All Elite Wrestling presents Full Gear
Date: 11/9/2019
From: Baltimore, MD
Buy-In: Dr. Britt Baker DMS vs. Bea Priestley: Priestley whips her jacket at Baker before the match started. Baker ducks a clotheslines and delivers several forearms. Priestley bails to the floor and runs away before gaining control in the ring with a stomp. Baker hits a Thez Press and delivers several strikes on the mat. Priestley goes to the apron and shoulder rams Baker. Baker yanks Priestley to the mat and delivers a few more strikes. Priestley recovers in the corner and avoids a splash. Baker backslides Priestley, but Priestley breaks free. Baker tries for the Lock Jaw, but Priestley avoids the submission and stomps Baker on the mat. Priestley sends Baker hard into the corner to keep the advantage. Priestley drags Baker to the corner and presses Baker’s back against the ring post. Priestley chokes Baker over the middle rope and traps Baker under the middle rope while pulling back on Baker’s jaw. Priestley delivers a running elbow strike against the ropes for a two count. Priestley pulls back on Baker’s arms while her knee is pressed into Baker’s back. Baker forearms Priestley and tries for a slam, but Priestley nails Baker with a kick to the head for a near fall. Priestley controls Baker on the mat with a body scissors. Baker fights out with a few elbow strikes. They begin to trade forearms in the middle of the ring. Priestley kicks Baker and misses an elbow leading to a double clothesline. Darby Allin is seen watching the match in the crowd.
Priestley gets to her feet first and they trade strikes. Baker delivers a couple of clotheslines and an elbow strike. Baker nails Priestley with a running high knee in the corner. Baker connects with a sling blade. Baker continues with a swinging fisherman neckbreaker for a two count. Priestley elbows Baker in the corner and avoids a splash before striking Baker chest first into the corner. Priestley heads to the top rope, but Baker stops Priestley. Baker hooks Priestley to hit a brainbuster. Priestley avoids another suplex, but misses a kick. Baker plants Priestley with a cutter for a two count as Priestley countered with a rollup. Priestley ducks a discus lariat to hit a German suplex. Priestley hits a bridging back suplex for a near fall. Priestley locks in a modified STF, but Baker doesn’t submit and reaches the ropes. Priestley leaps off the top to double stomp Baker over the back on the apron. Priestley tries for a cover, but Baker kicks out at two. Priestley has Baker in an electric chair, but Baker breaks free and forearms Priestley. Baker hits a Canadian Destroyer for a two count. Priestley gets a two count on a cover, but Baker superkicks Priestley followed by a neckbreaker. Baker tries for Lock Jaw, but Priestley avoids it. Baker kicks Priestley and locks in Lock Jaw again and puts her hand in Priestley’s mouth to force the submission. (**1/2. A fine match for the buy-in to get the crowd hyped for the main card. They kept a good pace and filled the time well. There wasn’t much of a down period during the match. There was some hard hitting action throughout and both women came across well.)
Brandi Rhodes and Awesome Kong make their way down to the ring. Bea Priestley is still in the ring and is met with a backhanded slap by Kong. Kong plants Priestley with the Impaler. Brandi holds Priestley on the mat and Kong uses a knife to cut Priestley’s hair. Kong is taking the hair as if it’s a trophy.
A video package promoting Full Gear is shown with the theme being about pressure.
Opening Contest: Proud-N-Powerful (Santana & Ortiz) vs. The Young Bucks: All four men are in the ring having a stare down. Nick and Santana kickoff the tag match. They attack the other guy on the apron and shove each other at the start. They trade a flurry of strikes and all four men are in the ring trading strikes. Santana avoids Nick in the corner. Matt spears Santana and Nick decks Ortiz off the apron. Bucks hit stereo slingshot crossbody blocks to the floor. Nick sends Ortiz over the railing into the crowd. Matt and Santana are in the ring where Santana chops Matt, but there’s nobody to tag out. Matt arm drags Santana out of the corner. Nick axe handles Santana from the top rope. Matt double stomps Santana over the arm. Santana forearms Matt and tags in Ortiz. Matt arm drags Ortiz to the mat and keeps arm control. The referee doesn’t allow a tag to the boot. Nick tags in and splashes onto Ortiz arm from the top. Nick works over Ortiz arm, but Ortiz decks Matt on the apron. Santana tags in and keeps wrist control, but the referee didn’t see the tag. Nick arm drags Ortiz to regain control of the match. Nick kicks Ortiz, but misses a superkick. Santana kicks Nick on the knee and they lock in a double submission on the Bucks with a camel clutch and Gory Special. Ortiz keeps a single leg Boston Crab on Nick, but Nick reaches the ropes. Santana double stomps Nick on the arm. Santana gets a two count on Nick after a suplex. Santana slams Nick and Ortiz hits a senton splash. Santana senton splashes Nick and Ortiz comes off the ropes to hit a splash for a two count. Ortiz back rakes Nick and Santana chokes Nick in the corner.
