Posted on 11/20/125 by Bob Magee
AEW Dynamite and Collision were live on TBS and HBO Max from
Boston, Massachusetts, on the final stop before this
Saturday’s AEW Full Gear Presented by DC in Newark, New
Jersey, with a special 3-hour event!
“Hangman” Adam Page turned away Katsuyori Shibata in a non-
title match, as Samoa Joe watched from commentary just days
before he challenges Page inside a steel cage for the AEW
World Championship at Full Gear. We also learned that Bobby
Lashley and Shelton Benjamin will begin the Full Gear Casino
Gauntlet to crown the inaugural AEW National Champion
against each other after Lashley beat Ricochet for the #1
spot and Benjamin defeated “Speedball” Mike Bailey for the
#2 spot.
Meanwhile, Mercedes Moné beat Red Velvet to unify the ROH
Women’s World TV Championship and then attacked AEW Women’s
World Champion Kris Statlander to end the night before their
Full Gear showdown! Plus, Megan Bayne and Marina Shafir and
Timeless Love Bombs each won their quarterfinal matches in
the AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship Tournament,
moving on to the semifinals – but not before a big women’s
tag match at Full Gear!
All that and so much more went down on this special 3-hour
live edition of Dynamite and Collision! Here's everything
that happened at AEW Dynamite and Collision for November 19,
2025, including your full results and match recaps.
Bobby Lashley def. Ricochet for the #1 Spot in the Full Gear
Casino Gauntlet
The night began with one of many matches attached to big-
time stakes, as Bobby Lashley faced Ricochet to determine
the #1 spot in the Full Gear Casino Gauntlet this Saturday
night!
For some reason, Ricochet asked for a microphone and decided
to talk up the Philadelphia Eagles, run down local sports
teams, give a shoutout to his wife then turn his attention
to insulting MVP before promising he would become the
inaugural AEW National Champion.
Lashley finally had enough, so he chucked Ricochet by the
throat to the outside onto Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona!
Lashley followed to the outside with a pounce to Ricochet, a
clothesline to Kaun, and then he bounced Liona over the
railing into the timekeeper’s area!
Back in the ring, Ricochet nearly stole one when Lashley
missed a charge in the corner and got rolled up with
Ricochet’s feet on the ropes, but there was a kickout.
Ricochet didn’t let up with three different leg strikes
before a running shooting star press, followed by a second
rope moonsault, but Lashley kicked out at two.
Ricochet went back to the ropes, so Lashley rolled out of
the way, and Ricochet rolled through. Ricochet used the
referee to shield himself from Lashley and raked Lashley’s
eyes. With Lashley temporarily blinded, Ricochet went for
the Spirit Gun, only for Lashley to catch him on one knee!
He spiked Ricochet with a chokeslam and followed with the
spear to get the win. Bobby Lashley will enter the Full Gear
Casino Gauntlet Match to crown the inaugural AEW National
Champion at #1!
Samoa Joe Sends Katsuyori Shibata After Hangman Page
Samoa Joe was backstage with Katsuyori Shibata, as the man
who will challenge "Hangman" Adam Page for the AEW World
Championship inside of a steel cage at Full Gear this
Saturday spoke in his level, menacing tone.
“Ya know, it must feel good, right? World Champion, a
fighting World Champion no less, tearing through the
competition with reckless abandon. And judging by the edict
I got when I walked through this door, that if I got
involved in this match tonight, I would forfeit my
championship opportunity, it seems a champion with a company
firmly behind him, also. But you know what my only solace
is, Hangman? Allow me to explain what it is. It’s that your
whole world, this world of joy and happiness, is about to
get very, very different, very, very quickly. You see, my
friend, you are guilty of crimes and transgressions against
The Opps. And your punishment begins tonight. And it stands
in the form of this man right here, Katsuyori Shibata.
Deadly by design, violent through intention, and firmly
dedicated to exacting revenge for our brother, Will Hobbs.
You see, Hangman, Shibata begins your payment, and come Full
Gear, I will collect in full. Tell him, Shibata.”
Shibata made a short, clear threat in Japanese – no cell
phone translation this time – to Page before their match
later in the night.
