AEW FULL GEAR 2023 REVIEW AND YOU DONT WANT TO MISS THIS

Welcome guys to this years AEW Full Gear and it's one hell of a card. 8 matches and it's going to be great so let's kick things off with a trios tag match

Darby Allin, Adam Copeland & Sting (w/Ric Flair) vs. Christian Cage, Luchasaurus & Nick Wayne:

Christian has a children’s choir singing his music for him. That was both cool and creepy. Flair gets his own entrance before Darby, Sting & Adamcome out with another really cool entrance. Adam Copeland has face paint with the rest of his team. They look really good. Allin & Wayne get to start things off eventually after Christian stops hugging his new son. Wayne with a headlock takeover, Allin with a writlock out of it. Allin off the ropes with a couple of arm drags and then Tags to Sting. Nick Wayne wasn’t even alive when Sting went up to the rafters in 1996, but he’s getting tossed around ringside.

Christian tags in, and Sting asks the people if he should tag Copeland in. They say yes, and there’s the tag. Holy Shit chants start but Christian tags Luchasaurus instead. Copeland gets tossed into the corner and punched down. Whip into the corner and a clothesline by Luchasaurus. Edge blocks a backdrop & chokeslam, then hits a legsweep & neckbreaker. Tag to Darby, who gets tossed into the corner. Sunset flip doesn’t work, Darby gets punched but flips out of the chokeslam. Christian with a cheapshot in the corner, then Luchasaurus chokeslams Darby over the top rope off the apron to the floor. That looked so nasty. Darbys hip hit the apron hard.

Christian tags in and puts the boots to Darby. Christian rakes at Darby’s face and tags Nick in. Nick does some posing while scraping Darby’s face with his boot. Backbreaker, and Wayne does a Nature Boyesque strut. Luchasaurus tags in. Side slam by Luchasaurus, and a senton by Wayne gets two. Allin briefly fights back, but Wayne follows him up top. Allin bites Wayne, hits a sunset bomb off the top rope. Allin teases a tag to Copeland, but Christian crawls under the ring, pulls Copeland off the apron and takes him out. Sting chases Christian away but the damage is done. Christian whips Darby ass over teakettle into the corner. Christian motions for a spear, but Darby avoids. Heads are bumped and we’re back to looking for tags. Copeland tags in, as does Luchasaurus. Copeland with an impaler on Luchasaurus, then a shoulderblock off the apron to the floor. Wayne gets gorilla pressed into Luchasaurus’s arms, then Allin knocks them both down. Sting with a dive over Flair to the floor!

Copeland runs into a goozle, as does Sting, but that gets blocked. Luchasaurus gets punched around, and it’s a tandem Scorpion Deathdrop. Wayne gets thrown back into the ring for a double suplex/bodypress combo meal. Luchasaurus tosses people around, hits a Northern lariat on Copeland. Flair takes his jacket off and squares up to Christian. Flair with chops. Don’t you just love to see it. Christian goes to the eyes and low blows Flair. Christian misses Copeland with the belt and hits Luchasaurus instead. Copeland chases Christian into the crowd, and he’s gone. Spear by Copeland on Luchasaurus, and a Coffin Drop ends it.

Here is your winner :  Adam Copeland, Sting and Darby Allin

That was a fun match. They done well keeping Adam Copeland and Christian separate in this one. The build up continues for Copeland taking the title from Christian Cage. Sting was never losing this one. He will just go undefeated now til next year and lets be fair he deserves it. Can we have a break from Darby for a bit now please.

Tony Schiavone is on the stage with Bryce Remsburg, and Jay White comes out to accept the AEW World Championship. Tony tells us that MJF is injured and will not be able to compete tonight. The match has been cancelled, and is about to announce Jay as the new champion but Adam Cole’s music hits. Cole tells Jay White that he made a promise to MJF and he already talked to Tony Khan. If MJF can’t defend the championship, Adam Cole will. It’ll be Cole defending MJF’s AEW World Championship against White tonight. White says he took Cole out once before, and he’ll take him out for good tonight.

