AEW Full Gear 2026 took place from the Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix, Arizona. The event featured Will Ospreay defending the AEW World Championship against Kyle Fletcher, multiple championship changes and the return of MJF.
AEW Full Gear Buy-In
RJ City hosted the Buy-In alongside Lexy Nair and Mick Foley. The panel previewed the pay-per-view lineup and presented video packages covering the major rivalries. “Speedball” Mike Bailey, Willow Nightingale, Thekla, Prince Nana, Divine Dominion and Don Callis also appeared for interviews.
AEW Full Gear Tailgate Brawl
Excalibur, Tony Schiavone and Walker Stewart called the action for the televised Tailgate Brawl pre-show.
Jungle Jack Perry vs. The Beast Mortos
Mortos used his size to control the opening exchanges and sent Perry face-first into the apron with a gorilla press. Perry disappeared underneath the ring before emerging with a shotgun dropkick that sent Mortos into the barricade. He followed with a tightrope hurricanrana from the barricade.
Mortos answered with a pop-up Samoan drop, Cipher Utaki, torture rack backbreaker and discus lariat for several near-falls. After Mortos missed a twisting senton, Perry connected with a piledriver and Sacrifice Knee.
Rather than making the cover, Perry declared that his next move was intended for Samoa Joe. He then delivered a Muscle Buster to secure the victory.
Winner: Jungle Jack Perry via Pinfall
Death Riders And The Conglomeration Meet In The Desert
Footage showed the Death Riders meeting The Conglomeration at an undisclosed desert location. Jon Moxley handed Orange Cassidy a backpack, which Kyle O’Reilly opened and inspected.
O’Reilly said the contents did not mean they could trust Moxley after everything that had happened between the groups. Moxley responded that he had one rule—he did not apologize—prompting Cassidy to point out that nobody had asked him to.
Wardlow, El Clon & Kevin Knight vs. RJ Wylde, Jaden Monroe & Jordan Cruz
El Clon connected with an enzuigiri and twisting cutter before Knight entered with a leaping lariat and dropkick. Wardlow followed with his Powerbomb Symphony as Clon wiped out two opponents with a moonsault to the floor.
Knight then connected with the UFO to complete the dominant victory.
Winners: Wardlow, El Clon & Kevin Knight via Pinfall
Rocky Romero declared that Phoenix was Don Callis territory before Trent Beretta called out the Costco Guys and warned that they were about to be squashed.
Boom & Doom & Sky Flight vs. Don Callis Family
All eight competitors began brawling on the entrance ramp before the opening bell. Darius Martin used a swinging tijeras around the ring post, while Matt Sydal delivered a standing moonsault to Beretta.
QT Marshall hit Josh Alexander with a powerslam before Lance Archer attacked from behind. Marshall eventually connected with a Disaster Kick and tagged AJ, who delivered the Boom before taking down Archer, Beretta and Romero.
The Don Callis Family isolated Marshall and connected with several combination attacks, including a spike Crunchie. AJ saved the match before Marshall countered Archer’s Blackout with a Diamond Cutter. The action broke down as all eight competitors exchanged signature offense.
Martin launched himself outside with a dive, AJ hit a powerbomb and Sydal finished the match with a Shooting Star Press.
Winners: Boom & Doom & Sky Flight via Pinfall
TBS Championship
Queen Aminata (c) vs. Persephone vs. Hyan vs. Skye Blue
The originally announced three-way became a four-way after travel complications prevented Maya World from reaching Phoenix. Skye Blue was added to the match, while Britt Baker joined commentary.
Aminata and Hyan briefly worked together before turning their attention toward one another. Hyan connected with a crossbody onto both opponents and later delivered running knees and a suplex that sent Blue crashing onto Aminata.
Blue hit Aminata with a knee before Hyan answered with a Busaiku Knee. Persephone took out Hyan, but Aminata responded with the Queen’s Crown and began delivering atomic drops to everyone in her path.
