took to attempting to murder various members of the roster in cartoonish ways, he broke one too many unwritten wrestling rules and flushed away his own credibility in the process.
Ironically, 2025 has seen several encouraging creative signs of life for the distant challenger brand, but the main event picture patrolled by The Deathriders Is almost universally derided as its achilles heel.
Mission accomplished? And if so, let somebody else have (and show off!) the belt to celebrate.