AEW Full Gear 2022 recap & reactions: New world champ MJF - Cageside Seats

AEW Full Gear (Nov. 19, 2022) emanated from Prudential Center successful Newark, NJ. The PPV lawsuit featured MJF winning the satellite title with a sinister crook from William Regal, the electrical instrumentality of the Elite, Jungle Boy stealing the show, and overmuch more.

Get caught up connected each the Full Gear details with the fantabulous play-by-play from Claire Elizabeth.

Let’s tally down the paper from apical to bottom.

AEW World Championship: MJF defeated Jon Moxley to triumph satellite title. Moxley manhandled MJF for overmuch of the bout. MJF wounded his genu connected a piledriver connected the apron, and that gave Moxley a people to attack. Drama picked up connected a piledriver done a array by Moxley. MJF hardly bushed the number backmost into the ring. Mox struck with a Paradigm Shift, but MJF kicked out. When MJF picked up momentum, Mox chop blocked the knee.

Down the stretch, Moxley deed a ace Paradigm Shift disconnected the turnbuckles. 1, 2, MJF placed his manus connected the ropes for the break. The lucifer broke down into 2 referee bumps. First, MJF pulled the referee successful beforehand of a moving Moxley. When MJF dug heavy for his Dynamite Diamond Ring, William Regal came retired to chastise him. MJF gave successful and tossed the overseas entity aside. That’s erstwhile Moxley snatched his cervix for a choke. MJF backed them crashing into the 2nd referee. Mox kept his absorption to unafraid a bulldog choke. MJF tapped out, but some refs were inactive unconscious. Regal advised Moxley to revive the superior referee. With Mox’s backmost turned, Regal slipped the brass knuckles implicit to MJF. Kapow! Ref awake. 1, 2, 3. New champ MJF.

The main lawsuit was arguably the worst lucifer connected the card. That’s not a absorption to the result. It’s not adjacent truthful overmuch what happened. It’s however it happened. If you told maine William Regal double-crossed Moxley by sliding brass knuckles to MJF, I would beryllium funny with a smile.

In execution, the lucifer fell isolated starting with MJF’s performance. It failed to mesh wrong the discourse of the feud. Moxley upheld his extremity of the bargain with his accustomed ass-kicking style. MJF treated it much similar a clown amusement hamming up for the partisan crowd. His warring effort didn’t lucifer his promo worldly astatine all. MJF did not wrestle similar winning the satellite rubric meant everything to him. I consciousness similar helium sold america wolf tickets. Then, AEW had to over-complicate the decorativeness with 2 ref bumps, a pat retired by MJF, and brass knuckles. The mode this lucifer played retired did thing to physique eagerness into tuning successful for Dynamite to spot much of this angle.

AEW World Tag Team Championship: The Acclaimed retained against Swerve Strickland & Keith Lee. Billy Gunn was absent to commencement the match. Commentary explained that helium didn’t privation his heated emotions toward Swerve to outgo his boys the contest. The communicative for the Acclaimed was Anthony Bowens with a tender enarthrosis injury. He grit done the symptom and persevered to the end. The communicative for Swerve successful Our Glory was a tag squad explosion. Boom! Swerve grabbed pliers to interruption immoderate scissoring fingers. Daddy Ass ran successful and had to beryllium restrained by officials. Swerve handed the pliers to Lee. When Lee declined to usage them, Swerve slapped him crossed the face. Lee bounced to ditch his partner. The Acclaimed took power to pin Swerve connected a teamwork slam.

Pump up the jam, pump it up. The enactment was rocking betwixt the 2 teams. The mode the decorativeness played was disappointing. If AEW planned connected breaking up Swerve and Lee, past they should person fixed the triumph to the Acclaimed arsenic a beardown triumph with the breakup afterward. The Acclaimed inactive request to physique their banal to rumble with teams connected the level of FTR oregon the Young Bucks. The mode this triumph played retired didn’t bash them immoderate favors. Looking backmost connected this feud, we can’t accidental the Acclaimed are the amended tag team. The archetypal triumph was owed to Papa Billy’s help, and the 2nd triumph was acknowledgment to Lee leaving early. On the positive, Bowens was a stud with heaping amounts of intestinal fortitude. That helped physique a rooting involvement to spot his success.

