AEW Continental Championship

On this page, you find the full Title History for the AEW Continental Championship, with all Championship Info, Statistics, the Belt Design changes through the years, and the full list of Title Reigns, along with dates, events, and reign durations.

The AEW Continental Championship was a secondary title contested in All Elite Wrestling, by men wrestlers.

The championship was first established on November 18, 2023, and the inaugural champion was Eddie Kingston.

The title is defended under Continental Rules: no one is allowed at ringside and outside interference is strictly prohibited. The title is also the prize of the annual Continental Classic, a tournament that culminates at AEW Worlds End.

The AEW Continental Championship was retired on July 12, 2025, when it was unified into the AEW Unified Championship, with the final champion being Kazuchika Okada.

The current champion is Kazuchika Okada, who won the title on the episode of AEW Dynamite on March 20, 2024, and has been reigning for 479 days (With Okada winning the Continental Title, he separated it from Kingston's other titles (ROH World Title and the NJPW Strong Openweight Title), thus dissolving the Triple Crown. Starting with this reign the title is defended under Continental Rules: no one is allowed at ringside and outside interference is strictly prohibited.).

AEW Continental Championship: Title History

Promotions History

Promotion from to
Promotion AEW November 18, 2023 July 12, 2025
Defended With
- ROH World Championship, Strong Openweight Championship - Continental Crown Championship ( December 30, 2023 - March 20, 2024)

Promotion	from	to
Promotion AEW	November 18, 2023	July 12, 2025

Championship Names & Belt Designs

- AEW Continental Championship November 18, 2023 July 12, 2025

For the Title History of the championship in which this title was unified into, see the page for the AEW Unified Championship.

AEW Continental Championship: Title Reigns

N.	Image	Champion	Reign
	Unified into the AEW Unified Championship July 12, 2025 Arlington, TX \| AEW All In Texas (2025) 0 days The title was unified together with AEW Interntational Championship into the new "AEW Unified Championship".
2		Kazuchika Okada 1 March 20, 2024 Toronto, Ontario, Canada \| AEW Dynamite 479 days With Okada winning the Continental Title, he separated it from Kingston's other titles (ROH World Title and the NJPW Strong Openweight Title), thus dissolving the Triple Crown. Starting with this reign the title is defended under Continental Rules: no one is allowed at ringside and outside interference is strictly prohibited.	479 days
1		Eddie Kingston 1 December 30, 2023 Uniondale, NY \| AEW Worlds End (2023) 81 days Defeated Jon Moxley in the Continental Classic final to become the inaugural champion. Together with the ROH World Championship and the NJPW Strong Openweight Championship, the three titles are collectively known as Continental Crown Championship (triple crown).	81 days

Image

Champion

Reign

Unified into the AEW Unified Championship

July 12, 2025

Arlington, TX

| AEW All In Texas (2025)

0 days

The title was unified together with AEW Interntational Championship into the new "AEW Unified Championship".

Kazuchika Okada 1

March 20, 2024

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

| AEW Dynamite

479 days

With Okada winning the Continental Title, he separated it from Kingston's other titles (ROH World Title and the NJPW Strong Openweight Title), thus dissolving the Triple Crown. Starting with this reign the title is defended under Continental Rules: no one is allowed at ringside and outside interference is strictly prohibited.

479

days

Eddie Kingston 1

December 30, 2023

Uniondale, NY

| AEW Worlds End (2023)

81 days

Defeated Jon Moxley in the Continental Classic final to become the inaugural champion. Together with the ROH World Championship and the NJPW Strong Openweight Championship, the three titles are collectively known as Continental Crown Championship (triple crown).

days