AEW International Championship Match: Orange Cassidy (c) (w/Hook) vs. Jon Moxley (w/Wheeler Yuta):

Punches exchanged right away, with Mox getting the upper hand. Mox bounces OC off the announce table and suplexes him chest first onto the barricade. Back in the ring, Mox with a front suplex and some chops while giving some expletive trash talk. OC with some shots before getting Bossman Slammed for two. Mox goes for a Texas Cloverleaf and locks it in. OC gets out but also gets stomped & chopped. The back scratch and nose bite by Moxley while on the turnbuckle, but OC fights off a suplex attempt and applies a back scratch & nose bite of his own. Headbutts from Mox knock OC off the turnbuckle onto the apron. OC goes back up and they keep fighting up there. A flurry of head butts from OC and Mox is busted open. Superplex by OC, then a diving DDT and another DDT only gets 1. Big kicks by OC. Mox rises up, then gets knocked out of the ring and on top of the announce table. OC knocks Mox back onto the table with a couple of tope suicidas. Not gonna lie Mox over the table was ever so slightly dramatic.

OC blocks a Death Rider and hits a Slumdog Millionaire, but then Mox hits a bunch of punches and goes to the bulldog choke. OC gets out, piledriver & Beach Break are teased. Mox fires up out of a PK, but OC locks in a Redrum. Hook is applauding this one on the outside. Mox maneuvers into the corner and removes a turnbuckle. Mox hits a cutter on OC, then a Gotch piledriver gets two. Mox with some lazy kicks to OC. OC puts his hands in his pockets & Mox runs into the exposed turnbuckle. OC dropkicks Mox’s back, but can’t take advantage. OC hits his 3 orange punches. Mox back up, OC with a rollup for two. OC with another 3 orange punches followed but beach break and this one is all over.

Here is your winner : Orange Cassidy

I was expecting more from this one if im being honest. These two work so well together but to me it just didn’t have the chemistry that we usually get. Also not a fan of Mox no selling the Orange Punch. But overall was ok.

AEW Women’s World Championship Match: Hikaru Shida (c) vs. “Timeless” Toni Storm (w/Lutha): Toni looks at her script and rips it up! She must not like the ending. Shida & Storm trade strikes. Shida with a knee in the corner, then some chops to Storm’s chest. Mariah May looks worried backstage while the chops continue. Storm fights back with chops of her own. Bulldog by Storm. Winding up, and the elbow sends Shida down for a one count. Mariah looks happier now as Toni goes on the offensive. Shida with a knee strike off the ropes, she mounts Toni in the corner and delivers ten punches. Missile dropkick gets two. Toni blocks Shida on the ropes and presses her down for two. Lutha places a foreign object in Toni’s tights, Toni grabs the shoe but Aubrey Edwards blocks that. Of course the other shoe was in Toni’s tights, and she uses it for a two count. Shida counters Toni’s attempted Storm Zero with a Jigntonic. Shida with some punches to Storm. Storm fights back, Shida with a kick and a falcon arrow gets two! Shida goes up top, Storm evades & Shida may have injured her ankle there. Shida tries a slam, but Toni reverses into an ankle lock. Shida makes the ropes but the damage may be done. Toni removes the shoe, Shida blocks and smacks Storm down to the floor. Shida gets the kendo stick, but Lutha makes sure that doesn’t happen. He also gets smacked several times with the kendo stick. Storm slides another item into her tights. Storm blocks a kick, series of reversals leads to a nearfall for Shida. Storm with a deadlift German suplex, then the hip attack in the corner (perhaps aided by an object in Toni’s tights) gets the three count.

Here is your winner : AND NEW AEW womens world champion Toni Storm

This just had to be the result. Toni Storms work lately has been head and shoulders above everyone and she fully deserved this. She is now a 3 time AEW Womens Champion and she fully deserves it. Lets hope she gets a good run this time round. Well done Toni Storm.

