The 2022 Full Gear was the fourth annual Full Gear
professional wrestling
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pay-per-view
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Events can be purchased through a multichannel television platform using their electronic program ...
(PPV)
event
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produced by
All Elite Wrestling
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) is an American professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. It is owned and operated by Shahid Khan, Shahid and Tony Khan, with the latter serving as President (corporate title), president an ...
(AEW). It took place on Saturday, November 19, 2022, at the
Prudential Center
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in
Newark, New Jersey
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, marking AEW's first PPV to be held in the
Tri-State area
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. 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
Tyson Smith (born October 16, 1983), better known by the ring name , is a Canadian-born professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is the current AEW International Champion in his first reign. He also works as an ...
Jon Moxley
Jonathan David Good (born December 7, 1985) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Jon Moxley and is the current AEW World Championship, AEW World Champion in his ...
to win the
AEW World Championship
The AEW World Championship is a men's professional wrestling World championship (professional wrestling), world championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion, promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Unveiled on ...
Swerve Strickland
Stephon Strickland (born September 30, 1990) is an American professional wrestler and rapper. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Swerve Strickland. He also appears on the independent circuit.
Strickl ...
AEW World Tag Team Championship
The AEW World Tag Team Championship is a men's 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 wr ...
,
Death Triangle
Death Triangle was 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 former one-time AEW World ...
(
Pac
Pac or PAC may refer to:
Aviation
* IATA code PAC Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport in Panama City, Panama
* Pacific Aerospace Corporation, New Zealand, manufacturer of aircraft:
** PAC 750XL
** PAC Cresco
** PAC CT/4
** PA ...
Rey Fénix
Rey Fénix (born December 30, 1990) is a Mexican '' luchador enmascarado'' (masked professional wrestler). He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand. He is also known for his tenure in Mexican promotions Lucha Libre AAA , ...
) defeated The Elite to retain the
AEW World Trios Championship
The AEW World Trios Championship is a men's professional wrestling world tag team championship created and promoted by the United States, American professional wrestling promotion, promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It is a specialized tag team ...
Luchasaurus
Austin Matelson (born March 10, 1985), better known by his ring name Luchasaurus, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Killswitch. He is a member of The Patriarch ...
by
submission
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in a
Steel Cage match
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professional wrestling
Professional wrestling, often shortened to either pro wrestling or wrestling,The term "wrestling" is most often widely used to specifically refer to modern scripted professional wrestling, though it is also used to refer to Real life, real- ...
pay-per-view
Pay-per-view (PPV) is a type of pay television or webcast service that enables a viewer to pay to watch individual events via private telecast.
Events can be purchased through a multichannel television platform using their electronic program ...
(PPV)
event
Event may refer to:
Gatherings of people
* Ceremony, an event of ritual significance, performed on a special occasion
* Convention (meeting), a gathering of individuals engaged in some common interest
* Event management, the organization of eve ...
held annually in November by
All Elite Wrestling
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) is an American professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. It is owned and operated by Shahid Khan, Shahid and Tony Khan, with the latter serving as President (corporate title), president an ...
(AEW) since 2019, generally around the week of
Veterans Day
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. It is one of AEW's "Big Four" PPVs, which includes
Double or Nothing
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Revolution
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, their four biggest domestic events produced quarterly. Out of the four, Full Gear is AEW's only pay-per-view to be traditionally held on a Saturday. During All Out on September 4, 2022, it was announced that the fourth Full Gear event would take place on November 19, 2022, at the
Prudential Center
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in
Newark, New Jersey
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, marking AEW's first PPV held in the
Tri-State area
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. It was also announced that the November 18 episode of '' Friday Night Rampage'' would air
live
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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. Storylines were produced on AEW's weekly television programs, ''
Dynamite
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'' and ''Rampage'', and the supplementary online streaming shows, ''
Dark
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Human vision is unable to distinguish colors in conditions of very low luminance because the hue-sensitive photoreceptor cells on the retina are ...
'' and ''
Elevation
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''.
After a four-month hiatus, MJF made his return at All Out as the surprise "joker" entrant in the
Casino Ladder match
As part of a general theme, the American professional wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling utilises various casino-themed matches: the Casino Battle Royale, a 21-man rumble-rules battle royal; the Casino Ladder Match, a nine-man ladder match wh ...
and won the
poker chip
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, thus earning a match for the
AEW World Championship
The AEW World Championship is a men's professional wrestling World championship (professional wrestling), world championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion, promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Unveiled on ...
at a time and place of his choosing. After
Jon Moxley
Jonathan David Good (born December 7, 1985) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Jon Moxley and is the current AEW World Championship, AEW World Champion in his ...
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
Swerve Strickland
Stephon Strickland (born September 30, 1990) is an American professional wrestler and rapper. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Swerve Strickland. He also appears on the independent circuit.
Strickl ...
AEW World Tag Team Championship
The AEW World Tag Team Championship is a men's 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 wr ...