Persephone repeatedly claimed Aminata had stolen her championship and attempted to use the title after confusion involving Baker. Aminata took out Baker and dropkicked Persephone from the apron before Hyan wiped out the competitors with a tope.
Aminata returned to the ring, connected with another Queen’s Crown and finished the match with Off With Her Head.
Winner: Still TBS Champion, Queen Aminata via Pinfall
AEW Full Gear 2026 Main Card
AEW International Championship
Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Adam Copeland
Copeland avoided an early Rainmaker and threatened a Spear, prompting Okada to retreat outside. When Copeland followed him, Okada sent the challenger into the ring steps and began removing protective padding from the floor.
Copeland countered a tombstone attempt and slammed Okada onto the remaining padding before seating him on a chair and delivering a boot to the face. Okada regained control after Don Callis distracted Copeland, sending him into the barricade before working over his neck inside the ring.
Copeland survived a neckbreaker and DDT before blocking the Rainmaker. Okada later attempted to use the championship belt, but the referee intervened, allowing Copeland to secure a close rollup.
Okada connected with a tombstone and attempted a Spear, but Copeland intercepted him with an uppercut. Callis grabbed Copeland’s ankle during another Spear attempt, allowing Okada to use the championship belt and send the challenger shoulder-first into it.
Okada then delivered an Impaler DDT onto the exposed concrete. After bringing Copeland back inside, Okada twice stopped his own pinfall by lifting the challenger’s shoulder from the canvas. The champion eventually finished Copeland with the Rainmaker.
Winner: Still AEW International Champion, Kazuchika Okada via Pinfall
Okada returned to the ring after initially leaving and attempted another Rainmaker. Copeland escaped, causing the champion to retreat while the referee reminded him that the match was already over.
AEW World Tag Team Championship
The Young Bucks (c) vs. Mark Davis & Jake Doyle
Davis and Doyle attacked Matt Jackson’s previously injured back and prevented him from reaching Nick. Doyle trapped Matt in a bearhug while the challengers made frequent tags and repeatedly knocked Nick from the apron.
Matt finally created an opening with a DDT and tagged Nick, who entered with kicks and a dive onto Davis. The Bucks delivered a combination senton and elbow drop before Davis and Doyle regained control with a powerbomb and Rolling Thunder suplex.
The champions hit Doyle with multiple superkicks and the BTE Trigger, but he kicked out. Doyle then countered a double superkick into a double powerbomb before Davis delivered a double piledriver to both Jackson brothers.
The Bucks connected with BTE Triggers on both challengers, but Davis and Doyle survived. Davis later hit Matt with a pendulum piledriver for another close two-count.
The challengers prepared for a double lariat, but Matt sent Davis outside as Nick prevented him from returning. Matt capitalized by rolling up Doyle for the three-count.
Winners: Still AEW World Tag Team Champions, The Young Bucks via Pinfall
Kasper Brothers Debut And Align With FTR
Motor City Machine Guns entered after the match and congratulated the Young Bucks while making it clear that they wanted a championship opportunity.
A siren sounded before the Kasper Brothers—formerly known as WWE’s Creed Brothers—made their AEW debut and attacked both teams. FTR initially appeared to be coming to the rescue but instead joined the assault.
Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler shook hands with the Kasper Brothers afterward, confirming an apparent alliance between the teams.
Texas Death Match For The AEW World Trios Championship
Hangman Page & Brodido (c) vs. Swerve Strickland & The New Level
A special Western-themed video showed Brody King fighting inside a saloon while Hangman Page waited outside and attacked anyone who escaped. Bandido eventually joined them before the champions rode away on horseback.
The newly designed AEW World Trios Championship belts featured tributes to the late PAC. Once the match began, all six competitors immediately brawled as weapons entered the action.
The champions drove wooden skewers into the challengers’ foreheads, but Swerve and The New Level stopped simultaneous dives with chair shots. Austin Creed later used a barbed-wire-covered trombone against King, while Page wrapped barbed wire around his arm and clotheslined Kofi and Swerve.
