Posted on 11/23/125 by Bob Magee
We were thrilled to bring AEW Full Gear back to the
Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, for the seventh
edition of this great event on a night full of title changes
that won’t soon be forgotten!
The AEW World Championship shockingly changed hands when
HOOK nailed “Hangman” Adam Page with the title to reveal he
was still very much part of The Opps, which allowed Samoa
Joe to hit a Muscle Buster and become a two-time AEW World
Champion. However, the celebration was short-lived, as
Swerve Strickland made a surprise return and cleared the
ring as Full Gear came to a close.
AEW Women’s World Champion Kris Statlander wouldn’t let
history repeat itself, as she turned away TBS Champion
Mercedes Moné after losing to her at Full Gear last year
despite battling through an arm injury for most of the
match. And Ricochet became the inaugural AEW National
Champion when he pinned Kevin Knight after 12 competitors
had entered the Casino Gauntlet. The Demand has their first
gold in AEW!
Meanwhile, Kyle O’Reilly beat Jon Moxley in arguably the
biggest win of his career, although the Death Riders did
earn a big victory earlier in the night when PAC submitted
Darby Allin, who was still clearly feeling the effects of
the burns he suffered from PAC at Blood & Guts.
The TNT Title has a new champion in Mark Briscoe, who won a
knock-down, drag-out no disqualification match. Plus, FTR
regained the AEW World Tag Team Championships, and the Young
Bucks reunited with Kenny Omega! All that and so much more
went down after a high-stakes Tailgate Brawl, too!
Here's everything that happened at AEW Full Gear and
Tailgate Brawl on November 22, 2025, including your full
results.
AEW Tailgate Brawl – $200K 4-Way Tag: Bang Bang Gang (Juice
Robinson and Austin Gunn) def. Anthony Bowens & Max Caster,
The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd and Truth Magnum) and Big Bill &
Bryan Keith
We began our night with $200K on the line in the Full Gear
Tailgate Brawl, with Anthony Bowens and Austin Gunn starting
the festivities. Gunn got the better of Bowens until Bowens
dropped him with a floating DDT. Caster and Robinson got
into the fray but were soon replaced by Truth Magnum and Big
Bill. A massive boot from Bill sent Magnum flying off the
commentary desk, and the Outrunners were in trouble!
Luckily, Magnum found some daylight to bring in Turbo Floyd,
and he unloaded on anything that moved. The Outrunners got
the double-team on Bryan Keith until Bowens and Caster made
their way back in the ring. They got Magnum down for Scissor
Me Timbers, and it looked like Bowens was willing to drop
the leg until Keith broke it up. Bowens turned it back
around and dropped Keith in the middle of the ring so Caster
could hit an elbow drop from the top. Bowens seemed to be in
control, but he didn’t see Robinson sneak back in and roll
him up for the pinfall victory! Bang Bang Gang is $200K
richer!
We heard from Samoa Joe ahead of tonight’s AEW World
Championship match against “Hangman” Adam Page inside a
steel cage. While Joe didn’t have Katsuyori Shibata or
Powerhouse Hobbs with him, he did have quite a large group
behind him in Opps Dojos T-shirts.
AEW Tailgate Brawl – Tag Team Match: Boom & Doom (Big Boom
AJ and QT Marshall) def. RPG Vice (Rocky Romero and Trent
Beretta)
With Paul Wight returning to commentary, it was time for
this tag team grudge match! QT Marshall came out with Aaron
Solo and The Rizzler! Of course, Big Justice was with Big
Boom AJ, and we were underway! Boom & Doom controlled RPG
Vice from the jump, and any questions about their chemistry
were quickly answered as they isolated Rocky Romero with
some fantastic tag team offense. With RPG Vice both down on
the outside, AJ launched Marshall over the top with a dive
onto Beretta and Romero!
Back in the ring, Marshall got low-bridged by Beretta and
crashed to the floor! He remained in the wrong corner until
they went back outside. The Rizzler tried to help Marshall,
but Romero got in his face, so Big Justice ran over to
defend his friend. Beretta saw this as an opportunity to
pie-face Big Justice to the ground. That brought Wight off
commentary, and RPG Vice scattered.
Marshall fought back in the ring and finally made the tag to
AJ! It was nothing but power from AJ, as he threw around RPG
Vice with a powerslam, press slam, and spinebuster. AJ
pointed at Callis before setting up Beretta for the
PowerBoom, so Callis got up on the apron to provide a
distraction. AJ turned back around into a cast shot from
Beretta, followed by a running knee, but AJ kicked out in
the nick of time!
Romero came off the top while Barreta held AJ for a spike
crunch to the mat! It looked all over, but Marshall came out
of nowhere to break it up with an elbow from the top! Romero
hit Sliced Bread on Marshall and then ping-ponged off Boom &
Doom in the corners. With the referee distracted by Beretta,
Romero tried to use the cast, so Big Justice ran in with a
Diamond Cutter on Romero! As Big Justice celebrated with
Wight on the outside, Beretta tried to pull AJ in by the
hair, so Wight knocked Beretta out with one punch. AJ set up
Beretta for the PowerBoom, and Marshall came off the top
with a super blockbuster to get the victory!
After the match, Alex Marvez caught up with Callis, Josh
Alexander and the Young Bucks in the back to see if the loss
by RPG Vice would mess with the Don Callis Family’s
momentum. Callis had no concerns and said he’d have three
new members by the end of the night, including Mark Briscoe
and Matt and Nick Jackson, who said they were getting back
to the old days. Callis hyped his team's upcoming
performance in the CMLL World Trios Title Match, only to be
told that Kazuchika Okada wasn’t in the building yet. Callis
tried to quell those concerns, but the Jacksons wondered if
Callis had made some mistakes with Okada and Konosuke
Takeshita. Callis questioned if the Bucks hadn’t paid Okada
enough attention. Callis gave the Bucks a gift, but they
walked away before opening it.