Trios Match: Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) & Josh
Alexander def. SkyFlight (Scoripio Sky, Dante Martin and
Darius Martin)
Before the match, Renee Paquette caught up with Matt and
Nick Jackson, who were watching a monitor showing some of
their big moments from past Full Gear events, as she asked
if they were joining the Don Callis Family. Callis butted in
before they could answer to question her journalism and said
the Bucks should be left alone because they have a match
tonight. Callis said they’ll give their answer after the
match and offered, or more insisted, that he do his
“special” ring announcement for the Bucks, along with a
bank-breaking amount of pyro. Callis then joined the
commentary desk after Alexander’s entrance.
Nick Jackson and Dante Martin started things off, although
neither man found any advantage after an exchange that went
out of the ring and then back in before Alexander tagged in.
Darius Martin tagged in on the other side, but Alexander ran
through him with a shoulder tackle and then a snatch from
the ground into a throw to the ground. Darius came back with
a dropkick and brought Dante back in for some quick offense,
leading to Scorpio Sky getting the tag and going to work on
Alexander with some fancy triple team work.
Top Flight threw Nick into Sky, who tossed Nick over his
head to the floor! Nick fended off Sky and Darius until
Dante took him out with a dive. Matt came back with a pair
of boots through the ropes to Dante, but was knocked to the
outside when Sky nailed him with a baseball slide. Sky went
for a dive, but Alexander low bridged him on the opposite
side of the ring and hit a low-crossbody to Sky on the
apron, which sent the former TNT Champion crashing to the
floor!
Sky was in trouble for quite some time, and the Bucks looked
primed for a double superkick until Alexander tagged himself
in before they could hit anything. The miscommunication
allowed Sky to mount a small comeback, which included Matt
hitting Alexander by mistake. Alexander took Sky down with a
big boot and then shoved Matt! Matt feigned a superkick ever
so slightly, so Alexander ducked, but Sky rolled him up and
nearly won it!. Sky finally tagged Darius, who knocked the
Bucks off the apron and put Alexander down with a standing
Spanish Fly and immediately followed with a dive to the
Bucks on the floor. Darius got a nearfall on Alexander, who
blasted Darius with a forearm right into a tag by Dante.
Alexander got blasted by a kick to the back, so Top Flight
put him on the second rope until he fought them off. They
battled back to complete an unreal springboard-sliced-bread
into a powerbomb! But the Bucks broke up the pin!
The Bucks took out all three members of SkyFlight and had
Dante set up for the BTE Trigger, but he sprang off the
ground with a flip and sent the Jacksons into each other!
Dante hit a standing shooting star to avoid Nick and then
flew to the outside with an incredible leap to take out both
Bucks! Back in the ring, Dante nailed Alexander with a
springboard crossbody for yet another two count! Even Callis
was complimenting Dante’s skills!
Alexander rolled through Dante’s sunset flip to grab an
ankle lock, but Dante rolled forward to send Alexander
through the ropes. Matt missed Dante with a charge in the
corner, but when Dante tried to launch himself onto Matt,
Alexander shoved him off the ropes. The Jacksons were
waiting to hit their trademark flipping piledriver on Dante.
Instead, Alexander decided to put the ankle lock back on to
get the submission victory rather than the pinfall, as the
Bucks held off Sky and Darius somewhat begrudgingly.
After the match, Mark Davis, Hechicero and Rocky Romero
joined Callis, Alexander and the Bucks in the ring. Callis
said with the world watching and waiting, it was time for
Matt and Nick Jackson to make the official announcement that
they were joining the Don Callis Family. Callis reminded
them how good things have been since they’ve been associated
with him, so it was time to announce it to the people. The
Bucks hesitated once again, so Callis reminded them that AEW
is a dangerous place and without a family, bad stuff can
happen.
“I would hate to see happen to you what happened to Kenny
Omega.”
That caught the Bucks off guard, so Callis stopped, but
KENNY OMEGA IS HERE!
Omega walked down the ramp with a chair in hand and motioned
for the Family to attack him!
He took out Romero and Davis on the outside before diving
into the ring to go right after Alexander! The Bucks stayed
in the corner to watch until they pushed Omega away. Omega
argued with them, so Alexander chopped Omega’s left knee
from behind. Alexander put Omega in an ankle lock, and Omega
screamed in pain until Callis told Alexander to let him go.
