AEW Full Gear: the new AEW Men’s World Champion, Samoa Joe

It's an exciting time to be an AEW fan and there's no doubt tonight's PPV will bring action tailored for the sickos. New Jersey's Prudential Center is getting spoiled tonight!

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AEW Full Gear 2025 from Newark, NJ.

It’s an exciting time to be an AEW fan and there’s no doubt tonight’s PPV will bring action tailored for the sickos. New Jersey’s Prudential Center is getting spoiled tonight!

Will Mercedes Mone defeat AEW Women’s World Champion Kris Statlander and finally acquire the only title in the world that’s eluded her? Will Mark Briscoe overcome TNT Champion Kyle Fletcher and avoid having to join the Don Callis Family? Will Samoa Joe outlast AEW Men’s World Champion “Hangman Adam Page in a steel cage?

Let’s find out!

AEW FULL GEAR TAILGATE BRAWL

1P. The Bang Bang Gang win the $200,000 Four-Way tag-team match.

2P. Boom & Doom defeat RPG Vice.

3P. HOOK and Eddie Kingston defeat The WorkHorsemen.

4P. El Sky Team retain CMLL World Trios Championships – bleeding over into the PPV. Kazuchika Okada making his entrance as the match is already underway? He and Konosuke Takeshita stare each other down before Hechicero plays peacemaker (no, not that guy). Okada breaks up a pinfall attempt on Takeshita, only to attack his teammate and then sarcastically apologize. Mistico hits La Mistica on Hechicero and the match is over.

AEW FULL GEAR

1. PAC vs. Darby Allin

Allin is heavily bandaged on his lower chest and right arm from the fire spot at Blood and Guts.

The two lock up and Allin gets the early advantage with an arm drag. An early roll-up forces PAC to kick out at two. PAC gets flushed out of the ring after a huge shotgun dropkick into the turnbuckles.

Allin hits a few pinfall attempts, getting as close to winning as he can with a Crucifix.

PAC comes back with an elbow to Allin’s jaw. The crowd wakes up as PAC picks up Allin over his head and hits a gorilla press slam onto the floor!

Allin has to rush back into the ring with the count-out at nine. PAC takes the bandages off Allin’s right arm and irritates the bruises and scars.

PAC hurls Allin across the ring diagonally and Allin ends up outside the ring. He braces to hit the ropes but misses, almost taking out a camera person on the outside. The crowd chants “You can’t kill him!” as Allin fights back.

Allin sets PAC on a chair outside the ring and hits a dropkick from the top rope. The back of PAC’s head hits the commentary desk. Later, Allin baits in PAC and hits a front guillotine but he’s able to fight out of it.

PAC locks in the Brutalizer after a massive lariat doesn’t keep Allin down. Allin powers his foot to the bottom rope. PAC goes for a Black Arrow but Allin evades and locks in the Scorpion Deathlock. Wheeler Yuta comes out of nowhere and distracts the ref, giving PAC Sting’s bat. PAC knocks out Allin.

Winner: PAC via pinfall.

2. Babes of Wrath vs. Sisters of Sin vs. Timeless Love Bombs vs. Megan Bayne and Marina Shafir (with Penelope Ford). Winners choose the stipulation in their semifinal match in the AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship Tournament!

Storm goes right at Shafir before the bell rings and chaos ensues as everyone pairs off for a few moments. Shafir and Bayne single out Storm and isolate her in their corner.

She fights back and hits a swinging DDT on Bayne. Shirakawa tags in and Bayne kicks out at one right away.

Skye Blue hits a blind tag on Marina Shafir. Shirakawa comes back at Blue with a Slingblade. Shirakawa is forced to tag in Nightingale as Hart takes Storm down.

Cameron goes after Blue, hitting Soul Food and a Backstabber but Blue comes back and gets Cameron into the Sisters of Sin’s corner. Hart takes out Shafir and Blue kicks Bayne, freeing up a second corner temporarily. Bayne tags in, incensed, and she and Shafir go after Cameron. Cameron counters Bayne with a DDT and then fights off Shafir with upkicks, finally tagging in Nightingale.

Shafir locks in a choke on Nightingale but ends up getting tagged by the Sisters of Sin. Shirakawa takes down the Sisters of Sin with a single move before Bayne and Shafir tag in. Shafir locks in Mother’s Milk on Shirakawa, shades of Blood and Guts haunting Storm. She fights off Bayne and breaks up the submission.

Cameron hits a blind tag on Shafir and times her crossbody on Storm. The Sisters of Sin break up a pinfall attempt as Storm tries to end Cameron. Bayne suplexes both Sisters of Sin before she gets body checked by Nightingale. Six end up outside and Storm and Cameron trade two-counts. Storm hits the package, getting the pinfall!