AEW Tailgate Brawl – Tag Team Match: Eddie Kingston & HOOK
def. The WorkHorsemen (JD Drake and Anthony Henry)
Drake and Henry jumped Kingston and HOOK during their
entrance, and the WorkHorsemen quickly isolated HOOK in the
ring to start the match. Henry put HOOK down early, so Drake
could springboard in with a senton. A spinebuster from Drake
put HOOK down for a two-count.
HOOK fought through a double team to finally make a tag to
Kingston. They hit a double backdrop on Drake before
Kingston dropped Henry with a DDT for the pinfall win, while
HOOK locked Drake in REDRUM. HOOK and Kingston remained
undefeated as a duo.
CMLL World Trios Championship Match: El Sky Team (Máscara
Dorada, Neón and Místico) def. the Don Callis Family
(Kazuchika Okada, Konosuke Takeshita and Hechicero)
There was still no sign of Okada, as Callis accompanied
Takeshita and Hechicero to the ring, but they still jumped
El Sky Team on the outside. All of a sudden, the Callis
Family was doing just fine without Okada, as Hechicero
completely decimated Místico’s right arm on the outside
using the ring steps before trapping the arm in a chair and
snapping it back in a sickening fashion. The medical staff
had to help Místico to the back, as all of this took place
before the bell, so when it officially rang, this trios
match turned into a de facto tag match.
Neón fought back by coming off the top to send Takeshita to
the outside, and Dorada followed with a tornillo on
Hechicero. As all four men fought on the outside, we saw
Okada arriving in the parking lot in a ridiculously
expensive car. He was in his ring gear and grabbed his
jacket and the AEW Unified Championship, but he was clearly
in no rush to join his team. This all happened as Full Gear
officially went on the air!
When we returned to action in the ring, Takeshita was
working over Dorada in the corner, and finally, Okada’s
music hit, as he made a spectacular but deliberate entrance.
While Takeshita was paying attention to Okada, Dorada rolled
him up for a near-fall. That angered Takeshita, so he threw
Dorada out. Okada met Takeshita in the middle of the ring,
and Hechicero of all people tried to play peacemaker. Okada
extended his hand and then flipped off Takeshita!
Neón and Dorada ran Okada and Takeshita into each other and
thought they had an opening to scale opposite corners.
However, Okada and Takeshita met them on the ropes and went
for superplexes, but El Sky Team fought them off. Místico
returned from the back with a heavily taped-up right arm,
and he took the fight right to Okada and Takeshita! He took
both down with a double crossbody and then sent Okada to the
outside. Hechicero took his shot at Místico, but he was also
sent to the outside. Místico followed with a dive to
Hechicero and got back in the ring to deal with Takeshita.
He caught him with La Mística, but Okada broke up the pin
and then started beating on Takeshita's back before throwing
him to the outside!
Okada turned around into an attack from Neón, only for Okada
to turn it around with a perfect dropkick. Neón avoided a
Rainmaker and sent Okada to the floor with an armdrag.
Takeshita came back in to drop Neón on his neck and hung on
for a wheelbarrow release suplex. Okada came back in but
immediately had a miscommunication with Takeshita, who
started fighting over who would put down Neón. That turned
into a shoving match, so Dorada took that opportunity to
nail Takeshita. Okada went for a Rainmaker on Dorada, but he
ducked, so Okada nailed Takeshita, and he smiled! Dorada
took Okada down with a head scissors, but Hechicero was
right there to stay on the attack. Neón and Dorada quickly
double-teamed him with spectacular head scissors takeovers
that wowed the Newark crowd!
Neón and Dorada each went to the top and came off with
stereo moonsaults to Okada and Takeshita on the floor! Back
in the ring, Místico got a pair of near-falls on Hechicero.
He got another one on a La Magistral. Hechicero bounced back
with a rising kick in the corner, but when he went for a
powerbomb, Misitco reversed it into a poisonrana and then
locked on La Mística to earn the tap-out victory!
PAC def. Darby Allin
With PAC already in the ring, we were shown a video that
appeared to show Allin wrapped in bandages in a hospital
bed, watching the series of events that led to this match,
including going through the flaming tables at Blood & Guts.
Allin got up from the bed and smashed the TV with a bat.
Back in the arena, Allin made his way down the ramp, and we
could see bandages around his midsection, hands, and nearly
his entire right arm, as the burns were clearly still a
problem.
Allin controlled the match at the start with some nifty
chain wrestling, which is precisely what PAC said Allin
couldn’t do. PAC worked Allin into the corner, but Allin
fought away with a perfectly-timed shotgun dropkick, which
sent PAC to the floor. After stalling, PAC returned to the
ring, so Allin went for a leaping armdrag off the ropes, but
PAC landed on his feet. Allin stayed right on PAC after a
near-fall. Allin wore PAC down with a tight side headlock in
the middle of the ring, so PAC got out of it and locked on a
head scissor. Allin then escaped and tried to apply the
Scorpion Death Lock, but PAC scampered to the ropes.
The two fought on the apron, but that ended spectacularly
when PAC press slammed Allin to the floor! That hurts a lot
more 10 days removed from second-degree burns. Allin did
everything he could to pull himself back in before the 10
count, so PAC met him with a stomp to the back of the neck.
PAC ripped away the arm bandages and pried at the burns! He
only made it worse when he dragged his fingernails down
Allin’s exposed and burned back! PAC trapped Allin in the
ropes with his foot on his head, only to slingshot Allin
into the second rope with brutal whiplash. PAC went for a
cover, but Allin kicked out, although his burns were more
and more visible.
PAC whipped Allin so hard into the buckle that he went
between the top and middle ropes, which sent Allin crashing
to the outside and nearly into a cameraman! Back in the
ring, PAC hit a dropkick from the top that sent Allin head
over heels, but he wouldn’t stay down for a three-count. PAC
slammed the mat in frustration and started toying with
Allin, but Allin fought back with shots to the head and
side. PAC threw Allin to the outside, but when he went to
follow, Allin caught PAC in the apron and whaled away on
him. Allin went back inside and hit a missile dive to PAC,
sending the Death Rider into the guardrail.
