Hall’s AEW Full Gear 2026 Review

Full Gear 2026
Date: November 14, 2026
Location: Mortgage Matchup Center, Phoenix, Arizona
Commentators: Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, Nigel McGuinness

We’re already back on pay per view but this time around, it’s a bit more of a traditional card. The main event will see Will Ospreay defend the World Title against Kyle Fletcher, but we also have a bunch more title matches. Some of these are looking rather interesting and the card is strong on paper so let’s get to it.

Pre-Show: The Beast Mortos vs. Jack Perry

Mortos easily shoves him out to the floor to start and then sends him into the corner without much trouble. Perry gets dropped face first onto the apron for a big crash so Perry gets smart by sliding underneath the ring. That’s enough for Perry to sneak up from behind for a dropkick, followed by a hurricanrana on the floor. Mortos is not amused and gives him a Samoan drop inside as we take a break.

We come back with Perry still in trouble, including knocking him down with a clothesline. Perry gets in a rebound lariat of his own but dives into a headbutt. The Tombstone knees to the chest give Mortos two and a discus lariat connects for the same. Mortos misses a moonsault though and Perry muscles him up for a piledriver. The running knee connects and a MuscleBuster, dedicated to Samoa Joe, finishes for Perry at 9:28.

Rating: C+. Yeah that was fine, as it wasn’t supposed to be anything more than a basic match with some power vs. speed. That’s almost always going to work and these two knew what they were tasked with doing. At the same time, do we really need another Perry vs. Joe match? It seemed to be pretty much over and done but here we go again I guess.

Pre-Show: Don Callis Family vs. Jayden Monroe/RJ Wylde/Jordan Cruz

Clon beats up Monroe and Wylde to start and Cruz is sent into the corner. It’s off to Wardlow for the powerbomb and Clon moonsaults onto the other two at ringside. Knight drops the UFO Splash to pin Cruz at 2:09.

Post match RPG Vice calls out Big Boom AJ and QT Marshall for their match.

Pre-Show: Boom And Doom/Skyflight vs. Don Callis Family

It’s a brawl in the aisle to start and AJ hits a double clothesline to take over. Sydal comes in to missile dropkick Archer and a question mark kick hits Beretta. We take a break and come back with Marshall fighting his way out of trouble and handing it back to AJ. House is quickly cleaned and Alexander gives Marshall a running clothesline. Archer hits some chokeslams and Strong Zero gets two on AJ with Marshall making the save. We hit the parade of knockdowns and it’s the Powerboom into the shooting star press to beat Beretta at 9:47.

Rating: C+. It was what you would expect from an AJ match, as he pops up every so often, wins, apparently gets quite a big reaction, and then returns to Costco or whatever he does. I get that he’s a quote unquote celebrity, but it’s not a great sign when the best response I can give one of his matches is “at least that’s over for a few months”. At least the Rizzler wasn’t here to be unfunny and drag the attention away from everything else, which is always a perk.

Pre-Show: TBS Title: Persephone vs. Hyan vs. Sky Blue vs. Queen Aminata

Aminata is defending, Britt Baker is on commentary and this was originally Persephone and Maya World challenging but travel issues forced the change (fair enough). Persephone tries to grab the title as the referee holds it up and gets decked by Aminata to start. Blue and Hyan hit stereo dropkicks to send the two of them outside, leaving Blue to get two off a rollup. Persephone pulls Hyan to the floor and goes inside to slug it out with Aminata. All four are back in with the villains being suplexed down. Hyan and Aminata knock each other down and we take a break.

We come back with a bunch of running strikes leaving most of them down and Aminata gives all of them an atomic drop. Persephone cuts it off and yells at Aminata but Hyan faceplants Persephone for two. Blue puts Hyan in a chair but gets chaired in the face by Aminata, leaving Persephone to get two off a northern lights suplex. Hold on though as Persephone stops to hug the belt so Aminata runs her over. Off With Her Head to Hyan retains the title at 10:54.