Winners: Timeless Love Bombs can pick their stipulation against Megan Bayne and Marina Shafir.

3. Brodido (c) vs. FTR for the AEW Men’s World Tag Team Championships

The lights go dark and a video plays of Stoke walking in a very purple roon, seeing Brodido the last time they beat FTR. The matc his set for a 60-minute time limit but let’s hope it doesn’t go the distance.

Wheeler starts against Bandido. Wheeler’s more concerned with hushing the crowd to start. The two back away after neither gains an edge. Both make tags and the dogs bark! King wastes no time in reddening Harwood’s chest with the heaviest chops this side of the Atlantic. Bandido picks up King and drops him onto Harwood. King won’t do the Macarena. Stoke distracts Bandido and FTR send him face-first into the commentary desk.

Brodido fights back and hits Wheeler with an upkick, tagging in King. His offense isn’t pretty but it damn sure is brutal. Wheeler gets Harwood in the corner and then plants Wheeler there with a Death Valley Driver. Cannonball!

Bandido gets confused as Harwood hits him with a low bridge. FTR get King onto the top rope and drop him. He grabs Wheeler and Bandido plants Harwood as the champs regain momentum. King goes for the tope suicida and Stokely saves Wheeler from doom. Power and Glory to Bandido after he counters the Shatter Machine but he kicks out at two! Bandido picks up Wheeler with ONE HAND and tosses him to the outside onto Harwood, following up with a Most Wanted!

Bandido counters another Shatter Machine with a DDT but FTR hit one! King shows up to make the save! Wheeler grabs one of the title belts but the ref sees it. He uses it anyways and Bandido kicks out of the cover anyways!

Brodido hit a Shatter Machine on Harwood! He kicks out at two! Bandido counters FTR again but Wheeler kicks out! FTR hit King with a Spike on the apron. Bandido kicks out multiple times as FTR go after him.

Shatter Machine to a spent Bandido.

Winners: AND NEW AEW Men’s World Tag Team Champions, FTR via pinfall.

4. Casino Gauntlet for the Inaugural AEW National Champion

Bobby Lashley enters first and Shelton Benjamin enters second.

The crowd chants “MVP!” as the two await the third entrant. The two touch hands before probing and hesitating a bit.

Ricochet is the third entrant! He’s got a mic and he calls out the two in the ring for not fighting each other. As he distracts them, Gates of Agony sneak up behind Lashley and Benjamin. Ricochet takes out MVP.

A bunch of referees come out to restore order. Ricochet sees Claudio Castagnoli come in at #4! Ricochet gets planted and Castagnoli tries to end it early but Ricochet kicks out at two.

Daniel Garcia is #5 and Ricochet is not happy. Garcia goes right after Ricochet and Castagnoli casually re-enters the ring. Ricochet fights them off and goes to the top rope but Garcia disrupts him.

“Freshly Squeezed” Orange Cassidy is #6! He goes right for a slap to Ricochet’s bald head. Castagnoli goes after Cassidy but he fights it off.

Wheeler Yuta is #7! He walks calmly to the ring and Bryan Danielson is not surprised by this idiotic move. It’s a 3-on-1 Death Riders advantage on Cassidy. Ricochet tries interjecting himself as a Death Rider but they’re not having it!

Kevin Knight is #8 and he wipes out Yuta and Garcia. Castagnoli tries taking him out but it doesn’t work. Ricochet almost wins it over Knight.

Roderick Strong is #9 and he tees off on all the Death Riders! He kicks Ricochet’s head off and almost wins it!

Mark Davis of the Don Callis Family is #10 and he and Strong go after it. Davis takes on anyone and hits a Spike on Cassidy. Yuta breaks up the cover.

“Speedball” Mike Bailey is #11! and he kicks Davis in the face but it doesn’t do much. JetSpeed go for the 2-on-1 advantage but can’t decide who’ll get the pin. Davis hits both of them out of the ring. JetSpeed have the ring to themselves and they go after it! Daniel Garcia interjects and locks in a Dragon Slayer on Bailey.

“Daddy Magic” Matt Menard is #12! He goes right after Garcia! Davis and Castagnoli are in the ring alone until Lashley and Benjamin re-appear. They wipe out everyone and Ricochet tries to sneak up on them. Spoiler alert: it does not work.

Yuta hits Cassidy with a Busaiko knee but Knight breaks it up. Ricochet pins Knight!

Winner: Ricochet is the inaugural AEW National Champion!

5. Jon Moxley (with Marina Shafir) vs. Kyle O’Reilly in a No Holds Barred match

The match gets underway as son as KOR enters the ring. He wastes no time.