Allin sat PAC in a chair on the outside and went to the top
for a dropkick that connected, which sent PAC into the
bottom of the announce desk and Allin crashing to the floor
in a rough landing. Allin hit a springboard sunset flip back
in the ring, but PAC rolled through, only for Allin to
immediately lock in a guillotine choke. PAC fought out and
hit Allin with a rebound German suplex. And when Allin tried
to fight up, PAC threw him into the turnbuckles with another
German, but Allin came flying back with a lariat, and both
men were down!
Allin tried for a Coffin Drop from the second rope, only for
PAC to catch him with another German suplex. PAC got a bunch
of momentum for a running kick that should have ended it,
but not in the case of Allin, who managed to kick out again.
PAC immediately locked in the Brutalizer, and Allin
struggled to get to the ropes, but he finally did to break
the hold.
“THIS IS AWESOME!”
PAC beat Allin in the corner and hit three massive kicks to
Allin’s face, as we learned from Nigel McGuinness that PAC
may have a metal plate in his foot from the injury that kept
him sidelined earlier this year. PAC missed a Black Arrow
from the top, so Allin caught him in the Scorpion Death
Lock! Wheeler Yuta appeared and distracted the referee and
Allin, so PAC grabbed Allin’s bat and blasted Allin with it
behind the referee’s back. That was enough to put Allin down
for the three!
4-Way Tag Match (Winners Pick Stipulation of AEW Women’s
World Tag Team Title Tournament Semifinal Match): Timeless
Love Bombs (“Timeless” Toni Storm and Mina Shirakawa) def.
Babes of Wrath (Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron),
Sisters of Sin (Skye Blue and Julia Hart) and Megan Bayne &
Marina Shafir
As soon as Timeless Love Bombs became the final team to
enter the ring, all eight women attacked each other, and the
match was underway!
Shafir and Storm opened things up, with Shafir quickly
getting control. She tagged in Bayne, and they trapped Storm
in the ropes, taking turns kicking her in the front and
back. Bayne caught a Thesz Press attempt and chucked Storm
over her head. Storm wound up fighting out of Bayne’s corner
with a DDT that allowed her to tag in Shirakawa. Storm
dropped Shirakawa from her shoulder onto Bayne, but it
barely got a one count. Bayne came back with a Samoan drop
on Mina for a two-count, and Shafir tagged back in the
match.
Shafir dragged Shirakawa’s face across the top rope and
caught her in a head scissors, but didn’t see that Blue made
a blind tag. Blue came in with a neckbreaker on Shirakawa,
and the two exchanged shots until Mina hit a slingblade.
Mina tried to tag Storm, but Julia Hart pulled Storm off the
apron. Instead, Shirakawa tagged Nightingale, who
immediately unloaded with lariats on Blue in the corner.
Cameron tagged in and hit an assisted splash with
Nightingale for a two-count. Cameron won a slugfest with
Blue and followed with Sole Food and a backstabber, but Blue
wouldn’t stay down. She threw Cameron into the corner, and
Hart tagged in for the first time. Sisters of Sin decided to
knock both Shafir and Bayne off the apron, followed by Hart
hitting a rope walk arm strike. Bayne came back in and got
into a shoving match with Blue before isolating Cameron in
the corner. As Shafir and Bayne worked on Cameron, Timeless
Love Bombs and Sisters of Sin fought it out on the floor.
Cameron came back with a DDT on Bayne and kicked away Shafir
to make the tag to Nightingale. Willow put Shafir down with
a pair of lariats, then an Oklahoma Slam for a two-count.
Shafir came back with a rear-naked choke that sent
Nightingale stumbling into the SIsters of Sin corner. Hart
tagged in, and they hit double thrust kicks on Nightingale,
but Bayne came in to break up the pin. Bayne and Shafir got
into a bit of an argument with the Sisters of Sin until
Shirakawa attacked. Bayne made a blind tag on Hart and
dropped Shirakawa right into Shafir, who was waiting with
Mother’s Milk. Storm fought through Bayne to break it up and
finally got the tag.
Storm hit Shafir with a DDT, only for Shafir to fight back,
but she didn’t see Cameron make a blind tag. Storm turned
into a crossbody from the top by Cameron, which nearly
earned Cameron the victory. Storm came back with a sitout
powerbomb, but Sisters of Sin came in to break up the pin
attempt. Bayne double suplexed both of them, only for Willow
to come in with a Pounce! Shafir tried to attack Willow, but
she was kicked out. Nightingale followed with a cannonball
onto Bayne and Shafir on the floor. Storm helped Mina hit a
big dive from the top to the floor. Back in the ring,
Cameron nearly rolled up Storm for the win. The two traded
near-falls, but it was Storm capturing Cameron in The Big
Package to get the pinfall win!
Timeless Love Bombs will get to choose the stipulation for
their AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship Semifinal
match against Bayne and Shafir!
AEW World Tag Team Championship Match: FTR (Cash Wheeler and
Dax Harwood) def. Brodido (Brody King and Bandido) (c) – NEW
AEW World Tag Team Champions
Wheeler and Bandido started this championship showdown with
a feeling-out process, including some showmanship by
Bandido. Harwood also got some from Bandido, but then King
tagged in and really started dishing out the damage. He beat
Harwood around the ringside area before taking it back to
the ring with a bodyslam and a senton for a two-count.
Bandido tagged in, but before he could do anything, Wheeler
charged, so King bodyslammed him onto Harwood. Bandido then
slammed King onto FTR! King stopped short of doing a
Macarena, so Bandido turned his attention back to FTR on the
outside. Stoke got in his way, so Bandido flew over him into
the waiting arms of FTR, who slammed Bandido into the
announce table!
The match swung significantly after that with FTR trapping
Bandido in their corner with quick tags. Bandido had to
fight through multiple double teams, but when he finally
made the tag, the referee was distracted and refused to
allow King to enter the ring. FTR seized that opportunity to
smother Bandido in their corner. Finally, Bandido broke
free, and King was in, legally this time! King dropped
Wheeler with a huge sidewalk slam and a senton onto both
members of FTR. Wheeler stopped King’s momentum with a
choke, but King turned that into a Death Valley Driver onto
Harwood in the corner.
