AEW Full Gear Live Coverage 11/23 - Moxley Vs. Cassidy For AEW World Championship, Several Other Titles Up For Grabs

Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s live coverage for AEW Full Gear on November 23, 2024, coming to you live from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey at a special main show start time of 8 PM ET!

Jon Moxley will be putting the AEW World Championship on the line for the first time since dethroning Bryan Danielson as titleholder at AEW WrestleDream on October 12 as he defends against Orange Cassidy. Moxley and his Death Riders stablemates have launched a series of attacks on various members of the AEW roster, including Cassidy's ally Chuck Taylor. Since then, Cassidy has shown a more intense side to his personality and vowed to seek retribution on Taylor's behalf.

Private Party's Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen will be putting the AEW World Tag Team Championship on the line in a Four-Way Match against Truth Magnum and Turbo Floyd of The Outrunners, Anthony Bowens and Max Caster of The Acclaimed, and Kings Of The Black Throne's Malakai Black and Brody King. The Outrunners, The Acclaimed and Kings Of The Black Throne all secured their spots in tonight's match by defeating Top Flight, La Faccion Ingobernable, and FTR respectively in a trio of Full Gear Four-Way Contenders Series matches.

Three other championships will also be on the line, as Ricochet will once again be challenging The Don Callis Family's Konosuke Takeshita for the International Championship. "The One and Only" was previously unable to win the International Championship, coming up short against Takeshita and Will Ospreay in a Three-Way Match at WrestleDream. Elsewhere, Kris Statlander looks to put an end to Mercedes Mone's 181 day reign as TNT Champion when the two collide in a title match. Statlander has had no shortage of issues with Mone and her ally Kamille over the course of the past several weeks, and sent the two crashing through a piece of drywall backstage.

Jack Perry of The Elite will be putting the TNT Championship on the line for the first time since the November 9 episode of "AEW Collision" as he defends against Daniel Garcia. Tensions between the two men have been on the rise over the course of the past several weeks, culminating this past Wednesday when the two men met in a fiery exchange of words.

Speaking of Garcia, MJF will be competing in his first match since defeating him at AEW All Out on September 7 as he squares off with Roderick Strong. While his Undisputed Kingdom stablemate Adam Cole wanted to secure the right to face his former Better Than You Bay Bay tag team partner, Strong was able to defeat Shane Taylor, The Beast Mortos, and Lance Archer to win three matches in a row before Cole to secure the right to challenge MJF per his terms.

Bobby Lashley will be competing in his second ever match in AEW tonight as he goes one-on-one with Swerve Strickland. Lashley's Hurt Syndicate stablemate MVP looked to recruit Strickland to the group, but ultimately proved to be unsuccessful after Strickland chose to stick by his longtime manager Prince Nana's side. Will Ospreay also looks to seek his retribution against former friend Kyle Fletcher tonight as the two take on one another, and "Hangman" Adam Page will be facing Jay White in a rematch from WrestleDream in which the latter emerged victorious over the former.

Additionally, AEW Women's World Champion Mariah May and her close friend Mina Shirakawa will be hosting a Champagne Championship Celebration. Social media star BIG BOOM! A.J. will also be taking on QT Marshall on the Zero Hour Pre-Show at a special start time of 6:30 PM ET in the latter's first time competing in televised competition in an AEW ring since coming up short against Gravity in a match for the AAA Latin American Championship on the August 25, 2023 episode of "Rampage". Anna Jay will also be going head-to-head with Deonna Purrazzo on the Zero Hour Pre-Show, while Komander will be taking on Top Flight's Dante Martin, House of Black's Buddy Matthews, and the aforementioned Mortos in a Four-Way Match.

We are live! Excalibur, "Daddy Magic" Matt Menard, and Tony Schiavone greet audiences at home on the Zero Hour Pre-Show as The Vendetta make their way down to the ring. Anna Jay follows.

