Chris Jericho’s AEW World Title belt is one of the hottest topics in the world of professional wrestling right now, as the belt went missing less than 24 hours after Jericho won the title at All Out. An investigation was launched, and on Wednesday morning the Tallahassee PD posted a photo of Jericho’s belt along with the following caption: “Chris Jericho, we have something that belongs to you. Celebrate with #ALittleBitOfTheBubbly (responsibly of course). More information to follow.”
Case solved .. thank you @TallyPD pic.twitter.com/DOGLBNwxea
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEWrestling) September 4, 2019
However, in a strange turn of events the photo of the belt was later deleted, and now the Tallahassee PD is claiming that they can’t confirm the belt was found, and that the case remains open and active accoring to Jeffrey Burlew of the Tallahassee Democrat.
The Case of the Missing @IAmJericho Championship Belt takes another turn. The Tallahassee Police Department announces on Facebook it found the belt but hastily deletes the post. @TallyPD now says it can't confirm the belt was found and calls the case "open and active" …
— Jeffrey Burlew (@JeffBurlew) September 4, 2019
Here’s the heavily redacted @TallyPD report on the alleged theft of @IAmJericho’s championship belt. It says the belt was taken around 5:30 p.m. Sunday and reported stolen nearly two hours later. It lists @LongHornSteaks as location of occurrence but has no other details … pic.twitter.com/mDjxKxer6X
— Jeffrey Burlew (@JeffBurlew) September 4, 2019
As seen above, AEW confirmed via Twitter that the belt has been recovered, but it will be interesting to see where the situation goes from here with the Tallahassee PD noting that the investigation is still open.