Santana tags into the match and Matt enters to hit a double clothesline. Matt slams Santana and heads to the top rope to dive over the post onto Ortiz on the floor. Matt elbow drops Santana from the top rope for a two count. Santana is worked over by Matt with several strikes in the corner. Santana fights back with forearms. Nick delivers a kick in the corner after a catapult by Matt. Nick leaps off the top to double stomp Santana over Matt’s knees. Nick nails Santana with a knee strike and runs the apron, but misses a kick and nails the ring post. Ortiz declares he’s a genius and clotheslines Nick’s shins to the floor. Santana sends Matt into the Rock ’n’ Roll Express at ringside. Santana chops Nick on the floor before Nick gets back into the ring. Santana shoulder rams Nick in the corner several times. Santana kicks Matt off the apron. Ortiz and Santana keep control on Nick in the ring. Nick shoves them off the middle rope, but is caught. Nick kicks Santana and Ortiz in the corner. Nick is met with a double dropkick on the knee and they taunt the crowd. Ortiz takes Nick down with a dragon screw leg whip for a two count.
Nick tries to fight back with strikes out of the corner. Nick superkicks Ortiz coming off the ropes. Matt and Santana get tagged in and Matt hits a northern lights suplex followed by a couple of roll throughs. Matt hits a double northern lights suplex and rolls through with both of them to hit it a second time for a near fall. Matt grabs Santana to hit a buckle bomb as Nick delivers a kick from the apron. Bucks hit Risky Business on Santana for a two count. Matt avoids a kick by Ortiz and forearms both men. Santana plants Matt with a cutter and Matt is hit a double flapjack. Santana hits a standing moonsault as Ortiz takes Nick out with a suicide dive to the floor. Ortiz grabs Matt, but Matt counters the Street Sweeper with a powerslam on Santana for a two count. Matt superkicks Ortiz and rolls to the corner to tag in Nick. Ortiz is biting the ropes and is met with a double superkick. Santana attempts a springboard moonsault and is met with a double superkick. Bucks hit a Slice Bread/powerbomb combo for a two count on Ortiz. Nick tries for a springboard, but his knee goes out on him. Santana tags in and superkicks Matt after Ortiz delivered one, as well. Nick tags into the match and is favoring his knee. Santana pie faces Nick and gets spat at by Nick. Santana picks up the gum and puts it in his mouth. Nick forearms both men several times. Santana spits at Nick, but Nick responds with a flurry of kicks. Nick delivers a running knee strike on Santana in the corner. Ortiz powerbombs Nick and Santana delivers a kick for a two count as Matt breaks the cover. Matt misses a spear and hits the post shoulder first. Santana kicks Matt from the apron and they hit the Street Sweeper on Nick to win the match cleanly. (***1/2. A good opening match and the clean finish for Santana and Ortiz seemed to shock the crowd. It’s the right move to establish more tag teams and the Bucks are at a level where putting over a few teams early into AEW’s existence isn’t going to hurt them at all. Nick selling his leg and making it impact his moves was a fantastic job of telling a story.) After the match, the Bucks are attacked as Sammy Guevara comes down to the ring to celebrate the win. Sammy hands a sock full of baseballs to Ortiz. Santana holds Nick, but the Rock ’n’ Roll Express get on the apron and send both Ortiz and Sammy to the floor. Gibson and Matt pummel Santana with strikes. Morton hits a slingshot Canadian Destroyer on Santana! Morton hits a suicide dive onto Sammy and Ortiz! Bucks and Rock ’n’ Roll Express celebrate to end the segment.
