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MJF and Wardlow earn Inner Circle spots after AEW Full Gear win

Posted on by Josh Nason

After agreements, disagreements, town halls, and even some singing and dancing over the past few months, MJF earned a spot in The Inner Circle with his win over Chris Jericho at AEW Full Gear Saturday.

The end sequence began when referee Aubrey Edwards was distracted and Jericho got his “Floyd” baseball bat from Jake Hager. MJF then pulled a play out of the Eddie Guerrero playbook, acting like Jericho had knocked him out. As Edwards scolded Jericho, MJF rolled him up to pick up the win and the roster spot in the longtime AEW faction.

After being frustrated with the loss, Jericho hugged MJF and welcomed both he and Wardlow to the group as Hager looked on skeptically. Sammy Guevara, Santana and Ortiz weren’t in the building as they were in North Carolina for the Elite Deletion match earlier in the show.

Both men were a combined 6-0 in both singles and tag team matches after both had losing efforts at September’s All Out.

Young Bucks win Tag Team Titles at AEW Full Gear

Posted on by Josh Nason

With their backs up against the wall in terms of competing for the AEW Tag Team Titles ever again, the Young Bucks defeated FTR for the belts at Full Gear.

The finishing sequence started with Cash Wheeler knocking out Matt Jackson with a superkick. Instead of going for the pin, he decided to attempt a springboard 450 splash, diverging from the team’s “No flips, just fists” mantra. He missed the move and Jackson hit him with a barefoot superkick with his bad foot/ankle to get the pin.

In their third opportunity to win the titles, the Bucks became the fourth-ever AEW tag champions, ending FTR’s two month reign in the process. They had won the belts at September’s All Out with a win over Kenny Omega and Hangman Page, successfully defending the titles three times.

After earning the title shot in a four-way on Dynamite, the Bucks added a stipulation that if they couldn’t beat FTR for the titles, they would never challenge for them again.

Darby Allin wins TNT Championship at AEW Full Gear

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Darby Allin has dethroned Cody Rhodes. 

In their fourth AEW singles match, Allin pinned Rhodes with a cradle to win the TNT Championship at Full Gear. 

In ending Cody’s second reign, Allin joins Rhodes and Brodie Lee as the only wrestlers to wear the TNT title. 

Allin and Rhodes first faced off at Fyter Fest 2019, going to a 20 minute time limit draw. Rhodes then beat Allin on the January 1, 2020 edition of AEW Dynamite. Cody won the second meeting with a quick roll-up. Their third match aired on the April 29 edition of Dynamite. In that bout, Cody reversed a Coffin Drop into a cradle to again barely escape with a victory. 

The match was also notable for the return of Cody’s surname. In addressing the live crowd following Wednesday’s Dynamite, Cody said “It feels really good to be Cody Rhodes again.” WWE filed a cancellation notice for the Cody Rhodes trademark on November 2, clearing the way for Cody to use the name. 

On a media call Thursday, Cody said that he would not use the Rhodes name in wrestling, but in outside ventures. 

NWA Women’s title match set for AEW Full Gear pre-show

Posted on by Joseph Currier

The NWA Women’s Championship will be on the line on the pre-show for this Saturday’s Full Gear pay-per-view.

AEW’s Tony Khan announced tonight that NWA Women’s Champion Serena Deeb will defend her title against Allysin Kay on The Buy In for Full Gear this Saturday: “Before tonight’s huge Live #AEWDynamite on TNT, I’ve just secured a big new match for Saturday at The Buy-In available to all! After her NWA World Women’s Title win last week + 1st defense on Dynamite. @SerenaDeeb will defend her title against former champion @Sienna Allysin Kay!”

Deeb won the NWA Women’s Championship from Thunder Rosa on last week’s edition of UWN Primetime Live. In her first title defense, Deeb retained against Leyla Hirsch on Dynamite last Wednesday.

Kay formerly held the NWA Women’s Championship from April 2019 to January 2020. She announced earlier this week that she’s now a free agent: “As of today, I am officially a free agent. Thank you to the NWA for the opportunities, which included one of my favorite matches of my career. I am open for indy bookings & appearances. Let’s get weird. AK”

Orange Cassidy vs. John Silver was originally set for The Buy In, but Khan revealed earlier today that it’s being moved to the Full Gear main card.

Here’s the updated lineup for Full Gear:

  • AEW World Champion Jon Moxley defends against Eddie Kingston in an I Quit match
  • AEW Tag Team Champions FTR defend against The Young Bucks (if The Young Bucks lose, they won’t challenge for the AEW Tag Team titles again)
  • AEW Women’s Champion Hikaru Shida defends against Nyla Rose
  • TNT Champion Cody defends against Darby Allin
  • World title eliminator tournament finals: Kenny Omega vs. Hangman Page
  • Chris Jericho vs. MJF (if MJF wins, he joins the Inner Circle)
  • Elite Deletion match: Matt Hardy vs. Sammy Guevara
  • Orange Cassidy vs. John Silver
  • NWA Women’s Champion Serena Deeb defends against Allysin Kay (pre-show)

Cassidy vs. Silver moved up to AEW Full Gear main card

Posted on by Josh Nason

During an appearance on Busted Open Radio Wednesday, AEW president/booker Tony Khan said Orange Cassidy vs. John “4” Silver is being moved up to the Full Gear pay-per-view main card. 

