This is AEW Full Gear, featuring “Hangman” Adam Page against Samoa Joe, Kris Statlander taking on Mercedes Mone, several big title matches, and more.
It’s the seventh edition of AEW Full Gear, since the first was in AEW’s first year, 2019. They have nine matches scheduled for the main card and four more on the pre-show, so it will be a long night of action. Frankly, I think most AEW PPVs are too long. WrestleDream last month lasted 4.5 hours, ending at 12:30 a.m. ET, while AEW All Out was five hours in September, and AEW All In back in July was six hours. If you plan to run for more than 4 hours, start the show earlier than 8 p.m. ET. Just saying.
My review will feature some matches in summary style and others in full play-by-play. It’s a long night of writing for me after I spent most of the day writing (I wrote news stories from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.), so writing a bit less about the matches makes sense to me. I doubt many people read the full play-by-play, so I’m sure it’ll be okay. The analysis is what really matters. I ordered from AEW’s YouTube channel for a whopping $63.28 Canadian, which includes tax. Let’s get to it.
The pre-show “Tailgate Brawl” matches took place on TNT before the main show. I don’t watch the pre-show matches because the main shows are long enough. Here are the results of the pre-show matches.
- Bang Bang Gang (Austin Gunn and Juice Robinson) defeated Max Caster and Anthony Bowens, Big Bill and Bryan Keith, and The Outrunners (Truth Magnum and Turbo Floyd) by pinfall.
- Boom & Doom (“Big Boom!” A.J. and Q. T. Marshall) (with Aaron Solo, Big Justice, and The Rizzler) defeated RPG Vice (Rocky Romero and Trent Beretta) (with Don Callis) by pinfall.
- Hook and Eddie Kingston defeated WorkHorsemen (Anthony Henry and JD Drake) by pinfall.
The fourth pre-show match led into the main PPV just like at the last PPV.
AEW Full Gear
From the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey
Saturday, November 22, 2025
It’s Saturday and you know what that means. The commentary team to start the show was Excalibur, Tony Schiavone and Nigel McGuinness. Don Callis was there to start the show because his guys were in a match.
CMLL World Trios Championships: El Sky Team (Místico, Máscara Dorada, and Neón) (w/Alex Abrahantes) vs. The Don Callis Family (Kazuchika Okada, Konosuke Takeshita, and Hechicero) (w/Don Callis)
The story is that Mistico was attacked before the bell, so he was injured during the match. Kazuchika Okada made his entrance at the start of the PPV, so he was late in the match. Okada also doesn’t get along with Takeshita. Mistico went down to the ring with his right arm taped up, so he was back in the match. Mistico cleaned house on everybody. Okada saved Takeshita from an armbar, then he punched him in the back and threw him out of the ring. Okada dropkicked Neon. Takeshita and Okada argued again. Neon and Dorada hit some incredible moves, including dives onto the floor on Okada and Takeshita. Mistico hit an impressive Reverse Rana and La Mistica armbar on Hechicero for the submission win.
Winners by pinfall: El Sky Team (Místico, Máscara Dorada, and Neón)
Analysis: ***1/4 A lot of flips and barely any tags because those are CMLL rules. I don’t know if we’re supposed to care that Okada and Takeshita’s issues cost them some trios titles that most AEW fans have never heard of, but at least it advanced that storyline. Just turn Takeshita face so that we can have the feud with Okada. No surprise that Hechicero lost for the team since Okada and Takeshita are bigger names.
The first official PPV match is Pac against Darby Allin. A video package aired to set it up. The story is that Pac wanted to face Allin in a regular match so that Allin can’t use weapons.
Darby Allin vs. Pac
Allin had his ribs taped up and right arm taped up to sell the fire bump he took over a week ago. Allin was in control early with armbars and then a dropkick, which led to Pac regrouping on the floor. They did a sequence of nearfalls again with Allin showing he has wrestling skills. They did a spot where Pac gave Allin a press slam off the apron onto the floor. That drew gasps from the crowd because of how crazy it looked. When Allin got back in the ring, Pac took bandages off Allin’s right arm and rubbed the burns that Allin had. The fans chanted, “You sick f**k” at Pac, who sling-shotted Allin into the ropes. Pac whipped Allin to the turnbuckle and Allin bumped through ropes, and landed on the floor hard! Allin is nuts, man. Pac hit a missile dropkick for two. Allin trapped Pac between the ring apron and the side of the ring, so then Allin hit a suicide dive to send Pac into the barricade. Allin jumped off the top and dropkicked Pac, who was seated in a chair, so Pac’s head hit the commentary table. Allin tried a guillotine, but Pac hit a German Suplex and a belly-to-belly suplex. Allin came firing back with a lariat, which Pac sold with a flip bump and both guys were down.
When Allin went for a Coffin Drop off the ropes, Pac caught him and hit a German Suplex. Pac ran the ropes, leading to a powerful running lariat for two. Pac applied the Brutalizer submission, so Allin got his foot on the rope to break it. Pac hit Allin with three running kicks to Allin’s head. Pac went for the Black Arrow off the top, Allin avoided it and Allin applied the Scorpion Deathlock submission. Pac waved for some help, so Wheeler Yuta went into the ring. Allin went after Yuta. Pac grabbed Allin’s bat and Pac hit Allin with the bat (Pac’s hand was covering the end of the bat). The referee never saw it because he was looking at Yuta. Pac covered Allin for the pinfall win after 18 minutes.