Second Contest: PAC vs. Adam Page: Page rams PAC into a corner and delivers several strikes and chops to open the match. Page tosses PAC over the top to the floor. Page sends PAC into the barricade shoulder first a couple of times. PAC gains control in the ring with a kick, but Page responds with a fallaway slam. Page tries for a standing shooting star press, but PAC got his knees up. Page forearms PAC off the middle rope to the floor and hits a suicide dive sending PAC into the barricade back first. Page clotheslines PAC in the corner and delivers a short arm clothesline for a one count. PAC misses a kick to the head and Page hits a pump handle dead lift fallaway slam with a bridge for a two count. Page dumps PAC to the apron where PAC chokes Page over the ropes. PAC kicks Page a couple of times to keep control of the match. PAC chokes Page in the corner for a few moments. PAC sends Page hard into the corner to keep the advantage followed by a stomp to the head. PAC snapmares Page and delivers a dropkick to the back of Page’s head for a one count. PAC keeps Page on the mat with a front face lock. PAC nails Page with a running uppercut in the corner for a two count. PAC chokes Page over the middle rope. Page fights back with a few chops, but PAC delivers a kick to the midsection and a kick off the ropes. PAC continues to taunt the fans while in control. PAC goes back to the mat to control Page with a headlock.
Page forearms PAC, but PAC responds with a strike and kicks Page in the corner. PAC misses a middle rope Phoenix Splash attempt. Page forearms PAC followed by an elbow strike. Page comes out of the corner to clothesline PAC to maintain the advantage. PAC nails Page with a pump kick, but Page comes back with a spinebuster for a two count. PAC and Page trade strikes on the apron until Page slams PAC onto the apron and sends PAC into the railing. Page heads to the top rope taking PAC out with a moonsault on the floor. Page nails PAC with a big boot and covers PAC for a two count. Page waits on the apron, but PAC staggers away to the floor to regroup. PAC kicks Page and delivers a brainbuster onto a chair on the floor! Page manages to make it back to the ring before the count of ten. Page’s back is bruised badly. PAC climbs to the top rope hitting a missile dropkick for a near fall. PAC delivers a kick to the chest several times to control Page. PAC sends Page into the corner, but is dumped to the apron where PAC kicks Page. PAC climbs to the top rope, but is crotched by Page. Page grabs PAC and hits a middle rope fallaway slam.
Page goes to the apron as PAC struggles to his feet. Page tries for the Buckshot Lariat, but PAC avoids it and hits a release German suplex. Page plants PAC with a pop up powerbomb. Page tries for Dead Eye, but PAC counters with the Brutalizer. Page drops to his knee, but falls forward and grabs the ropes. PAC heads to the top rope and misses the Black Arrow. PAC avoids the Buckshot Lariat. PAC tries to sneak a low blow, but Page nails PAC with a forearm and a clothesline. Page spikes PAC with the Dead Eye to win the match. (***1/2. A good match and it’s interesting to note that Page couldn’t hit the Buckshot Lariat and had to settle for Dead Eye.)
Third Contest: Shawn Spears vs. Joey Janela: Janela avoids a strike in the corner and chops Spears. Janela continues with strikes to stagger Spears. Janela rips off Spears shirt, which said “No More Garbage Wrestling.” Janela knocks Spears off the apron and gets distracted by Tully Blanchard. Janela head scissors Spears to the floor. Janela kicks Spears from the apron and runs off the apron, but Spears slams Janela on the floor. Spears forearms Janela over the back a few times. Spears continues with a chop in the corner several times. Janela fights back with chops of his own. Spears sends Janela hard into the corner and rolls to the floor. Spears suplexs Janela onto the apron back first. Spears drives Janela down with a backbreaker for a two count. Spears keeps a chin lock on Janela, but doesn’t get a submission. Spears tosses Janela over the top to the floor where Janela hit his lower back on the apron. Spears chops Janela in the corner and removes the covering on the turnbuckle. Spears chokes Janela with the tag rope. Spears pummels Janela with strikes in the corner. Janela kicks Spears in the corner a few times. Janela tries to leave, but his hair is tied to the turnbuckle. Janela rips his hair out to break free and misses a middle rope dropkick attempt. Spears locks in a Sharpshooter in the middle of the ring, but Janela doesn’t give in.
