The Inner Circle (professional wrestling)

At All Out on August 31, Chris Jericho became the inaugural AEW World Champion after defeating Adam Page. At the same event, Santana and Ortiz made their AEW debut by attacking Nick Jackson and Lucha Brothers.[1]

On the premiere episode of AEW Dynamite on October 2, at the main event of the night, Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks were defeated by Jericho and Santana and Ortiz. After the match, Jake Hager made his AEW debut by helping Jericho, Sammy Guevara, Santana and Ortiz by attacking The Young Bucks, Dustin Rhodes and Cody.[2] October 9, On the following episode of Dynamite, Jericho officially unveiled the new stable as "The Inner Circle."[3]

The Inner Circle's success continued at the Full Gear pay-per-view on November 9, as Santana and Ortiz defeated the Young Bucks while Jericho successfully retained the AEW World Championship over Cody.[4] On the episode of Dynamite after Full Gear, Jericho and Guevara challenged SoCal Uncensored (Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky) for the AEW World Tag Team Championship, but they failed to win when Sky pinned Jericho with a small package, giving Jericho his first loss in AEW.[5] On the November 27 episode of Dynamite, Jericho successfully defended his world championship against Sky.[6] In December, Jericho feuded with Jon Moxley, offering him a spot in the group [7][8][9] and also bringing in Jeff Cobb as a "hired gun" to attack Moxley.[10][11] Despite all this, Moxley defeated Jericho to win the AEW World Championship at Revolution on February 29, 2020, ending Jericho's inaugural AEW World Championship reign at 182 days.[12]

During the following weeks, The Inner Circle feuded with The Elite and "Broken" Matt Hardy, culminating at Double or Nothing in the first-ever Stadium Stampede match which Sammy Guevara was pinned by Kenny Omega.

On July 29 episode of Dynamite, Jericho, with The Inner Circle, was defeated by Best Friends (Chuck Taylor, Trent and Orange Cassidy) and Jurassic Express (Luchasaurus and Jungle Boy) with Marko Stunt.

On November 7 at Full Gear, MJF and Wardlow became the newest members of The Inner Circle after MJF defeated Jericho.[13] On the December 16, 2020, episode of Dynamite, all Inner Circle members, excluding Wardlow, would team up to defeat Best Friends (Chuck Taylor & Trent), Top Flight (Darius & Dante Martin), and the Varsity Blondes—(Brian Pillman Jr. & Griff Garrison) in a 12 man tag team match.[14][15]

On AEW's Near Year Smash, Wardlow defeated Jake Hager with mutual respect shown afterward.

• All Elite Wrestling
  • AEW World Championship (1 time) – Jericho[16]
  • Dynamite Diamond Ring (2020) – MJF[17]
  • Dynamite Award (2 times)
    • "Bleacher Report PPV Moment of the Year" (2021) – Stadium Stampede match (The Elite vs. The Inner Circle) – Double or Nothing (May 23)
    • "Biggest Beatdown" (2021) – The Inner Circle jumping Orange Cassidy – Dynamite (June 10)
• CBS Sports
  • Worst Moment of the Year (2020) Sammy Guevara vs. Matt Hardy at All Out (2020)[18]
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Ranked Jericho No. 3 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2020
  • Ranked Guevara No. 61 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2020
  • Ranked Santana No. 126 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2020
  • Ranked Ortiz No. 128 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2020
  • Ranked Hager No. 176 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2020
• Wrestling Observer Newsletter
  • Wrestler of the Year (2019) – Jericho[19][20]
  • Best on Interviews (2019) – Jericho[19]
  • United States/Canada MVP (2019) – Jericho[20]
  • Most Charismatic (2019) – Jericho[20]
  • Best Box Office Draw (2019) – Jericho[20]