AEW Interim Women’s World Championship: Jamie Hayter defeated Toni Storm to triumph the title. Rugged fisticuffs throughout. The decorativeness was overrun with shenanigans. Rebel sneaked down ringside to clobber Storm with the rubric belt. Hayter deed a sliding lariat. Kick retired by Storm. Rebel argued with the referee portion holding the rubric and was ejected. A abbreviated portion later, Dr. Britt Baker DMD ran successful to curb stomp Storm connected the floor. That couldn’t get the occupation done either. In the climax, Baker was successful the corner. Storm sent Hayter crashing into the dentist. On the contact, Baker ripped disconnected the turnbuckle pad erstwhile falling down. Hayter shoved Storm into the exposed alloy and blasted a ripcord lariat to gain the win.

This was a lawsuit of deflating overbooking. It was sizing up arsenic an riveting lucifer reaching its climax, past it went overboard with interference. I was excited astatine the imaginable of Hayter moving with the belt, however, it felt unsatisfying successful the mode she won. I anticipation AEW doesn’t repetition Baker’s irritating rubric tally with overwhelming interference successful each match. I privation to spot Hayter carve retired her ain individuality arsenic champion.

No DQ: Sting & Darby Allin defeated Jeff Jarrett & Jay Lethal. Sonjay Dutt and Satnam Singh were ringside. This was axenic chaos. Highlights see Singh catching Allin connected a ladder leaping Coffin Drop to slam connected the ramp, Sting with a flying crossbody disconnected the precocious level, Sting with a Scorpion Deathlock connected Jarrett past being goozled for a chokeslam by Singh, and Jarrett hitting Allin with his guitar connected a Coffin Drop. The decorativeness was conscionable arsenic wild. Sting and Allin neutralized Singh with a combo Coffin Drop Scorpion Death Drop. Sting countered the Lethal Injection into a Scorpion Death Drop. Allin sealed the woody with a Coffin Drop connected the fallen Lethal.

It’s Sting! AEW knows however to publication his matches arsenic a blast of excitement. I was expecting a sports amusement spectacle, and that’s what we were given. Thumbs up connected this one. Jarrett played his relation good getting his ass kicked. How tin Jarrett haters not ace a grin astatine that? He besides flashed a strut and guitar changeable to play his hits.

TNT Championship: Samoa Joe wins rubric implicit Wardlow and Will Hobbs. Wardlow entered arsenic champ for the hoss combat supreme. The contention was afloat of car clang collisions. Down the stretch, Hobbs tackled Joe into the guardrail. Powerhouse deed a spinebuster connected Wardlow successful the ring. Kick retired by the champ. The 2 engaged successful a creation of antagonistic steps. Wardlow came retired up for a powerbomb. He rapidly added a 2nd powerbomb. Wardlow warmed up the symphony for a 3rd powerbomb. On the fourth, Joe ran successful to smash Wardlow with the rubric belt. That was ineligible nether triple menace rules. With Wardlow down, Joe choked Hobbs for victory. Powerhouse was beauteous overmuch already retired of it aft truthful galore powerbombs. Joe is present a treble champion with the ROH TV title.

Hosses, hosses, and much hosses. Oh, yeah. This was large men getting physical. Nothing fancy, and that’s the mode it should be. Well, but for Wardlow. He did propulsion retired a chill flying determination by moving up the turnbuckles to flip onto beef below.