No reason was given, but Khan said a new match for Saturday’s The Buy In pre-show will be announced at some point on Wednesday.

Cassidy vs. Silver was added last Wednesday after Silver helped cost Cassidy a win over TNT Champion Cody.

The current main card for Saturday’s PPV as of now:

  • AEW World Champion Jon Moxley vs. Eddie Kingston in an I Quit match
  • AEW Tag Team Champions FTR vs. The Young Bucks (If the Bucks lose, they won’t challenge for the tag titles again.)
  • AEW Women’s Champion Hikaru Shida vs. Nyla Rose
  • TNT Champion Cody vs. Darby Allin
  • World title eliminator tournament finals: Kenny Omega vs. Hangman Page
  • Chris Jericho vs. MJF (If MJF wins, he joins the Inner Circle.)
  • Matt Hardy vs. Sammy Guevara in an Elite Deletion match
  • Orange Cassidy vs. John Silver

Full Gear will air live from Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida.

AEW announces Full Gear ticket details

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Tickets to this year’s AEW Full Gear pay-per-view are set to go on sale this week.

AEW has announced that Full Gear tickets will go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Eastern time this Friday (October 30). A pre-sale for AEW season ticket holders began today.

Full Gear is being held at Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida on Saturday, November 7 with a limited audience capacity and socially distanced seating chart. This will be the third straight AEW PPV that’s been held at Daily’s Place due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

AEW began selling limited tickets to live Dynamite episodes at Daily’s Place this August. There was also a limited crowd for September’s All Out PPV.

Here are the matches that have been announced for Full Gear:

  • AEW World Champion Jon Moxley defends against Eddie Kingston in an I Quit match
  • AEW Tag Team Champions FTR defend against The Young Bucks (if The Young Bucks lose, they won’t challenge for the AEW Tag Team titles again)
  • AEW Women’s Champion Hikaru Shida defends against Nyla Rose
  • TNT Champion Cody defends against Darby Allin
  • World title eliminator tournament finals: Kenny Omega vs. Hangman Page
  • Chris Jericho vs. MJF (if MJF wins, he joins the Inner Circle)
  • Elite Deletion match: Matt Hardy vs. Sammy Guevara
  • Orange Cassidy vs. John Silver (pre-show)

Chris Jericho vs. MJF announced for AEW Full Gear

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Chris Jericho and MJF will go at it one-on-one at November’s AEW Full Gear with a stipulation.

The match was set up during Wednesday’s town hall meeting between members of the Inner Circle and MJF to determine if the latter could join the group. Both men answered questions from a number of AEW personalities. Eric Bischoff made an appearance, asking MJF what he would bring to the Inner Circle and vice versa.

After Bischoff’s questions, Jericho brought up that MJF has never beaten him. He said that he would give MJF a shot at Full Gear and if he defeats Jericho, MJF would be able to join the Inner Circle.

MJF said he would do anything to win and then reiterated that claim as he and Jericho had a staredown. Ortiz broke it up, saying that he and Sammy Guevara are onto MJF, challenged he and Wardlow to a tag team match next week.

Eight-man tourney set for AEW World title shot, finals at Full Gear

Posted on by Josh Nason

November’s Full Gear pay-per-view has its first match: the finals of an eight-man tournament to determine the next no. 1 contender for the AEW World title.

The single elimination tournament was announced on Wednesday’s Dynamite along with the first three competitors: Kenny Omega, Jungle Boy and Ray Fenix. It’s assumed the tournament will play out solely on Dynamite.

Omega’s former partner Hangman Page was on commentary during the announcement and was taken aback by Omega’s inclusion, walking away from the broadcast booth after it was announced.

The next world title match is scheduled for AEW’s first anniversary show on the Wednesday, October 14th Dynamite featuring champion Jon Moxley vs. current no. 1 contender Lance Archer.

The second-ever Full Gear is set for Saturday, November 7th and will likely be at Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida. Last year’s event was held in Baltimore, Maryland, and was co-headlined by Moxley vs. Omega in a lights out match and then-World champion Chris Jericho vs. Cody.

AEW Full Gear 2020 announced for November

Posted on by Joseph Currier

AEW has revealed the name and date for their next pay-per-view.

During All Out tonight, a video aired announcing that Full Gear 2020 will take place on Saturday, November 7. This will be AEW’s second annual Full Gear PPV.

The promotion’s first Full Gear event was held at Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore, Maryland last November. It was headlined by Jon Moxley defeating Kenny Omega in an unsanctioned lights out match. Chris Jericho, who was the AEW World Champion then, also retained the title against Cody at that PPV after MJF turned against Cody and threw in the towel.

Full Gear will be AEW’s fourth PPV of 2020. Revolution, Double or Nothing, and All Out were the company’s first three PPVs of the year. Double or Nothing and All Out were both held at Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tonight’s All Out PPV had a socially distanced crowd that was limited to a maximum of 15 percent capacity.