Rating: B-. All things considered, this was about as good as it could have been. The travel issues were beyond their control but thankfully the Aminata vs. Persephone parts were still intact. They had to beat Hyan of course, because she’s challenging for the ROH Women’s Title in a few weeks and therefore must be beaten as often as possible.

The opening video talks about how far you have to go to win.

We recap Kazuchika Okada defending the International Title against Adam Copeland. A few weeks back, Copeland said he would be wrapping up his career next year and wants the World Title. Therefore, he’s going after the International Title here, I guess as a stepping stone.

International Title: Kazuchika Okada vs. Adam Copeland

Copeland is challenging and Don Callis is here with Okada. They stare at each other to start and Copeland gets Okada’s arm in the rope for an early kick. Okada backs him up to the ropes for a kick to the ribs but it’s way too early for the Rainmaker and spear. They go outside and Okada sends him into the steps before pulling back the floor mats. Copeland is able to drop him onto the exposed concrete though and sends the arm into a variety of hard objects.

Callis’ distraction lets Okada get in a dropkick, meaning it’s time for a hug. Back in and Copeland’s comeback is easily cut off with a DDT and Okada does it two more times for a near fall. The top rope elbow hits Copeland but it’s still too early for the Rainmaker. Okada hits an Air Raid Crash onto the knee and tries the Rainmaker, which is countered into a Rock Bottom. Stereo big boots put both of them down but Okada is up first with the dropkick. The Rainmaker is countered again but Copeland’s spear hits the ropes.

A Tombstone lets Okada laugh and he tries his own spear, because that’s a thing that needs to stretch over different companies. Copeland cuts it off and tries his own spear, with Okada bailing to the apron. Okada gets in a belt shot to cut Copeland off and then DDTs him from the apron onto the exposed concrete. Copeland is pretty much dead weight so Okada throws him back inside and pulls him up at one. The Rainmaker retains the title at 18:55.

Rating: B. Well that was quite the definitive beating of Copeland, as even the belt shot only protects him from being knocked out cold like that. I’m sure he’ll wind up getting a World Title shot at some point, so maybe this was knocking him down before he can get back up. For now though, it was another good enough Okada match built around how many times he can do that grin.

We recap the Tag Team Titles match. The Young Bucks were wrecked by the Don Callis Family in just a few minutes so now we’re doing it again for the titles.

Tag Team Titles: Young Bucks vs. Don Callis Family

The Family is challenging. Matt and Doyle start things off and everything breaks down after a few seconds, with the Bucks getting taken out again. A pop up forearm hits Matt but Nick comes back in for a double slam/elbow. Nick is run over with double running shoulders so the Bucks get together with more double teaming. The villains are knocked to the floor, where they both hit forearms to cut the Bucks off again.

Back in and some Demolition style ax handles have Matt in more trouble but he low bridges Davis to the floor. Doyle gets kicked away but Davis is right there to cut off another tag attempt. The bearhug has Matt in more trouble until he’s sent outside, allowing Nick to get in a kick from the apron to stagger Doyle. Nick gets the tag to clean house and Davis is knocked hard into the barricade.

Everything breaks down again and the Family are sent into each other for something like a high/low. The Bucks both get crotched on top but are fine enough to shove the Family off the top. A Swanton and top rope elbow get stereo near falls so Nick is tossed at Matt for a big crash. Matt gets powerbombed into a rolling Chaos Theory for two but of course the Bucks are right back with the superkicks.

The BTE Trigger gets two on Doyle so he pops up to wreck both of them again. Davis is back up and gets pulled out of the corner, meaning it’s another BTE Trigger for another two. Doyle breaks up the Meltzer Driver and powerbombs Nick onto a table. The piledriver gets two on Matt but Davis clotheslines Doyle by mistake. Matt tries a hurricanrana and Nick knocks Davis into it to retain the titles at 20:46.

Rating: B+. Well this was long and had the only realistic result, as the Bucks get to overcome the odds and beat the monsters, who still only get so much out of beating them in the first place. You could pretty much guarantee this one as soon as they had the first match and then the Motor City Machine Guns waiting on the winner made it even clearer. The Bucks do know how to have this kind of a match and it worked well enough here, assuming you’re ok with tags vanishing for about the last ten minutes.

