AEW Continental Championship
| AEW Continental Championship | |||||||||||||||||
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The AEW Continental Championship belt. | |||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | All Elite Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||
| Date established | November 18, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||
| Current champion | Kazuchika Okada | ||||||||||||||||
| Date won | March 20, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
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The AEW Continental Championship is a men's professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Established on November 18, 2023, the title has a special attribute in that it is defended under Continental Rules in which no one is allowed at ringside and outside interference is strictly prohibited. Matches also have a 20-minute time limit. The reigning champion is Kazuchika Okada, who is in his first reign, which is the longest reign for the title. He won the title by defeating Eddie Kingston on the March 20, 2024, episode of Dynamite.
The title is also the prize of the promotion's Continental Classic (C2), an annual round-robin tournament that begins at the end of November and culminates at the Worlds End pay-per-view event in late December. The incumbent champion at the time of the tournament is automatically entered and defends the title in the C2. Eddie Kingston became the first-ever Continental Champion after winning the inaugural tournament in December 2023. At All In: Texas on July 12, 2025, the title will be unified with the AEW International Championship as the AEW Unified Championship.