Callis said he had a better idea and went back to the Bucks
for the announcement, but said they didn’t have to say
they’re joining the Family; they could show him by giving
Omega the BTE Trigger. Callis and Alexander each stomped on
Omega’s damaged ankle. The crowd chanted “No!” as the Bucks
slowly grabbed Omega’s arms, but they stopped when Jurassic
Express hit the ring! Luchasaurus had a vacuum cleaner, and
“Jungle” Jack Perry had a snow shovel to send the Bucks and
the Callis Family scurrying to the outside.
The Babes of Wrath Look Ahead to Sisters of Sin
Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron joined Renee Paquette
to talk about their opponents in the semifinals of the AEW
Women’s World Tag Team Championship Tournament, Skye Blue
and Julia Hart, who they also battled last week in Blood &
Guts.
Nightingale noted that it was she and Blue who were the
first two in the match, so she threw Blue into the cage and
made her bleed, but Blue kept smiling. Nightingale said
she’d have to do more of that, and then she and Cameron
would be smiling after the semifinals. Cameron said they
might like what they do, but what they do do is take on the
best that AEW has to offer, just like they did when they
beat Mercedes Moné and Athena last week. Cameron said
they’ll be the first AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions!
The two closed things out with their battle cry: “Who are
we? Babes! What do we have? Wrath! Babes of Wrath! Babes of
Wrath! Babes of Wrath!”
Tony Schiavone Pays Tribute to the Late Bob Caudle
Earlier this week, legendary announcer Bob Caudle passed
away at 95. Schiavone paid tribute to Caudle as one of the
great voices synonymous with professional wrestling and an
even better man. As Schiavone said, we will all miss Bob
Caudle, and our best wishes go out to his family and
friends.
Shelton Benjamin def “Speedball” Mike Bailey for the #2 Spot
in the Full Gear Casino Gauntlet
MVP joined the announce desk for this matchup, which Bailey
started with a handshake that Benjamin accepted. The crowd
was clearly split, as Benjamin tried to control with power,
while Bailey went to his kicks. The match quickly spilled to
the outside, where Bailey sent Benjamin into the ringpost
twice and then focused on Benjamin’s left arm. Benjamin
escaped by slamming Bailey back and forth between the
guardrail and apron. Benjamin took his time throwing Bailey
back in the ring, so Bailey nearly bridged Benjamin into a
pin. Bailey rolled into a La Magistral for another pin
attempt then went back to an armbar. Benjamin quickly
escaped and then ate a boot from Bailey that sent him to the
floor. Bailey followed with a dive that Benjamin caught and
turned into a body slam on the floor!
Back in the ring, Benjamin continued to grind down Bailey
until Speedball fought back with a defensive dropkick from
the second rope. He continued with a three-kick combo and
landed a running shooting star for a one count! Bailey went
back to the kicks until Benjamin caught one, so Bailey once
again tried for an armbar. Benjamin hoisted Bailey from the
ground all the way over the top rope, sending both men
sprawling to the floor. The two fought to get back into the
ring, so Benjamin brought Bailey up the aisle and went for a
powerbomb, only for Bailey to reverse it and send Benjamin
into the guardrail. Speedball quickly DDTed Benjamin on the
floor and returned to the ring as the referee continued his
count. Benjamin got up at 7 and beat the count but ran right
into a waiting kick from Bailey. Speedball crushed Benjamin
with a shooting star press, but somehow Benjamin got his
shoulder up before the three.
Bailey kicked a downed Benjamin in the chest, so Benjamin
sat back up. Bailey did it again and followed with the
backflip knees onto Benjamin’s chest, yet it still wasn’t
enough for a three-count. Bailey returned to the armbar, but
once again Benjamin powered out. Benjamin missed a charge in
the corner, so Bailey rolled him up for another two-count.
When Bailey got up, Benjamin nearly took his head off with a
thrust kick that sent shockwaves throughout the Agganis
Arena!
