Tag: AEW National Championship

Mark Davis wins National Championship at AEW Fairway to Hell

Posted on by Shounak Chakrabarti

Mark Davis is the new AEW National Champion.

In the first match of the night on Saturday, May 9, at AEW Fairway to Hell, Jack Perry faced Davis with his AEW National title on the line.

However, toward the closing moments of the match, fans saw Don Callis call in a favor from Ricochet, who interfered and hit Perry with a golf club, costing him the title. Davis then proceeded to pin Perry to win the National title and his first-ever AEW singles championship.

Later, during a backstage segment, Callis and Davis met with Ricochet to determine a plan for the Don Callis family to team up with Ricochet’s Demand at AEW Double or Nothing. Perry also announced the Elite [Perry, The Young Bucks, and Kenny Omega] for Double or Nothing.

The history of the AEW National Championship

Last year, in November 2025, AEW established the National Championship. Not just exclusive to AEW, the title has been actively defended across multiple promotions.

Ricochet was the inaugural champion, who won the title at Full Gear 2025 and held the title for 113 days. Perry later won a 21-man Blackjack Battle Royal at Revolution 2026 to win the title. He has now lost it to Davis at AEW Fairway to Hell.

More participants revealed for AEW Revolution Zero Hour Blackjack Battle Royal

Posted on by Bryan Rose

More participants have been set for the Blackjack Battle Royal that will take place at AEW Revolution Zero Hour.

Throughout Saturday’s taped Collision, a number of stars made it clear they were in the battle royal that will air during Revolution on Sunday. Ricochet will be in the battle royal and will be defending his National title. The list of participants now includes:

  • Rush
  • Dralistico
  • Scorpio Sky
  • Anthony Bowens
  • Hook
  • Katsuyori Shibata
  • Daniel Garcia
  • Juice Robinson
  • Austin Gunn
  • Ace Austin
  • Trent Beretta
  • Rocky Romero
  • Jack Perry

Perry and Ricochet have been embroiled in a feud for the last several weeks. Although Ricohet successfully defended againt Perry, the latter’s team won the Mile High Madness match that took place on the February 25 episode of Dynamite.

Tommaso Ciampa had previously been announced as being part of the battle royal.

AEW Revolution 2025 updated lineup | This Sunday | Los Angeles

Main Card

  • Marina Shafir vs. Toni Storm – Everyone banned from ringside
  • AEW Trios Champions Kazuchika Okada, Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis defend against Kevin Knight, Mike Bailey & Mistico
  • AEW Women’s World Champion Thekla defends against Kris Statlander in a two-out-of-three falls match
  • Brody King vs. Swerve Strickland
  • Bandido vs. Andrade El Idolo
  • AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley defends against Konosuke Takeshita in a no time limit match
  • AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) defend against The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson)
  • AEW World Champion MJF defends against Hangman Page in a Texas Death Match where if Page loses, he can’t challenge for the World title ever again
  • AEW Women’s Tag Team Champions Babes of Wrath (Harley Cameron & Willow Nightingale) defend against Megan Bayne & Lena Kross
  • Roderick Strong, Orange Cassidy & Darby Allin vs. The Dogs (David Finlay, Gabe Kidd & Clark Connors)

Zero Hour

  • Ricochet defends his AEW National title in a 21-man Blackjack battle royal
  • TBS Champion Willow Nightingale defends against Lena Kross
  • Boom & Doom (QT Marshall & Big Boom AJ) vs. The Infantry (Carlie Bravo & Shawn Dean)

Blackjack Battle Royal title match announced for AEW Revolution

Posted on by Shounak Chakrabarti

Ricochet will defend his National Championship in a Blackjack Battle Royal match at next week’s AEW Revolution.

During Saturday’s episode of AEW Collision, it was announced that Ricochet would be defending his National title during the Zero Hour pre-show although the participants for the match have not yet been announced.

Zero Hour is scheduled to air on HBO Max, YouTube, and social channels at 7 pm Eastern, one hour before Revolution airs.

Ricochet, 37, has held the AEW National title since Full Gear when he won it to become the inaugural champion in a Casino Gauntlet match. Since then, he has made seven title defenses across AEW, CMLL, NJPW, and RevPro.

AEW Revolution will take place next Saturday at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California.

AEW Revolution 2025 updated lineup | March 15, 2026 | Los Angeles

  • AEW World Champion MJF defends against Hangman Page in a Texas Death Match where if Page loses, he can’t challenge for the World title ever again
  • AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) defend against The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson)
  • AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley defends against Konosuke Takeshita in a no time limit match
  • Bandido vs. Andrade El Idolo
  • Brody King vs. Swerve Strickland
  • AEW Women’s World Champion Thekla defends against Kris Statlander in a two-out-of-three falls match
  • AEW Trios Champions Kazuchika Okada, Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis defend against Kevin Knight, Mike Bailey & Mistico
  • Marina Shafir vs. Toni Storm
  • Big Boom AJ vs. TBA
  • Zero Hour: Ricochet defends his AEW National title in a 21-man Blackjack Battle Royal

Location set for Ricochet’s AEW National Title defense against Jack Perry

Posted on by Shounak Chakrabarti

Jack Perry will collide against AEW National Champion Ricochet in a rematch and now there’s a date attached.

Earlier this month, Perry earned another title shot by defeating Anthony Bowens on last Saturday’s Collision. Looking for another shot at the gold since then, he will now take on Ricochet on the February 4th edition of either AEW Dynamite/Collision in Las Vegas.