. In a championship rematch at Grand Slam, The Acclaimed defeated Swerve In Our Glory to win the titles. On the October 26 episode of ''Dynamite'', Swerve In Our Glory defeated FTR (
Dax Harwood
David Michael Harwood (born June 30, 1984) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Dax Harwood. Teamed with Cash Wheeler as FTR, Harwood is a two-time AEW World Tag Team Champion. H ...
and Cash Wheeler) 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 scheduled for Full Gear.
On the October 28 episode of ''Rampage'', AEW announced the return of the AEW World Championship Eliminator Tournament; an eight-man
single-elimination tournament
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culminating at Full Gear with the winner receiving an AEW World Championship match at
Winter Is Coming
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Ethan Page
Julian Micevski (born September 20, 1989), better known by his ring name Ethan Page, is a Canadian Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT (WWE brand), NXT WWE brand extension, brand, and is ...
named themselves as the first two participants in the tournament. The following week,
Eddie Kingston
Edward Moore (born December 12, 1981), better known by the ring name Eddie Kingston, is an American professional wrestler. , he is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is out of in-ring action because of a leg injury, but continues to mak ...
Lance Archer
Lance Hoyt (born February 28, 1977), better known by his ring name Lance Archer, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where is a member of The Don Callis Family and one-half of The Murder Machines w ...
,
Ricky Starks
Richard Starks (born February 21, 1990) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT (WWE brand), NXT WWE brand extension, brand under the ring name Ricky Saints.
Starks is known for his time in All El ...
, and
Brian Cage
Brian Christopher Joseph Button On November 17, during a media interview before Full Gear,
Tony Khan
Antony Rafiq Khan (born October 10, 1982) is an American businessman, sports executive, and professional wrestling promoter. He is best known as the founder, co-owner, president, CEO, executive producer, and head booker of All Elite Wrestling ...
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
WWE
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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 (
Kenny Omega
Tyson Smith (born October 16, 1983), better known by the ring name , is a Canadian-born professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is the current AEW International Champion in his first reign. He also works as an ...
AEW World Trios Championship
The AEW World Trios Championship is a men's professional wrestling world tag team championship created and promoted by the United States, American professional wrestling promotion, promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It is a specialized tag team ...
. 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 was 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 former one-time AEW World ...
(
Pac
Pac or PAC may refer to:
Aviation
* IATA code PAC Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport in Panama City, Panama
* Pacific Aerospace Corporation, New Zealand, manufacturer of aircraft:
** PAC 750XL
** PAC Cresco
** PAC CT/4
** PA ...
Rey Fénix
Rey Fénix (born December 30, 1990) is a Mexican '' luchador enmascarado'' (masked professional wrestler). He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand. He is also known for his tenure in Mexican promotions Lucha Libre AAA , ...
) 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.
Thunder Rosa
Melissa Cervantes (born July 22, 1986), known by her ring name Thunder Rosa, is a Mexican professional wrestler and Mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist. She is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where she is a former AEW Women's World Cham ...
had relinquished the championship, thus
Jamie Hayter
Paige Wooding (born 23 April 1995), better known by the ring name Jamie Hayter, is a British professional wrestler. She is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) where she is a former AEW Women's World Champion.
Prior to signing with AEW, she ha ...
became recognized as the undisputed lineal champion.
Toni Storm
Toni Rossall (born 19 October 1995), better known by the ring name Toni Storm, is a New Zealand-Australian professional wrestler. She is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the epithet "Timeless" Toni Storm and is the reigning AEW Women' ...
's interim reign was also retroactively made an official reign.
William Regal
Darren Kenneth Matthews (born 10 May 1968), better known by the ring name William Regal, is an English retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he serves as the vice-president of Global Talent Development. He is also known for ...
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
Bryan Danielson
Bryan Lloyd Danielson (born May 22, 1981) is an American semi-retired professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs on a part time basis. He is also known for his tenure in WWE, where he performed under t ...
. 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
Burberry
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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 run off by Danielson. The next week, a pre-recorded video of Regal was played, which addressed the future of the
Blackpool Combat Club
The Death Riders are a Heel (professional wrestling), villainous professional wrestling stable that performs in All Elite Wrestling (AEW), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), and Ring of Honor (ROH). The stable consists of the leader Jon Moxley, Cla ...
. 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
Claudio Castagnoli
Claudio Castagnoli ( ; born 27 December 1980) is a Swiss professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of the Death Riders and a former AEW World Trios Championship, AEW World Trios Champion. He also per ...
would be able to teach
Wheeler Yuta
Paul Soren Gruber (born October 26, 1996) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Wheeler Yuta and is a member of the Death Riders, formerly known as the Blackpool C ...
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 NXT.
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
ladder match
A ladder match is a type of match in professional wrestling, most commonly one in which an item (usually a title belt) is hung above the ring, and the winner is the contestant who climbs a ladder and retrieves the item. The ladder itself become ...
to become two-time AEW World Trios Champions.
Results
Notes
References
External links
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2022
The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...