Bandido delivered a DDT that sent Swerve onto a pile of chairs. King attempted a cannonball through a barbed-wire table, but Creed moved and left him crashing through it. Creed followed with an elbow drop onto the debris covering King.
Page and Swerve sat opposite each other and took turns firing staple guns into one another’s chests. King later entered wearing a thumbtack-covered glove, only for Creed to hit a fisherman’s buster that sent him onto a pile of tacks.
Creed used a Power Glove to deliver an explosive Dragon Punch to King. He also activated flames near an oil well and sent bursts of fire toward Bandido before Page returned with a light tube and Dead Eye.
The challengers placed glass across Page’s body at ringside before Kofi came off the barricade with a double leg drop through it. They later placed a padlock inside King’s mouth, allowing Kofi to drive it into him with Trouble in Paradise.
Bandido countered Kofi with a powerbomb through a barbed-wire table and delivered a frog splash that drove Swerve into the thumbtacks. Swerve retaliated by tearing at Bandido’s mask before turning his attention back toward Page.
After spitting Page’s blood into his face, Swerve attempted Big Pressure onto a cinder block. Bandido stopped him, but The New Level intercepted Bandido and drove him onto the edge of the block.
King sent Kofi and Creed into barbed-wire debris but was taken out with Swerve’s Vertebreaker onto the ring steps. Page delivered a Buckshot Lariat to Swerve, only for Strickland to stop a second attempt with a chair.
All six men were left down, but Swerve and Page answered the referee’s count. Strickland immediately followed with the House Call, and this time Page could not rise before ten.
Winners: New AEW World Trios Champions, Swerve Strickland & The New Level via Knockout
Samoa Joe Responds To Jack Perry
Commentary confirmed that Samoa Joe had been unable to attend Full Gear but had learned that Perry used the Muscle Buster during the pre-show. Joe sent a message reminding Perry that he had already defeated him in France, yet Perry continued refusing to back away from their conflict.
AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship
The Brawling Birds (c) vs. Wrathlander
Alex Windsor and Kris Statlander exchanged strikes and shoulder tackles before Jamie Hayter entered and caught Statlander with a rollup. Harley Cameron tagged in and worked with Statlander on a double-team attack.
The Brawling Birds isolated Cameron until she delivered a back suplex and tagged Statlander. Hayter entered simultaneously, leading to a physical exchange between the powerhouses that ended with Statlander hitting a Michinoku Driver for two.
The champions connected with the Hate Breaker on Cameron, but she kicked out. Cameron later caught Hayter in a crucifix pin with assistance from Statlander, only for Windsor to break up the cover.
Cameron countered the Hayterade into a half crab before Windsor intervened. Hayter responded with consecutive lariats, but Statlander saved the match.
The Brawling Birds attempted Two Birds One Stone on Statlander, but Cameron pulled Hayter outside. Statlander capitalized by planting Windsor and covering her for the championship victory.
Winners: New AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions, Wrathlander via Pinfall
Hayter and Windsor offered handshakes afterward, which the new champions accepted. The victory made Statlander an AEW Triple Crown winner, while Cameron became the first two-time AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champion.
AEW then promoted its Thanksgiving week programming from Omaha, Nebraska, featuring Thanksgiving Eve Dynamite and a Thanksgiving edition of Collision.
AEW National Championship
Tommaso Ciampa (c) vs. Ilja Dragunov
Dragunov gained an early advantage through his grappling and strikes, but Ciampa sent him outside with a knee. The champion drove Dragunov into the barricade and ring steps before targeting his arm.
Dragunov struggled to use the injured limb but fought back with rollups, an enzuigiri, headbutts, a senton and German suplex. He targeted Ciampa’s knee with a D-Bomb, although Ciampa escaped danger by biting Dragunov’s hand.