The bell rings and Jay looks to clock Valkyrie. Purrazzo clocks her from behind and cinches in a side headlock on her, but Jay rolls up Purrazzo. Purrazzo kicks out, but Jay delivers a roundhouse kick to her in the corner and sends her crashing into the mat. She whips her into the corner, but Jay connects with a forearm on her from the apron and lands a roundhouse kick on her head. She looks to ascend up the ropes, but Valkyrie grabs her leg as the referee is distracted by Purrazzo.

Purrazzo delivers a kick to Jay as she teeters on the ropes, then levels her with a clothesline and stomps on her face. Purrazzo delivers a boot to Jay's face, but Jay responds with one of her own. The two rock one another with forearms, but Jay levels Purrazzo with a pair of back elbows and a dropkick. Jay then connects with a forearm on Purrazzo, then lands a roundhouse kick on her as she teeters on the ropes and pulls her off them.

Purrazzo rocks Jay with a knee to her face, then connects with a Russian Leg Sweep and locks in a Fujiwara Armbar. Jay gets her foot on the bottom rope to break the submission hold, then follows it up with a neckbreaker using the middle rope. Valkyrie delivers a spear to Jay on the outside, but the referee catches her and ejects her from ringside. Purrazzo then locks in another Fujiwara Armbar on Jay, but Jay counters into a pinfall for the win.

Winner: Anna Jay

Dante Martin then makes his way out to the ring. Komander, Alex Abrahantes, The Beast Mortos, and Buddy Matthews follow.

The bell rings and Komander looks to go after Matthews. Matthews intercepts him and dumps him out of the ring, then sends Dante out to join him and fires off stomps on Komander in the corner. Dante gets back inside the ring and dumps Mortos out, then assists Komander in landing a hurricanrana on Matthews. Komander then looks to land an arm drag on Mortos, but Mortos intercepts him and Dante. Dante and Komander deliver double boots to Mortos, and Dante levels him with a springboard moonsault.

Komander levels Matthews with a springboard crossbody, but Matthews dumps Dante out of the ring and sits Komander on the top rope. Komander looks to fly, but Matthews catches him and sits him on the adjacent top rope. He connects with a couple of chops, but Mortos pulls him off the ropes and dumps him out of the ring. He rocks Komander with a right hand, but Dante clocks him from behind and fires off right hands on him. Dante then delivers a hurricanrana to Mortos and follows it up with a boot before landing a second one on Matthews.

Matthews flies to level Dante and Mortos on the outside, but Komander then flies off the top rope to level all four men and looks to land a moonsault off the top on Matthews in the ring. Matthews sees him coming, but Mortos sends him crashing into the ring steps and connects with a neck crank. He follows it up with a modified gutbuster and a Samoan Drop to Dante.

Matthews sends Komander crashing into Dante in the corner, then sends him crashing into the mat and goes for a pin. Mortos breaks the fall, and Dante then rolls up Matthews. Matthews kicks out and Dante lands a forearm on Mortos in the corner. He pins Komander, but Komander kicks out. Dante and Komander land boots on each other's midsections, but Matthews levels Dante with a meteora off the top rope.

Dante and Matthews exchange strikes as Mortos and Komander do the same. Dante connects with a Frog Splash off the top on Mortos, but Matthews breaks the fall with a Curbstomp on Dante and pins him for the win.

Winner: Buddy Matthews

The Rizzler then makes his way down to the ring. QT Marshall, BIG BOOM! A.J., and Big Justice follow, and Paul Wight joins the announce desk.

The bell rings and the two lock up. They take turns locking each other in submissions, but A.J. levels Marshall with a powerslam and goes for a pin. Marshall kicks out, and A.J. levels him with a back body drop. He sends him crashing out of the ring, then fires off a couple right hands on him on the outside and sends his face bouncing off the barricade.

A.J. dumps Marshall back inside the ring, but Marshall levels him with a kick and follows it up with a DDT. He goes for a pin, but A.J. kicks out. Marshall wears A.J. down with a submission hold, then looks to land a cutter on him. A.J. sees him coming and connects with a belly-to-belly suplex, then ascends to the top and delivers a flying clothesline. A.J. lands an over the shoulder powerslam on Marshall, but Marshall levels A.J. with a dropkick and the Diamond Cutter. He goes for a pin, but A.J. kicks out. Marshall then gets into Wight's face at the commentary desk and ascends to the top, but A.J. intercepts him with a right hand and hits a superplex.

