Chris Jericho’s AEW Championship belt disappears (update)

Inaugural All Elite Wrestling World Champion Chris Jericho has championship belt go missing.

Inaugural AEW Champion Chris Jericho had his championship title go missing. PWInsider’s Mike Johnson has confirmed that the belt stolen was indeed the AEW World Championship belt Jericho won on August 31; it was reported missing by Jericho on September 1.

This situation was first reported on Scott’s Blog of Doom. According to reports, Jericho had a limo take him from the airport to Longhorn Steakhouse. After arriving at the Millionaire Club Airport terminal, he put the belt in the limo. Jericho mistakenly dropped off the wrong luggage at the airport, so he had the driver return to the airport.

When the limo driver returned to pick up the AEW champion from the airport, Jericho discovered his new title was missing. Officers searched the limo and airport to no avail. The report goes on to say that on-call CID was consulted. Forensics was also called to the scene.

From the police report:

"(Case No.) / Grand Theft/ 2400 N. Monroe Street / 7:13 PM“The victim reported the theft of his championship wrestling belt while he was eating inside Longhorn Steakhouse. The victim stated he arrived at the Millionaire Club Airport Terminal and place the belt inside his rented limousine. The limo driver shuttled the victim to Longhorn for dinner. The victim remained at Longhorn while the limo driver returned to the airport. The victim had taken the wrong luggage from the airport and the driver took it back to the terminal. When the driver picked up the victim from the restaurant, the belt was missing. Responding officers searched the limo and airport for the belt without success. On-call CID was consulted, and forensics responded to the scene.Victim: Christopher “Jericho” Irvine, W/M, 11/9/70″"

On Tuesday evening, Jericho released a statement and that an investigation is underway:

The Tallahassee Police Department have confirmed that the report is true, although AEW nor Jericho has not released a statement on the situation. More information is likely forthcoming, and hopefully the championship is located soon.