I’d accidental Wardlow was the scene-stealer of this occasion. He besides got the assemblage rowdy with powerbombs. I don’t deliberation determination was a incorrect prime arsenic victor among the three. They each person hoss magnetism and excel astatine kicking ass. Joe took this round, but I person a feeling we are acold from implicit from this hoss feud. If Tony Khan introduces different caller championship, past I anticipation it is for eventual hoss fighting.

Saraya defeated Dr. Britt Baker DMD. The communicative was Saraya’s cervix wellness for her archetypal lucifer successful 5 years. Baker focused her discourtesy connected neckbreakers and curb stomps. Saraya milked the symptom to make drama. Saraya rallied with a sunset flip powerbomb disconnected the turnbuckles and a cradle DDT. Baker kicked out. They tussled a small spot more, past Saraya exploded for a moving knee. She added 2 consecutive cradle DDTs to pin Baker for victory.

The peculiar attraction of Saraya returning to the ringing kept maine glued to the screen. Now that I’ve seen her, I’m chill with it remaining an attraction. I don’t truly cognize however overmuch was telling a communicative and however overmuch was Saraya looking mean naturally. It would marque consciousness successful communicative and existent beingness to beryllium rusty aft truthful overmuch clip away. AEW ran that communicative with Punk moving retired the kinks by wrestling often. If they bash the aforesaid for Saraya, past I expect her to unfastened up a wider arsenal of offense. For this nighttime though, it was a affirmative feel-good moment. Enjoy it for what it is, and woody with the remainder aboriginal arsenic it arises.

ROH World Championship: Chris Jericho retained against Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli, and Sammy Guevara. The communicative was faction relationships. Blackpool Combat Club showed nary animosity, but they besides didn’t clasp backmost erstwhile battling each other. Jericho Appreciation Society worked unneurotic arsenic a portion aboriginal with lone Jericho going for pinfalls. That camaraderie changed erstwhile Jericho landed a Lionsault connected Danielson and deed Sammy successful the process. Sammy went into concern for himself aft that. Le Sex Gods did stock a hug, but that was a ruse by Sammy for a sneaky GTH followed by a shooting prima press. Jericho kicked retired similar a existent champion.

In the end, Claudio loaded up the elephantine plaything connected Sammy circular and circular and round. Jericho jumped successful to onslaught Claudio with the Judas Effect. It didn’t onshore flush, truthful Jericho deed a 2nd Judas Effect to pin Claudio cleanable for the win.

The enactment was marvelous arsenic a fast-paced four-way. That facet was afloat satisfying. The dissension betwixt Jericho and Sammy is good successful a nutshell. The occupation is that we’ve seen this communicative earlier with Sammy twice, MJF, Santana, Ortiz, and Daniel Garcia. Pals turning connected Jericho, adjacent if deserved, is played retired by now. I conscionable wasn’t funny successful that communicative constituent again. Another happening that is played retired is Danielson absorbing caput strikes similar pitter-patter. It doesn’t assistance the believability origin that it is coming from idiosyncratic with storyline concussion issues. As for the encounters betwixt Danielson and Claudio, springiness maine more, please. That’s a singles mathematics I privation to see. No feud necessary. Just service it up.

Later successful the show, Jericho chalked up Sammy’s behaviour to competitiveness. He expected it and appreciates that cognition from Sammy. Orange Cassidy entered requesting an ROH satellite rubric changeable for Tomohiro Ishii connected Dynamite. Jericho inactive views Ishii arsenic his young lad from days gone past. Challenge accepted. Also, Jake Hager scored a changeable astatine OC and the AEW All-Atlantic Championship.

That ROH matchmaking shivers maine timbers. I can’t hold for Jericho versus Ishii. I besides admit Jericho being chill with Sammy. Le Sex Gods should ne'er split.

TBS Championship: Jade Cargill retained against Nyla Rose. Hoss fight! Highlights were the competitors stealing finishers. Jade deed a Beast Bomb, and Nyla deed Jaded. Neither resulted successful a finish. Nyla went high-risk and missed a flying senton. Jade pounced for a pump footwear and Jaded to instrumentality backmost her burgled rubric belt.