AEW World Tag Team Championship Ladder Match: Ricky Starks & Big Bill (c) vs. Rush & Dralistico (w/Jose & Preston Vance) vs. FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) vs. Malakai Black & Brody King:

I am excited for this one. 4 of the best teams in AEW right now and it’s a ladder match. Lets do this. I had plans to do a run down of this match but this was absolutely chaotic. But this was so much fun. 20 minutes of non stop action. The crowd chanting MEAT every time big bill and Brody squared off was fun. You have to go back and watch this one to fully understand how wild this was. Dralistico was gonzo bombed through the ladder by Brody king. All men took high risk chances and dax and brody were both opened up. But in the end it was Ricky Starks who was able to climb the ladder and retain the titles for his team. I couldn’t take my eyes off this one as the action just didn’t stop. Great from every guy involved and all looked strong. Good work.

AEW TBS Championship Match: Kris Statlander (c) vs. Julia Hart vs. Skye Blue:

Is my dream finally coming true. Is skye blue going to join the house of black? Bit of a stare down between all three, Statlander finally takes the early advantage, slamming her opponents on top of each other. Double clothesline by Kris. Kris places Julia in the Tree of Woe, which leads to Skye staring at Julia. Julia seems a bit out of it while Skye & Kris go at it. Kris gets knocked out of the ring, and Julia hits a cannonball on the floor. Skye with a rana to Kris on the floor.

Kris with a double suplex on her two opponents, and she sends Julia back into the ring. Kicks for Kris including a double superkick. Skye & Julia face off. There’s a truce that lasts about five seconds before Julia goes on the offensive. Skye fights back, hits a PK for two. Statlander with a suplex for Skye, she kicks both women in opposite corners. Samoan drop to Skye, pinfall broken up by a Julia senton. Skye rolls Julia up for two. Neckbreaker to Kris, and all three women are down for a few moments. Julia boots Skye down and clotheslines Kris. Skye with a kick to Julia, but Julia fights out of the powerbomb. Skye runs into a kick from Kris, and a Michinoku Driver gets two. Skye tries for a rana, but Kris faceplants her out of an electric chair instead. Julia knocks Kris off the turnbuckle to the floor, and hits the moonsault on Skye. Kris barely breaks up the pinfall in time.

Julia gets powerslammed on the floor. Skye fights back in the ring, hits some kicks on Kris. Kris nearly hits her finish, Skye does end up hitting the Code Blue but it only gets two. Julia blocks another Code Blue and lariats Kris in the back of the head. Hartless Lock on Skye, but Statlander Germans Julia out of it. One for Skye, another one for Julia, another one for Skye. Skye with a quick cover for two. Kris hits the Saturday Night Fever on Skye and gets a two before Julia knocks her off the cover. Julia covers Skye instead and we have a new champion.

Here is your winner : AND NEW TBS Champion Julia Hart

Im very happy with this one. Kris was great but she never really had a plan. Julia Hart can take this title and run with it. Absolutely deserved. Yes Skye Blue didn’t join but she is certainly turning darker and im here for it. A skye blue and Julia Hart feud could work.

Tony Schiavone is in the ring to tell us what a spectacular night it’s been, and it’s time for a blockbuster contract signing! The newest member of All Elite Wrestling…is Will Ospreay! The crowd have popped hard for this one. And so have I. by far one of the greatest performers in the world right now. This is huge for AEW. Will wastes no time signing the contract. He’s happy to be part of the team, but he’s not going to come in just yet. He’s going to finish up with New Japan Pro Wrestling first, then he’ll be on the road to Revolution. He’s All Elite, bruv! He tells Tony Khan to line up the best that he’s got, especially for Wembley Stadium. Will says he’ll show us what All Elite is really about. Ospreay for the AEW Title at Wembley. Im calling it now.