The two play chicken with standing holds going back and forth. Intensely heavy hits exchanged. The two go back and forth with holds that would otherwise be illegal.

Moxley goes out of the ring to compose himself. Shafir hands him a fork. O’Reilly gets downed and Moxley uses the fork, cutting him open easily. Death Jitsu in full effect as Moxley goes for every illegal hold and attack he can think of.

O’Reilly, defiant as always, goes for the ankle lock and then switches to a face lock. Moxley hits a back drop suplex, grabbing the fork again and going for KOR’s nipple.

For the sickos only. O’Reilly comes right back with a Dragon Screw and a juji gatame. Moxley gets catapulted face-first into the ring post. O’Reilly gains control of the fork and goes after Moxley’s head. O’Reilly grabs a chain from under the ring, no doubt giving Moxley pause. they both get their necks in the chain and O’Reilly hits a suplex.

Moxley uses the chain to assist him in getting a Bulldog choke but O’Reilly’s submission defense is among the best in the world. Moxley gets the STF but O’Reilly uses the fork to stab Moxley’s hand. Moxley stomps on O’Reilly and then grabs a chair. He stomps on the chair with O’Reilly’s left arm in it.

O’Reilly goes right for Moxley’s foot! He gets the ankle lock and Moxley taps to KOR again, the second time in 10 days!

Winner: Kyle O’Reilly via submission.

Moxley nods his head at O’Reilly a bit before he leaves the ring. The medical staff tends to O’Reilly but Moxley goes back in for some payback, attacking his arm. Both factions come out and The Conglomeration help O’Reilly up the ramp.

6. Kyle Fletcher (c) vs. Mark Briscoe in a No DQ match for the TNT Championship. If Briscoe loses, he has to join the Don Callis Family!

A video going over Briscoe’s life without his brother airs before the match.

The two exchange heavy shots to start. They spill outside the ring and Briscoe tosses a chair at Fletcher, then sends his right shoulder into the ring steps. Fletcher withstands a lot of offense from Briscoe but gains enough momentum to drop Briscoe’s head onto a chair with a brainbuster.

Briscoe sweeps out Fletcher’s legs and drops him back-first onto the steel steps. Briscoe grabs a ladder from under the ring. Fletcher evades and the ladder folds under Briscoe.

Fletcher takes control and tosses Briscoe into another ladder. Donning a crimson mask, Briscoe comes right back and Fletcher’s face is cut open as well. Fletcher gets put onto a table but rolls off as Briscoe climbs to the top rope.

Fletcher sets up six chairs on the outside of the ring but Briscoe tosses another at him, smacking his back with it. Don Callis interferes just long enough for Fletcher to push Briscoe onto the table outside the ring.

Running Alabama Slamma sends Briscoe through another table. Fletcher gets a bucket of thumb tacks. Briscoe gets kicked in the face with a bunch in his mouth but Briscoe comes back with a slam onto the tacks on the mat. Briscoe pulls out a table covered with barbed wire and another table… and a ladder.

Remember the six chairs Fletcher set up earlier? Briscoe sends him through them. Briscoe sets up a table with a 12-foot ladder and crashes down onto Fletcher. Fletcher kicks out! Callis hands him a screwdriver. Briscoe fights back but Fletcher stabs the screwdriver to Briscoe’s head. Briscoe fights off the pinfall attempt!

Briscoe sends Fletcher through the barbed wire table! Jay Driller!

Winner: AND NEW TNT CHAMPION, MARK BRISCOE!

7. Kenny Omega and Jurassic Express vs. Josh Alexander and The Young (Broke) Bucks for $1,000,000

Jack Perry starts against Nick Jackson. The two counter each other at every turn. Luchasaurus tags in and wipes out all opponents.

Josh Alexander gets a cheap shot in on Omega and then tags in. they go back and forth but Omega’s ankle is still not recovered from Wednesday in Boston, courtesy of Alexander. Omega rallies and takes out both Jacksons.

Stifled but gaining an advantage, Luchasaurus tags in.

Perry hits a diving DDT on Alexander. Luchasaurus tags in and goes after the Young Bucks. Matt Jackson has to kick out after Nick is dropped onto him.

There’s been a turn of events!

Winners: The Young Bucks and Josh Alexander.

The Don Callis Family comes out for a beat down on Kenny Omega. Conflicted, The Young Bucks rush back to the ring to make the save!

THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP! Omega and the Jacksons hug it out!

8. Kris Statlander (c) vs. Mercedes Mone for the AEW Women’s World Championship

Mone goes right for the champion’s legs but Statlander picks her up and drops her.