Benjamin covered Bailey and thought he got a three count,
although the referee insisted Bailey’s shoulder wasn’t
completely on the mat on the final count. Even MVP made his
way into the ring, thinking the match was over, but it
continued. Benjamin snatched Bailey with a German suplex,
followed by a running knee in the corner and a final thrust
kick to get the pinfall victory. Shelton Benjamin will enter
the Full Gear Casino Gauntlet at #2, which means Benjamin
will begin the match against Bobby Lashley!
Tag Team Match: Claudio Castagnoli and Jon Moxley of the
Death Riders def. Roderick Strong and Orange Cassidy
As Bryan Danielson pointed out on commentary, it was Marina
Shafir who helped win the Women’s Blood & Guts Match for her
team with a submission on Mina Shirakawa. At the same time,
Moxley tapped out to Kyle O’Reilly to lose the Men’s Blood &
Guts for the Death Riders. Cassidy shocked Moxley by
attacking him at the bell, sending them both to the floor.
At the same time, Strong and Castagnoli fought in the ring.
Strong came out to help Cassidy, but Castagnoli soon
followed, and Strong was subsequently isolated in the ring
by Moxley and Castagnoli. Cassidy came back in with his
hands in his pockets, but was immediately shut down and sent
to the outside.
Strong chopped away at Castagnoli until Moxley clipped his
knee. Moxley tagged back in and blasted Strong with a
clothesline out of the corner, as the crowd reminded Mox
that he tapped out in Blood & Guts. Cassidy came back in
again, but this time he connected with a tornado DDT on
Moxley. Castagnoli tried to throw OC to the outside, but he
hung on the ropes to stay on the apron. Cassidy made a tag
to Strong and came off the top into the waiting arms of
Castagnoli, only to reverse it into a Stundog Millionaire.
Cassidy tried a dive to the outside on Castagnoli, but
again, he was caught and thrown into the guardrail. Strong
immediately sent Castagnoli into the front row, so Moxley
booted him over the rail to follow, and Cassidy followed
Moxley with a shot of his own. All four men were fighting in
the crowd, which seemed like a continuation of Blood & Guts.
Cassidy had his hands back in his pockets for a dive onto
Moxley and Castagoli, as the fight continued up the stairs
until eventually returning to the ringside area.
Moxley locked Cassidy in a full Nelson and released it to
bring Castagnoli back in, as Cassidy was brutalized in the
wrong corner. Cassidy reversed a giant swing into a near-
fall, but Castagnoli came back with an uppercut and an
abbreviated swing. Cassidy fought out of the wrong corner
with a diving DDT to Castagnoli. Moxley and Strong both
tagged in, with Strong opening up on both Death Riders.
Strong battered Moxley from both sides and turned a Tiger
Driver near-fall into the Strong Hold. Daniel Garcia got
involved to break the hold, which allowed Mox to hit the
Paradigm Shift on Strong, but Cassidy was there to break it
up.
Castagnoli deadlifted Cassidy from the ground and tossed him
to the floor. Meanwhile, Moxley made a rare trip to the top
while Castagnoli held Strong for the Doomsday Device, but
Strong got out and pushed Castagnoli into the corner and
into Moxley! Castangoli fell backward into a fireman’s carry
slam from Strong, who went to the top and delivered a
superplex to Moxley. Cassidy tagged in and ran across the
ring to Orange Punch Garcia off the apron. Moxley went for a
Paradigm Shift, but Cassidy escaped and nailed Mox with an
Orange Punch. Wheeler Yuta got on the apron, which made
Cassidy take chase to the outside. Yuta dove into the ring,
but when Cassidy followed, he was launched into a pop-up
uppercut from Castagnoli with the ref distracted, which
Moxley quickly followed with the bulldog choke on the
already knocked out Cassidy for the win.
Before the Death Riders could do any post-match damage, Kyle
O’Reilly ran out and immediately picked the ankle of Moxley,
sliding under Castagnoli, as everyone else spilled from the
ring. O’Reilly refused to let go of the ankle lock, even as
Garcia and Yuta kicked at him, although eventually they
broke it. But Strong and Cassidy hit the ring to send Garcia
and Yuta to the floor, as O’Reilly put the ankle lock back
on Moxley! The Death Riders finally pulled Moxley from the
ring, as he screamed in pain and collapsed under the weight
of his damaged ankle.