King followed with a cannonball to both men, but Wheeler got
an elbow up before the three-count. Bandido charged in, but
was low-bridged and crashed to the floor. With King on the
top turnbuckle, Harwood hit a superplex, but when Wheeler
came down with a splash, King caught him by the throat.
Bandido came off the top with a frog splash on Harwood, and
King hit a sitout powerbomb on Wheeler. Brodido hit a
double-team combination of shots before King knocked Harwood
to the outside with a diving lariat.
King went for a dive on Harwood, but Stokely pushed Harwood
out of the way and ate the dive from King. Wheeler
immediately nailed King with a tornado DDT off the apron.
Back in the ring, Bandido reversed a rebound powerbomb into
a near-fall on Harwood. He got another near-fall, but
Wheeler got back in the ring and tossed Bandido into
Harwood, who hit a rebound powerbomb followed by a splash
from Wheeler from the top, but Bandido was able to kick out!
Harwood got sent to the outside, and somehow Bandido threw
Wheeler on top of him with a one-armed press slam! Bandido
followed with a crossbody from the top to take out both
members of FTR! Bandido missed from the top, but caught his
balance on the way down, only for Harwood to launch him into
a Shatter Machine. However, Bandido reversed it into a DDT
on Wheeler and hit a superkick on Harwood. He went for the
21 Plex on Harwood, but Wheeler held Harwood’s hands.
Wheeler flipped over Harwood, but he wound up eating a 21
Plex. Harwood was waiting and picked up Bandido for a
Shatter Machine, which connected, but King broke up the pin
at the very last moment!
On the outside, King set up Wheeler in some chairs against
the barricade, but Wheeler moved, and King crashed and
burned! Wheeler grabbed one of the AEW World Tag Team
Titles, only for King to grab the other end. Bandido rolled
up Harwood for a two-count, but when he kicked out, Wheeler
nailed him with the title unbeknownst to the referee.
Bandido kicked out again!
King fought back and Brodido isolated Harwood in the ring
for their own version of the Shatter Machine! This time,
Harwood kicked out just in time!
Bandido set up for the Second Shooter, but he was snatched
and pulled into the ring post the hard way by Wheeler.
Wheeler nailed a dive on King on the outside and immediately
went to the top for a Doomsday Device, only for Bandido to
reverse the momentum on the way down for another near fall.
King had Harwood in a choke on the apron, so Wheeler put one
on King. King broke it by crashing backwards into the
ringpost, but wound up getting spiked on the apron with a
piledriver!
FTR returned to the ring and caught Bandido with a double
team for yet another near-fall. FTR wanted to end it, so
they hit a spike piledriver on Bandido, and by some miracle,
Bandido had enough to kick out! The crowd tried to will
Bandido back into it, so he drew his finger pistols at the
faces of Harwood in defiance, but they hit another Shatter
Machine and finally kept Bandido down for the pinfall
victory.
FTR are now record-tying, three-time AEW World Tag Team
Champions!
Full Gear Casino Gauntlet Match: Ricochet pins Kevin Knight
to become the Inaugural AEW National Champion
Despite earning the #1 and #2 spots, Bobby Lashley and
Shelton Benjamin still entered the ring together alongside
MVP. When the bell rang, the two slapped hands, though there
was a clear feeling-out process in a more amateur wrestling
sense. The countdown hit before anything really happened
between the two, meaning that #3 would be walking into The
Hurt Syndicate…
The #3 entrant was Ricochet!
Ricochet had a microphone and berated Benjamin and Lashley
for wrestling, but it was just a distraction for Toa Liona
and Bishop Kaun to attack from behind. While they handled
Lashley and Benjamin, Ricochet repeatedly beat MVP with the
microphone. Kaun dropped Benjamin on a chair on the floor
and then whipped Liona into Lashley, who was propped up
against the steel steps. Referees ran out to get GOA out of
there and help MVP to the back.
The #4 entrant was Claudio Castagnoli!
Ricochet tried to dive onto Castagnoli, but he was met with
a rising uppercut! Castagnoli press-slammed Ricochet back
into the ring and followed with the giant swing for a few,
quick revolutions. Castagnoli followed with an uppercut for
a two-count. Ricochet battled back with a flying head
scissors, and the countdown hit zero again…
The #5 entrant was Daniel Garcia!
Ricochet may have been able to survive The Hurt Syndicate
with help, but he was back at a disadvantage against these
Death Riders. Garcia immediately attacked Ricochet, as
Castagnoli watched until he steamrolled Ricochet with
another uppercut. Ricochet avoided another charge to send
Castagnoli to the outside, but was crotched on the top rope
by Garcia.
The #6 entrant was Orange Cassidy!
While Garcia had Ricochet set up for a German suplex from
the top, Cassidy smacked Ricochet on the head to help him
finish the job. Cassidy went for a pin on Ricochet, only for
Castagnoli to lift him off by the waist of his jeans.
Cassidy came back with a Stundog Millionaire on Castagnoli
and a tornado DDT on Ricochet for a near-fall as the
countdown hit zero again…
The #7 entrant was Wheeler Yuta!
Cassidy waited alone for Yuta, and it looked like these two
would get a chance to settle some lasting differences until
Garcia and Castagnoli attacked from behind, which made it a
3-on-1 situation. They all hit charges on Cassidy in the
corner, and Ricochet joined in only to have Castagnoli floor
him with an uppercut.
The #8 entrant was “The Jet” Kevin Knight!
Knight ran down the ramp and launched himself at Yuta with a
leaping clothesline! He took Garcia out with a step-up
clothesline from the apron and went to the top to attack
Castagnoli, but it was caught, only for both men to spill
over the top to the apron. Ricochet rolled up Knight for a
two-count…
The #9 entrant was Roderick Strong!
Garcia was waiting for Strong at the apron, but Strong
immediately hit a backbreaker on the apron. He went to work
on Castagnoli and caught a flying Knight with another
backbreaker. Strong hit Castagnoli with a fireman’s carry
slam and dropped Ricochet across his knees! Strong followed
with the Sick Kick for a two-count, and we were ready for
another entrant…
The #10 entrant was Mark Davis!
