AEW Full Gear Preview: Match Card, Start Time, How to Watch, More
- All Elite Wrestling
- 8 minutes ago
- 10 min read
AEW Full Gear Presented by DC will be LIVE from Newark, New Jersey, at the Prudential Center tonight on Saturday, November 22, 2025, at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT on HBO Max pay-per-view!
The first Full Gear event took place on November 9, 2019, just one month after the debut of AEW Dynamite. AEW World Champion “Hangman” Adam Page, the Young Bucks, PAC, Jon Moxley and Kenny Omega, who are all on tonight’s show, were also part of that inaugural Full Gear. This marks Full Gear's return to Newark for the seventh annual event, as the Prudential Center also hosted Full Gear in 2022 and 2024.
Full Gear 2025 is loaded with nine matches, featuring five title bouts – and before that gets underway, AEW Tailgate Brawl will have four more matches, including an additional title match, taking place an hour before Full Gear on TNT and streaming on HBO Max.
Check out the full AEW Full Gear preview below to find out how we arrived at each of these matches before the bell rings on Saturday night!
AEW Full Gear Match Card & Preview
AEW World Championship Steel Cage Match: “Hangman” Adam Page (c) vs. Samoa Joe
A month ago at WrestleDream, we watched any semblance of respect between Page and Joe go up in smoke following their AEW World Championship Match, which Page won with three Buckshot Lariats. After the match, Joe, Powerhouse Hobbs and Katsuyori Shibata brutally attacked Page, which escalated this rivalry from professional to violently personal.
Since then, Page has largely stayed a step ahead of The Opps. For starters, he put on quite the Tony Schiavone disguise to take all three of them out on Fright Night Dynamite after Joe won a #1 Contender 4-Way. Two weeks ago on Dynamite, Hobbs put Page through a table from the stage during an AEW World Trios Title match, so Page responded by beating Hobbs in a falls-count-anywhere match after sending him off the mezzanine through a table. Joe and Shibata attacked after the match and tried to trap Page in the Blood & Guts cage, but Hangman was saved by HOOK and Eddie Kingston.
That ambush was the impetus for Page to make the cage match challenge for their rematch at Full Gear. After beating Shibata on this week’s Dynamite, Page ominously reminded Joe what he’s done to a man in a cage before – just ask Swerve Strickland. If he needs to do that again, he will. And so tonight, these two former allies will be surrounded by steel with the richest prize in the game up for grabs.
After fighting through Hobbs and Shibata, is Page ready to finish the job and beat Joe in this rematch? Or has Page been weakened enough for Joe to take the AEW World Championship away tonight in Newark?
AEW Women’s World Championship Match: Kris Statlander (c) vs. TBS Champion Mercedes Moné
This will be a rematch from last year’s Full Gear, when Moné defeated Statlander to retain the TBS Championship. But Statlander has said loud and clear that Moné will face a much different version of herself on Saturday night.
It was last month at WrestleDream when Moné interrupted Statlander’s celebration after she retained the AEW Women’s World Championship against “Timeless” Toni Storm. On that same show, Moné simultaneously defended her TBS Championship and won the Interim ROH Women’s World TV Title against Mina Shirakawa – which gave Statlander the opening to come out and return the favor. Moné took a swing at the champ and missed, as Statlander dropped Ultimo Moné and ruined her 11th championship victory celebration. Later that night, an irate Moné challenged Statlander for the AEW Women’s World Championship at Full Gear.
Since then, Moné has won two more titles, and this past Wednesday, she became the undisputed ROH Women’s World TV Champion by defeating Red Velvet, with Statlander on commentary. After the match, Moné attacked Statlander and posed over her with the AEW Women’s World Championship.
Was that a preview of what we’ll see tonight in Newark? Will Moné be successful in her second attempt to win the AEW Women’s World Title? Or is this a different version of Statlander, one who’s ready to exorcise the demons of last year’s Full Gear and defeat Moné for the first time?
Casino Gauntlet Match to Crown the First AEW National Champion
Earlier this month, AEW GM & CEO Tony Khan announced the inaugural AEW National Champion would be crowned at Full Gear in a Casino Gauntlet Match! And no matter who wins, the first ever champion will defend the National Title at ROH Final Battle next month.