Post match the Motor City Machine Guns come out for the respectful staredown. Then a siren goes off and the Kasper Brothers (formerly the Creed Brothers in WWE) are here. They take out both teams and here is FTR to help with the beatdown.

We recap the Trios Titles match. Swerve Strickland wants the rematch to be a Texas Deathmatch but Hangman Page is having bad flashbacks to what happens in those things. The match was eventually agreed to and it’s going to be all kinds of violent.

Trios Titles: New Level/Swerve Strickland vs. Hangman Page/Brodido

Page/Brodido are defending in a Texas Deathmatch, meaning the only way to win is by triple knockout or surrender. Hold on though as we get an old west video featuring Brody King beating up people in a bar and being joined by Hangman Page. Bandido shows up to possibly shoot someone in the head and then they all ride off on horses. They stare at each other to start before the fight starts, with Bandido hitting an early 21 Plex on Kofi. Bandido hits a big springboard moonsault out to the floor.

It’s already time for the skewers (here we go) and the champs all go a-stabbin. The triple dives are cut off by raised chairs and the brawl goes outside again. Creed whips out a barbed wire trombone and takes King down before messing with the barbed wire on a table. That takes too long so Page is up, only to get dropped by Kofi. A barbed wire forearm hits Kofi inside and a big boot knocks Creed down as well. Bandido kicks a chair into Kofi’s face so let’s set up a bunch of chairs.

A spinning DDT plants Strickland on those chairs, furthering the bloodying of his head. King, also bleeding, takes out New Level and puts the barbed wire table inside. Naturally the cannonball misses and sends King into the wire, leaving him rather tied up. Creed hits a Cactus Elbow off the apron onto a table onto King, leaving us with Strickland vs. Page. They sit down in chairs and take turns stapling each others’ chests until Strickland has to save Prince Nana.

King is back up to piledrive Kofi and it’s time for a thumbtack glove. The claw has Creed in trouble and there’s the required bag of tacks. Creed seems to realize how far things have gone and hits a bunch of suicide dives to put the champs down again. That means it’s time for….a freaking Power Glove, which explodes in King’s face. I don’t think it’s supposed to do that. With that so bad accessory out of the way, they head up the aisle and a barrel starts spitting fire.

Kofi is knocked out of the air with a light tube and the Deadeye drops Kofi on the concrete. Back in the ring, King Ganso Bombs Strickland through a barbed wire table at ringside. New Level is back up to go after Page, with Creed dropkicking him against the barricade. Page is laid on a bunch of chairs and has a window put over him, with Kofi hitting a Boom Drop for the big crash. Back in and another barbed wire table is set up and New Level pull out….some kind of padlocks.

One of them is put into King’s mouth for a shot to the face as I’m kind of impressed by how big King’s mouth is. Bandido fights out of trouble and powerbombs Creed through a barbed wire table. Kofi chokes Bandido with a chain but Bandido gets out and frog splashes Kofi onto the tacks. Strickland rips at Bandido’s mask and then kicks a chair into Page’s face, allowing him to drain Page’s blood into his mouth.

Page gets up with chair shots to New Level but Strickland smiles at him and hits a Deadeye. Strickland grabs a cinder block but Bandido saves Page from Big Pressure. The barbed wire X Knee has Strickland in trouble but New Level is back up for an assisted DDT to send Bandido into the cinder block.

King finds a barbed wire…something, which he puts on New Level to crush them against the barricade. Strickland is back up to Vertebreaker King onto the steps, leaving him mostly dead. Page gouges Strickland with more barbed wire but the Buckshot Lariat is cut off with a chair. That puts Page down for nine so it’s a House Call to make it ten, as I guess the count can just be interrupted without stopping. Either way, we have new champions at 39:23.