O’Reilly grabbed the mic and screamed, “I wanna fight you,
Jon! I wanna fight you at Full Gear, Jon! And since you’ve
given me a taste for blood, I want no holds barred! And just
like Blood & Guts, the history books will say you tapped
out!”
The crowd reminded Moxley of that as he limped through the
crowd with the rest of the Death Riders.
Brodido Are Coming for FTR at Full Gear
The AEW World Tag Team Champions, Brody King and Bandido,
were backstage to address FTR’s recent attacks on legends
and family. King said they won’t take anything away from FTR
because they are one of the best, but they haven’t proven
they can beat Brodido. King said FTR would leave Full Gear
empty-handed, as Bandido said that Brodido will never stop
fighting.
Mercedes Moné was making her way through the back, all
smiles as she prepared for her ROH World TV Title
Unification Match with Red Velvet later tonight.
It’s Personal for Kenny Omega at Full Gear
Omega and Jurassic Express addressed the Don Callis Family
and the Young Bucks after what went down earlier tonight.
Omega reminded Callis that he bought the best talent money
could buy when Omega went down to create a Family, and now
the Bucks are proving that money can buy friendship. And
Josh Alexander made it personal when he attacked Kota Ibushi
and Michael Nakazawa, so this Saturday, no amount of money
will save Alexander and Callis from what Omega, Perry and
Luchasaurus will do to them.
AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship Tournament
Quarterfinal: Timeless Love Bombs (“Timeless” Toni Storm &
Mina Shirakawa) def. Alex Windsor & Riho
Timeless Love Bombs came out with a brand new theme and
synchronized entrance, although neither Storm nor Shirakawa
could be 100 percent after going through Blood & Guts last
week. Shirakawa and Riho started things off for their
respective teams. Both women bridged out of each other’s pin
attempts in their own unique ways. Storm and Windsor tagged
in and teased a test of strength before finally clasping
hands until Windsor rolled through to break it. Storm and
Windsor traded armdrags until Windsor caught Storm in the
throat. Riho tagged back in, so Windsor used her as a weapon
to kick Shirakawa and Storm. Riho jumped off Windsor’s back
for a flying kick that got a two count. Storm fought back
with a backbreaker and tagged Shirakawa. They double-teamed
Riho, and Shirakawa got a nearfall with a tornillo.
Riho and Windsor got back in control with a double suplex on
Storm, followed by Windsor aiding Riho with a dive to the
outside onto Timeless Love Bombs! Shirakawa found herself in
the wrong corner until she wrenched the knees of Windsor and
DDTed Riho in one fell swoop. Storm tagged back in and she
fired up on Windsor with three snapmares and a DDT for a two
count. Storm dropped Shirakawa on Windsor with an assisted
tornillo for a two count. Windsor was in trouble until she
spun Shirakawa into a blue thunder bomb for a near-fall.
Riho came back in to lay out Shirakawa with an impressive
combo, but Shirakawa kicked out. Windsor hit Storm with a
cannonball from the apron, so Riho went to the top for a
stomp on Shirakawa, but Mina moved and nailed a spinning
backfist. She followed with a figure four, but Riho reversed
the pressure, so Storm ran in to reverse it back. Windsor
came in the ring to turn it back, so Storm came back in for
another reversal, but Windsor cut her off, and the two took
each other out with headbutts, landing on Riho and Mina to
break the hold.
Shirakawa and Riho battled back to their feet, so Riho hit a
German suplex for a two count. Shirakawa came back with a
spinning backfist to get a nearfall of her own. Storm and
Windsor both tagged in, with Windsor powering Storm down
quickly to go for a sharpshooter, but Storm was ready for it
and kicked away. Shirakawa nailed a roundhouse kick on
Windsor, who Storm pulled into a release German suplex.
Shirakawa held Riho for Storm, who big booted Riho into a
German suplex from Mina. Timeless Love Bombs hit stereo hip
attacks, and Storm finished Windsor off with Storm Zero to
advance to the semifinals! They’ll await the winner of
TayJay vs. Marina Shafir and Megan Bayne later tonight.
We heard breaking news from Renee Paquette that, per Tony
Khan, the four semifinal teams would meet this Saturday at
Full Gear in a four-corners tag team match. The winners of
that match will choose the stipulation for their semifinal
match.
