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, Matt Jackson, and

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) 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,

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defeated

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to win the

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. In other prominent matches, Saraya defeated Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D., The Acclaimed (

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and

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) defeated Swerve In Our Glory (

Swerve Strickland Stephon Strickland (born September 30, 1990) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Swerve Strickland and is a former AEW World Tag Team Champion (with Keith Lee). ...

and Keith Lee) to retain the

AEW World Tag Team Championship The AEW World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship created and promoted by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It is a standard tag team championship, being contested by teams of two wrestlers ...

,

Death Triangle Death Triangle is a professional wrestling stable in All Elite Wrestling (AEW) consisting of Pac and The Lucha Brothers (Penta El Zero Miedo and Rey Fénix), alongside their manager Alex Abrahantes. The trio are the current AEW World Trios Cham ...

( Pac,

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, and

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) defeated The Elite to retain the

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which was later revealed to be the first match in a Best of Seven Series for the title, and in the opening bout,

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defeated

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by

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in a

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.

Production

Background

Full Gear is a

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(PPV) held annually around

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by

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(AEW) since 2019. It is one of AEW's "Big Four" PPVs, which includes

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, All Out, and

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, their four biggest events produced quarterly. 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

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in

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from the same venue. Tickets for both events went on sale on September 23.

Storylines

Full Gear featured

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that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed

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,

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, or less distinguishable characters in events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Storylines were produced on AEW's weekly television programs, ''

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'' and ''Rampage'', and the supplementary online streaming shows, ''

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'' and ''

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''. After a four-month hiatus,

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made his return at All Out as the surprise "joker" entrant in the

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and won the

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, thus earning a match for the

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at a time and place of his choosing. After

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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. At All Out, Swerve In Our Glory ( Keith Lee and

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) defeated The Acclaimed (

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and

Max Caster Max Caster (born July 31, 1989) is an American professional wrestler and rapper, currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he teams with Anthony Bowens as The Acclaimed. They are former one-time AEW World Tag Team Champions. He began ...

) to retain the

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. In a championship rematch at

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, The Acclaimed defeated Swerve In Our Glory to win the titles. On the October 26 episode of ''Dynamite'', Swerve In Our Glory defeated FTR (

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and

Cash Wheeler Daniel Marshall Wheeler (born May 17, 1987) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Cash Wheeler. Wheeler is also known for his time in WWE, under the ring name Dash Wilder. ...

) to become the #1 contenders for the championship, and on that same week's episode of ''Rampage'', the third championship match between The Acclaimed and Swerve In Our Glory was schedule for Full Gear. On the October 28 episode of ''Rampage'', AEW announced the return of the AEW World Championship Eliminator Tournament; an eight-man

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culminating at Full Gear with the winner receiving an AEW World Championship match at

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. That same episode, Dante Martin and

Ethan Page Julian Micevski (born September 20, 1989), better known by his ring name Ethan Page, is a Canadian professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of The Firm. Page is best known for his work in Imp ...

named themselves as the first two participants in the tournament. The following week,

Eddie Kingston Edward Moore (born December 12, 1981), better known by his ring name Eddie Kingston, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Kingston started his wrestling career in 2002, and has wrestled for numerous ...

, Bandido, Rush,

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,

Ricky Starks Richard Starks (born February 21, 1990), is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He also serves on the commentary team for AEW's sister streaming television program, ''Elevation''. Starks is also known ...

, and

Brian Cage Brian Christopher Button

were revealed as the remaining participants in the tournament. On November 17, during a media interview before Full Gear,

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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. During ''Dynamite'': Grand Slam on September 21, Saraya, formerly known as Paige in

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, made her debut for AEW, confronting Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. and her teammates. 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. 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. At All Out, The Elite (

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, Matt Jackson, and

Nick Jackson Nick may refer to: * Nick (given name) * A cricket term for a slight deviation of the ball off the edge of the bat * British slang for being arrested * British slang for a police station * British slang for stealing * Short for nickname Pla ...

) won the inaugural

AEW World Trios Championship The AEW World Trios Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship created and promoted by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It is a specialized tag team championship, being contested by teams of three wrestle ...

. Three days later on ''Dynamite'', however, they were suspended and stripped of the title due to their involvement in the backstage altercation that occurred during All Out's post-event media scrum. That same episode,

Death Triangle Death Triangle is a professional wrestling stable in All Elite Wrestling (AEW) consisting of Pac and The Lucha Brothers (Penta El Zero Miedo and Rey Fénix), alongside their manager Alex Abrahantes. The trio are the current AEW World Trios Cham ...

( Pac,

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, and

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) won the vacant Trios Championship. In late October, vignettes began airing titled "Delete The Elite", alluding to The Elite's return at Full Gear. On the November 16 episode, Death Triangle addressed the vignettes, after which, a graphic appeared on screen to confirm that The Elite would be facing Death Triangle for the AEW World Trios Championship at Full Gear.

Aftermath

On the following episode of ''Dynamite'', it was announced that lineal

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had relinquished the championship, thus

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became recognized as the undisputed lineal champion.

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's interim reign was also retroactively made an official reign.

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appeared on the following episode of ''Dynamite'' to address his actions, but was interrupted by Jon Moxley, who came out to confront him but was stopped by

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. Moxley then told Regal to leave and never come back. New AEW World Champion MJF made his first post-Full Gear appearance on the following week's episode alongside Regal, where they unveiled MJF's custom version of the championship belt, which he dubbed the "Big Burberry Belt", or Triple-B for short, featuring the exact same design as the standard belt, but with a brown leather strap fashioned in

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's trademark check pattern to match MJF's signature Burberry scarf. He also explained that he and Regal began an alliance following an email Regal had sent him after The Firm had attacked MJF a few weeks prior. However, MJF then turned on Regal and was ran off by Danielson. The next week, a pre-recorded video of Regal was played, which addressed the future of the

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. Regal said they did not need him anymore and he needed to show them that, which is why he turned on Moxley. He also said that he knew Moxley, Danielson, and

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would be able to teach

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to become one of the best wrestlers. This would be Regal's last appearance in AEW, as he chose to not renew his contract that was expiring at the end of the year so that he could return to WWE and help train his son Charlie Dempsey in

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. After Death Triangle (Pac, Penta El Zero M, and Rey Fénix) retained the AEW World Trios Championship over The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson), it was announced that their Full Gear match was the first in a Best of Seven Series for the title. The series occurred over the next couple of months, going all the way to the seventh and final match on the January 11, 2023, episode of ''Dynamite''. In the final, The Elite defeated Death Triangle in a

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to become two-time AEW World Trios Champions.

Results

Notes

References

External links

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