While the field is largely a mystery, we do know Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin earned the #1 and #2 spots, respectively, with their individual victories this past Wednesday, as Lashley beat Ricochet and Benjamin defeated “Speedball” Mike Bailey.
MVP has no concerns about The Hurt Syndicate facing off because this is their business, but who else will join them – assuming neither Benjamin nor Lashley ends the match in quick order? Moreover, who will be the first AEW National Champion? One of AEW’s signature matches will give us the answer tonight!
AEW World Tag Team Championship Match: Brodido (ROH World Champion Bandido and Brody King) (c) vs. FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood)
The legacy of FTR is unmatched; just ask them. But as Brody King keeps reminding them, Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood have never beaten Brodido. Tonight, FTR will try to do just that and win the AEW World Tag Team Championships for a record-tying third time.
FTR earned this shot by winning the 4-Way Fright Night Fight last month on Dynamite. Unfortunately, FTR and Stokely have since made things personal by berating Bandido’s abuela to her face and attacking his brother, Gravity. Last week, FTR even insulted and attacked the legendary Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat until Brodido made the save.
Will Brodido get some revenge and notch their sixth defense of the AEW World Tag Team Championship? Or will FTR regain the titles for the first time in more than two years?
No Disqualification TNT Championship Match: “The Protostar” Kyle Fletcher (c) vs. Mark Briscoe (If Briscoes Loses, He Has to Join the Don Callis Family)
What began as Mark Briscoe’s relentless journey to the TNT Championship could wind up as his worst nightmare. Tonight, he’ll challenge Kyle Fletcher for the TNT Title, just as he did last month when Fletcher used a low blow to help retain the title. However, that low blow and anything else will be legal, as Briscoe requested and was granted a no-disqualification rematch.
The only catch? If Briscoe loses, he has to join the Don Callis Family!
Along the way to Full Gear, Callis tried to recruit the Death Riders to take out Briscoe in Blood & Guts. And while they showed no apparent interest in helping, Briscoe did wind up getting attacked, before ultimately still making it into the match and surviving as part of the winning team. However, this past Wednesday, Kazuchika Okada and Hechicero attacked Briscoe during a face-to-face with Fletcher in which both the champ and challenger had promised no physicality – a promise the rest of the Family had not made – in Okada’s ongoing effort to win Fletcher over as the tandem of ProtOkada.
Now, for the sixth time, Briscoe and Fletcher will do battle in one-on-one action, but the stakes have never been higher. Either Briscoe will finally wrestle the TNT Championship away from Fletcher, or The Protostar will notch a record-setting ninth title defense and Briscoe will be the newest and most unlikely member of the Don Callis Family.
No Holds Barred: Jon Moxley vs. Kyle O’Reilly
WrestleDream did not end well for Jon Moxley. He was forced to say, “I quit,” by Darby Allin and hasn’t seemed the same since.
Just three days later, in fact, he faced Kyle O’Reilly and lost by disqualification when he couldn’t escape an ankle lock and purposely hit the referee. Both men demanded a rematch and got it a week later, when they went to a double countout as Moxley couldn’t escape another O’Reilly submission on the floor. Moxley then lost the deciding match for the Blood & Guts advantage by countout to Roderick Strong, as his inability to pick up a win started to become more noticeable. In the Men’s Blood & Guts Match, it was a blood-soaked O’Reilly who defiantly refused to surrender to Moxley and subsequently won the match for his team when Moxley tapped out to an ankle lock.
On this week’s special 3-hour Dynamite and Collision, Moxley finally got a win. Even that came after Claudio Castagnoli had already knocked out Orange Cassidy, with Moxley still feeling the need to lock on the bulldog choke to win the tag team match. After that fight, O’Reilly stopped a further assault on Cassidy and Roderick Strong by trapping Moxley in yet another ankle lock, one he refused to release even as Danny Garcia and Wheeler Yuta laid in kick after kick, until the Death Riders pulled a damaged Moxley from the ring.