Rating: B. What am I supposed to think of this? It was violent, it was bloody, it was intense, it went on WAY too long and I stopped caring about it after the fourth or so barbed wire contraption they pulled out. That’s always been my issue with these matches, as it’s just ridiculous nonsense most of the time with various toys. They really needed to cut this down by about fifteen minutes and have it just be Page vs. Strickland while the other teams have a regular match. I get it if you loved this, but the extreme stuff has never been my thing and this didn’t change that.

We continue the recent trend of looking at various great AEW moments in the city.

Commentary talks about Jack Perry calling out Samoa Joe.

Joe, who isn’t there due to travel issues (and he wasn’t booked on the show), doesn’t like what Perry said about him. Perry is always the fool so Joe will be at Dynamite to give him the beating he wanted. Don’t worry about the handshake, because Perry will be busy shaking when Joe chokes him out. Well that got dark fast.

Quick recap of the Women’s Tag Team Title match. One team is defending, the other is challenging. That’s about all there is here.

Harley Cameron and Kris Statlander brainstorm entrance ideas, ranging from aliens to infecting themselves with chickenpox to get an ambulance ride to the ring. Or get a show biz cow! Billy Gunn, who is apparently there, asks why they don’t just use pyro. Cameron/Statlander: “SHUT THE F*** UP BILLY!” Tony Khan pops in to say the video is over and they have to get to the ring for their match. I have no idea what this was but they made it work.

Women’s Tag Team Titles: Harley Cameron/Kris Statlander vs. Brawling Birds

The Birds are defending and the other team rip off each other’s business suits to reveal ring gear. Ok then. Statlander and Windsor fight over a lockup to start and trade chops. An exchange of shoulders doesn’t really go anywhere so Hayter comes in to slug it out with Statlander. A suplex puts Hayter down and Cameron is in with a sliding knee. Cameron poses a bit for a distraction and Statlander gets in a kick to the head as everyone goes outside.

Hayter snaps off a suplex to Cameron but Statlander is back in with a double clothesline. A Falcon Arrow gives Statlander two so Cameron gives Hayter a running knee. Cameron’s crucifix gets two and everyone is knocked down for a breather. Cameron and Hayter wind up on shoulders to slug it out, which doesn’t last long either. Back up and Cameron hammers on Hayter before rolling her into a half crab. That’s broken up and Hayterade hits Cameron for two but Two Birds One Stone is broken up as well. Cameron pulls Hayter out and Staturday Night Fever gives us new champions at 12:18.

Rating: B-. This was a nice enough match, but it would have been better served on the pre-show in the place of the eight man tag. If nothing else it would have prevented the match from being put in a death slot. They did work hard and the match was good enough, though I’m surprised at the results after the Birds hadn’t even held the titles that long.

Post match respect is shown and everyone are friends again.

We recap Tommaso Ciampa defending the National Title against Ilja Dragunov. Ciampa won the title a week ago and Dragunov challenged him. Go.

National Title: Ilja Dragunov vs. Tommaso Ciampa

Ciampa is defending. They fight over a test of strength to start until Dragunov takes him down with an armbar. Ciampa makes it over to the rope and comes back up with some hard chops. A front facelock doesn’t last long for Ciampa as Dragunov is up for some knees to the ribs. They head outside with Ciampa sending him into the announcers’ table, setting up a running knee from the apron. Dragunov is sent hard into the barricade, only to fire off some hard chops.

Back in and Ciampa stomps at the arm, followed by a Downward Spiral onto the arm for a bit of a twist. The armbar and some knees to the arm have Dragunov in more trouble and his arm gives out on the 61Line attempt. Dragunov blocks the running knee and trips Ciampa down for a double stomp. A jumping enziguri puts Ciampa down again and Dragunov starts in on the leg for a change.

Some rolling German suplexes give Dragunov two and the D Bomb (with the bad arm) hits the leg again. Ciampa is sat up top but comes back with a super Air Raid Crash to leave them both down. Back up and they slug it out with Ciampa taking him outside to ram the arm into the steps. Another Air Raid Crash sends Dragunov onto the knee and the running knee gives Ciampa two back inside.