Statlander takes control and hits a standing moonsault press on Mone. Both women end up in the corner and Statlander hits a superplex from the second rope. Statlander tries for another drop from the corner of the ropes but Mone evades and Statlander’s left arm is clearly hurt.

Mone doesn’t care, going after the left arm, and whatever else she can connect with.

Mone brings the champ back in the ring and keeps going after the left arm, maintaining control. Statlander’s left arm gets put through the ringer.

Statlnader gains a moment of respite and lands a lariat with the right arm. Mone drops her and goes for the right arm but Statlander fights it off… only to get her left arm back in the clutches of her challenger.

Mone hits the Three Amigos, and then hits 11 (ELEVEN) more, one for each title she possesses – plus the one she’s fighting for!

Mone goes for the Frog Splash, also in honor of her idol Eddie Guerrero, but Statlander gets her feet up! Statlander fights back with one hand and gets the inside hook after a drop. She’s forced to reach across with her right arm, not covering as effectively.

Mone goes right back to Statlander’s left arm, using the ropes and her knees. Statlander catches her outside the ring and hits Blue Thunder on the floor.

Mone rushes into the ring right after referee Aubrey Edwards gets to nine on the count. Mone hits three big moves. Statlander comes back with a discus lariat, hitting as Mone is in the air.

Mone recovers, going right back to Statlander’s left arm. Statlander locks in the Statement Maker! Mone goes for Statlander’s left wrist and then locks in her own Statement Maker.

Statlander picks her up and stands, getting to the turnbuckle. Statlander goes for high risk, high reward, hitting a massive rib breaker! Shades of Dean Malenko.

She goes for a pinfall but Mone rolls her free shoulder off the mat. Statlander picks up Mone but the challenger slips free and the seatbelt pin doesn’t work for either wrestler. Statlander hits a package pile driver but mone realizes she’s right at the bottom rope, getting her hand up!

Mone ends up on the top rope but Statlander catches her. Mone counters and hits a huricanrana. She attacks with her knees and then covers, but Statlander kicks out!

Mone goes for the Mone Maker but Statlander counters. Both counter each other a few times. With Mone’s arms captured, Statlander backs her into the corner.

She drops Mone on her head and covers!

Winner: AND STILL AEW WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPION, KRIS STATLANDER!

After his Family going O-for on the night, he’s backstage with Okada, Takeshita, and Hechicero. Lexi Nair is searching for answers.

Fletcher and Takeshita announce they will both be in the Continental Classic. Let the implosion of the Don Callis Family begin!

9. “Hangman” Adam Page (c) vs. Samoa Joe in a Steel Cage match for the AEW Men’s World Championship

There’s a pause between Samoa Joe waiting in the ring and Page’s new entrance music gets the crowd going.

“Hangman” Adam Page is in a steel cage once again. Good luck, Samoa Joe.

The bell rings and the two exchange some words before locking up. Joe hits knee strikes to Page’s ribs but the champion fights back. Samoa Joe is the first to make unwanted contact with the steel cage.

Joe is already bleeding. Page climbs the corner after punching Joe’s head, hitting a moonsault. Joe kicks out at not even one. Joe gains momentum as Page takes off his boot. Joe’s advantage doesn’t last, though, as Page connects with Joe’s head with the wooden bottom of his boot.

Joe comes back with chops and fights back. He drives Page head-first into the steel cage. Page hits a back elbow and Page’s injured neck hits the ropes as he falls.

Joe gains the advantage but Page fights back. Joe hits a power slam out of nowhere but Page kicks out. Page catches a second wind and the two exchange hits to the chin and jaw. Page throws Joe into both sides of the support of the steel cage. Page counters the Coquina Clutch and then locks it in himself. Joe backs him up into the corner and then spikes him down onto the mat.

Samoa Joe rips the cover off the top turnbuckle and the two exchange hits as blood pours from both. Page goes for a Deadeye but Katsuyori Shibata grabs the title belt and tries to climb the cage. Eddie Kingston gets Shibata out.

Paul Turner gets hit and Joe is down for the count but the count doesn’t happen as the ref is out cold! Powerhouse Hobbs breaks the chain off the steel cage door and gets in the ring. He gets sent into the cage.

Page comes back with a Buckshot Lariat. Paul Turner is still out. HOOK comes out! He grabs the title and hits Page with it!

Paul Turner is back up now. This count happens slowly, but it happens!

Winner: AND NEW AEW MEN’S WORLD CHAMPION, SAMOA JOE!

The lights go dark and a house on fire shows on the video screen. Prince Nana appears. WHOSE HOUSE?

Swerve Strickland approaches the ring and The Opps Dojo stand in his way but he wipes them all out as Samoa Joe and The Opps head up the ramp.

Strickland and Page stare down The Opps as the show closes.

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