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UPDATE: AEW World Title Confirmed Found, Investigation Still Open

September 4, 2019 | Posted by Joseph Lee
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UPDATE: Well, despite some confusion before, the AEW World Championship is now officially found. Tallahassee Democrat reporter Jeff Burlew reports that the championship has been recovered, as you can see below.

Burlew notes that the Tallahassee PD have confirmed someone turned the championship in after saying that they found the $30,000 belt on the side of the road. PWInsider reports that the belt was inside its carrying case. As of yet, no arrests have been made and police are asking people with information about the theft to call them at (850) 891-4200 or Crime Stoppers at (850) 574-TIPS.

Burlew also posted an image the redacted police report, which notes that the belt was taken at around 5:30 PM and lists Longhorn Steakhouse as the location of the theft, and was reported stolen almost two hours later. This coincides with the TOPS database listing which said that the theft was reported at 7:13 PM.

ORIGINAL: We previously reported that just days after he won it, the AEW World Championship was stolen from Chris Jericho while he was out for dinner at a Longhorn Steakhouse. A police report was filed and Chris Jericho posted a video in character claiming he was starting a “worldwide investigation” for the location of the belt.

This morning, the City of Tallahassee Police Department posted a photo to Facebook claiming they found the belt, which AEW then posted to their Twitter. The post was removed from TPD’s Facebook but you can see a screenshot from AEW’s Twitter below. In AEW’s post, they say the case is solved and have yet to say anything different.

A reporter from Tallahassee.com asked TPD spokesman Officer Damon Miller about it, who said: “It’s been posted to social media? It’s still an open and active investigation. The case has not been closed yet.

Looks like Jericho’s investigtaion is still on.

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