Janela superkicks Spears and delivers several strikes to the midsection. Janela pummels Spears with strikes in the corner and stomps. Janela nails Spears with a running knee strike in the corner. Spears bails to the floor to regroup. Janela goes to the top rope hitting a somersault dive to the floor! Janela climbs to the top rope again, but Spears tosses Janela overhead with a suplex for a near fall. Janela gets an inside cradle for a two count and sends Spears to the floor. Janela nails Spears with a suicide dive to the floor. Janela kicks Spears several times in the ring to maintain control. Janela clotheslines Spears from behind and hits a vertical suplex for a near fall. Janela stomps Spears on the mat as Tully gets on the apron to distract Janela. Janela climbs to the top, but Spears crotches Janela. Spears chops Janela and delivers a backbreaker over the top turnbuckle. Spears removes the turnbuckle pad and delivers a spike piledriver with Tully on the floor! Spears rolls Janela into the ring and hits the C4 Death Valley Driver to win the match. (**1/2. A decent match with some solid action. I like the pairing of Spears and Blanchard. Spears using misdirect several times in the match worked for me, too. He’s anti-garbage wrestling and still uses a level of extreme violence. Spears screams a late 80s kind of wrestler and I’m not hating it.)
Backstage, Kip Sabian is interviewed. Sabian is on his phone and jokes that he thought Golden Boy was an intern. Sabian says that he decided to go down straight down the middle when he first joined AEW, but he found two guys similar to him in Angelico and Jack Evans. Sabian says you have to find people that you trust and rely on. Penelope Ford enters the scene to kiss Sabian. Sabian says they are bringing cool back to this loser company. Ford asks why be bad when you can be… super bad.
Fourth Contest: AEW Tag Team Champions SCU (Frankie Kazarian & Scorpio Sky) vs. Lucha Brothers (Pentagon & Rey Fenix) vs. Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen): Kazarian and Quen kickoff the tag match. Kazarian takes Quen down to the mat with a front face lock, but Quen quickly gets to his feet and controls Kazarian with a wrist lock. Kazarian counters with a headlock on the mat. Quen leg sweeps Kazarian for a one count and Kazarian does the same leading to a standoff. Fenix tags into the match tagging Quen blindly. Kazarian gets a rollup on Fenix for a two count. Fenix kicks Kazarian on the mat and plays to the crowd. Fenix and Pentagon superkick Private Party. Fenix suplexs Kazarian for a two count. Pentagon tags into the match and kicks Kazarian. Fenix drives Kazarian onto Pentagon’s knees with a hurricanrana for a two count. Pentagon kicks Kazarian on the knee and taunts Sky on the apron. Kazarian strikes Pentagon, but is met with a superkick. Kazarian forearms Pentagon and they collide on stereo clotheslines. Fenix superkicks Sky on the apron to prevent a tag. Kassidy gets tagged in and takes Pentagon over with a springboard hurricanrana. Kassidy kicks Fenix and hits a springboard facebuster on Pentagon. Kassidy hits a bulldog/leg drop combo on the Lucha Brothers. Quen tags back into the match and atomic drops Pentagon. Kassidy delivers a kick and Quen leaps over Kassidy to double stomp Pentagon for a two count.
Quen sits Pentagon on the top turnbuckle, but Pentagon breaks free and puts Quen on his shoulders. Fenix leaps off the top to dropkick Quen off of Pentagon’s shoulders. Pentagon press slams Kassidy into a kick by Fenix. Fenix monkey flips Pentagon into Quen in the corner for a near fall. Fenix kicks Quen on the mat and prevents a tag. Fenix kicks Quen on the backside and tags in Pentagon. Pentagon sets Quen up for a package piledriver, but Quen breaks free. Pentagon hits a backstabber for a two count on Quen. Kazarian tosses Kassidy over the top onto the ramp. Pentagon is dropkicked by Quen. Quen tries to tag his partner, but Kassidy isn’t there. Sky gets tagged in and clotheslines Fenix a few times. Sky dropkicks Fenix and delivers a forearm strike. Sky kicks Fenix several times followed by a double stomp to the back. Sky goes to the apron and hits a slingshot cutter on Fenix. Sky locks in a dragon sleeper, but Fenix doesn’t give up. Kazarian nails Kassidy with a slingshot cutter. Pentagon kicks Sky to save Fenix. Pentagon is leg dropped by Kazarian to the floor. Kazarian hits a slingshot head scissors to the floor. Quen dives over the top to take both men out with a corkscrew dive.
