Full Gear (2022)
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Promotion | All Elite Wrestling | ||
Date | November 19, 2022 | ||
City | Newark, New Jersey | ||
Venue | Prudential Center | ||
Attendance | 12,106[1] | ||
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The 2022 Full Gear was the fourth annual Full Gear professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It took place on Saturday, November 19, 2022, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, marking AEW's first PPV to be held in the Tri-State area. The event also saw Saraya's return to wrestling and first match since December 2017, as well as the return of The Elite (Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)) following their suspension as a result of an altercation that occurred during the All Out post-event media scrum.
The card featured thirteen matches, including three on the Zero Hour pre-show. In the main event, MJF defeated Jon Moxley to win the AEW World Championship. In other prominent matches, Saraya defeated Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D., The Acclaimed (Max Caster and Anthony Bowens) defeated Swerve In Our Glory (Swerve Strickland and Keith Lee) to retain the AEW World Tag Team Championship, Death Triangle (Pac, Penta El Zero Miedo, and Rey Fénix) defeated The Elite to retain the AEW World Trios Championship which was later revealed to be the first match in a Best of Seven Series for the title, and in the opening bout, "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry defeated Luchasaurus by submission in a Steel Cage match.
Production
Background
Full Gear is a pay-per-view (PPV) held annually around Veterans Day by All Elite Wrestling (AEW) since 2019. It is one of AEW's "Big Four" PPVs, which includes Double or Nothing, All Out, and Revolution, their four biggest events produced quarterly.[2] During All Out on September 4, 2022, it was announced that the fourth Full Gear event would take place on Saturday, November 19, 2022, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, marking AEW's first PPV held in the Tri-State area.[3] It was also announced that the November 18 episode of Friday Night Rampage would air live from the same venue. Tickets for both events went on sale on September 23.[4]
Storylines
Full Gear featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[5] Storylines were produced on AEW's weekly television programs, Dynamite and Rampage, and the supplementary online streaming shows, Dark and Elevation.
After a four-month hiatus, MJF made his return at All Out as the surprise "joker" entrant in the Casino Ladder match and won the poker chip, thus earning a match for the AEW World Championship at a time and place of his choosing.[6] After Jon Moxley retained the title on the October 18 episode of Dynamite, Moxley called out MJF and goaded him to cash in the poker chip that night, however, MJF announced that he would cash in and challenge Moxley for the AEW World Championship at Full Gear.[7]
At All Out, Swerve In Our Glory (Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland) defeated The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens and Max Caster) to retain the AEW World Tag Team Championship.[6] In a championship rematch at Grand Slam, The Acclaimed defeated Swerve In Our Glory to win the titles.[8] On the October 26 episode of Dynamite, Swerve In Our Glory defeated FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) to become the #1 contenders to World Tag Team Championship,[9] and at on same week's episode of Rampage, the third championship match between The Acclaimed and Swerve In Our Glory was schedule for Full Gear.[10]
On the October 28 episode of Rampage, AEW announced the return of the AEW World Championship Eliminator Tournament; an eight-man single-elimination tournament culminating at Full Gear with the winner receiving an AEW World Championship match at Winter Is Coming. That same episode, Dante Martin and Ethan Page named themselves as the first two participants in the tournament.[11] The following week, Eddie Kingston, Bandido, Rush, Lance Archer, Ricky Starks, and Brian Cage were revealed as the remaining participants in the tournament.[12] On November 17, during a media interview before Full Gear, Tony Khan confirmed that the final of the tournament would take place on the November 23 episode of Dynamite, with the semifinal match between Brian Cage and the winner of the Lance Archer vs. Ricky Starks match scheduled for the Full Gear: Zero Hour pre-show.[13]
