Former AEW TNT Champion Darby Allin has commented on the current state of the title, arguing that it has lost all its value.
With Allin earning a shot at the TNT Title by winning the July 21 Royal Rampage match, the former champion has recently been targeted by Christian Cage and Luchasaurus.
While Cage wears the TNT Title belt and calls himself champion, Luchasaurus is actually the true champion, after defeating Wardlow for the gold on the June 17 edition of Collision.
Speaking on this week’s AEW Control Center video, Allin sent a message to the duo, noting that he plans to win the championship back at All Out.
Believing that the title being “hot potato-ed” made it lose its value, Allin said:
“I’m going, to be honest when I say this. To me, the TNT championship used to mean something, and within the last year, I felt like it lost all its value.
“I remember the people that used to hold it, guys like Cody (Rhodes) and guys like Brodie Lee, myself. Back then, it meant something.
“Now it’s like a hot potato. Honestly, I feel like it’s lost its value, so when I say at All Out, I want to put some respect back on that championship’s name. I mean every word of that.
“Because you got a guy like Christian Cage, for example, walking around and saying he’s the champion. Like, come on, we’re not stupid. You’re just this. You’re wasting people’s time.
“That championship means more than that. And then you got a dinosaur as the champion that never defends it. What are we doing here? So I put out the challenge to Christian Cage—enough talking.
“If you think you’re a champion, start acting like a champion. I’m going to kick your ass and All Out. I’m going to take that championship. I don’t care if you think it’s yours.
“I don’t care if you think it’s Luchasaurus. It doesn’t matter because that at All Out, it’s going to be mine. And I’m going to put respect back on that championship’s name.
Allin has held the TNT Championship on two separate occasions.
His first reign with the gold lasted 186 days, from November 2020 to May 2021.
His second stint with the title was only 28 days long, with Allin winning the championship this January, and losing it to Samoa Joe on the February 1 episode of Dynamite.
In the six months since then, the TNT Championship has changed hands four times.
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