Winner by pinfall: Pac
Analysis: **** Great match between two talented veterans. A four-star opener. Nice way to start the PPV portion of the show. The story with Allin in this match is that he wanted to show he can wrestle a technical style, and he showed it throughout the match. The other part of the story is that Pac wanted a regular match, yet he blatantly cheated to win. Guess what? Heels lie. The bumps that Allin takes are insane. The dude is going to shorten his career big time by taking some of these bumps that he does. It’s entertaining for sure, but I feel bad for the guy because I worry about what his health is going to be like when he’s older. Pac is one of my favorites in AEW because he wrestles a believable style, and he always goes full speed. I want Pac to get a push, but it depends on how active he is.
The women’s four-team tag team match was next, and a video package aired to set it up.
Sisters of Sin – Julia Hart & Skye Blue vs. Babes of Wrath – Willow Nightingale & Harley Cameron vs. Timeless Love Bombs – “Timeless” Toni Storm & Mina Shirakawa vs. Megan Bayne & Marina Shafir
All four teams are in the semifinals of the AEW Women’s Tag Team Title tournament. The winning team chooses the stipulation for their semifinal match in the inaugural AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship tournament.
Two wrestlers are legal, and the others have to wait on the apron, but it’s AEW, so who knows how much the rules matter. It was Bayne and Shafir in control of Storm early on. After Mina tagged in, Bayne and Shafir made quick tags to work over Mina. Blue blind tagged Shafir and Blue hit a neckbreaker on Mina for two. After Mina broke free, Hart pulled Storm off the apron to prevent a tag. Willow tagged in and overpowered Blue with lariats. Willow slammed Harley onto Blue for a two count. Hart was legal and did a rope walk punch to the back. The Bayne and Shafir made quick tags to work over Harley. Great counter DDT by Harley on Bayne. Willow hit a powerslam on Shafir. There were a lot of blind tags and random people going into the ring. Shafir applied her Mother’s Milk submission on Mina’s head, but Storm made the save. Harley made a blind tag against Storm and Harley hit a cross body block off the top for two. They did the “go in the ring, hit a move, and then take a bump” sequence part of the match. Bayne hit a double German Suplex and Willow hit a Pounce to a big pop. Mina hit a top rope cross body block on a few women on the floor and everybody bumped, even though some of them weren’t touched. Harley and Storm exchanged pin attempts for nearfalls. Storm got the Big Package on Harley for the pinfall win after 14 minutes. The fans cheered the finish.
Winners by pinfall: Timeless Love Bombs – “Timeless” Toni Storm & Mina Shirakawa
Analysis: *** The match was solid and everybody worked hard, but I didn’t really get into it. Four team tag team matches aren’t easy to do, no matter who is in there. The match broke down a lot with random people in the ring at times. What helped a match like this is that it wasn’t predictable, so the nearfalls worked for the most part. I wouldn’t say the fans were loud for this match, but they did pop for the finish at least. Storm & Mina are the most popular team, so the result made the fans happy.
That means the Timeless Love Bombs get to pick the stipulation for their semifinal match in the AEW Women’s Tag Team Title tournament.
The video package aired to set up the AEW Tag Team Title match between champions Brodido and challengers FTR.
AEW World Tag Team Championships: Brodido – Brody King & Bandido vs. FTR – Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler (w/Stokely)
Bandido was on fire early with arm drags and chops for both opponents. When King tagged in, he won a chop battle with Dax. They left the ring, so King chopped Dax again. King sent Dax into the barricade. King hit a body slam on Dax, followed by a body slam and a senton splash for two. Bandido tagged in as King body slammed Cash on Dax. Bandido body slammed King onto Dax, so that popped the crowd. Stoke went on the apron, so Bandido jumped over the top, but FTR caught him. FTR slammed Stoke onto the hood of the commentary table. FTR took over with Dax working over Bandido with a suplex, and elbow drop. The fans were singing that Stokely has no ho’s. Nigel: “There are plenty of them here in New Jersey.” Funny. Maybe I’ll visit to watch the Jets or Giants lose. Anyway, FTR made quick tags to continue isolating Bandido. FTR tried to block a tag and then Bandido lifted up both FTR guys into an awkward slam. King punched Cash on the apron. Bandido made the tag, but the referee was dealing with Cash illegally in the ring, so there was no tag. That’s a classic blind ref spot in pro wrestling. King got the tag and was on fire with a sidewalk slam on Cash and he tossed Dax onto Cash. King hit a senton splash on both FTR guys. King hit running clotheslines. Both FTR guys were in the ring for about a minute so King could slam Cash into Dax. King hit a cannonball on both FTR guys. Bandido went into the ring illegally, so Dax sent him out of the ring. Dax made a tag to set up the Power and Glory superplex and splash combo, but King caught Cash during his move. Bandido hit a Frog Splash on Dax illegally. King slammed Cash down. King hit a running lariat on Dax for two. Bandido tagged in as if tagging matters. King hit a suicide dive on Stoke because Stoke put Dash out of the ring. Cash hit a DDT on King on the floor. Bandido jumped onto Dax and got a hurricanrana into a pin for two. Bandido got a sunset flip for two. Cash was in the ring illegally, Dax hit a powerbomb and Cash hit a top rope splash for two.