Davis took down Yuta and Garcia with a clothesline and
spiked Ricochet with a sitout piledriver, only for Cassidy
to follow with a running PK immediately!
The #11 entrant was “Speedball” Mike Bailey!
Bailey and Knight worked together on Davis, but when Knight
went for a pin attempt after a DDT, there was a tense moment
between Bailey and Knight. Bailey wound up taking the Death
Riders out on the outside while Knight knocked Davis to the
floor. Bailey and Knight slapped hands and immediately
exchanged pin attempts. They stopped for a moment, so Garcia
attacked from behind and locked Bailey in the Dragon Slayer,
as the countdown reached zero for the final time…
The #12 entrant was Daddy Magic Matt Menard!
Garcia looked like he’d seen a ghost! Menard came right in,
yelling at Garcia and throwing rapid-fire shots before
Garcia bailed to the outside. Menard followed and chased
Garcia into the crowd!
Back in the ring, Davis and Castagnoli were about to face
off, but Benjamin and Lashley were back up and in the ring.
They disposed of Davis, then Castagnoli, followed by Knight.
Lashley hit a spear on Strong and then a running powerslam
on Cassidy.
Ricochet tried to sneak back in until Lashley and Benjamin
saw him. Ricochet tried to escape, so Benjamin and Lashley
threw him back and forth in a violent game of catch. Davis
and Castagnoli came back in to slow down Benjamin and
Lashley for a moment, but Cassidy nailed Davis with the
Orange Punch. On the outside, Lashley missed a spear on
Castagnoli and crashed into the barricade.
Cassidy had Ricochet set up for the Orange Punch, but Yuta
stopped it and tried to steal the pin. Knight returned and
hit The UFO Splash on Yuta, only for Ricochet to crush
Knight with a Spirit Gun to get the victory!
Ricochet is the Inaugural AEW National Champion! GOA
returned to the ring to celebrate the first title for The
Demand!
No Holds Barred Match: Kyle O’Reilly def. Jon Moxley
As soon as O’Reilly got in the ring, he went for a double
leg on Moxley! O’Reilly fired away on Moxley until Moxley
started fighting back. Mox controlled O’Reilly on the ground
for a short time until O’Reilly nearly snatched his arm.
Moxley got up and gave O’Reilly some free shots, although
when he had had enough, he gouged O’Reilly’s eyes. O’Reilly
came back with brutal kicks to the chest in the corner, so
Moxley came back with a fishhook, which was completely legal
in this match. O’Reilly nearly caught Moxley in another
ankle lock, so Moxley immediately bailed to the outside.
That’s where Shafir handed Moxley a fork!
On commentary, Bryan Danielson surmised that Shafir gave
Moxley the weapon because she didn’t think Moxley could go
hold for hold with O’Reilly. Initially, O’Reilly held Moxley
off until Mox stabbed O’Reilly in the head multiple times
before switching to using the fork on his back! O’Reilly was
a bloody mess, much like the crimson mask he wore inside
Blood & Guts. Moxley pounded away on the exposed O’Reilly
with strikes and then bit the bleeding head of O’Reilly!
Moxley controlled O’Reilly on the ground, even going as far
as biting O’Reilly’s fingers to stop any chance of escape.
Moxley took too long to stay on O’Reilly, which allowed
O’Reilly to get an ankle lock until he switched to a
headlock. Moxley escaped with a backdrop and retrieved the
fork once again. This time, he used the fork on O’Reilly’s
nipple! There’s no other way to say it!
Moxley stayed on the attack on the apron only for O’Reilly
to escape and send Moxley into the steel post with a
slingshot! After a few more shots to the ring steps,
O’Reilly put Mox on a chair next to the guardrail and scored
with a dropkick from the apron!
O’Reilly followed Moxley back into the ring, where Mox went
for a cutter, but O’Reilly turned it into an ankle lock.
Moxley fought through it and went for a triangle, but
O’Reilly escaped and had a submission of his own. Mox
grabbed the fork again, although O’Reilly was ready for it
and took it away so he could stab Moxley over and over in
the head! Now both men are covered in blood!
O’Reilly went looking for something under the ring and found
a chain! Moxley was waiting for O’Reilly, who had a sadistic
look on his face as he entered the ring with the chain
around his neck. O’Reilly tried to trap Mox in a guillotine
with the chain wrapped around him. However, Moxley wrapped
the chain around O’Reilly, and both men went down on a
suplex attached by the chain around their necks!
Both men got a handful of the chain and started exchanging
blows. Moxley trapped O’Reilly in a bulldog choke with the
chain, only for O’Reilly to break out with some ground and
pound. Moxley tried to push on O’Reilly’s throat and then
transitioned to an ankle lock before locking in an STF.
O’Reilly got out of it by stabbing Moxley’s hand with a
fork! Moxley stomped O’Reilly on the chain and went to the
outside for a chair. He trapped O’Reilly’s left arm in the
chair and stomped on it, which may have broken the arm.
Moxley brought him back up, and while O’Reilly tried to
fight back, Mox dropped him with a Paradigm Shift. Moxley
locked that arm in a submission, but couldn’t get it all the
way on because O’Reilly grabbed his own tights to block it.
O’Reilly escaped and trapped Moxley in an ankle lock with
the chain wrapped around his legs, and Moxley had nowhere to
go, so he tapped out! For the first time in AEW history,
Moxley has tapped out twice to the same person in the span
of 10 days.
Moxley banged the mat in frustration after the match, but he
nodded at O’Reilly in what may have been an acknowledgment
of losing to the better man. … or not! While Moxley was
leaving, he looked back at the ring to see O’Reilly getting
medical attention for what looked like a broken arm, so he
ran back in to briefly attack O’Reilly before leaving again.
The rest of the Death Riders came out, but so did Orange
Cassidy and Roderick Strong, so Moxley left through the
crowd while Cassidy and Strong helped O’Reilly to the back.