They go to the apron where Dragunov hits a German suplex, followed by a D Bomb onto the floor. Dragunov throws him back in for a top rope superplex but the D Bomb misses, allowing Ciampa to grab a Fujiwara armbar. That’s escaped so Dragunov hits a clothesline (again with the bad arm) but gets kneed out of the air. The Fujiwara armbar goes on again and they strike it out until Dragunov hits a powerbomb. The D Bomb connects to give Dragunov the title at 20:56.

Rating: B+. I knew I was going to like this one from the second it was announced and they didn’t disappoint. This was about two people beating the fire out of each other until one of them couldn’t keep going, which is where they both do their best work. It would have been even better had Dragunov quit using his bad arm in the end, but the match was good enough to overcome that issue. Solid stuff here, though can we please give Ciampa a longer title reign?

The Continental Classic starts on Wednesday.

We recap Mercedes Mone defending the Women’s Title against Marina Shafir. Mone asked for a new challenger and they’ve argued over which one of them is a b****. You know those are fighting words.

Women’s Title: Marina Shafir vs. Mercedes Mone

Mone is defending. Shafir goes right after the arm to start and Mone is shown up rather quickly. Mone is back up to walk the rope for a wristdrag so Shafir is right back on the arm. With Shafir sitting her on the top, Mone pulls Shafir into the buckle to take over. The double knees in the corner give Mone two and she slaps on a Kimura. That’s broken up as well and Shafir gets in a judo toss for two of her own.

Back up and a middle rope Meteora gives Mone two and for some reason she decides to start a slugout. Mone’s cross armbreaker is broken up and Shafir kicks her away, only to get pulled into a cross armbreaker. Shafir gets out and is sent outside, where she counters a dive into Mother’s Milk. Back in and Shafir gives her a Giant Swing, followed by a 619 into a hurricanrana driver to send Mone outside again.

Mone is right back up with some knees off the apron and even more on them. Shafir slams her on the apron, only for Mone to grab the Statement Maker inside. That’s broken up too and Shafir kicks her down, with Mone pulling on another Statement Maker. Mone tries a Brutalizer, which ticks Shafir off enough that she grabs one of her own. The fans lose it over the hold, meaning it’s time for Mone to reverse and put her feet on the ropes for the rollup to retain at 17:18.

Rating: B. Well of course Mone won over the crowd favorite, because Mone has to be champion forever and beat everyone she faces because…whatever reason it is. As usual with Mone, it’s a good match but I could go a long time without seeing her be some world beater again. Shafir winning the title with the Brutalizer would have been a rather nice moment, which we can’t have for the sake of more Mone.

Tommaso Ciampa yells about losing the title so quickly again and is entering the Continental Classic. He rants about the tournament and promises to win because that’s what he does.

We recap Anarchy In The Arena, which is just a wild war between the Cut and the Conglomeration/the Death Riders. Now go nuts.

Death Riders/The Conglomeration vs. The Cut

Anarchy In The Arena, meaning wild hardcore brawl. The Cut have a cowboy theme while the Conglomeration comes in through the crowd for a change. The Death Riders join them, with the return of Wild Thing. They immediately start brawling and there’s pretty much no way to keep track of everything going on here. Moxley and Finlay fight into the crowd as Daniel Garcia is in the ring to lead the cheers. Most of the people come down to ringside as the song ends and the Cut takes over.

Garcia is surrounded but comes up dancing to DMX’s Party Up (the Up In Here song). Schiavone dubs this “freaking wonderful” as Kidd dances a lot and Moxley beats on Finlay in the corner. Cassidy and Moxley bust out the forks to stab people as the dancing continues. Ace Austin pulls out…was that a spoon I think, earning himself a punch in the face. The Cut starts fighting back but here is the Phoenix Suns mascot (he’s a gorilla) to spray them with a fire extinguisher.

Then Austin kicks the gorilla in the head and puts him in a fireman’s carry for some squats. The bag of broken glass (gifted from Moxley to Cassidy earlier today) is poured out and Moxley stabs Colten with…something stabby. Finlay is backdropped onto and then dragged through the glass but Moxley’s choke is broken up. The song stops and the fans don’t approve so let’s get some barbed wire.