Ciampa delivered an avalanche Air Raid Crash and later drove Dragunov onto the edge of the steel steps with another Air Raid Crash. A running knee earned the champion a close near-fall.
Dragunov responded by suplexing Ciampa onto the apron and delivering a D-Bomb from the apron onto the champion’s head. Back inside, Dragunov hit a superplex but missed another D-Bomb, allowing Ciampa to trap him in a Fujiwara armbar.
Ciampa delivered additional running knees, but Dragunov continued kicking out. Dragunov eventually escaped another armbar and connected with consecutive D-Bombs to capture the championship.
Winner: New AEW National Champion, Ilja Dragunov via Pinfall
Continental Classic And Worlds End Updates
AEW announced that the 2026 Continental Classic would begin on Wednesday’s Dynamite. The semifinal matches will take place at Worlds End on December 19, confirming that the tournament will continue beyond the pay-per-view.
AEW Women’s World Championship
Mercedes Moné (c) vs. Marina Shafir
Shafir used her technical ability and strength to control the early exchanges. Moné targeted the challenger’s arm and attempted the Statement Maker, but Shafir repeatedly countered the champion’s submissions and throws.
Moné connected with a Meteora before Shafir responded with strikes, a spinal tap and several pinning combinations. Moné applied a crossface, but Shafir escaped and later attempted the Brutalizer.
Outside the ring, Shafir caught Moné in Mother’s Milk and forced her to tap. However, the submission did not count because it occurred at ringside.
Back inside, Shafir caught Moné during a crossbody and delivered a headbutt before using a giant swing. Moné regained control with a Meteora into the apron and later delivered a Backstabber before applying the Statement Maker.
Shafir escaped and attempted the Death Rider DDT, only for Moné to counter into another Statement Maker and then the Brutalizer. Shafir became enraged by Moné using her hold, escaped and applied the Brutalizer herself.
Moné rolled through into a pinning combination and secretly used the bottom rope for leverage to steal the victory.
Winner: Still AEW Women’s World Champion, Mercedes Moné via Pinfall
Tommaso Ciampa Demands Continental Classic Entry
An irate Ciampa addressed his inability to keep the championships he had captured since joining AEW. He demanded entry into the Continental Classic and said neither the Psycho Killer nor Psycho King would enter the tournament—it would receive Tommaso Ciampa.
Ciampa declared that nobody needed to believe in him, but anyone attempting to stop him would have to kill him.
The Cut vs. Death Riders & The Conglomeration In Anarchy In The Arena
The Conglomeration entered through the crowd before The Cut intercepted them. Moxley, Daniel Garcia and Gabe Kidd joined the fight to “Wild Thing” as all 12 competitors brawled throughout the arena.
Garcia challenged David Finlay to a dance-off as DMX’s “Party Up” played. Moxley and Cassidy then worked together and used forks on Jay White and Finlay.
The Phoenix Suns mascot sprayed Austin Gunn with a fire extinguisher before Cassidy revealed that his backpack contained broken glass. The Cut drove Cassidy into the glass twice, but Orange recovered and backdropped Finlay onto the shards. Moxley dragged Finlay through the glass before applying the bulldog choke.
Finlay and Clark Connors later attempted to convince Kidd to leave the Death Riders and reunite with his former War Dogs allies. Kidd removed his PAC jersey and accepted a Cut shirt and chair, seemingly considering their offer.
Kidd instead threw the chair into Finlay’s face, confirming his loyalty to the Death Riders. Moxley immediately followed with a cutter.
Connors later smashed a glass bottle over Kidd’s head. Cassidy delivered a double DDT to the Gunn brothers before Strong drove Ace Austin onto a chair. Austin Gunn responded by hitting Strong with a Famouser onto the weapon.
White and Connors prepared to use a heated branding iron until Marina Shafir intervened. Wheeler Yuta also entered to stop the attack before working alongside Cassidy.
