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AEW Full Gear 2026 from the Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix, Arizona, starts with the Tailgate Brawl on TNT. Our commentary team is Excalibur, Walker, Stewart, and Tony Schiavone.
We start with a hype video for the main event tonight: Will Ospreay vs. Kyle Fletcher for the AEW World Championship.
Jungle Jack Perry vs. Mortos
They lock up, and Mortos tosses Perry backward. Perry takes a drink of someone’s beer from the crowd and charges at Mortos, who knocks him down. Perry gets a series of strikes. Mortos leaps into Perry’s arms, and Perry dumps him to the floor. Perry dives onto Mortos, and Mortos hoists Perry up and then drops him face first onto the apron. Perry gets a dropkick and then runs across the top of the barricade and leaps on Mortos.
Mortos is tossed into the ring. Mortos gets a Samoan drop on Perry as we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, Mortos chops Perry down repeatedly. Mortos gets a discus lariat, and Perry pops back up and runs the ropes before getting a clothesline. They fight in the corner, and Perry comes off the top, and Mortos gets a headbutt followed by a gutbuster for two. Perry gets a rollup for two. Mortos gets a backbreaker and a discus lariat for two. Mortos comes off the top, and Perry avoids the dive. Perry hits a piledriver on Mortos and follows with a running knee.
Perry pauses and smiles before putting Mortos on top. He then says that this is for Samoa Joe, and he hits a muscle buster on Ortos for the pin and the win.
Winner: Jack Perry.
Next is a hype video for Tomasso Ciampa vs Ilja Dragunov.
We get a video of a meeting between the Death Riders and the Conglomeration in the desert. Mox tosses a backpack to Orange Cassidy, and when Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong open it, they say it doesn’t make them trust him. Mox says he has a rule: he doesn’t apologize. Cassidy says he didn’t ask him to. The Conglomeration gets in the SUV.
The Don Callis Family (Wardlow, El Clon, and Kevin Knight) vs. The Already In The Ring Jaden Monroe, RJ Wylde, and Jordan Cruz
The rest of the Don Callis Family come to the ring with them.
The match takes longer than you would think, as each member of the Family gets to show some of their move set. Knight gets the pin and the win after the UFO Splash.
Winners: The Don Callis Family
Rocky Romero grabs a mic and says it was easy, and Phoenix is Don Callis Family territory. He says Kyle Fletcher will win the world title later tonight. Trent Beretta calls out QT Marshall and Big Boom AJ to come to the ring.
QT Marshall, Big Boom AJ, Matt Sydal, and Darius Martin vs. Trent Beretta, Lance Archer, Josh Alexander, and Rocky Romero.
They all start fighting on the ramp and then in the ring. AJ starts the match and clears the ring. Dairus gets an attack in before Matt Sydal is tagged in, and we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, AJ gives everyone a Big Boom until he gets to Archer, who stands still. AJ clotheslines him to the floor and then gives people power slams. QT tags in, and he and Josh go back and forth. Everyone gets a big move on the last person in the ring. Archer sends each person to the floor until only QT is left, and all of Archer’s team work him over. We then go back to each person getting a big move on the last person in the ring again.
Sydal hits a shooting star press on Rocky, and Darius covers for the pin and the win.
Winners: QT Marshall, Big Boom AJ, Matt Sydal, and Darius Martin
I guess the Don Callis Family B team has to be sacrificed to AJ for TikTok.
The Pay Per View starts with Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, and Nigel McGuinness as our commentary team.
Kazuchika Okada (AEW International Champion) Vs. Adam Copeland
They face off in the middle of the ring. And drink in the crowd reaction. They lock up, and Cope wraps Okada’s arm in the ropes and kicks the rope. They lock up again and move to waistlocks and arm bars. They lock up again, and Okada forces them to the ropes for the Okada break. Okada then kicks Cope and comes off the ropes into a leg lariat from Cope. Okada goes for a Rainmaker,r and Cope avoids it. Okada goes to the floor to stall.
Cope joins him, but Okada gets in kicks. Okada sends Cope into the steel steps. Okada pulls up the mats on the floor to expose the concrete. They go back and forth until Cope gets a back body drop onto the padding. Cope drops Okada into an open chair and then gets a running boot on Okada.
Cope slams Okada’s right arm into the barricade repeatedly. Okada is rolled into the ring, and Okada rolls out the other side of the ring. When Okada gets on the apron, Cope kicks him down and goes back to the floor. Callus distracts Cope, and Okada hits a running dropkick. Okada works over Cope on the floor and then rolls him into the ring, keeping up the pressure. Cope throws hands as he gets to his feet, and Okada drops him again with a DDT.
Okada hits another DDT on Cope. Okada hits a third DDT for two, with Cope getting a foot on the rope. Cope gets strikes and then back elbows, but Okada gets a big boot. Okada gets a body slam and goes to the top. Okada hits the elbow drop from the top and flips the bird. Okada is able to escape a Rainmaker and gets a Flapjack Slam.
They struggle to their feet, and Cope charges at Okada, who grabs him for a shoulder breaker. Okada then goes to the floor and sneaks his belt to the ring. The ref takes it from him, and Cope gets a rollup for two. Okada gets an uppercut. Okada tries for a Rainmaker, and Cope gets a side slam. Both men are down again; when they get up, they kick each other down again. They throw hands on their knees as they get to their feet.
Okada gets a dropkick and misses a Rainmaker. They go back and forth, and Okada gets a dropkick to Cope back and hits a piledriver. Instead of pinning him, Okada sets up for a spear, and instead, Cope hits an uppercut. Cope then flips the bird the way Okada does. Okada rolls to the apron. Callis distracts the ref,f and when Cope goes for a spear, Okada has the belt, which drops Cope. Okada gets an impaler on the bare concrete.
Okada rolls into the ring, and the ref keeps counting. Okada leaves the ring when the ref counts 8. Okada rolls Cope into the ring. Okada chooses not to cover Cope. When he does, the ref counts one, and Okada pulls him up. Okada does it again. Okada then picks Cope up for a Rainmaker. Okada covers cope for the pin and the win.
Winner and still International Champion: Kazuchika Okada
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