Bandido came back with a press slam on Cash and he tossed Cash onto Dax on the floor. Bandido dove off the top with a cross body block on both FTR guys. Back in the ring, Bandido jumped off the top with a moonsault, Dax avoided it and Bandido hit a DDT on Cash, who was illegally in the ring. Bandido hit a 21 Plex on Cash, who was not legal, and FTR hit a Shatter Machine on Bandido for two because King made the save. King went for an attack on Cash on the floor, but Cash moved and King hit the barricade. Cash tried to use a title as a weapon. King stopped that. Bandido got a rollup on Dax for two. Cash hit Bandido with a belt shot to the head (the referee never saw it) and Dax covered for just two. Good nearfall. King hit a cross body block on Dax against the barricade. King went into the ring illegally, so Brodido hit their own Shatter Machine for two. Cash sent Bandido’s groin into the ring post. Cash hit a suicide dive on King on the floor. FTR went for a Doomsday Device, but Bandido countered it with a Spanish Fly on Cash for two. Incredible move. King put a sleeper on Dax on the apron. Cash helped Dax, so FTR hit a spike piledriver on King on the apron. Bandido tried a move on both FTR guys, but both FTR guys hit a double slam off the shoulders for two. FTR hit a spike piledriver on Bandido for just a two count. When Bandido got back up to show that he wanted to keep fighting, FTR hit him with another Shatter Machine for the pinfall win. King was a bit too late with the save attempt. It went about 20 minutes.
Winners by pinfall AND NEW AEW World Tag Team Champions: FTR – Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler
Analysis: ****1/2 Outstanding match by two awesome teams. I’m not surprised that it was an incredible match because FTR are the best team, while Bandido is so amazing to watch, and Brody has terrific chemistry with Bandido as a team. There is still way too much illegal offense in the match, but in AEW, they don’t care. I’m glad that FTR got the win because they’re so talented as a team. That’s not a slight against Brodido, who I like a lot. I just think FTR as heel champions makes things interesting in the AEW tag team division.
That victory means that FTR are now 3-time AEW World Tag Team Champions. Congrats to them.
A video aired about the Casino Gauntlet Match to crown the new AEW National Champion.
The great Bryan Danielson joined commentary with Excalibur and Tony Schiavone. Danielson replaced Nigel McGuinness. I’d rather Tony “everything is the best thing I’ve ever seen” Schiavone leave, but it’s not up to me.
Casino Gauntlet Match for the AEW National Championship
It’s Bobby Lashley at #1 and Shelton Benjamin at #2 because they won matches on Dynamite. They hurt people. The match ends by pinfall or submission at any time. We don’t know how many people will be in the match and we don’t know how long the intervals will be for entrants in the match.
Lashley and Shelton didn’t do much to start. The countdown was quick for the third entrant Ricochet. There was a promo from Ricochet as he trashed The Hurt Syndicate. Toa Liona and Bishop Kaun attacked Lashley and Shelton. Ricochet beat up MVP using the microphone shots to the head repeatedly. Toa hit a hip attack on Lashley against the steel steps. The referees finally showed up to get Bishop and Toa out of there.
The #4 entrant was Claudio Castagnoli. Ricochet tried a dive, so Claudio hit an uppercut. Claudio press slammed Ricochet into the ring. Claudio hit a Giant Swing and running uppercut for a two count. Ricochet hit a hurricanrana that sent Claudio out of the ring.
It was Daniel Garcia as the #5 entrant. It feels like he’s lost every match since losing the Death Riders, but I don’t know if that’s true. I’m just saying it feels that way. Garcia choked Ricochet against the ropes. Claudio hit a running uppercut on Ricochet against the turnbuckle. Ricochet got a boot up and sent Claudio into the ring post. Garcia tripped up Ricochet on the top turnbuckle.
There is Orange Cassidy at #6 and the fans cheered for him. Orange smacked Ricochet’s bald head and Garcia hit a German Suplex on Ricochet. Orange countered a Claudio move into a pin attempt. Orange hit a suicide dive onto Garcia on the floor. Orange gave Claudio a Stundog Millionaire and Orange hit a DDT on Ricochet.
The #7 entrant was Wheeler Yuta and he was booed, while the fans chanted “F**k you, Yuta” at him. The Death Riders trio of Claudio, Garcia and Yuta took turns taking shots at Orange. The Death Riders trio all hit splashes on Orange and Ricochet did one too, so Claudio hit him with an uppercut.
It’s Kevin Knight at #8 and he hit a running lariat on Yuta. Knight jumped off the apron with a clothesline on Garcia. Knight went up top, jumped off, Claudio caught him and Knight managed to send Claudio over the top to the apron. Ricochet hit a jumping knee on Knight, and then Knight hit a dropkick.
The #9 entrant after about 14 minutes of action was Roderick Strong. Garcia went after Strong, who slammed Garcia’s back onto the apron. Strong caught a leaping Knight and hit a backbreaker. Strong hit an Angle Slam on Claudio and a backbreaker on Ricochet. Strong hit the double knees to the back and a Sick Kick on Ricochet for two.