Sky runs the ropes, but Fenix cuts Sky off with a rope walk kick. Kassidy hits a corkscrew dive to the floor to take everyone out. Fenix remains in the ring and hits a springboard corkscrew dive to the outside! Sky elbows Fenix and sends Fenix to the apron where Fenix delivers a kick and a springboard corkscrew crossbody for a near fall. Sky sits Fenix on the top turnbuckle and tags in Kazarian, who hits an assisted tornado DDT for a two count as Pentagon made the save. Pentagon is sent to the floor by Private Party. Quen tags in and kicks Kazarian followed by a kick to Sky. Kassidy nails Kazarian with a cutter and a Slice Bread. Quen heads to the top rope hitting a Shooting Star Press for a two count. Private Party tries for Gin & Juice, but Kazarian holds onto the ropes. SCU hits the SCULater on Kassidy to pickup the win. After the match, Lucha Brothers attack SCU. Fenix sends Sky into the railing and Pentagon has a chair for Kazarian. Pentagon seems to try a piledriver, but the lights go out. When they come back on, there’s another Pentagon mimicking him. The fake Pentagon hits an STO and Angels Wings on Fenix. Obviously, it was Christopher Daniels. Daniels tries to use a chair, but Pentagon escapes further damage. (***. It sure feels like the SCU title run has fallen flat amongst the fans. Lucha Brothers and Private Party are more entertaining teams and it was obvious during the match that was the case. SCU may be suffering from not being a good babyface trio and were far more entertaining as a heel trio.)
A video package promoting the feud between AEW Women’s Champion Riho & Emi Sakura is shown.
Fifth Contest: AEW Women’s Champion Riho vs. Emi Sakura: They start off with a test of strength where Sakura gains the advantage and tries to take Riho down by jumping onto her thighs. Sakura settles for whiplashing Riho to the mat. Sakura tosses Riho across the ring by her hair. Sakura tries to do it again, but Riho tries for a crossbody and is slammed. Riho dropkicks Sakura, but Sakura responds with a dropkick of her own. Riho dumps Sakura to the apron, but Sakura shoulder rams Riho. Riho goes to the apron, but Sakura returned to the ring and hits a crossbody to knock Riho off the apron to the floor. Sakura goes to the middle rope, but Riho stops Sakura and climbs to the middle rope while delivering forearm strikes. Sakura is knocked upside down and Riho delivers a double stomp onto the apron! Riho nails Sakura with a knee strike for a two count. Riho switches to a half Boston Crab, but Sakura doesn’t submit. Sakura delivers a spinning flatliner and gets the crowd behind her for a moment. Sakura delivers a running crossbody in the corner. Sakura puts a surfboard on Riho and rolls around the ring, but doesn’t get a submission. Sakura tosses Riho to the mat. Sakura stomps Riho on the mat to maintain the advantage. Riho drop toe holds Sakura over the middle rope and hits a 619. Riho heads to the top rope and hits a crossbody for a two count.
Sakura digs her nails into Riho’s back and mocks the referee for telling her to not do that. Riho nails Sakura with a knee strike in the corner, but runs into a tilt a whirl backbreaker. Sakura drops Riho over her knee with a backbreaker. Sakura delivers a double stomp in the corner. Sakura hits a twisting senton off the middle rope for a two count. Sakura hits a double under hook sit down powerbomb, but Riho quickly connects with a double stomp and both women are down. Sakura chops Riho, but Riho comes back with a few strikes of her own. Sakura strikes Riho into the ropes. Riho nails Sakura with a flurry of strikes in the corner. Sakura nails Riho with several strikes in the corner. Sakura chops Riho, but Riho gets a rollup and double stomps Sakura again. Riho nearly wins with a northern lights suplex. Riho nails Sakura with another double stomp off the middle rope. Riho leaps off the top to double stomp Sakura for a near fall as Sakura bridges out of the cover. Sakura grabs Riho’s foot and hits a side suplex. Sakura continues with a spinning over the shoulder slam for a two count. Sakura tris for a sit out double under hook, but Riho counters with a running knee strike. They counter several pin attempts until Riho connects with a knee strike. Riho manages to take Sakura down with a tilt a whirl rollup for the win. (***. A bit of a repetitive match in terms of move. I understand Riho using the double stomp several times because realistically it may not have a severe impact on her opponents considering her small stature. Excalibur noted these two have quite the rivalry in Japan and knowing that made me more interested in the match since they are essentially even in the win/loss department.)