Texas Death Match: “Hangman” Adam Page vs. Swerve Strickland (w/Prince Nana):

This one is going to be fire. We got some dancers doing the Nana for this entrance. That was so bloody cool. I love prince nana. Hangman skips the entrance part and attacks Swerve right away. Buckshot lariat in the first twenty seconds. Holy Hell. Knockout & submission are the ways to win this one, and Page throws Swerve around ringside. Page looks under the ring and eventually finds some duct tape. He throws the chair clean at swerves head. Page uses the tape on Swerve’s wrist, oh, and he also has a staple gun. Staple right to the pec, and another one. He then gets paper stapled to his arm. What on earth is this. Swerve gets stapled around ringside while his wrists are still taped. Page drives a sideways chair into Swerve’s head and the referee starts counting. Swerve is busted open while Page staples a finger painting to Swerves cheek. He drinks Swerve’s blood. he has literally just let Swerves blood drip in his mouth. That was absolutely disgusting.

Now Page has a barbed wire chair. Page swings for the fences but Swerve manages to kick Page between the legs. Nana finally gets the tape off of Swerve’s hands. Page uses the staple gun again but swerve just takes it. Doesn’t even flinch. Now it’s Page getting stapled between the eyes. Swerve staples himself in the chest and laughs about it. What on earth is going on here. Swerve is bleeding so bad. Page gets sent head first into the barbed wire chair and now hes bleeding too. Swerve grabs some barbed wire and introduces it to Page’s face. Swerve gets a cinder block out from under the ring. Why is there a cinder block under the ring? Both men end up on the apron. Swerve DVDs Page off the cinder block on the apron. The crowd are hot into this one. Holy Shit chants are loud. Swerve piledrives Page off the top of the guard rail. That looked nasty, and Swerve is losing so much blood. He poured water over his face to try clear it but it is not helping. Page looks like he’s trying to keep up but it’s tough to tell at this point. Back in the ring, punches are exchanged. Big boot by Swerve, but Hangman hits a fallaway slam. No kip up tonight for Page. Another fallaway slam by Page.

Page obtains some barbed wire and introduces it to Swerve’s face. Then he ties Swerve up in it before delivering another fallaway slam. Page then takes the barbed wire chair up top and hits a moonsault onto Swerve on the floor. Nana gets kicked away before another attempted buckshot. Swerve avoids it, and boots the barbed wire chair into Page’s skull. Swerve goes for a Tombstone, Hangman reverses and delivers one of his own on the barbed wire chair. Swerve gets up (with a little assistance from Nana) at 9. Barbed wire chair to the back of Swerve. Page places Swerve up top, goes for a Dead Eye but Swerve slips out and hits Hangman in the back with the barbed wire chair! He lost some hair on that one! Sitout powerbomb by Swerve on the chair, then a Swerve Stomp! Yeesh! Swerve gets up and hits Page in the back with the chair again before looking under the ring for yet another tool of destruction. Ah, glass, and it’s poured on Hangman’s back! Swerve with a 450 splash! JML Driver! Somehow Hangman gets up at nine! Swerve Cactus clotheslines Page to the floor. And now we have a barbed wire board. What else is left? Swerve props the board up on two chairs. Swerve sets Page up on the turnbuckle, but Hangman fights back. Page hits a fallaway slam off the top through the board! Powerbomb & a Dead Eye on the board! Swerve makes it to all fours before Page starts wrapping the barbed wire around Swerve’s head.

Another buckshot lariat to Swerve, and I feel like this might actually end it. No, hold on, Nana makes sure it doesn’t. And here comes Brian Cage, which is fine since there are obviously no DQs here. Cage hits a couple of power bombs & an F-5, and gets another table out from under the ring. Just a regular table this time. The fans want fire, instead they get Page hitting some elbow strikes with barbed wire around his arm. Lariat sends Cage to the floor, and now Nana hits Page with a chair. this won’t end well for the Prince. Dead Eye through the table! Swerve has the cinder block, and he smashes it over Hangman’s back! Will that actually end it? Well, now Swerve has a chain and he’s wrapping it around Page’s neck. He’s gonna hang the Hangman! Page thinks about getting up, but doesn’t and this one is over.

Here is your winner : Swerve Strickland

I would probably say that was the most blood AEW has had in a match. These two men deserve every single bit of credit for what they produced in this match. They put their whole careers and bodies on the line for the fans in this one and it was bloody fantastic. Swerve needs a title after this one. The guy is incredible. Both these guys are incredible. They will not be the same after this. Now someone go and stitch up swerve because he has lost so much blood. Good luck to whoever has to follow this one.