Here comes Mark Davis of the Don Callis Family at #10 and he got no reaction. Davis hit a jumping kick on Strong. Davis hit a running lariat on Strong. Davis hit a piledriver on Knight and a cradle Piledriver. Davis rolled up Orange and hit a piledriver on Orange as well for two.
The #11 entrant was “Speedball” Mike Bailey. When Bayley got into the ring, he exchanged moves with Davis and then Knight hit a DDT on Davis. Bailey and Knight each tried a pin, but then they realized it’s every man for himself. Bailey hit a springboard moonsault on three guys on the floor. Knight clotheslined Davis out of the ring. Knight and Bailey exchanged pin attempts. They also countered eachother to show they know eachother well. Garcia kicked Bailey in the groin or something close to that. Garcia applied the Dragon Slayer submission on Bailey, who didn’t tap out.
There is Matt Menard at #12, who is rarely in PPV matches. Menard went after his former ally Garcia, who left for the crowd and Menard went after him. They went fighting to the back. Lashley and Shelton were back up after napping for about 10 minutes. Shelton hit a German Suplex, Lashley hit a flatliner, Shelton tossed a guy in the air, Lashley hit a Spear and Shelton hit another German Suplex. Lashley tossed Orange across the ring. Lashley knocked Bailey down on the apron. Lashley tossed Shelton across the ring, so then Shelton did it too. Shelton hit a running knee on Ricochet. Lashley hit a massive spinebuster on Ricochet. Claudio was back in to clothesline Lashley out of the ring. Orange hit the Orange Punch on a few guys. Shelton clotheslined Davis on the floor. Lashley charged at Claudio, who moved, so Lashley hit the barricade. Yuta went into the ring and hit a Busaiko Knee on Orange, but Knight broke up the pin. Knight hit a UFO Splash off the top on Yuta. Ricochet hit the Spirit Gun lariat on Knight for the pinfall win after 24 minutes.
Winner by pinfall AND NEW AEW National Champion: Ricochet
Analysis: ***1/2 It was an entertaining match that was full of action. I figured Ricochet or Lashley would win the match because Ricochet holding a title makes sense considering how much TV time he gets and he hasn’t held a title in AEW yet. My problem with a match like this is you have two guys doing spots in the ring and there are up to 10 guys on the floor just sitting there doing nothing and waiting. I get that in some ladder matches you might have that, but this is just a regular match where you’re trying to win. They should have had more nearfalls and near submissions in the match because those weren’t as frequent as I would have liked.
Ricochet celebrated with the AEW National Championship and Gates of Agony joined him in the ring. Congrats on winning the fourth AEW men’s singles title.
The Jon Moxley/Kyle O’Reilly match was next, so a video package aired. Kyle made Moxley quit in the Blood & Guts Match.
No Holds Barred Match: Jon Moxley (w/Marina Shafir) vs. Kyle O’Reilly
I missed the first few minutes of the match. Sometimes a man needs a bathroom break and a snack break. They were doing fish hooks grabbing the mouth during the match, so they were pushing that there were no rules. Shafir handed Moxley a fork, so Moxley tried to use it as a weapon. Moxley jabbed the fork into Kyle’s forehead and he raked Kyle’s back with the fork. Kyle was bleeding heavily after about five minutes. After Moxley bit Kyle’s bloody head, the fans chanted, “you sick f**k” at Mox. The vicious Mox remained on offense as he suplexed Kyle across the ring. Moxley jabbed the fork into Kyle’s nipple…yes that really happened and I wrote it. Kyle applied an armbar on the right arm, but Moxley broke free. Kyle did a catapult that sent Moxley into the ring post. The camera showed others, so that gave Moxley a chance to cut himself, and of course, Moxley was a bloody mess. Kyle ran off the apron and he dropkicked Moxley, who was sitting on a chair. Back in the ring, Moxley tried to use a fork, but Kyle blocked it. Kyle used the fork to jab Moxley in the head. Moxley was bleeding from the head even more than before.
Kyle grabbed a chain from under the ring and he brought it into the ring. They both put the chain around the other guy’s neck, and then Kyle hit a suplex. Kyle hit some kicks to the body. Moxley applied the Bulldog Choke while also using the chain for the assist. Kyle got out of it and went for an armbar. Moxley got out of it, leading to an STF. Kyle got the fork and smashed it into Moxley to break the hold. Moxley hit The Stomp on the chain. Some fans sang Seth Rollins’ theme song. That was not acknowledged by the announcers, of course. Moxley had fork marks on his hand. Moxley stomped on a steel chair that was placed onto Kyle’s left arm. Kyle was screaming in pain. Moxley hit the Death Rider lifting DDT. Moxley applied an armbar on the left arm like a Kimura Lock, but Kyle fought out of it. Kyle applied an Ankle Lock, Moxley tried to break and Kyle stomped on the left foot of Mox. Kyle applied the chain around Moxley’s left foot and Kyle turned the Ankle Lock into a Heel Hook, so Moxley tapped out. It went about 20 minutes.