A video package promoting the feud between AEW World Champion Chris Jericho and Cody is shown. If Cody loses tonight he can never challenge for the AEW World Championship ever again. There are three judges in case the match goes to a draw. Dean Malenko, Arn Anderson & The Great Muta are the judges for the match.
Sixth Contest: AEW World Champion Chris Jericho vs. Cody: MJF and Jake Hager are at ringside for Cody and Jericho respectively. Cody gains control with a wrist lock to start the match, but Jericho counters with a hammerlock. Cody switches out and Jericho goes to the ropes quickly to break the hold. Cody does a cartwheel to taunt Jericho. Jericho slaps Cody in the corner and bails to the floor to stall for a bit. Jericho shoulder blocks Cody and taunts the crowd. Jericho chops Cody several times. Cody kicks Jericho and drops down to deliver an uppercut to send Jericho to the floor to regroup. Jericho gets in Malenko’s face at ringside. Cody controls Jericho with a waist lock, but Jericho counters. Jericho keeps a hammerlock on Cody, but Cody wedges free and keeps a wrist lock on Jericho. Cody sends Jericho through the ropes to the floor. Cody takes Jericho out with a suicide dive! Cody missile dropkicks Jericho for a two count. Cody continues to work over Jericho’s arm in the corner. Cody overhand chops Jericho a few times. Cody continues to work over Jericho’s right elbow to potentially take away the Judas Effect. Cody keeps Jericho on the mat with a top wrist lock. Cody stomps on Jericho’s elbow on the mat. Cody yanks on Jericho’s arm and continues to deliver strikes in the corner. Cody avoids Jericho in the corner and hits a powerslam for a two count. Cody clotheslines Jericho over the top to the ramp.
Cody misses a dive over the ropes and lands head first onto the ramp. Cody has been busted wide open. AEW doctor checks on the cut, but Cody insists he’s okay. Hager slides a chair into the ring and Jericho sits down as Cody struggles to his feet. Jericho nails Cody with a boot to the face. Jericho punches Cody several times on the forehead and seems to be wanting a stoppage. Jericho sends Cody through the ropes to the floor. MJF distracts the referee allowing Hager to cheap shot Cody on the outside. Jericho clubs Cody over the back several times. Jericho hooks Cody for a suplex and drops Cody chest first over the ropes. Cody strikes Jericho, but is met with a knee lift. Jericho tries for a cover, but Cody kicks out at two. Jericho forearms Cody into the corner and chokes Cody for a moment. Jericho continues to work over Cody with shoulder rams in the corner. Jericho chops Cody in the corner several times. Cody boots a charging Jericho and goes to the top rope missing a moonsault attempt. Jericho covers, but Cody kicks out at two. Cody fights back with strikes, but Jericho locks in an abdominal stretch. Jericho clubs Cody in the midsection a few times. Cody hip tosses Jericho and struggles to his feet. Jericho nails Cody with a dropkick for a two count.
Jericho keeps Cody on the mat with a chin lock. Cody gets to his feet and punches Jericho several times. Cody misses a dropkick as Jericho holds onto the ropes. Cody blocks a springboard moonsauklt by getting his knees up. Cody hits a springboard cutter for a two count. Cody surges with a clothesline a pump kick to send Jericho into the corner. Cody nails Jericho with the Disaster Kick to knock Jericho off the apron to the floor. Jericho kicks Cody in the midsection and delivers a knee lift. Jericho rams Cody back first into the ring post. Jericho taunts Cody’s mother at ringside and she slaps him! Cody runs over and spears Jericho! Cody embraces his mother before going back after Jericho. Cody plants Jericho with the Alabama Slam for a two count. Cody locks in the figure four leg lock in the middle of the ring. Jericho rolls over to reverse the pain, but Cody rolls back over and reaches the ropes. Hager cheap shots Cody from the floor. Hager remains on the apron and Jericho collides with Hager. Cody almost wins with a rollup, but Jericho sends Cody into a strike by Hager. Aubrey ejects Hager from the match. MJF taunts Hager, but Hager attacks MJF with a kick and rams MJF into the apron.
