Well, the last 24 hours have been a whirlwind for Chris Jericho and the AEW World Championship.
Yesterday, it was reported that the championship belt was stolen from Jericho as the 48-year-old was eating at Longhorn Steak house for dinner:
While this appeared to be a WWE like storyline for the promotion, it was confirmed by Mike Johnson of
PWInsider that the AEW title belt was legitimately stolen. Check out the report from the Tallahassee PD via
fightful.com:
“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″
Luckily, the AEW World Championship was found since the worldwide investigation and search was launched for the belt thanks to the Tallahassee Police Department.
Jeffrey Burlew claims that Jericho’s championship was handed into police headquarters after someone reportedly found the belt on the side of the road. The belt is reportedly valued at $30,000. No arrests have been made yet regarding the stolen championship. The police department is still working on the case, and have urged anyone with any information on the matter to come forward.