Winner by submission: Kyle O’Reilly
Analysis: ***3/4 A bloody brawl as expected in a Moxley PPV match that has a No Holds Barred stipulation. The story remains that Kyle O’Reilly has Jon Moxley’s number and it is the second time that Moxley tapped out to Kyle in ten days. Some of the fork stuff was brutal to watch. It’s not my favorite kind of wrestling, but it gets a reaction. This feud has absolutely elevated Kyle O’Reilly, so I’m happy to see that for my fellow Canadian. A lot of main event guys don’t want to lose clean to put somebody over, but Moxley has done it a few times now, so kudos to him for that.
After the match, Jon Moxley was physically frustrated and he nodded his head at Kyle as if he was showing him respect for being the better man. The AEW doctors checked on Kyle, who had a left arm injury.
Moxley went into the ring and he punched Kyle’s left arm. Moxley kicked Kyle in the back of the left arm. The fans chanted, “You tapped out” at Moxley, who left again. Kyle O’Reilly’s buddies Orange Cassidy and Roderick Strong helped Kyle while the Death Riders showed up to support Moxley.
Analysis: This feud with Kyle and Mox may continue, but Kyle may also be out with an arm injury.
It’s Kyle Fletcher against Mark Briscoe for the TNT Title held by Fletcher.
That led to a video of Mark talking about how he was wondering how he can carry on without his brother by his side. Mark said his family helped him, God helped him and The Conglomeration on the road has helped him. Mark said our faith and our family get us out of the darkness and into the light.
Analysis: Good message and video.
TNT Championship No Disqualification Match: Kyle Fletcher vs. Mark Briscoe
If Mark Briscoe loses, then he must join the Don Callis Family. No Disqualification also means no countouts. Don Callis joined commentary.
It was no surprise that they used weapons early on as Mark hit Kyle in the back with a steel chair. As they fought on the floor, Kyle gave Mark a brainbuster onto a steel chair that was opened up on the floor. The fans chanted “F**k Don Callis” as usual. Mark set up Kyle on a small ladder against a chair on the floor, so Mark dove over the top and landed back-first onto a broken ladder. Ouch. That was brutal. Kyle threw the smaller ladder at Mark’s head. Moments later, Mark was bleeding heavily from the forehead, as you would expect, as if this show needed more blood. Mark punched Kyle off the top rope and Mark did a missile dropkick into a ladder that Kyle was holding. That led to Kyle bleeding from the forehead as well. Mark set up a table on the floor in front of the commentary table. Mark put Kyle on the table, Mark went up top, and Kyle rolled off the table. Kyle regained control with a Half N Half Suplex on the floor. There were six chairs set up on the floor, so Mark threw a chair at Kyle. Mark went up top to tease a move, but Callis yelled at him and Kyle shoved Mark off the top, so Mark went crashing through the table on the floor.
They did a spot in the ring where Kyle hit a running slam through a table that was in the ring. Kyle also hit a Powerbomb for a two count. Kyle poured out a pail of thumbtacks into the ring. Kyle put some thumb tacks into Mark’s face and hit a superkick after that. Mark broke free to avoid a move, followed by Mark hitting a suplex into the thumbtacks for a two count. Good job by Kyle selling that. Mark pulled out a barbed wire table, a regular table and a ladder. Mark set up the ladder in the ring and a table was set up over the tacks. Mark hit a flipping neckbreaker onto Kyle on the floor, so that at both guys hit the bed of chairs set up on the floor. Mark set up Kyle on the table, Mark climbed the big ladder (the referee was nice enough to hold the ladder) and Mark jumped off the top of the ladder with a Froggy Bow elbow drop through the table that was on the tacks. Mark covered for just a two count! What a nearfall. Wow. Mark brought the barbed wire table into the ring, so Callis handed Kyle the dreaded screwdriver. Kyle hit a low blow kick, followed by some screwdriver gouging to the head. Kyle put the bottom of the screwdriver on his tongue. That is disgusting and the fans reacted to it that way. Mark kicked Kyle in the groin and he hit a brainbuster into the tacks. Mark went up top, so Kyle shoved the referee into the ropes and it crotched Mark on the turnbuckle. Kyle teased a Brainbuster onto the screwdriver that was on the turnbuckle, but Mark fought out of it. Kyle stabbed Mark in the head with the screwdriver again. Kyle hit Mark with the screwdriver again. Kyle hit a Brainbuster in the ring near the tacks and it only got a two count. Mark avoided a move off the turnbuckle and he tripped up Kyle on the turnbuckle. Mark picked up Kyle with a Razor’s Edge off the top and he sent Kyle through the barbed wire table. Mark said, “1…2” before launching him to prepare Kyle for it. Mark hit the Jay Driller for the one…two…and three! Mark Briscoe is the new TNT Champion. This match went about 25 minutes.
Winner by pinfall AND NEW TNT Champion: Mark Briscoe
Analysis: ****1/4 A crazy match as usual from Mark Briscoe, and he made it very entertaining because Kyle Fletcher has proven to us that he’s just as crazy as the wild men of AEW. I give them both a lot of credit for doing some creative spots throughout the match. It started early on with chairs being introduced within the first few minutes, and it just kept on going for the entirety of the 25-minute match. It took a lot to beat Fletcher since Mark had to slam him through a barbed wire table. I was very impressed by both guys. I expected a title change and I’m glad it happened. Fletcher still has a very bright future in AEW even without the title.