Jericho grabs the AEW World Championship and whacks Cody over the head with it. Jericho tosses the belt to the floor and both men are laid out. Jericho tries for a cover, but Cody kicks out at two. Cody counters the Judas Effect and hits the Cross Rhodes! Cody goes for the cover, but Jericho kicks out at two! They begin to trade strikes from their knees in the middle of the ring. Cody jabs Jericho several times and nails Jericho with an biotic elbow strike for a two count. Cody continues to stomp Jericho and comes off the ropes, but Jericho catches Cody on a springboard to hit the Codebreaker for a two count. Jericho stomps Cody on the mat a few times. Jericho knee lifts Cody and chokes Cody over the middle rope. Jericho takes his weight belt off and whips Cody over the back. Aubrey takes the belt away. Jericho drives Cody into the corner and Cody nails Jericho with a superkick. Cody tries for a hurricanrana off the top rope, but Jericho counters and locks in the Lion Tamer! Cody powers up trying to reach the ropes and successfully grabs the bottom rope. Jericho pummels Cody with right hands on the mat. Jericho argues with Aubrey and shoves her. Aubrey shoves back and Cody nearly wins with an inside cradle. Jericho delivers a strike to the midsection and locks in the Lion Tamer again! MJF has a white towel on the floor. Jericho stomps Cody on the head. Jericho leans all the way back. MJF is screaming for Cody. Jericho is leaning all the way back and MJF throws the white towel! Cody has lost the match due to MJF throwing the towel in! (***1/2. A good match between these two as there were several layers to the match. It held my interest that’s for sure. The finish was a bit flat as I don’t think the crowd thought that MJF would actually toss in the towel. As soon as he was seen with the towel out of nowhere it should have been obvious. Now, Cody can never challenge for the title and he’s peaked in what he can accomplish. In that aspect, it’s a bizarre booking decision to even have the stipulation.) After the match, Cody can’t believe he’s lost as MJF is trying to communicate to his best pal what happened. MJF is crying and apologizing to Cody. MJF low blows Cody! MJF shoves Cody to the mat and looks disgusted at his former best pal. Cody is left stunned in the ring.
A video package promoting the main event between Kenny Omega and Jon Moxley is shown.
Main Event: Kenny Omega vs. Jon Moxley in a Lights Out Match: They waste no time trading strikes in the corner. Omega chops Mox against the ropes and delivers a big boot coming off the ropes. Omega continues to strike Mox in the corner, but Mox elbows Omega in the corner. Mox plants Omega with a swinging side walk slam. Mox goes to the flor and looks under the ring to find a trash can and tosses it into the ring. Mox also grabs a trash can lid and whacks Omega over the head a few times. Omega tackles Mox and himself through the ropes to the floor. Omega tosses Mox over the railing into the crowd. Omega leaps over the railing to dropkick Mox in the crowd. Omega hits Mox over the back with a chair shot. Omega continues to work over Mox with strikes in the crowd. Mox kicks Omega, but Omega sends Mox into the wall and drops a trash can onto Mox. Omega leaps off a railing in the crowd to double stomp a trash can onto Mox. Omega hits Mox over the back with a fans drink. Mox shoves Omega off the railing and into the crowd. Mox sends Omega over the railing back to the ringside area. Mox hits a snap suplex on the floor before rolling Omega into the ring. Mox grabs a barbed wire bat from under the ring. Mox rolls into the ring and jabs Omega in the midsection with the bat. Mox tries to whack Omega over the back, but Omega blocks it and chops Mox several times. Mox hits Omega over the back with the barbed wire bat several times. Omega is bleeding from the back. Mox steps on the barbed wire bat and stomps it onto Omega’s back.
Mox tries to rub the bat into Omega’s face, but Omega blocks it and chops Mox. Omega avoids a barbed wire bat strike and rakes the bat onto Mox’s arm. Omega whacks Mox over the head with a trash can. Omega spikes Mox onto the trash can with a piledriver. Omega grabs a table from under the ring and sets it up against the railing. Omega pulls out a barbed wire broom. Mox tosses a trash can at Omega, but is hit with the barbed wire broom on an attempted suicide dive. Omega whacks Mox over the back with the barbed wire broom. Omega presses the broom onto Mox’s back and wipes the broom over Mox’s back. Omega double stomps the broom onto Mox’s back. Mox is bleeding quite a bit from the back. Omega presses the barbed wire bat into Mox’s forehead. Omega drop toe holds Mox onto the broom and bulldogs Mox onto the broom again. Omega tries for a cover, but Mox kicks out at two. Omega tosses a trash can into the ring and places it over the ring post. Omega hits a rolling fireman’s carry and goes to the corner to hit a trash can assisted moonsault for a two count. Omega goes under the ring and grabs a board covered in mouse traps.