Moxley had previously said he’d fight O’Reilly anytime, anywhere, so O’Reilly said he wanted Moxley at Full Gear, no holds barred! What kind of shape is Moxley in both mentally and physically after the last month? Did Moxley bring something out of O’Reilly that he can’t combat? What lengths will these two go to when no holds are barred? This grudge match won’t be for the faint of heart, in the very best way possible!
Darby Allin vs. PAC
Darby Allin indeed defeated Jon Moxley last month, but he still promised to never leave the Death Riders’ shadow as long as they were a threat to AEW. While his battles against Mox & Co. have continued, a new specific threat has arisen against Allin in the form of PAC.
At Blood & Guts, a returning Gabe Kidd attacked Allin with a taser and lit two tables on fire so that PAC could press-slam Allin off the entrance ramp and through the flames! The Death Riders may have lost the match, but on that night, PAC won a significant battle within the larger war against Allin that sent him to the burn ward.
We haven’t seen Allin since that night, which has given PAC all the ammo he’s needed to run down Darby and his dangerous way of life. PAC was the one who made the challenge for this match, making it clear that he wanted no stipulations so he could prove without a shadow of a doubt that he was a better athlete.
Will PAC prove his point? Or will Allin show that the only weapon he needs is his body?
$1 Million Dollar Trios Match: Kenny Omega & Jurassic Express (“Jungle” Jack Perry and Luchasaurus) vs. Josh Alexander of the Don Callis Family & Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)
Don Callis is trying to make money talk for the Young Bucks. He’s tried to pull them out of their financial depression with lavish entrances and the biggest money match to date, tonight’s Trios Match for one million dollars. With that much on the line, Matt and Nick Jackson agreed to tag with Josh Alexander against “Jungle” Jack Perry, Luchasaurus and Kenny Omega, ostensibly in the hopes of finding some financial stability.
However, Callis hasn’t stopped there. He’s offered the Bucks multiple chances to join the Don Callis Family, although they keep avoiding giving a definitive answer. Callis tried to hold their feet to the fire this past Wednesday when he intimated that bad things happen to those who don’t have a Family, citing Omega as an example. And when Omega made his way to the ring to confront the Don Callis Family after those comments on this week’s Dynamite and Collision, Callis all but forced the Bucks to set Omega up for a potential BTE Trigger – before Jurassic Express made the save.
In fact, Jurassic Express and Omega have been able to strengthen their partnership by remaining united against the Bucks and the Family, while Alexander and the Bucks had communication issues in their match against SkyFlight on that same 3-hour special event this week.
Will the Bucks actually join the Don Callis Family? And which team walks away from Full Gear with $1 million?
4-Way Tag Match (Winner Picks AEW Women’s World Tag Team Title Tournament Semifinal Match Stipulation): “The Problem” Marina Shafir & “The Megasus” Megan Bayne vs. Timeless Love Bombs (“Timeless” Toni Storm and Mina Shirakawa) vs. Babes of Wrath (Harley Cameron and Willow Nightingale) vs. Sisters of Sin (Skye Blue and Julia Hart)
Not only will this match give us a look at all four teams who have made the AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship Tournament semifinals, but we’ll also find out a stipulation for one of those upcoming semifinal matches.
On one half of the bracket, Marina Shafir and Megan Bayne are set to face Timeless Love Bombs and on the other, Babes of Wrath will battle Sisters of Sin. And whichever of those four teams wins tonight will get to pick a stipulation for their upcoming semifinal match!
Following the events of Blood & Guts, Storm and Shirakawa will stop at nothing to get payback on Bayme and Shafir, even suggesting they could pick a Taipei Death Match if they win. Meanwhile, Sisters of Sin and Babes of Wrath have been battling for months, and their semifinal showdown could end up an even wilder affair if either team is able to introduce an additional stipulation.
Which team will earn the opportunity to make a major choice for the AEW Women’s World Tag team Title Tournament semifinals?
How to Watch AEW Full Gear & Start Time
Date: Saturday, November 22, 2025
Start Time: 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT (AEW Tailgate Brawl starts at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT and runs for one hour before Full Gear.)
Location: Prudential Center - Newark, NJ
How to Watch: Full Gear is available to order on HBO Max in the United States! For more, including how to order, click here! Full Gear is also available on Amazon Prime, YouTube, and other streaming and pay-per-view platforms.