Mark Briscoe celebrated with the TNT Championship, and he looked up at the sky for his late brother Jay Briscoe. The fans chanted, “You deserve it” for Mark, who absolutely does deserve it.
Analysis: The fans were genuinely happy for Mark Briscoe and they should be happy for him. I hope Mark has a good TNT Title reign.
A video package aired to set up The Young Bucks and Josh Alexander against Kenny Omega and Jurassic Express. The show is at the three-hour mark at this point with three matches left, including this one.
The $1 Million Match: The Young Bucks – Matthew & Nicholas Jackson & Josh Alexander vs. Jurassic Express – “Jungle” Jack Perry & Luchasaurus & Kenny Omega
I understand why they are doing the $1 Million Match stipulation to further the story that the Bucks are “broke.” It just feels like lazy booking. What percentage of fans believe the money is real? Maybe less than 5% or so. I just feel like it’s a lame story.
There were some quick tags early in the match. Nick and Jack did a gymnastics routine where they kept countering eachother. The heel side isolated Omega from his partners. Omega managed to break free and took out the heels on the floor. Jack was tagged in for the face team and Josh powerslammed him on the floor. Nick missed a dive on the floor when Luchasaurus was too far away and Nick hit the floor hard. Excalibur tried to cover for his precious Buck friends even though they are heels. Jack broke free with a DDT. Luchasaurus barely got a reaction when he tagged in. Luchasaurus hit three Chokeslams in a row, but Nick had a to do a backflip on his just because. Bucks and Luchasaurus hit a triple clothesline spot. Omega got a huge ovation when he tagged back in against Josh. Things went off track for a few minutes as guys went in illegally to hit some moves and then bump to the floor. Nick hit a Canadian Destroyer on Luchasaurus and Omega hit a knee smash on Nick, so all six guys laid down after that so the fans chanted “AEW” for them. Omega was unloading on his opponents with Snapdragon suplexes. Josh chopped Omega in the back of the leg and applied for than Ankle Lock. The Bucks hit a BTE trigger while Josh was holding Omega’s ankle. The Bucks held onto Kenny’s partners to prevent a tag, but Kenny managed to get the rope to break the hold. Jurassic Express hit a spike piledriver on Matt and Luchasaurus took care of two guys on the floor. Jack made the tag and Luchasaurus went into the ring illegally. Josh clotheslined Matt by accident. Jurassic Express hit their double team Powerbomb and it got a two count. The Bucks landed on their feet to avoid a double Doomsday Device. The Bucks hit three superkicks in a row and an accidental superkick on Josh on the apron. Omega hit One Winged Angel on Josh on the floor. Perry tried to roll up Matt and it got a two count. Nick went into the ring for the BTE Trigger for the pinfall win. It went about 20 minutes.
Winners by pinfall: The Young Bucks – Matthew & Nicholas Jackson & Josh Alexander
Analysis: ***3/4 A typical very good tag team match involving The Young Bucks and Kenny Omega. They are always going to deliver in a match like that. With that said, it was a spotfest for some of the match and they lost control in terms of the legal man as usual. I thought the Bucks would lose to continue their bad luck story, but they got the win, so that surprised me a bit. Omega was the star of the match with the way he sold that left knee injury very well.
The Young Bucks and Josh Alexander were handed bags of money. Don Callis said that even better, they are part of the family. The Young Bucks walked away with Don Callis.
Josh Alexander and other members of the Don Callis Family stomped on Omega’s left leg. They wrenched on Omega’s left leg. Nick Jackson and Matt Jacskon were conflicted as Don Callis insisted that they leave. The Young Bucks left the money by the entrance and went into the ring. The Bucks fought the Don Callis Family (not Okada, Takeshita, Fletcher) and they cleared the ring. Luchasaurus hit a Chokeslam as well. The Young Bucks shook hands with Jurassic Express and the fans cheered that. The Young Bucks wanted to shake Omega’s hands, then Omega slapped their hands away and Omega hugged the Bucks. The announcers tried to put this over as a great AEW moment. Don Callis was with the losers of the Don Callis Family saying they are keeping the money. Omega did such a good job of selling the knee injury that he collapsed on the ramp and he got helped to the back. The Young Bucks left with Omega, Perry and Luchasaurus on the babyface right side.
Analysis: This storyline was a way to turn The Young Bucks into babyfaces because now they realize it’s not always about the money and the greed. I’m sure their “Uncle Dave” shed a tear.
This is ELITE!
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— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) November 23, 2025
The AEW Women’s World Title match was next with champion Kris Statlander facing the TBS Champion Mercedes Mone for just Statlander’s title. A video package set it up.
AEW Women’s World Championship: Kris Statlander vs. Mercedes Mone
The champ Kris was selling a left arm injury early in the match. Mone applied a spinning arm armbar. Mone hit a double knee attack onto the left arm by the ropes. Mone sent Kris’ left shoulder into the turnbuckle. Kris came back with a clothesline and a back elbow. Mone applied a cross armbreaker on the left arm. Mone hit a double knee attack to the left arm again. The crowd wasn’t reacting to much in this match, but they did boo when Mone hit the Three Amigos suplexes. Mone ended up doing way more suplexes. Mone hit 14 vertical suplexes in a row, so that drew an ovation from the fans. Tony said that they were standing in Newark, but it was probably 5% of the crowd at most. It was still an impressive sequence by Mone. Mone took a long time getting to the top rope, so when she jumped, Kris hit an up-kick to the jaw.