During Dynamite: Grand Slam on September 21, Saraya, formerly known as Paige in WWE, made her debut for AEW, confronting Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. and her teammates.[14] On the October 5 episode of Dynamite, Saraya had another confrontation with Baker, which led to a physical fight, marking the first time Saraya had gotten physical in wrestling since being forced to retire in 2017 due to a serious neck injury.[15] On the November 9 episode, Saraya announced that she was 100% cleared to return to the ring and would wrestle her first match in five years at Full Gear against Baker.[16]
Results
Notes
References
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- ^ Barnett, Jake (October 26, 2022). "10/26 AEW Dynamite results: Barnett's live review of Jon Moxley vs. Penta El Zero Miedo for the AEW World Championship, FTR vs. Swerve Strickland and Keith Lee to become No. 1 contenders to the AEW Tag Titles, Riho vs. Jamie Hayter, Chris Jericho and Daniel Garcia vs. Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta, Bryan Danielson vs. Sammy Guevara". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
- ^ Powell, Jason (October 26, 2022). "10/28 AEW Rampage results: Powell's review of Wardlow vs. Matt Taven for the TNT Title, AEW World Champion Jon Moxley vs. Matt Menard in an eliminator match, Madison Rayne vs. Tay Melo". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
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- ^ a b Defelice, Robert (November 17, 2022). "AEW World Title Eliminator Tournament Finals Moved To AEW Dynamite On 11/23". Fightful. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
- ^ "Saraya Makes AEW Debut On 9/21 Dynamite Grand Slam | Fightful News". www.fightful.com. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
- ^ Saraya Has Something to Prove & Willow Gets the Pin | AEW Dynamite: Anniversary, 10/5/22, retrieved 2022-10-06
- ^ Barnett, Jake (November 9, 2022). "11/09 AEW Dynamite results: Barnett's live review of Bryan Danielson vs. Sammy Guevara in a best of three falls match, Eddie Kingston vs. Ethan Page in a first-round eliminator tournament match, The Acclaimed and FTR vs. Swerve Strickland, Keith Lee, Austin Gunn, and Colten Gunn, Skye Blue vs. Jamie Hayter". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
- ^ a b Tessier, Colin (November 18, 2022). "Ten-Man Tag Team Match, Eddie Kingston vs. Jun Akiyama Added To AEW Full Gear: Zero Hour". Fightful. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
- ^ Tessier, Colin (November 11, 2022). "Jungle Boy Challenges Luchasaurus To A Steel Cage Match At AEW Full Gear". Fightful. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
- ^ Russell, Skylar (November 16, 2022). "Death Triangle vs. The Elite AEW World Trios Title Match Set For AEW Full Gear". Fightful. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
- ^ a b Powell, Jason (October 18, 2022). "AEW Full Gear lineup: The updated card for the last AEW pay-per-view of 2022". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ Tessier, Colin (November 4, 2022). "ROH World Championship Match Announced For AEW Full Gear". Fightful. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
- ^ Russell, Skylar (November 16, 2022). "Three Way TNT Championship Match Added To AEW Full Gear". Fightful. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
- ^ Russell, Skylar (November 9, 2022). "Darby Allin & Sting vs. Jeff Jarrett & Jay Lethal Added To AEW Full Gear". Fightful. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
- ^ Lambert, Jeremy (November 2, 2022). "AEW Interim Women's Championship Bout Official For AEW Full Gear". Fightful. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
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- ^ Tessier, Colin (October 18, 2022). "AEW World Championship Match Set For AEW Full Gear". Fightful. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
- ^ Powell, Jason (November 19, 2022). "AEW Full Gear Zero Hour pre-show results: Eddie Kingston vs. Jun Akiyama, Ricky Starks vs. Brian Cage in an AEW Eliminator Tournament semifinal match, Orange Cassidy, Chuck Taylor, Trent Beretta, Rocky Romero, and Danhausen vs. QT Marshall, Aaron Solo, Lee Johnson, Cole Karter, and Nick Comoroto". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
- ^ Powell, Jason (November 19, 2022). "AEW Full Gear results: Powell's live review of Jon Moxley vs. MJF for the AEW World Championship, The Acclaimed vs. Swerve Strickland and Keith Lee for the AEW Tag Titles, Toni Storm vs. Jamie Hayter for the Interim AEW Women's Title, Death Triangle vs. The Elite for the AEW Trios Titles, Saraya vs. Britt Baker". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved November 19, 2022.