This bout didn’t acceptable the location connected fire, but I enjoyed it. Hoss fights ever enactment a grin connected my face. I deliberation this 1 lacked fiery aggression from Jade. I wanted to spot an explosive burst of unit to fto retired her pent up frustration. The finishing series was emblematic for a Jade match.

AEW World Trios Championship: Death Triangle retained against The Elite. PAC, Fenix, and Pentagon entered arsenic champions. Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks entered arsenic challengers. Don Callis was backmost excessively with his magnificent glittery loafers. Callis is simply a existent manner icon. The Elite’s entranceway was a spectacle to behold. Lights retired to physique play successful the darkness. The assemblage sound accrued with anticipation. Medium lights to uncover the Elite, and the assemblage erupted as, “Carry connected Wayward Son,” by Kansas blared connected the speakers. That gave maine goosebumps, and I’m not adjacent that large a instrumentality of the Elite. It was bully to spot them location successful AEW though.

There was besides an aboriginal chant of, “F—k CM Punk.” Got to emotion the AEW unrecorded crowd.

The lucifer was a non-stop item reel. The Bucks & Lucha Bros and Omega & PAC person ‘fight forever’ chemistry. The decorativeness came down to PAC’s amerciable hammer. He tossed it to Fenix, but the luchador tossed it back. Fenix past turned astir into a V-Trigger from Omega. Tiger Diver ‘98 followed, but Fenix was capable to footwear retired of the cover. Later, PAC tried to deed Omega with the hammer, however, Nick Jackson made the prevention with a blindside superkick. The Bucks leaped for aerial assaults to the outside. Omega deed different V-Trigger connected Fenix. In the hullabaloo, PAC placed the hammer successful Fenix’s hand. As Omega picked Fenix up for the One Winged Angel, Fenix yet utilized the hammer to onslaught Omega successful the head. The amerciable interaction was retired of presumption from the referee. Fenix countered a dazed Omega downward into a roll-up to bargain the win. Fenix was not blessed with himself.

I’m not usually chill with inexpensive interference finishes, but I don’t caput this one. There was nary existent heated rivalry successful spot for this circumstantial match, truthful I don’t consciousness cheated connected the result. It besides acted arsenic a shocker to premix up evident wins connected the paper arsenic a whole. The fallout volition beryllium interesting. The Bucks and Omega whitethorn person different concern connected their caput beyond the trios belts, and that would beryllium perfectly fine. It would let Death Triangle to support gathering a bequest arsenic champs.

Well, scratch that thought astir the Elite moving connected to different business. AEW announced some teams volition vie successful a Best-of-7 bid with Match 7 scheduled for January 11. I didn’t deliberation they were going to instrumentality ‘fight forever’ literally. I similar the sporting concept, however, it does look a spot overkill. It is going to beryllium a situation to support the matches feeling fresh.

Steel cage match: Jungle Boy defeated Luchasaurus. The lone mode to triumph is by pinfall oregon submission. Christian Cage was ringside. The communicative was powerfulness versus agility. Luchasaurus rammed JB into the cage, and determination was blood. Christian snaked the keys from the referee to unfastened the door. Christian was comically carried distant by security. Luchasaurus tossed successful chairs and a table. The objects were indispensable for the climax. Jungle Boy choked the dino and whacked him with a seat to acceptable up upon the table. JB climbed to the apical of the cage for a immense flying elbow drop. Jungle Boy cinched choky the Snare Trap submission, and Luchasaurus tapped out.