AEW will tape Collision on the same night after Dynamite in Las Vegas, and it is currently unknown which show the match will be part of.

Ricochet had previously defeated Perry and retained his title at this year’s AEW Dynamite New Year’s Smash. The 37-year-old Ricochet won the inaugural title at last November’s Full Gear in a Casino Gauntlet match.

Since winning it, Ricochet has defended it a total of six times. While he is enjoying his first AEW singles title reign, Perry is on the hunt for his third AEW singles title following his second TNT title run that ended in 2024.

Tony Khan says he’s talked to Billy Corgan over AEW National Championship

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Tony Khan and Billy Corgan have talked things out.

During a livestream on Friday night, Khan said he talked to the NWA President over his introduction of a new championship, the AEW National title. After stressing that this would have a completely different lineage from the NWA’s version of the title, Khan said he and Corgan had a “nice conversation.”

“I ended up having a really nice conversation about it with the President of the NWA, Billy Corgan,” Khan said. “I have a lot of respect for him and a lot of respect for what he’s doing. I really love the traditions of pro wrestling and I had a really nice talk with Billy and we hadn’t talked in a long time so I think it was good for him to hear this. I respect him and I respect the NWA, and we’re trying to do something different here.”

When the National title was announced, it caused controversy with some NWA wrestlers, including current NWA National Champion Mike Mondo.

AEW’s latest title will be determined in a Casino Gauntlet match at Full Gear on November 22. Khan said during the stream that matches will soon take place to determine the first and second spots in the match.

AEW Full Gear notes: Tailgate Brawl, Casino Gauntlet match

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Some notes ahead of AEW Full Gear.

During Saturday’s Collision, JetSpeed were interviewed after interfering in FTR’s match, leading to a surprise win by the Bang Bang Gang. After saying they weren’t done with FTR, both men expressed interest in participating in the Casino Gauntlet match at Full Gear, which will take place on November 22 in Newark, New Jersey. The winner of the match will be crowned the first-ever AEW National Champion.

Also on Collision, Max Caster & Anthony Bowens were interviewed. Both made it clear that they no longer wanted to team with one another, saying The Acclaimed were done. Bowens announced that his first step forward will be at the Full Gear Tailgate Brawl in two weeks. However, Lexi Nair made note that Khan has seen that whenever the two are together, ratings and merchandise go up, so if they plan on being at the Tailgate Brawl, it would have to be together. 

After hearing that news, Bowens said he wanted the match canceled, with Caster agreeing. It wasn’t clear what match the two would be taking part in.

Current AEW Full Gear lineup | Saturday, November 22 | Newark, New Jersey

  • AEW World Champion Hangman Adam Page defends against Samoa Joe
  • AEW Women’s World Champion Kris Statlander defends against Mercedes Mone
  • AEW World Tag Team Champions Brodido (Bandido & Brody King) defend against FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood)
  • TNT Champion Kyle Fletcher defends against Mark Briscoe in a no DQ match where a Briscoe loss puts him in the Don Callis Family
  • Casino Gauntlet match to crown inaugural AEW National Champion
  • Kenny Omega and Jurassic Express (Jack Perry & Luchasaurus) vs. The Young Bucks (Matt & Jackson) and Josh Alexander
  • Tailgate Brawl: Big Boom AJ & QT Marshall vs. RPG Vice (Rocky Romero &Trent Beretta)

NWA champion responds to AEW creating National title

Posted on by Ethan Renner

The NWA National Champion is not impressed with AEW creating its own National Championship.

NWA National Champion Mike Mondo responded to the creation of AEW’s latest title with a social media post on Wednesday night calling out AEW owner Tony Khan by name.

AEW introduced their version of the National Championship on Wednesday’s Dynamite and announced that the inaugural champ will be crowned in a Casino Gauntlet match at Full Gear with Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin the first wrestlers set to compete in the bout.

Mondo, who has held the NWA National title since the promotion’s Anniversary Show in August, wrote on X:

Let me be CLEAR. There is only ONE NWA & there is only one PRESTIGIOUS National Championship that holds legit lineage & has for decades. So to Tony Khan or anyone else confused… here’s the legit title, with the company it belongs to & the legit National Champion! MY NAME IS MIKE MONDO.

Mondo, 42, is perhaps best remembered as a member of the Spirit Squad in WWE in the 2000s.

AEW creating National title, reveals how inaugural champion will be determined

Posted on by Josh Nason

AEW is adding yet another new title to the mix with the new men’s National Championship.

Initially announced prior to Wednesday’s Dynamite by AEW head Tony Khan, the inaugural champion will be decided in a Casino Gauntlet match at this month’s AEW Full Gear.

Khan appeared on an X stream alongside Tony Schiavone, saying that he has missed seeing the National Championship on TBS TV as the original NWA version dates back to Georgia Championship Wrestling adne eventually making its way to Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling.

The title was merged in 1986 in a unification bout that took place between then-United States Champion Nikita Koloff and then-National Wahoo McDaniel in a bout Koloff won. The merged title became the U.S. title that currently resides in WWE.

Khan said he has wanted to have the title for a long time, so he was bringing it back. He said it will be defended across multiple promotions like Ring of Honor and NJPW Strong in addition to AEW.

The first several men announced for the match are Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin and Ricochet. The three men, in addition to MVP and the Gates of Agony had a verbal confrontation on Dynamite as their feud continues.

It’s the fourth title Khan has introduced this year including the AEW Women’s World Tag Team titles, the AEW Unified title (the merged Continental and International titles), and the Ring of Honor Women’s Pure title.