Mox decks Omega over the back and they begin to trade strikes in the middle of the ring. Omega chops Mox and delivers a knee strike. Mox nails Omega with a clothesline and goes to the board. Mox inside out suplexs Omega onto the board and several mouse traps go off on Omega’s body! Mox grabs a giant gold chain and brings it into the match. Mox piles the chain in the ring and delivers a side slam onto the chain for a two count. Mox delivers a neckbreaker onto the chain for a one count. Omega fights back with a few strikes, but Mox kicks Omega and uses the chain on Omega again choking Omega with it. Omega tries to use the trash can lid, but barely hits Mox with it. Mox strikes Omega a few times and puts a chokehold on Omega. Omega breaks free with several trash can lid shots. Mox knee strikes Omega and delivers a slam. Mox goes to the floor and looks under the ring. Mox grabs a screwdriver from under the ring. Omega hits Mox with the chain to the midsection. Mox forearms Omega, but misses a strike and the screwdriver is driven into the turnbuckle. Mox hits a snap dragon suplex onto the chain. Mox signals for the end. Mox chokes Omega with the chain. Omega stops Mox with a snap dragon suplex. Omega hits a second snap dragon suplex. Mox bites Omega’s forehead, but Omega hits a third snap dragon suplex.
Omega wraps the chain around Mox’s throat and tosses Mox over the top rope. Omega pulls back on the chain to choke Mox. Omega gets a running start and puts Mox through the table with a somersault dive over the top to the floor. Omega grabs a bag from under the ring and rolls into the ring. Omega pulls out a piece of broken glass and cuts Mox’s hand with it. Omega dumps all the broken glass onto the mat. Mox kicks Omega and hits a sit out spinebuster onto the broken glass for a two count. Omega drags Mox over the broken glass. Omega locks in a Sharpshooter in the middle of the ring. Mox crawls through the broken glass and reaches the bottom rope to help break the hold since there aren’t rope breaks. Omega pieces up pieces of broken glass into his hand. Omega puts the glass into Mox’s mouth. Mox avoids a knee and hits a German suplex on the glass. Omega nails Mox with a V-Trigger twice and Mox rolls to the ramp. Omega grabs the screwdriver from the turnbuckle pad. Omega digs the screwdriver into Mox’s forehead. Omega calls for the Elite to come over and bring something out. The Elite are trying to reason with Omega and not bring it out. Omega insists and they end up going to bring it out for Omega.
They return with a massive barbed wire spider web. Omega has Mox on his shoulders, but Mox breaks free and puts Omega on his shoulders. Omega breaks free, but misses a knee strike. Mox hits a suplex off the ramp onto the barbed wire spider web! Both men are pulled out of the barbed wire by officials. Mox decks a security guy and tries for a suplex through a part of the set. Omega hits Mox several times with a weapon. Omega nails Mox with the V-Trigger through part of the set! They brawl back towards the ringside area. Omega grabs a piece of broken table, but Mox hits a double arm DDT in the middle of the ring for a two count. Mox begins to remove the canvas to expose the wood. Mox tries for a piledriver, but Omega backdrops Mox onto the wood. Omega nails Mox with the V-Trigger. Mox counters the One Winged Angel, but Omega counters with a double arm DDT for a two count. Omega climbs to the top rope missing the Phoenix Splash and lands on the exposed wood! Mox covers, but Omega kicks out at two. Mox spikes Omega with a lifting double arm DDT onto the wood and pins Omega to win the match. (****1/2. Obviously this is quite a violent match, and maybe borderline gory. If these matches are done on the rare occasion then I think there’s a place for it. There were numerous big spots and the finish was suitable for the match stipulation. Mox comes across as an absolute lunatic and seems unstoppable in AEW. A great, violent main event to close out Full Gear.)
Final Thoughts:
Easily gets a thumbs up from me. Solid action throughout with several memorable/noteworthy matches. MJF appears to be breaking out in a heel role by turning on Cody. Mox probably should be the next challenger for the AEW World Championship. Where would he possibly go after that match? Full Gear 2019 is a great show and didn’t feel like a chore to watch with a near 4-hour runtime (almost five counting the Buy-In).
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