THE HISTORY OF THE

ACTION! WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

5/25/2003 - 9/24/2022

 

1st CHAMPION

HANDLER
Chopper

DATE
 05 / 25 / 2003

REIGN
 36 days

Bill Goldberg defeated Chris Jericho (Fozzy) at AWE Backlash to become the first AWE World Champion.

 2nd CHAMPION

HANDLER
Matt Emerson

DATE
 06 / 29 / 2003

REIGN
 204 days

At AWE Crash 'n Burn, Taz defeated Bill Goldberg to become the new AWE World Champion.

 VACATED
01 / 18 / 2004

AWE ceases operations and the championship is declared vacant.

 

3rd CHAMPION

HANDLER
Dave

DATE
 09 / 24 / 2022

REIGN
 5 minutes

At The Death of SGW, Dolph Ziggler was awarded the AWE World Championship by Paul Heyman. Ziggler went on to cash in his Golden Ticket and defeat Jeff Jarrett to unify the title with the SGW Triple Crown Championship.

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