Aaron Solo hops up on the apron, but A.J. levels him with a right hand. He turns around into a big boot from Marshall, but while the referee is distracted by Solo, Justice lands a spear on Marshall. A.J. then follows it up with a powerbomb for the win.

Winner: BIG BOOM! A.J.

We then head backstage and see Mercedes Mone chew out Kamille. She vents her frustrations about everything she's done that she's found to be frustrating, then tells her to stay in the back during her match against Kris Statlander later tonight.

We are live on the main show! Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, and Nigel McGuinness greet audiences at home as Kings Of The Black Throne then make their way out to the ring. The Outrunners, The Acclaimed, Billy Gunn, and Private Party follow. 

Marq Quen and Malakai Black begin the action. The bell rings and the two lock up. They go back and forth, but Anthony Bowens and Isiah Kassidy tag in. Kassidy connects with an enzuigiri on Bowens, but Truth Magnum tags in and connects with a suplex. Turbo Floyd tags in and delivers a bodyslam to Kassidy, then clotheslines him out of the ring. Brody King tags in and lands a right hand on Floyd, then follows it up with a clothesline and sends him crashing into the barricade. He dumps Bowens back in the ring, and Black lands a jumping knee on him.

King lands a superplex on Bowens off the ropes, and Black follows it up with a double stomp off the top. King and Black double team on Quen, but The Acclaimed, Private Party, and The Outrunners triple team on King and Black. Bowens lands Scissor Me Timbers on King, but Caster connects with a kick on Floyd. Floyd responds with a dropkick on Caster, but Quen levels him with a kick and Private Party delivers double 450 Splashes on The Outrunners. They go for a pin, but Private Party kicks out.

King levels Bowens with a Sidewalk Slam, but The Outrunners double team on him to send him crashing into the mat. Caster tells Bowens to pin him (given that Private Party don't have to be pinned to win the title), but Isiah Kassidy breaks the fall. Bowens connects with The Arrival on Kassidy and Caster looks to fly off the ropes, but Private Party counters into the Gin and Juice for the win.

Winners (and still): Private Party

MJF then makes his way down to the ring. Roderick Strong follows.

The bell rings and MJF rolls out of the ring. He grabs a mic and says the reason fans like Strong is because he's just like them. MJF keeps running his mouth, but Strong clocks him from behind. MJF retreats up the ramp, but Strong follows him and chases him back down to ringside. MJF exposes a turnbuckle and uses it to wear down Strong's fingers. He powerbombs him into the ring apron, then dumps him back inside the ring.

MJF stomps on Strong, then wears him down with a submission hold. Strong responds with a backbreaker to MJF and levels him with a kick, then follows it up with a Angle Slam and dumps MJF out of the ring. He follows it up with a dropkick out of the ring and sends him crashing into the barricade spine first, then dumps him back inside the ring.

MJF looks to fly off the ropes, but Strong counters into a backbreaker and goes for a pin. MJF kicks out and delivers a double stomp off the ropes, but Strong levels him with a dropkick and locks in a Sharpshooter on MJF. Strong's shoulder gives out, but MJF fires off headbutts to continue wearing down his shoulder. MJF rolls up Strong, but Strong counters into a pin of his own. MJF kicks out, but Strong responds with a pair of gutbusters and a running knee. MJF continues wearing down Strong's shoulder with the Salt Of The Earth Armbar, and Strong taps out.

Winner: MJF

After the match, MJF grabs a chair and sandwiches Strong's arm in it. He stomps on the chair to attack Strong's arm, but Adam Cole's music hits and he runs down to the ring alongside Mike Bennett and Matt Taven. MJF retreats, but Kyle O'Reilly appears and shoves Cole. Taven and Bennett look to help Cole up, but Cole gets up himself as O'Reilly helps Strong to the back.

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