Chris Jericho & Kenny Omega vs. The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson):

Don Callis joins Excalibur, Taz & Nigel for commentary here. If Chris & Kenny win, they get the Bucks’ title shot. If they lose, they can never team again. Nick & Kenny start it off with some friendly wrestling. Hip tosses don’t happen. Nick with a twisting arm drag, Kenny blocks a kick. Some respect shown, then Chris & Matt tag in. Jericho with the arm drag, then headlock. Matt takes Jericho down by the hair then swivels the hips. Kenny tags in to keep Jericho off of Matt in the corner. Matt goes on the offensive, but Kenny evades in the corner and hits a rana. Nick tags in and gets thrown outside. Jericho tags in, but right now it’s time for Kenny to dive onto Matt. Nick with a kick, Jericho with a springboard dropkick. Baseball slide dropkick to the floor by Jericho, then he’s sent into the steps. Nick works over Jericho’s right arm with assistance from the steps. Some blood on Jericho’s elbow now, and he gets dropkicked to the floor. Jericho gets worked over some more before fighting back. Kenny finally tags in and hits a snap dragon on Nick. Matt apparently could escape the first time, but not the second time. Nick gets a backcracker off the middle rope for his trouble.

Moonsault to Matt on the floor. Nick rolls through a crossbody and gets two. Backslide into a V-Trigger, but that hurts Kenny’s knee. Jericho tags in and knocks both Bucks down before hitting a double Lionsault. Single arm DDT by Matt on Jericho, and then Matt decides he’s going to apply the Walls. Jericho gets out of that but gets superkicked. Some miscommunication between Jericho & Omega leads to a nearfall, but Jericho locks the Walls on Matt. Kenny keeps Nick from intervening, but Jericho can’t hold on the Walls any longer & Matt boots his way out. Strikes exchanged between Jericho & Matt, Jericho sent onto the apron, he goes up top, Matt blocks & ends up double suplexing Jericho & Omega. Nick German suplexes Kenny on the apron. Jericho with a bulldog on Matt, Bucks get the upper hand & Nick hits a senton for a two count. Jericho gets Matt up top, looks for a top rope rana after some punches and finds it. Nick with the field goal kick between the legs behind Aubrey’s back. Kenny is not thrilled, and then he gets a low kick from Matt! Judas Effect by Nick, and it gets a two count on Jericho. Dive on the floor to Kenny, then it’s time for the BTE Trigger! Jericho eats the double knees, but it only gets two.  Meltzer Driver gets blocked, then there’s a miscommunication between the Bucks. Jericho gets kicked on the elbow, then delivers a low blow to Nick! Tag to Kenny, who is now not sure what to do. He teases a V-Trigger on Jericho, hits Nick instead! Nick with a reverse rana on Kenny, then Matt hits a One Winged Angel on Kenny for two. Jericho with a Codebreaker on Nick, Kenny goes for the One Winged Angel, but opts for a German suplex instead for two. Kenny eats a superkick, as does Jericho. Jericho eats a few more. Kenny with a V-Trigger on Matt, then the One Winged Angel ends it.

Here is your winner: Chris Jericho and Kenny Omega

It took a while for this one to get going but it picked up and ended well. The main thing to come out of this one for me is what is next for the Young Bucks. They have now lost their title shot and lost their best friend. The elite are clearly no more so the Bucks are a bit lost. Do they join the Don Callis family? Is that why Callis joint commentary. Guess we have to wait and see.

AEW World Championship Match: Adam Cole (defending on behalf of MJF (c)) vs. Jay White (w/The Gunns)

Cole crutches his way down to the ring and does his entrance the best he can. He also now has a beard. It’s a no from me. Jay offers to lay down, very nice of him. Oh hold on, there’s an ambulance driving into the building! MJF’s driving! He emerges with a ton of tape on his leg and looks like we have our originally scheduled main event.

