Ranking Every AEW Championship Reign Of 2023

24. Darby Allin - AEW TNT Championship

Darby Allin Tnt Champ
AEW

There's nothing inherently wrong with moving a title around a lot, especially if it's being defended frequently (which is largely the point of the AEW's equivalent to WCW's TV title), but the key is interesting booking.

The TNT championship was passed around so much in 2023, and typically between the same group of guys. For example, Samoa Joe lost the belt to Darby Allin in January, but got it back less than a month later. There's a lot of "what was the point of that" to be asked about the TNT title this year, but this was perhaps the most glaring.

Darby and the TNT belt go together great but, in retrospect, it was a needless diversion from Joe's reign, which would wind up being short-lived itself as it was.

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