Great PPV opener. Jungle Boy’s emotion was the cardinal element. Firing up to paintbrush slap Luchasaurus successful defiance was an epic moment. And past it was trumped by the ace flying elbow driblet from precocious above. That was a genuine ‘holy shit’ moment. It’s besides worthy mentioning Jungle Boy’s melodramatic piledriver connected his opponent. They milked the play connected the assistance and showed mighty spot from JB. I besides enjoyed him leaping astir the cage with easiness similar Tarzan. It’s makes a ton of consciousness that a jungle lad could bash that. Luchasaurus carried his load good with dominating power, originative offense, and receiving shots to marque Jungle Boy shine. Bring connected Christian for the grudge match.

Jumping implicit to the free pre-show.

Eddie Kingston defeated Jun Akiyama. This was Kingston’s idiosyncratic imagination match. Ortiz was ringside. Ring the doorbell for a slobberknocker. Back and distant dense artillery each the mode through. Kingston landed a spinning backfist. Kick retired by Akiyama. The fable blocked a 2nd backfist to antagonistic for an exploder suplex followed by a moving knee. Kick retired by Kingston. The Mad King struck backmost with a Northern Lights Bomb. He sized up Akiyama for a spinning backfist flush to the jaw. Akiyama went down level connected his backmost for Kingston to gain the three-count. Kingston was successful tears astatine the infinitesimal arsenic respect was exchanged.

Smashmouth combat delivering connected satisfaction. I admit AEW bringing successful overseas stars for these showcase bouts. In this instance, it was a legend. Even though I’m not hep to Akiyama’s lore, it’s inactive absorbing to observe the moment. Keep them coming.

World rubric eliminator tourney semifinal: Ricky Starks defeated Brian Cage. Prince Nana was ringside. Cage powered though with aggression. Starks fought with feistiness. Cage blitzed for a powerbomb, buckle bomb, and discus lariat. Starks kicked retired connected the cover. Cage went high-risk and missed a flying elbow drop. Cage regained power for an F5, but Starks someway countered for a Canadian Destroyer. Starks seized the infinitesimal for a Roshambo for victory. Absolute advances to the tourney last versus Ethan Page connected Dynamite.

When I notation Starks is the benignant of wrestler that makes moments, this decorativeness is what I mean. When helium hoisted Cage connected his enarthrosis for Roshambo, the assemblage popped loud. Starks brings the energy, and the fans respond successful kind. As for that antagonistic Destroyer, I don’t recognize the physics of question connected that one. Oh, well. Never uncertainty Starks. That’s the acquisition here.

Best Friends defeated the Factory. Orange Cassidy, Trent, Chuck Taylor, Rocky Romero, & Danhausen represented Best Friends. QT Marshall, Aaron Solo, Lee Johnson, Nick Comoroto, & Cole Karter represented the Factory. 5 versus 5. Let’s rock. Danhausen was fashionably late. When QT plotted to piledrive Cassidy connected the ringing steps, Danhausen made his arrival. He received a peculiar entranceway carrying a jar of teeth and a spike. This was not precise nice, precise evil Danhausen. It was conscionable precise evil Danhausen.

Danhausen cleaned location with suplexes. Cassidy landed a superman punch to Comoroto. Danhausen poured teeth into Comoroto’s rima and kicked him successful the mush for victory. Afterward, Danhausen blasted QT successful the caput with the spike. Got to springiness the radical what they want.

This was a amusive warm-up for the evening. Very evil Danhausen was a hoot.

Stud of the Show: Jungle Boy

Jungle Boy is already a star. He stepped up to a higher level connected this evening. JB showed himself arsenic main lawsuit material. He inactive needs to amended connected promos, but his ringing merchandise was top-notch here. Jungle Boy showed large emotion, warring spirit, arsenic good arsenic quality to accommodate and overcome.

Match of the Night: Jungle Boy vs. Luchasaurus wrong a alloy cage

I’m rolling with this 1 arsenic the champion decorativeness of the evening.

Grade: B

Full Gear was successful the A scope for in-ring activity, electrical atmosphere, and wide excitement of the event. It dips little erstwhile factoring successful the screwiest of screwy finishes. The amusement ended connected a sour enactment for maine with that main event.

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