No DQ TNT Championship Match: Mark Briscoe def. Kyle
Fletcher – NEW TNT CHAMPION!
Before Briscoe entered, we saw a video narrated by him with
both his blood family and his wrestling family, as it was
clear he was not walking alone. Fletcher entered for the
sixth singles match between the two, as Don Callis joined
commentary.
Fletcher sent Briscoe to the outside early, and when he went
after him, Briscoe tripped him from the apron. Briscoe
grabbed a chair in this no-disqualification match and threw
it at Fletcher’s head. Briscoe went under the ring for even
more chairs and smashed one across the back of Fletcher
before following with a shot to the head. Briscoe sat
Fletcher on the chair and went for a cannonball from the
apron, only for Fletcher to catch him and hit a brainbuster
on the chair!
When Fletcher tried to take advantage, Briscoe swept his
leg, which sent Fletcher back-first onto the steel steps.
Briscoe found a ladder and put Fletcher on it, but Fletcher
moved, and the ladder bent around Briscoe during the
disastrous landing! Fletcher got up and just threw the
ladder at Briscoe’s face like a dart before posing for the
crowd, who had no interest in seeing that routine.
Fletcher found another ladder and threw it in the ring, as
we saw Briscoe bleeding from the head. Fletcher bodyslammed
Briscoe on the ladder and then slammed the ladder into
Briscoe’s back. Fletcher propped up the ladder in the corner
and sent Briscoe into it hard, but Briscoe managed to get a
shoulder up in time on the pin attempt.
Briscoe fought Fletcher off the top rope and threw the
ladder at Fletcher before hitting it with a dropkick from
the top. Fletcher is busted wide open, so both men are now
bleeding profusely. Briscoe went outside and found a table.
He put Fletcher on the table, and after a couple of chair
shots to the midsection, Briscoe went to the top rope, but
Fletcher moved before anything could happen. Briscoe went
down to chase after Fletcher, but was caught in a half-and-
half suplex on multiple chairs on the floor! Fletcher set up
six chairs front-to-front on the floor, and when that took
too long, Briscoe walloped him with a chair! Briscoe went
back to the top, so Callis got up to distract him, which
allowed Fletcher to push Briscoe off and through a table on
the floor!
Fletcher set up a table in the corner, but in the opposite
corner, he hit a running boot to Briscoe. He tried to lawn-
dart Briscoe into the table, only for Briscoe to stop it and
hit an enziguri. Fletcher avoided a Jay Driller and carried
Briscoe across the ring to slam him through the table. He
followed with a huge powerbomb, and Briscoe still kicked
out. Fletcher went outside to grab a metal bucket filled
with tacks. He poured them on the mat. Fletcher picked up a
handful of tacks and shoved them in Briscoe’s mouth so he
could kick them! Briscoe battled back with a fisherman’s
buster on the tacks, and Fletcher came up in severe pain.
Briscoe went for the cover and got a two-count, although
Fletcher was clearly in danger.
Briscoe retrieved a barbed wire table from under the ring
and tossed in a regular table to go along with it. That
wasn’t enough, though, as Briscoe found a massive ladder and
added it to his pile of weapons. Briscoe set up a ladder in
the corner and a table in front of it. The two fought on the
apron, where Fletcher hit a huge kick to get control.
Briscoe fought back and knocked Fletcher to the floor, where
he followed with a flipping neckbreaker from the apron
through the chairs to Fletcher!
Both men wound up on top of the big ladder in the ring,
where Fletcher was knocked down one side, so Briscoe came
off the top with a Froggy Bow to put Fletcher through the
table! Briscoe went for the pin, and somehow Fletcher kicked
out! Briscoe went back out to get the barbed wire table, but
didn’t see Callis hand Fletcher a screwdriver. Briscoe
blocked a screwdriver shot, so Fletcher hit a low blow and
jabbed the screwdriver into Briscoe’s bleeding head and then
licked it! Callis called it “sexy” on commentary because
he’s sick.
The stalling gave Briscoe a chance to recover, as Fletcher
missed another stab and got the screwdriver stuck in the
turnbuckle. Briscoe hit a low blow of his own and then a
suplex into the tacks! Fletcher kicked out! Briscoe went to
the top, so Fletcher shoved the referee into the ropes to
knock Briscoe down. Fletcher got the screwdriver back and
stuck it in the turnbuckle with the intent of hitting a
brainbuster on it. Briscoe fought out and went for the
cutthroat driver, but Fletcher grabbed the screwdriver and
stabbed Briscoe in the head multiple times. After a
brainbuster on the tacks, Fletcher thought he had it won,
but Briscoe threw a shoulder up!
Fletcher moved the barbed wire table near the turnbuckles
and went for the brainbuster from the top, so Briscoe
floated over and crotched Fletcher on the top. Briscoe hit a
crucifix powerbomb from the top through the barbed wire
table! He wasted no time grabbing Fletcher for the Jay
Driller on the mess of weapons in the ring and pinned
Fletcher to win the TNT Championship!
Briscoe has his first AEW singles championship and doesn’t
have to join the Don Callis Family!
One Million Dollar Trios Match: Josh Alexander & The Young
Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) def. Kenny Omega & Jurassic
Express (“Jungle” Jack Perry and Luchasaurus)
A wheel spun on the jumbotron during the Young Bucks'
entrance that landed on a one-million-dollar wedge similar
to their ring attire for this match, but would that be a
prediction of the future or more cash squandered by Matt and
Nick Jackson?
Nick and Perry started this big-money match, and neither man
could gain a clear advantage. Perry tagged Luchasaurus, so
Nick tagged Matt. Danielson mentioned on commentary that
Luchasaurus could become the world’s richest dinosaur! He
did his part to make that happen by taking out all three
members of the opposition before Perry tagged back in for a
short dropkick. Omega tagged in for the first time to a big
reaction, although he was backed into the opposite corner
and elbowed by Alexander. Alexander tagged in to continue
the attack, only for Omega to fight out of the corner and
send Alexander to the outside. Omega followed with a
crossbody, although he may have landed awkwardly on the
floor. There could be some lingering issues for Omega from
Alexander’s attacks, which Callis seemed to confirm on
commentary.