The Cut tries to convince Kidd to change sides so he puts on a Cut shirt and then throws a chair at Finlay. That means the music can start again as we hit a string of faceplants and tosses. O’Reilly does a double rebound lariat and Moxley chokes White and O’Reilly chokes Finlay, with Austin making a pair of saves. Kidd fires off a bunch of headbutts in the corner until Connors hits him in the head with a beer bottle. Strong sends Finlay into the glass as the music stops again.

Austin Fameassers Strong onto the chair as Kidd is busted open. White tries to brand Strong but Shafir comes in with a choke for the save. That gives us the moment with Strong and Shafir, who are sent into each other. Wheeler Yuta (not in the match) runs in to save Shafir from a branding and actually gets cheered, with commentary being stunned. Cue Shane Taylor Promotions to go after the Death Riders/Conglomeration, with Yuta being powerbombed through a table.

Cassidy hits a dive and Moxley gives White a Paradigm Shift as Mercedes Mone is here to jump Moxley. The lights go out and here is Kemalito, a mini devil from CMLL, to kick Mone in the shin. Mone is furious as she’s sent outside, where she is pounced by Willow Nightingale. Kemalito beats up the Infantry and gives Shane Taylor a 619, only to be dropkicked off the apron. The Infantry throws him back inside (bouncing him off the ropes on the first try) for a splash from Taylor…but Claudio Castagnoli drives into the parking lot.

Austin Gunn (actually in this match) waits for him with the trashcan, only for Castagnoli to run in and clean house anyway. Castagnoli swings Finlay and White at the same time until Austin gets in a trashcan shot. The trashcan is put on top of Austin instead and there’s another Swing. Taylor saves White and a table is sent inside, with Castagnoli being loaded up. That doesn’t last long and Castagnoli powerbombs Taylor off the ropes and through the table instead.

White’s chair shot just annoys Castagnoli so he sends White into the corner for the running uppercuts, with Kemalito getting involved. Kemalito dives onto the Infantry and White is curb stomped, with the Cut diving in for the save. Connors spears Cassidy through a wooden wall and someone is dropped onto the Spanish announcers’ table. Kidd is powerbombed onto a flaming table and Moxley fights back against the Gunns. A Blade Runner out of nowhere finishes Moxley at 35:51.

Rating: A-. It was hard not to like this one as they went so totally insane and kept things moving that it was a blast. While I could have gone with less of the Kemalito stuff (when you have your side characters getting in an extended sequence, your match is going too long), this was the kind of insanity and ridiculous fun that works. I liked it FAR better than the Texas Deathmatch, which just kept going and got repetitive. Heck of an effort here, with the right result too.

Mick Foley talks to Adam Copeland, saying he isn’t sure if Copeland can bounce back from this kind of a defeat. Copeland wanted tonight’s match to answer a lot of questions and apparently it did.

Nick Wayne is in a sky box and in case you didn’t hear the news…..fans: “beat Chris Jericho twice”. Actually he’s here at Full Gear enjoying a little bit of the bubbly. And he beat Chris Jericho.

Twice.

In case you forgot, he beat Chris Jericho.

Twice.

We recap Kyle Fletcher challenging Will Ospreay for the World Title. They used to be friends and now Fletcher is jealous of Ospreay’s success. Tonight he gets the chance to beat Ospreay again.

AEW World Title: Will Ospreay vs. Kyle Fletcher

Ospreay is defending, and his entrance includes a bunch of photos of the two of them over the years. Their respective groups are here too. They stare at each other to start and the fans are behind Fletcher as it takes almost two minutes before they lock up. Fletcher works on the arm and is knocked down rather quickly, with Ospreay adding a bit of a smirk. Back up and they fight in the corner as Excalibur talks in rather serious tones, which doesn’t exactly work for him.