Kris did a good job of selling the left arm injury as she fought with chops and a back body drop. Kris hit a spinning sitout slam for a two count. The crowd was silent for that nearfall. They went to the apron where Mone hit a knee drop on Kris’ left arm on the apron. Kris caught a leaping Mone and hit a Blue Thunder Bomb on the floor. Back in the ring, Mone got some offense going again with a Backstabber and a Powerbomb into the turnbuckle. Mone charged, but Kris hit a discus lariat to stop that. Mone went for an armbar and Kris was able to counter that with a Statement Maker submission, but Mone got out of that. Mone applied a Crossface, so Kris rolled out of it. Kris went to the turnbuckle with Mone, Kris had Mone on her shoulders and Kris hit a rib breaker off the turnbuckle. Mone sold that well. That drew a light applause, but not much more than that. It was a Dean Malenko move as mentioned by the announcers. Kris picked up Mone, went for a move, but Mone rolled out of it and hooked the arms for the pin attempt for two. Kris used the seatbelt pin for a two count. Kris hit a Package Piledriver with her butt taking the bump and Mone got her hand on the bottom rope to kick out. Mone and Kris exchanged moves, until Mone hit a hurricanrana. Mone hit a Meteora knee attack for a two count. Kris countered a Mone move, they fought over some moves and Kris crushed Mone into the turnbuckle. Kris got a hold of Mone and hit Saturday Night Fever for the pinfall win after about 24 minutes.
Winner by pinfall: Kris Statlander
Analysis: ***1/2 A very good match as usual from them. The story was that Kris hadn’t beaten Mone, so this time Kris found a way to win. It was Mone’s second loss in a singles match in AEW and both times it was for the AEW Women’s World Title. I didn’t expect a title change since Kris has only held the title for a few months. I think the crowd was exhausted and didn’t react to much in this match. When you book such a long show, the crowd isn’t going to stay hot for all of it, especially when there’s an hour-long pre-show and then over four hours on the main show. Those fans are tired. I’m not saying they were a dead crowd. I’m just saying they were quieter for this match.
Don Callis and the Don Callis Family’s Kazuchika Okada, Konosuke Takeshita and Hechicero were interviewed by Lexy Nair. Callis bragged about how they had $1 million and Hechicero was holding the bag of money. Okada and Takeshita blamed eachother for losing their match. Callis mentioned Okada will be in the Continental Classic to defend his title. Takeshita said he’ll be in the Continental Classic too. Callis was happy about it because it gives them a better chance to win. Kyle Fletcher walked in mad about how they weren’t there to help him. Kyle said he’ll also be in the Continental Classic and left. Okada said what happened to Kyle is Takeshita’s fault. Okada left. The Continental Classic begins this week on Dynamite.
Analysis: Big names in the Continental Classic this year. No surprise. It’s a great tournament.
The Steel Cage was lowered for the main event. That led to the AEW World Title video package for champion Hangman Page against Samoa Joe.
Samoa Joe made his entrance first as the challenger. The AEW World Champion “Hangman” Adam Page was next. I think that’s a new song for Hangman, but I don’t pay attention to the songs that much, so I could be wrong on that.
AEW World Championship Steel Cage Match: “Hangman” Adam Page vs. Samoa Joe
The only way to win this Steel Cage Match is by pinfall or submission. It started a few minutes past midnight. Long night.
Page had his ribs taped to sell a recent attack. Page also had tape on his upper back. Page was aggressive early on with punches and he tossed Joe into the cage. Page sent Joe into the cage, so Joe was cut open quickly and bleeding from the head about two minutes into the match. Page hit a moonsault onto a standing Joe. Page took his cowboy boot off, but Joe took it from him and hit Page with it. Joe kicked Page a few times. Page was back up and hit Joe in the head with the dreaded cowboy boot. Page hit Joe with a running cowboy boot to the head. Page put his bloody boot back on. Joe came back with strikes and he sent Page hard into the steel cage. That led to Page doing his blade job and he was busted open. Joe elbowed Page in the head several times. Joe hit a running back elbow to knock Page down against the bottom rope. Joe hit an enziguri kick to send Page into the cage, so we could see Cage bleeding heavy. Joe’s whole head was red because it was full of blood. Page ran the ropes and Joe hit a powerslam. The gash that Joe had in his forehead makes me think that it might be a legit cut rather than a blade job, but I don’t know that for sure. Page came back with a spinning forearm and he sent Joe into the cage twice. Page hit a belly-to-back suplex. Page applied the Coquina Clutch submission, but Joe got out of it to force a break. Joe caught a charging Page and hit a uranage slam.