Omega found himself in trouble back in the ring until he
fought through a Bucks double team with basement dropkicks
and sent them to the outside. He started up the Terminator
clap, which the crowd picked up on, although he was clearly
limping, which gave Alexander the chance to cut it off.
Omega fought him off and sent him to the outside so he could
flip over the top onto Alexander and the Bucks. Omega tagged
out, so Luchasaurus and Perry could hit tandem offense.
Alexander caught Perry and slammed him on the apron with a
brutal thud. The Bucks went to work on Perry in the ring,
but Matt went to the top and dove onto Omega on the
outside!
Back in the ring, the Bucks stayed on Perry and wore him
down so Alexander could come in for some additional damage.
Perry threw a desperation lariat that took down Alexander,
although Alexander got up in time to knock Luchasaurus and
Omega down. Perry fought back with a DDT, and this time he
made the tag to Luchasaurus, who ran through the Bucks with
his power and had them set up for a double chokeslam, only
for Alexander to break it up. That earned him a chokeslam
and another one for Matt onto Alexander. Nick was flipped
onto Matt to complete the trifecta! Luchasaurus couldn’t
fight off the Bucks for long enough, so Alexander was able
to get back in, but Omega was able to make the tag!
Alexander tried to tag Matt back in, but he hopped off the
apron and told Alexander to handle Omega.
Omega opened on Alexander and went for You Can’t Escape,
though his ankle was still a problem, so he missed the
moonsault. The Bucks came back in to take down Omega and
then Perry with a stop over the top rope, but Perry reversed
it into a head scissors. All six men were in the ring, and
after a flurry of offense, everyone was down! We got back to
Omega and Alexander trading shots in the middle until Omega
nailed consecutive snap dragon suplexes on Alexander, Matt
and Nick. Alexander avoided a V-Trigger and chopped Omega at
the left knee so that he could lock in an ankle lock. The
Bucks grabbed Omega for the BTE Trigger while Omega was
trapped in the ankle lock, and they hit it! Nick took out
Luchasaurus on the outside while Matt tried to hold Perry
back from breaking up the ankle lock. Omega finally made it
to the ropes, although his leg was definitely in bad shape.
Luchasaurus cut off a flipping piledriver attempt and sent
Alexander and Nick to the outside. Omega and Jurassic
Express hit their own version of a spike piledriver on Matt,
but it wasn’t enough for the win. Perry called for the
Countdown to Extinction, but Alexander broke it up.
Alexander went for a clothesline but missed and nailed Matt!
Omega crushed Alexander with a knee. Luchasaurus sent Perry
over the top to hit a hurricanrana on Matt from the apron to
the floor. Jurassic Express hit Countdown to Extinction on
Nick, but Alexander saved him in the nick of time!
Luchasaurus and Omega put the Bucks on their shoulders for a
double doomsday device, but when Perry came off the top, the
Bucks landed on their feet. They cleared the way with
superkicks, but inadvertently nailed Alexander, so Omega
finished him off with a One-Winged Angel on the floor. But
back in the ring, the Bucks hit Perry with a BTE Trigger to
get the victory and win one million dollars!
After the match, Callis got in the ring with some of the
Family and said it was time to celebrate because the Bucks
are part of the Family! While the Bucks left up the ramp
with Callis, Alexander returned to the ring to attack
Omega’s leg along with the other members of the Family. The
Bucks seemed conflicted about the situation as Callis tried
to get them to leave and spend the money, while the fans
chanted, “You sold out!”
The Bucks threw the money down and charged to the ring! They
took out Alexander and Davis with superkicks and knocked the
rest of the Family from the ring. Perry and Luchasaurus
extended their hands to the Bucks, and the handshakes were
reciprocated. Omega struggled to get to his feet as the
Bucks offered handshakes. He slapped them away, and then all
three men hugged! Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks have
reunited!
AEW Women’s World Championship Match: Kris Statlander (c)
def. TBS Champion Mercedes Moné
With her belt boys displaying her 13 championships, Mercedes
Moné made her way to the ring for her second attempt to win
the AEW Women’s World Championship. Statlander wouldn’t be
outdone, as she kicked her way out of a spaceship before
heading to the ring.
There was no feeling-out process in the early stages of this
one, as Statlander took Moné down and nailed a standing
moonsault for a near-fall. Moné sent Statlander to the
outside and followed with a dive, but Statlander caught it
and rolled through. She marched Moné up the steel steps,
only for Moné to fight back on the apron. They fought on the
top rope, where Statlander hit a superplex. Statlander went
for a 450 from a different corner and missed in a big way!
She went to the floor clutching her left arm, and after the
referee checked on her, Statlander insisted she could
continue. As soon as she got to her feet, Moné flew off the
apron with a meteora. She followed by sending Statlander
into the steel steps and hit another meteora before stomping
on Statlander’s injured arm. Back in the ring, Moné got a
near fall, then applied a Fujiwara armbar with joint
manipulation.
Moné remained in control with a relentless, vicious attack
on Statlander’s arm, as the AEW Women’s World Champion
appeared to be in huge trouble. Statlander found a glimmer
of hope with an explosive clothesline out of the corner,
although she was still fighting with one arm, which allowed
Moné to go back to a cross armbreaker. Moné dropped the arm
across her legs and then bent it between her feet. Moné hit
a tornado DDT for a near-fall, and Moné showed her
frustration. Moné went into the Three Amigos and then added
three more and then added three more and then added three
more and then added two more, totaling 14 Amigos in honor of
her 13 championships and the AEW Women’s World Championship.
Moné took far too long going to the top for a Frog Splash
and came down on Statlander’s boots!
Statlander found another gear and ran through Moné with a
pair of clotheslines and a big running kick in the corner.