AEW World Championship Match: MJF (c) (w/Adam Cole) vs. Jay White (w/The Gunns):

Max slaps Jay then crumples to the mat. Jay clips the knee and stomps MJF down in the corner. MJF tries to fight back, but White suplexes him into the corner for two. White tosses MJF to the floor & the Gunns stomp away on the champion. Cover back in the ring gets two. MJF gets tossed back outside, but this time he bows up on the Gunns for a few seconds before getting thrown back in for another two count. White rolls MJF back outside, and this time Bryce sees the Gunns trying to do something. He ejects them from ringside! Jay is unhappy, and has a few words for Cole before going back to work on MJF. Jay throws something at Adam and invites him into the ring. MJF seems unhappy, and the fans get behind him while he tries to hulk up. MJF hits a slam, but that doesn’t help his leg situation. MJF rams Jay’s head into the corner approximately ten times, then hits approximately nine punches in the corner before biting the man. Lots of biting on this show. MJF sets up for the kangaroo kick, and he hits it! Kips up even though his knee is in such pain. Cole suggests a dive, but White slides back in the ring and dropkicks the leg. Another near-fall for White. Some big chops to MJF’s chest. MJF fights back with a mule kick with the good leg. MJF tries a move off the middle rope but that doesn’t work. Uranage gets two for White. Stomp to MJF’s knee. MJF blocks a suplex, but White back suplexes him to the floor. White hits the loudest chop of the night to MJF’s chest. MJF fights back, gouging White’s eyes and DDTing him on the floor. MJF prepares the announce table for destruction, but it gets destroyed the moment White gets rolled on top of it! So what will MJF do instead? Climb up top and deliver an elbow to White anyway, of course! More dangerous without that pesky table. MJF brings White back into the ring for reasons unknown to the announcers, who were suggesting he take a countout. White dragonscrews MJF while he’s in the ropes. MJF gets placed in the Tree of Woe, then White stands on his knee. MJF suplexes White off of him but remains stuck. Now he’s out. White follows him up top, and hits a uranage off the top rope for two. White with repeated strikes to MJF, and the champion wants more. Reversals lead to a forearm from MJF. White with a flatliner, then a German suplex. Blade Runner? No, MJF reverses and we see a series of tights-assisted rollups for two. MJF hits a Tombstone, but that knee keeps him from covering. Both men back up, MJF with a double stomp off the middle rope. Heat Seeker ? No, White shakes it off. MJF goes for it all, hitting White with a running cutter from the apron to the floor! Cole with the motivation, and White gets rolled back in the ring for the two count. MJF starts messing with his knee pad to relieve the pressure. He can’t do much of anything at this point though. The doctor wanders over, but MJF wants none of that. More dragonscrews by White, then the figure four. Cole has produced MJF’s t-shirt, and is wondering if he should toss it in as a towel or not. MJF almost reaches the ropes but not quite. Lots of fight in the boy though, and he reverses the hold! White teases tapping out but makes the ropes. Cole has his ROH tag team title belt in his hand & looks at White with evil intentions, but White takes it & hits MJF with it! Cover only gets two, fortunately for Adam. MJF tries to fight White off from another figure four attempt, but kicks White into Bryce. Cole produces the Dynamite Diamond Ring, but White gets to it first! White goes for the punch, but MJF hits White low. We’re all about low blows and biting on this show. The Gunns run down to get knocked out of the ring again. MJF hits White with the ring, Bryce sees nothing and counts three!

Here is your winner : And still AEW World Champion MJF

They have made Jay White look weak here in my opinion. He has basically lost to a man with one leg. And no sightings of the Devil. So I don’t feel like this story is over yet but how do we take Jay serious as a contender when he has just lost to a one legged man. Be interesting to see where this one is going to go cos im slightly underwhelmed after this main event.

An overall good show though. The ladder match was great and the Texas death match was easily match of the night. Will Ospreay has been announced as All Elite so that will have big implications when he is finally full time with AEW. I enjoyed this show. Lets see what the fall out is from this one on dynamite. Thanks for joining me guys. See you Friday for Rampage