Joe took a turnbuckle pad off. Page blocked Joe’s attempt to send Page into the steel buckle. Page bit Joe’s head. Page headbutted Joe and Page hit a sunset flip Powerbomb off the top. It wasn’t done smoothly. Katsuyori Shibata showed up to support Joe and Page kicked the cage to get Shibata out of there. Shibata grabbed the AEW World Title and Shibata tried to climb the cage, but Eddie Kingston showed up to pull Shibata down. They went fighting to the back. They did a spot in the ring where Joe splashed referee Paul Turner by accident, so Paul was face first in the mat. Page hit Deadeye and covered, but there was nobody there to count. Powerhouse Hobbs showed up and broke the chain that was on the door. That’s power. Hobbs had the AEW World Title with him. Page fought off Hobbs and sent Hobbs into the cage. Joe went for a Coquina Clutch, but Page got out of it and sent Joe into the exposed turnbuckle. Page hit a Buckshot Lariat for no count because referee Paul Turner was down. Hook went into the ring to wake up Turner. Hook picked up the AEW World Title and hit Page with it! Excalibur: “You son of a bitch!” Hook opened up his jacket to show he’s part of The Opps. Joe picked up Page and hit the Muscle Buster on the AEW World Title and Joe covered Page for the pinfall win! Samoa Joe is now a 2-time AEW World Champion! It went about 15 minutes.
Winner by pinfall AND NEW AEW World Champion: Samoa Joe
Analysis: ***1/4 That match was a bloody mess and the ref bump was done to cheapen the win for the heel champion Samoa Joe. Hook’s role was huge because he acted like he was there to wake up the referee, but he was really there to help Joe get the win with that belt shot to Page’s face. I admit I didn’t think Page’s AEW World Title reign would end after just four months. I thought this would be a longer title reign, and I didn’t think the Page-Joe feud would lead to Joe getting another AEW World Title. That’s not a slight on Joe, who I like a lot. I just thought Page would hold the title longer. Match was okay but not a classic like some Hangman PPV matches.
The lights went out in the arena. When the lights came back on, they showed a house burning. Prince Nana was there with his coffee. It was the return of Swerve Strickland, who is back after having knee surgery a few months back. Whose House? Swerve’s House.
Samoa Joe was in the ring with the AEW World Title waiting as Swerve Strickland made his way down to the ring. Hangman Page was still down in the ring. Joe was in the ring with The Opps and a bunch of guys wearing “Opps Dojo” shirts. Joe let Swerve into the ring and pointed at Hangman laid out on the mat due to Swerve’s past issues with Page. Swerve attacked the Opps Dojo guys with punches. Swerve hit a guy with a Powerbomb, another guy with a backbreaker and a boot to the head. Swerve wrenched on a guy’s ankle and then he stepped on a dude’s left arm. Swerve hit a double flatliner as well. Nana got the crowd fired up with “Whose House? Swerve’s House” chants. Swerve hit a House Call Kick on a guy. Page was back up, finally, to clothesline an Opps Dojo guy. Page was standing beside Swerve, looking united, while Joe left with the AEW World Title and The Opps by his side. Page and Swerve stood tall in the ring. End show.
Analysis: Swerve was the guy who ended Joe’s first AEW World Title reign, so Swerve made it clear he’s going for the title again.
.@SwerveConfident is DISMANTLING The Opps Dojo!
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— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) November 23, 2025
AEW Full Gear had a runtime of 4 hours, 26 minutes.
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Five Stars of the Show
- Mark Briscoe
- FTR
- Samoa Joe
- Kyle O’Reilly
- Kyle Fletcher, Brodido, Hangman Adam Page
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Final Thoughts On AEW Full Gear
It gets an 8 out of 10 from me.
A very good show for the most part that I’m putting in the top four of AEW PPVs this year. They had some newsworthy things like Swerve Strickland coming back at the end, The Young Bucks turning babyface after their match (I did expect that one) and some title changes too. While I expected Mark Briscoe to win the TNT Title and FTR to win the AEW Tag Team Titles, I certainly didn’t expect Samoa Joe to win the AEW World Title, so that did surprise because I felt like Page was going to get a longer title run, but that didn’t happen. Ricochet as AEW National Champion is fine, but I still don’t think they need another men’s singles title.
This show had a lot of blood up and down the card. It was possibly the bloodiest AEW PPV ever. I know that hardcore AEW fans don’t mind it because it makes them different from other companies, but I thought perhaps maybe they went a bit too far with the blood. I also don’t think it’s very intelligent to be licking an object with somebody else’s blood on it, but hey, more power to you if you think it’s going to get more boos.
I don’t think this show needed to be 4.5 hours long and if you are going to go that long then start it an hour or two earlier. Simple enough. Some of the 20+ minute matches would be fine at 14 or 16 minutes and you’d be saving some time that way. Just saying. I doubt anything will change because AEW can do what they want, but I think the crowd was definitely tired in that last hour and you could tell by watching the last two matches. If it’s me, I want the crowd hotter for those matches, so that’s why you don’t go 4.5 hours for the main show and 5.5 hours overall for the pre-show. That’s an extremely long night for wrestling fans.
I still enjoyed the majority of Full Gear and kudos to the talent for putting on a great show. With that said, after 8,000 words over 4.5 hours, it is a very long night and I don’t think it has to be like that.
Here are my AEW PPV reviews of 2025 so far:
Revolution – March 9 (8.75 out of 10)
Double Or Nothing – May 25 (8.5)
All In Texas – July 12 (8)
Full Gear – November 22 (8)
WrestleDream – October 19 (7.75)
All Out – September 20 (7.75)
Forbidden Door – August 24 (7.75)
Dynasty – April 6 (7.5)
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