Statlander followed with a one-armed slam for a two-count,
as she couldn’t get all the weight she needed on Moné for
the pin. Moné came back by draping Statlander’s arm over the
top rope and continued to stomp away on it. When she came
running down the apron, Statlander caught her and went down
with a Blue Thunder Bomb! Both women were down, and
Statlander got back in the ring first, although Moné saved
her chances by diving back in the ring at the nick of time.
Moné hit two backstabbers and a sunset flip powerbomb to the
turnbuckle. She charged back at Statlander, who came flying
out of the corner with a massive lariat out of desperation.
Moné went back to Statlander’s arm only for Statlander to
come back with a belly-to-belly and then a Statement Maker
of her own! Moné reversed it into her own Statement Maker.
Statlander powered her way back to her feet and climbed the
turnbuckles with Moné on her back. Statlander hit a super
rib-breaker from the top, but she was too hurt to go for the
immediate pin!
Statlander was also too hurt to pick up Moné for Staturday
Night Fever, so she tried to roll into it, but wasn’t able
to get to her feet. Statlander transitioned to the seatbelt
pin, but Moné kicked out! Statlander came back with a
package piledriver and looked to have the match won, yet
Moné found a way to get a hand on the rope! Moné kicked
Statlander from the top and went for a meteora, but
Statlander caught it and shifted Moné onto her shoulders, so
Moné responded with a hurricanrana, followed by a pair of
knees to the face.
Statlander kicked out, and Moné was beside herself! She took
too long going for the Moné Maker, and the two traded
piledriver reversals. Statlander escaped Moné by running her
into the turnbuckles repeatedly. She snatched Moné from the
top and nailed Staturday Night Fever to retain the AEW
Women’s World Championship in her first victory over Moné
and only the second singles loss for Moné in AEW!
Statlander’s win was her 82nd, the most in the AEW women’s
division!
The Don Callis Family Will Be Well Represented in the
Continental Classic
Callis was backstage with Hechicero, Okada and Takeshita to
talk up the greatness of his Family, which devolved into an
argument between Okada and Takeshita. Callis reminded
everyone that Okada had to defend his title in the
Continental Classic. Takeshita said he’d also be in the
Continental Classic, but then Fletcher showed up to complain
about not getting any help during his match. He kept
wondering what happened to ProtOkada or ProtoShita, then
said he wouldn’t be without a championship for long because
he was also entering the Continental Classic, and left the
scene. Okada blamed Takeshita for what happened with
Fletcher.
AEW World Championship Steel Cage Match: Samoa Joe def.
“Hangman” Adam Page (c) – NEW AEW WORLD CHAMPION
The Opps Dojo members flanked Joe for his entrance before
Page made a memorable entrance with different theme music.
It should be noted that Page still had plenty of tape around
his injured ribs, which was precisely what Joe targeted at
the outset. Page fought back and sent Joe into the cage
face-first, which created a bloody laceration on Joe’s
forehead. Page went right after the cut by pounding Joe in
the corner.
Hangman took his boot off and just beat the hell out of Joe
with it, as his aggressive side had been on display in
recent weeks. Joe collapsed in the opposite corner, as Page
stayed on him to make the wound worse. Joe fought back with
chops and forearms before raking the eyes of the AEW World
Champion. Page charged at Joe, but Joe side-stepped him and
sent Page face-first into the steel. The cut on Joe’s head
seemed to be getting worse, yet he continued to throw
everything he had at Page, which caused Page to bleed. Joe
sandwiched Page between the ropes and the cage and nailed
him with an enziguri. Joe followed by raking Page’s face
across the steel.
Page punched his way free only to run right into a
lightning-fast powerslam by Joe for a near-fall. With the
amount of blood both men lost, it’s hard to believe either
can see. Page fought his way through some significant
strikes and sent Joe into the metal supports that keep the
cage upright. He hit so hard that there was a massive blood
mark on the cage. Page got Joe down and used the Coquina
Clutch, although he couldn’t cinch it all the way in. Joe
escaped and hit a uranage out of the corner. He took off the
turnbuckle pad and had Page on that top rope to go for a
Muscle Buster, but Page bit Joe on the head to get some
separation. Joe fought his way back up to the top with Page,
so Page came off with a sunset flip powerbomb.
Shibata appeared at the locked cage door, so Page kicked him
away, and Shibata grabbed the AEW World Title and climbed
the cage! Eddie Kingston ran down to pull Shibata off the
cage and fought him to the back. In the cage, referee Paul
Turner was inadvertently crushed against the cage, so he
wasn’t able to count when Page hit a Dead Eye for at least a
three-count. Powerhouse Hobbs showed up and ripped the lock
off the cage door! He entered with the AEW World Title, but
Page was ready and fought him off. Joe was ready, though,
and caught Page in the Coquina Clutch. Page escaped it by
running Joe into the exposed turnbuckle and followed with a
Buckshot Lariat, but the referee was still down!
HOOK ran down to wake the referee, though helping Page
wasn’t the actual plan. Instead, HOOK smiled and grabbed the
AEW World Title to smash Page across the face! HOOK took off
his jacket to reveal an Opps shirt, as it was clear he had
never left the group. Joe hit Page with a Muscle Buster on
the title, as the referee came to for the three-count.
Samoa Joe is once again AEW World Champion thanks to HOOK!
The Opps and members of the Opps Dojo joined Joe in the ring
to celebrate until the lights went out…
When they came back on, a video played on the screen showing
a house on fire. And when it ended, Prince Nana was on top
of the ramp.
SWERVE STRICKLAND IS BACK!
He never took his eyes off Joe as he made his way to the
ring. When Swerve got on the apron, Joe pointed out what had
happened to Page. Swerve cautiously entered the ring full of
The Opps and stood across for Joe. Swerve slowly removed his
jacket and started walking towards Page, but stopped and
nailed one of the members of the Opps Dojo!
Joe and The Opps retreated up the ramp, as Swerve destroyed
the various members of the Opps Dojo, including breaking an
arm! Page stopped one final member from attacking Swerve
from behind and stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Strickland,
as they started down Joe, HOOK, Hobbs and Shibata to end our
night in Newark.
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of AEW Dynamite Thanksgiving LIVE on TBS and streaming on
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