Darby Allin Says His Body Was ‘Depleted’ Following AEW World Title Win

Darby Allin looks back on his title win.

For 39 years, Darby Allin reigned as AEW World Champion. He won the title from MJF, and over the course of his reign, he defended the belt eight times before losing it back to MJF at Double or Nothing 2026.

Allin was interviewed by Forbes and spoke about the title victory. He shared that his body was depleted after the win.

“It’s funny because I felt nothing, and that’s because my body was so depleted. I was so beat into the ground leading up to that week, dude. It took everything to get to that point. So afterwards, it felt numb. It was crazy. But moments after, when I finally got to the back and started to decompress, I realized that I climbed to the top of AEW without having to compromise myself, and that meant everything to me. Because to me, what’s the point of becoming a world champion if you’re just an industry plant and what you’re doing is not from the soul and isn’t pure? Like, hey, we’re going to tell you what to do every step along the way, and then we’re going to put something on you. Well, what’s the point of that? So the fact that I was able to do that in AEW without compromising anything was everything to me. So yeah, that night was incredible.”

Allin is set to challenge Kevin Knight for the TNT Championship in a Falls Count Anywhere match at All In.