Shane Taylor Promotions then joined the fight and sent Yuta through a table. Mercedes Moné entered and hit Moxley with a low blow, but the lights went out and Kemonlito appeared. The CMLL micro wrestler caught Moné with a spinning headscissors before Willow Nightingale pounced her at ringside.
Claudio Castagnoli arrived from the parking lot and fought off several opponents, using giant swings on Connors, Ace and Austin Gunn. Claudio later lifted Shane Taylor from the turnbuckles and drove him through a table.
The Death Riders and Conglomeration combined to attack White before Claudio launched Kemonlito over the ropes onto a group at ringside. Garcia trapped White in the Dragontamer and Moxley followed with a stomp, but The Cut broke up the cover.
Kidd battled his former War Dogs allies on the stage and poured alcohol over Connors near a burning table before Finlay intervened. Back inside, Moxley sent Colten Gunn outside but turned directly into the Blade Runner. White made the cover and secured the victory.
Winners: The Cut via Pinfall
Mick Foley Speaks With Adam Copeland
Foley approached Copeland backstage as a friend and asked what was going through his mind following the loss to Okada. Copeland said he entered the match seeking answers to several important questions and confirmed that he had received them, but offered no further explanation.
Nick Wayne Celebrates Beating Chris Jericho
Nick Wayne appeared in a skybox and announced that he was at Full Gear. Wayne said he had spent so much time “winmaxxing” that he could now relax and begin “chillaxing.”
He twice announced that he had defeated Chris Jericho, receiving celebratory pyrotechnics after each declaration.
AEW World Championship<
Will Ospreay (c) vs. Kyle Fletcher/strong>
The former friends exchanged holds, counters and slaps during the opening minutes. Fletcher gained control by catching Ospreay during an aerial attack and powerbombing him onto the edge of the apron.
Fletcher targeted the champion’s head while taunting Alex Windsor and Andrade El Idolo at ringside. Ospreay mounted a comeback with a corkscrew kick and flying forearm, but Fletcher answered with a Michinoku Driver, half-and-half suplex and running kick.
On the apron, Ospreay countered Fletcher and delivered a Styles Clash to the floor. Both men narrowly beat the referee’s count before Ospreay connected with a dropkick and Oscutter for two.
Fletcher stopped the Hidden Blade with an Anti-Air and delivered a Liger Bomb for a near-fall. He later connected with a lariat, running kick and brainbuster, but Ospreay survived.
The champion hit another Oscutter and applied an abdominal stretch before transitioning into a flying octopus hold. Fletcher escaped and later intercepted Ospreay with a Hidden Blade of his own.
Ospreay responded with a hurricanrana into a Styles Clash, followed by the Hidden Blade, but Fletcher kicked out. When Ospreay attempted a Black Arrow in tribute to PAC, Fletcher stopped him and delivered a turnbuckle brainbuster for another close near-fall.
Fletcher removed a turnbuckle pad while preparing for another brainbuster. Ospreay escaped and caused Fletcher to crash face-first into the exposed turnbuckle before delivering another Hidden Blade.
Ospreay continued attacking the back of Fletcher’s head until the referee intervened. Fletcher survived another Hidden Blade, Storm Breaker and several additional near-falls before telling Ospreay how much he hated him.
Fletcher countered one final Hidden Blade into a backslide, but Ospreay escaped. The champion then connected with another Hidden Blade and Tiger Driver to retain his championship.
Winner: Still AEW World Champion, Will Ospreay via Pinfall
United Empire entered to celebrate with Ospreay, while Fletcher watched from the corner before leaving. Andrade congratulated the champion but reminded him that he still possessed a future AEW World Championship opportunity.
MJF Returns And Attacks Will Ospreay
After Ospreay was left alone in the ring, a masked figure dressed in black attacked him from behind. The assailant revealed himself as MJF, making his return to AEW.
MJF struck Ospreay with his “One True Championship” and left the World Champion down. United Empire rushed back to the ring, forcing MJF to escape through the crowd as they checked on Ospreay to close the show.