Kyle Fletcher and Mark Briscoe Meet Before Full Gear
Alicia Atout was with TNT Champion “The Protostar” Kyle
Fletcher, Don Callis and Fletcher’s opponent for Full Gear,
Mark Briscoe. While she thanked the men for agreeing to no
physicality, she asked both men why they agreed to a match
with such high stakes, as it would be a no disqualification
match for the TNT Title, where if Briscoe loses, he joins
the Don Callis Family.
Fletcher spoke first and was confident because he’s beaten
Briscoe in three of their five matches, and when he wins on
Saturday, he’ll break the record for most defenses of the
TNT Championship. He’s happy about it being no
disqualification because there can be no excuses, and he’s
looking forward to Briscoe thriving in a real family.
Briscoe immediately jumped in and reminded Fletcher that he
fights for his family at home and the one on the road in the
Conglomeration. He won’t be leaving his family, and instead,
he’ll be making them proud.
Just then, Kazuchika Okada and Hechicero attacked Briscoe!
They held Briscoe up for Callis, who said, “You’re gonna
make your family proud? I’m gonna make your kids orphans.”
Fletcher said to Okada, “Thank you for not agreeing to no
physicality.”
As Fletcher shook Okada’s hand, the AEW Unified Champion
said, “I’m glad I could help because Takeshita couldn’t!
PROTOKADA!”
Fletcher took a moment to soak that in.
PAC Lets Darby Allin Know What’s Coming at Full Gear
“Darby, Darby, Darby Allin. I have been doing a lot of soul-
searching this week, and I believe I owe you a sincere
apology. You see, leading up to Blood & Guts, I promised I
would break your neck. In reality, that didn’t happen. I
sent your charred corpse to the burn unit instead. Or maybe
I did both. The fact of the matter is, no one has seen or
heard from you since, so who’s to say?”
“And I get it, Darby,” PAC continued. “You’re probably
intimidated. You’re certainly scared. At Blood & Guts, maybe
I did take things a little too far. So Darby, the boy who
never quits, if you still have a backbone, do me a favor and
answer my question. And don’t worry, I am challenging you to
a legitimate competition. No weapons. No cattle prods. No
tasers. No fire. Just me and you, because the truth is when
you are stripped of all your bells and whistles, there is no
way, on Planet Earth, that someone like yourself can compete
at the level of a legitimate athlete like me.”
Non-Title Match: AEW World Champion “Hangman” Adam Page def.
Katsuyori Shibata
Samoa Joe joined the commentary desk and intimidated Tony
Schiavone, but told Bryan Danielson he wouldn’t do anything
to Schiavone while at the desk. Shibata entered alone after
Joe, but as he approached the ring, Page came from out of
nowhere to attack!
Page threw Shibata around the ringside guardrails while Joe
was unable to do anything because of the mandate that he not
get involved while on commentary. Page threw Shibata in the
ring, but he gave too much time for Shibata to recover, so
Shibata nailed him with a big boot to the outside. Now it
was Shibata who sent Page around the ringside area before
setting him up on a chair. Shibata went for a running boot,
but Page escaped and took down Shibata.
They returned to the ring and exchanged big shots until Page
put down Shibata with a backbreaker and a lariat that got a
two count. Page walked over to the ropes and started jawing
with Joe, which gave Shibata the opening to attack him from
behind. Shibata followed with a trio of suplexes on the
floor, as Joe clapped in approval.
Back in the ring, Page fired up to turn an exchange of chops
into a fallaway slam. Page hit a springboard lariat to knock
Shibata off the apron and followed with a plancha, as Joe
continued to taunt Page from the desk. They returned to the
ring, where Shibata took Page down with a heel trip, and had
his PK attempt get caught by Page. Shibata turned it around
to hit a big boot in the corner and feigned a running kick,
but stopped and kicked the turnbuckle pad and inside of
Page’s leg, which was dangerously close to a low blow.
