List of All Elite Wrestling tournaments
This is a list of All Elite Wrestling professional wrestling tournaments competed for by professional wrestlers that are part of their roster.
Regular tournaments
Dynamite Diamond Ring
Since 2019, AEW has held a mini-tournament held late in the year to determine that year's recipient of the Dynamite Diamond Ring. The first round consists of the Dynamite Dozen Battle Royale, a twelve-man battle royal in which twelve wrestlers compete for the right to challenge for the ring. Between 2019 and 2021, the battle royale had two co-winners, who qualified for a final singles match to determine the ring's winner; since 2022, the ring holder has received a bye to the final. In 2024, the battle royale returned to a two-winner format, with the co-winners then facing each other for the right to challenge for the ring. MJF is the sole, six-time winner of the ring.
Year | Winner | Runner-up | Finals match | |
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Date and event | Venue | |||
2019 | MJF | "Hangman" Adam Page | November 27, 2019 Thanksgiving Eve Dynamite |
Hoffman Estates, Illinois Sears Centre Arena |
2020 | Orange Cassidy | December 9, 2020 Dynamite |
Jacksonville, Florida Daily's Place | |
2021 | Dante Martin | December 15, 2021 Winter is Coming |
Garland, Texas Curtis Culwell Center | |
2022[i] | Ricky Starks | December 14, 2022 Winter is Coming | ||
2023 | Juice Robinson | October 25, 2023 Dynamite |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Liacouras Center | |
2024 | Adam Cole[ii] | December 28, 2024 Worlds End |
Orlando, Florida Addition Financial Arena |
- ^ This was a Winner Takes All match for both MJF's AEW World Championship and Dynamite Diamond Ring.
- ^ Kyle O'Reilly was the second winner of the 2024 Dynamite Dozen battle royale
Owen Hart Cup
The Owen Hart Foundation Tournament, also known as the Owen Hart Cup, or simply, the Owen, is AEW's first regular major tournament. Held annually in the mid-year in collaboration with the Owen Hart Foundation, it consists of two eight-wrestler single-elimination tournaments – one for each gender – with the winner receiving a commemorative championship belt and, beginning in 2024, a world championship match at All In, AEW's biggest show of the year.
Year | Winners | Final | Losing finalist | World title match | Notes | ||
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Event | Date | Venue | |||||
2022 | Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. | Double or Nothing | May 29, 2022 | T-Mobile Arena Paradise, Nevada |
Ruby Soho | None | [a] |
Adam Cole | Samoa Joe | [b] | |||||
2023 | Willow Nightingale | Collision | July 15, 2023 | Scotiabank Saddledome Calgary, Alberta |
Ruby Soho | None[c] | — |
Ricky Starks | CM Punk | None[d] | |||||
2024 | Mariah May | Dynamite | July 10, 2024 | Willow Nightingale | Defeated "Timeless" Toni Storm at All In London | ||
Bryan Danielson | "Hangman" Adam Page | Defeated Swerve Strickland in a Title vs. Career match at All In London | |||||
2025 | Mercedes Moné | Double or Nothing | May 25, 2025 | Desert Diamond Arena Glendale, Arizona |
Jamie Hayter | Was defeated by "Timeless" Toni Storm at All In Texas | |
"Hangman" Adam Page | Will Ospreay | Defeated Jon Moxley at All In Texas |
- ^ 15-woman tournament; Maki Itoh received a bye to the quarter-finals.
- ^ 15-man tournament; Johnny Elite received a bye to the quarter-finals.
- ^ As a result of defeating ROH Women's World Champion Athena in the semi-finals, Nightingale was given a title shot at Death Before Dishonor; she was unsuccessful.
- ^ Due to Starks' cheating in the tournament final, Punk demanded a rematch on the August 5, 2023 Collision with Punk's "Real World Championship" on the line; Starks was unsuccessful.
Continental Classic
The Continental Classic (C2) is AEW's second major regular tournament. Held annually at the end of the year, it is a round-robin tournament not unlike New Japan Pro-Wrestling's G1 Climax; two blocks of six wrestlers (twelve in total) wrestle each other to qualify for a short play-off tournament which culminates at the final pay-per-view of the year, Worlds End. The prize for winning the tournament in 2023 and 2024 is the AEW Continental Championship.
Year | Winner | Runner up | Other participants | |||
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2023 | B | Eddie Kingston (9) | G | Jon Moxley (12) | Blue | Bryan Danielson (10), Andrade El Idolo (9), Claudio Castagnoli (7), Brody King (6), Daniel Garcia (3) |
Gold | Swerve Strickland (12), Jay White (12), Rush (6), Mark Briscoe (3), Jay Lethal (0) | |||||
2024 | B | Kazuchika Okada (c; 10) | G | Will Ospreay (9) | Blue | Kyle Fletcher (12), Mark Briscoe (9), Daniel Garcia (7), Shelton Benjamin (6), The Beast Mortos (0) |
Gold | Ricochet (10), Claudio Castagnoli (9), Darby Allin (7), Brody King (6), Komander (3), | |||||
(c) – the Continental Champion at the beginning of the tournament Numbers in brackets indicate how many points were won by each participant Italics indicate losing league finalists |