Ospreay knocks him into the corner but a test of strength goes to Fletcher. That’s broken up so an Oscutter is blocked, as is the Hidden Blade to leave Ospreay surprised. Back in and Ospreay grinds away at a headlock before chopping him out to the floor. They go outside, where Ospreay is sent into the barricade but comes out with a spinning forearm. Ospreay’s knee seems banged up though and Fletcher counters a hurricanrana into an apron powerbomb.

Back in and Fletcher starts slowly working on the bad neck but Ospreay is able to hit a handspring kick to the head. The Phenomenal Forearm gives Ospreay two and another top rope forearm to the back of the head drops Fletcher again. Fletcher is right back up with a Michinoku Driver for two and there’s a suplex to send Ospreay flying again. Another suplex on the apron is blocked but the Oscutter is blocked as well. The Styles Clash off the apron to the floor drops Fletcher, which is enough for Don Callis to go check on things.

Somehow Fletcher gets back inside, where the Oscutter gives Ospreay two more. The Go To Sleepy Hollow has Fletcher’s ribs even more banged up but he’s able to get two off a sitout powerbomb. They both miss kicks and Ospreay grabs a Stundog Millionaire. Fletcher is right back with a brainbuster for two and he follows it up with a hard running kick in the corner.

Another Oscutter gives Ospreay a quick two so he starts hammering on the midsection. The abdominal stretch stays on the ribs but Fletcher gets out and hits his own Hidden Blade. Ospreay is able to hit a Styles Clash into the real Hidden Blade for two. The Black Arrow is teased but Fletcher cuts him off for the brainbuster onto the turnbuckle for two more. Commentary/the replay does show that it didn’t connect in full, which is a nice plus.

A turnbuckle pad is ripped off and Ospreay drops him onto the buckle, setting up another Hidden Blade for another two. The bloody Fletcher is forearmed in the back of the head but Fletcher collapses before another Hidden Blade. Yet another Hidden Blade connects, followed by Stormbreaker for two on Fletcher. Another Hidden Blade is loaded up as Fletcher shouts that he hates Ospreay, only to small package him for two. Back up and a Hidden Blade gives Ospreay one so it’s another Hidden Blade into the Tiger Driver 91 to retain the title at 41:14.

Rating: B+. They were rolling at about the thirty minute mark and then it went a bit too long with a few too many Hidden Blades for my taste. The second Fletcher popped up at one you could pretty much guarantee the finishing sequence, as that’s been done far too often in AEW. Now all that being said, Fletcher continues to feel like a main event star and not even in the making. This was rather awesome, and if you get rid of Kyle Fletcher already, it’s that much better. Solid main event, albeit at the end of a VERY long show.

Post match United Empire celebrates with Ospreay before leaving…and a masked man jumps Ospreay. It’s the returning MJF, with the United Empire chasing him off to end the show.

 

Results
Jack Perry b. The Beast Mortos – MuscleBuster
Don Callis Family b. Jayden Monroe/RJ Wylde/Jordan Cruz – UFO Splash to Cruz
Boom And Doom/Skyflight b. Don Callis Family – Shooting star press to Beretta
Queen Aminata b. Persephone, Hyan and Sky Blue – Off With Her Head to Hyan
Kazuchika Okada b. Adam Copeland – Rainmaker
Young Bucks b. Don Callis Family – Hurricanrana to Davis
Harley Cameron/Kris Statlander b. Brawling Birds – Staturday Night Fever to Windsor
Ilja Dragunov b. Tommaso Ciampa – D Bomb
Mercedes Mone b. Marina Shafir – Rollup with feet on the ropes
The Cut b. Death Riders/The Conglomeration – Blade Runner to Moxley
Will Ospreay b. Kyle Fletcher – Tiger Driver 91

 

 

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9.0

The final score: review Amazing

The 411

This was another stacked show with some very good stuff in there, but there was A LOT of stuff in there. Having three matches break thirty five minutes was a lot, especially when there was stuff that could have been trimmed off, if not outright eliminated. I did like Anarchy In The Arena and the main event was rather good, though it’s bumped up even higher if you cut off about ten minutes. Overall, this was the best pay per view they’ve had in a bit and I’ll take that after some less than thrilling editions.