Page avoided a low drop kick and missed a Buckshot Lariat
out of the corner. Shibata went for a German suplex, but
Page blocked it, and the referee nearly got hit by it. When
he ducked, Shibata hit a low blow on Page and locked in a
cross armbreaker. Page got his boot on the ropes to break
the hold, but Shibata went to an ankle lock, and Page
crawled to the ropes and escaped when he slipped out of his
own boot! Page leveled Shibata with a clothesline and caught
his boot, so he put it back on and hit a Buckshot Lariat to
get the 1-2-3 on Shibata!
After the match, Page got a mic and spoke to Joe. “Joe, I
want you to look around you. Look around you! Although you
may be surrounded by thousands of crazy-ass fans tonight.
And though you may be at the commentary desk with the rest
of commentary, all but a poncho on your head, Joe. You are
now alone. And when you walk into a steel cage with me at
Full Gear, I want you to remember this. I want you to
remember that you don’t have Will Hobbs because I sent him
to the hospital. I want you to remember that you don’t have
Shibata because I sent him to a hospital. Joe, I want you to
remember what I did the last time I was locked inside a
steel cage with another man. Because if I have to do it
Saturday, I swear to god, I will do it again.”
FTR and Stokely Respond to Brodido
Earlier tonight, we got these comments from Stokely: “11
years ago, FTR was formed. And nine years ago, they had a
classic that was talked about for days, for weeks, for
months. And Brodido, I have a question for you, do you think
anything you’ve done will be remembered in nine years? I
don’t think so.”
Cash Wheeler continued, “So, Brody, Bandido, I want you guys
to relax tonight. I want you guys to enjoy tonight because
there’s no games. We’re not gonna lock you in any rooms.
Your grandmommy is safe. Dick the Dragon Steamboat is safe.
You guys enjoy tonight because Saturday, we’re gonna take
those belts from you. You might be the feel-good story of
the year, but on Saturday, we close the book.”
Finally, Dax Harwood spoke, “Nine years ago, we did have a
classic tag team match, but since then, we’ve had six,
seven, eight other matches considered the greatest tag match
of all time. We’ve also been 10-time tag team champions
across seven promotions, so why is Saturday night so
important? Why is Full Gear so important? This reign is what
we hang our hats on. This is what we live our legacy by.
This is the foundation of one era of professional wrestling.
Unfortunately, for you, Brodido, you’re the ones in the way.
Saturday night. Full Gear. Three-Time AEW Tag Team
Champions. And we will go down as the best tag team of all
time. Bandido, have abuela come say hello. Top Guys, out.”
AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship Tournament
Quarterfinal: “The Megasus” Megan Bayne & “The Problem”
Marina Shafir def. TayJay (Tay Melo and Anna Jay)
Melo and Shafir began things with an exchange of judo throws
and stiff shots until Jay tagged in, but Bayne came in and
wound up on the outside. The four women fought on the floor
until TayJay hit stereo dives from the guardrails to take
out Shafir and Bayne. Back in the ring, Bayne tagged in and
ran through TayJay with a clothesline.
TayJay fought back and attacked Bayne and Shafir with
running shots in the corner, and they were in control! Both
Jay and Melo locked in guillotines, but Bayne and Shafir
powered out. However, Shafir was knocked to the floor, so
Bayne had to fight both members of TayJay and found herself
in trouble when Jay locked on the Queen’s Slayer. Bayne
backed into her corner, so Shafir tagged in and broke the
hold with a back rack before locking in the Mother’s Milk on
Jay for the submission victory, accentuated by a few kisses
on Jay’s head.
Bayne and Shafir move on to the semifinals, where they’ll
meet the Timeless Love Bombs, who addressed their future
opponents from the back!
Storm said they were lucky to get Shafir and Bayne, and when
they win the Four Corners Match at Full Gear, it could be a
chicken coop match, apartment wrestling, or, as Shirakawa
suggested, a Taipei Death Match. Storm liked that idea and
said, “But I promise you this, Jon Moxley! When you see what
we do to your little women, you will piss yourself with
blood!”
Next, before she faces Mercedes Moné at Full Gear, we took a
special look at AEW Women’s World Champion Kris Statlander.
Double Jeopardy Match: AEW Unified Champion “The Rainmaker”
Kazuchika Okada def. CMLL World Trios Champion Máscara
Dorada
The winner of this match would earn a future title shot:
Either Okada would earn a CMLL World Trios Title match for
the Don Callis Family or Dorada would win a future AEW
Unified Championship match.
