Kenny Omega Wins AEW International Title, Makes History At Revolution 2025 (AEW News)
Kenny Omega becomes International Champion at AEW Revolution.
With AEW Revolution 2025 now in the books, not only is Kenny Omega your new International Champion, but he's also now got himself a certain spot in the AEW history books.
Last night saw Omega defeat Konosuke Takeshita in an excellent back-and-forth bout to dethrone Takeshita as the AEW International Champion. In a match full of big moves and finishers, it was a cruxific pin that did the job for Kenny, bringing an end to Takeshita's International Title reign at 148 days.
As for the history made here by the Best Bout Machine, this International Championship win means that Kenny Omega is classed as the first Grand Slam Champion in AEW history. Of course, this follows the Canadian's run as the AEW World Champion, as one half of the AEW Tag Team Champions with 'Hangman' Adam Page, and as one third of the AEW Trios Champions with the Young Bucks.
It may have been a somewhat muddled road to get here - Takeshita, as the International Champion, having to earn a shot at the challenger - but the match delivered as many expected it would. And with that, Kenny Omega is seemingly on a collision course with AEW Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada later in the year.
As for Omega vs. Okada, these two long-time rivals have been rumoured for a winner-takes-all unification match at AEW All In in July. Those rumblings suggest that AEW is looking to merge the International and Continental belts, and in Kenny and Kazuchika, who better to have in the ring to do just that?
The International Championship
At 148 days, Konosuke Takeshita's run as AEW International Champion is the second-longest in the belt's near-three-year history.
Takeshita beat Will Ospreay at WrestleDream last October to win the International Title in a triple threat also featuring Ricochet. In the five months since then, the hugely talented Japanese star successfully defended that championship eight times - fending off Josh Alexander, TJP, Ricochet, Powerhouse Hobbs, Shingo Takagi, Tomohiro Ishii, Katsuyori Shibata, and Orange Cassidy - before dropping the gold to Kenny Omega last night.
As for the longest reign as the AEW International Champion, Orange Cassidy holds that record with an impressive 326-day reign from October 2022 to September 2023. Freshly Squeezed defeated inaugural champ PAC back when the belt was called the AEW All-Atlantic Championship, and OC held the title through the 'International' name change before eventually losing it to Jon Moxley at All Out 2023.