Okada stalled on the outside in the opening minutes in an
effort to slow things down and frustrate Dorada, which
worked until Dorada turned the pace back up and nailed Okada
with a dive on the outside. Dorada went to the top, but
Okada knocked him to the floor with a dropkick. Dorada
turned things around with a kick to Okada on the apron and
nailed a sloppy diving DDT on the apron, which showed the
damage Dorada had already taken in this match. Still, Dorada
kept the offense up with a headscissors followed by a
tornillo over the top to Okada on the outside.
Dorada whipped Okada into the guardrail and followed with a
diving cutter over the rail. He came back into the ringside
area with a hurricanrana and sent Okada back into the ring.
Dorada missed on a 450 from the top with a crash and burn
landing. Okada came back with a neckbreaker and a bodyslam
to set up an elbow drop from the top. Okada posed and went
for the Rainmaker, but Dorada escaped, only to get floored
by Okada’s perfect dropkick. Okada went for another
Rainmaker, but Dorada turned it into a near-fall. Dorada put
Okada on the top rope and nailed a kick to the head before
dropping Okada onto the mat to set up a successful 450
splash, but Okada kicked out!
The two fought on the top rope, as Okada reversed a top-rope
hurricanrana into a nasty powerbomb! He picked Dorada up for
another Rainmaker attempt, but that was reversed into a
small cradle for a near-fall! Okada nailed another dropkick
and hit Konosuke Takeshita’s Raging Fire, followed by a
Rainmaker to get the pinfall win. That earned the Don Callis
Family a shot at the CMLL World Trios Champions, Dorada,
Neon and Místico of Sky Team.
Callis said they are taking that shot on Saturday at AEW
Tailgate Brawl when Okada, Hechicero, and the returning IWGP
Heavyweight Champion, Konosuke Takeshita, team together
against Sky Team! Okada didn’t seem pleased by the news.
Sisters of Sin Can Get Sicker
Renee Paquette was with Skye Blue and Julia Hart, Sisters of
Sin, to get their thoughts on the Four Corners Match at Full
Gear. Blue and Hart explained the sins committed until
Thekla arrived, promising they could get even sicker than
what we saw at Blood & Guts!
Undisputed ROH Women’s World TV Championship Match: Mercedes
Moné def. Red Velvet
AEW Women’s World Champion Kris Statlander was on commentary
for a front row seat to watch Moné before they face off for
Statlander’s championship at Full Gear.
Moné toyed with Velvet early on but got too cocky, so Velvet
was able to turn it around. On the outside, Moné got back in
control and threw Velvet into Statlander. Statlander chased
Moné back to the ring, where Velvet tossed the ROH Women’s
World TV Title to Moné and pretended like she got knocked
out. The referee turned around and saw this, so Velvet
rolled up Moné for a two count and then nailed her with a
roundhouse kick for another near-fall.
Moné turned things back around and started toying with
Velvet again until Velvet found a second wind. She crushed
Moné across the ropes for a two count but took too long to
attack again and got caught in the Statement Maker. However,
Velvet was able to escape into a La Magistral for a near-
fall and turned that into a bicep submission. Moné got out
with a rollup, but missed a Meteora in the corner, and
Velvet followed with a kick and a release German suplex for
another nearfall. Velvet trapped Moné in a full-body armbar,
only for it to be reversed into a lungblower for a two
count. The two fought on the top rope until Velvet used a
body scissors to launch Moné to the mat for another near-
fall. What a match!
They wound up back on the top turnbuckle, where Moné turned
the momentum into a top-rope lungblower to earn a very hard-
fought pinfall win. Mercedes Moné is now the undisputed ROH
Women’s World TV Champion!
Moné celebrated on the announce desk after the match and
launched onto Statlander with a Meteora before locking in a
Statement Maker! Moné celebrated with the AEW Women’s World
Title to end the night!
Catch AEW Tailgate Brawl on TNT and HBO Max at 7 p.m. ET/8
p.m. CT before AEW Full Gear Presented by DC, Saturday night
on PPV at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT from the Prudential Center in
Newark, NJ!
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And remember… We are AEW—Where The Best Wrestle!