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AEW Full Gear 2020 is finally here and has potentially given us the most exciting lineup of 2020 so far. The AEW World Championship, Tag Team Championships, TNT Championship, Women's World Championship and NWA Women's World Championship are all at stake.
Besides the title matches at Full Gear, fans will witness the No. 1 contender for the AEW World Championship being decided, a bitter rivalry come to a close, and possibly a new member of the promotion's biggest stable. There are plenty of stipulations up and down the card, with plenty of wrestlers' futures being decided on the night.
The show kicks off with "The Buy-In" pre-show on YouTube tonight at 7PM EST. The main show begins at 8PM EST and is available on pay-per-view, as well as Bleacher Report Live. For folks in the UK, you can order the show on FITE TV.
Without further ado, let's take a look at what promises to be a stellar pay-per-view from AEW to close out the year. Be sure to comment down below and let us know your predictions for Full Gear.
#1 Jon Moxley vs. Eddie Kingston in an "I Quit" Match for the AEW World Championship (AEW Full Gear 2020)
Jon Moxley has been a fighting and fearless AEW World Champion since defeating Chris Jericho back at AEW Revolution. However, at Full Gear, he will encounter the most personal rival of his reign yet when he battles Eddie Kingston in an "I Quit" Match.
Following his loss to Moxley in an impromptu AEW World title match on the September 23rd episode of Dynamite, Eddie Kingston now has set his sights on getting in the head of the champion.
Expressing his jealousy and bitterness of Moxley for leaving independent wrestling behind when he became "a sports entertainer," Kingston has cut dazzling promos about a man who has sacrificed everything for professional wrestling.
In response, Moxley has said that he is ashamed of his former friend and the man he has become. These two men's words have made this one of the most intense AEW World title feuds in company's history.
This will be a physical, hard hitting and brutal war. It is hard to imagine Jon Moxley not walking out with the title, but the question is how will either man make the other say "I Quit?"
#2 FTR vs. Young Bucks for the AEW Tag Team Championships (AEW Full Gear 2020)
One of the most anticipated contests of the entire AEW Full Gear card has to be the AEW Tag Team Championships match between FTR and The Young Bucks.
These two teams have been feuding via social media since 2016, with fans debating which was the better team. Since coming to AEW, these four men have hovered over one another, building to this first time ever encounter.
FTR defeated Hangman Page and Kenny Omega at All Out 2020 to win the AEW Tag Team Championships. The Young Bucks won a tumbler-chosen Fatal Four-Way match over Private Party, Dark Order and The Butcher and The Blade to qualify for a title shot at Full Gear. After that win, FTR attacked Matt and Nick Jackson, smashing Matt's leg in a steel chair in the process.
Although there has been four years of anticipation behind this battle, the buildup has been heavily criticized due to a misguided heel turn by the Bucks. Their attempt to show an edge confused most fans and created a strange dynamic to what should have been a straight forward buildup. FTR have already been critical of the buildup heading into Full Gear.
The last-minute addition of the Young Bucks not being able to compete for the tag straps with a loss did not do much to improve the build. With all that being said, these four men have waited and have wanted this match badly.
FTR have even stated this is the reason why they came to AEW. The two teams will surely have a classic tag team contest with expert in-ring work at Full Gear. With the new stipulation though, Young Bucks have to pull out a victory here.
#3 Kenny Omega vs. Hangman Page in the AEW World Title Eliminator Tournament Finals (AEW Full Gear 2020)
The AEW World Title Eliminator Tournament has provided Dynamite with weeks of quality matchups leading up to the Finals at AEW Full Gear 2020.
The most likely competitors for this final contest from the beginning were the former AEW Tag Team Champions Kenny Omega and Hangman Page. Now, after a year building to this match, fans will see it this Saturday.
These two men produced plenty of superb tag team encounters during their time as the unlikely, yet longest reigning champions in the company's history. Although they had their differences, Hangman and Omega shared a common bond of being the best. Now their desire to prove themselves as the top star of the promotion will see them clash with a chance to face the AEW World Champion.
After failing to become the first ever AEW World Champion, Hangman Page has gone down the path of drinking and regaining his confidence through the success of his partnership with Omega.
On the other hand, Kenny has seen a transformation into his cocky Cleaner persona since the breakup of the team. These conflicting personalities will finally meet and create a brilliant encounter to conclude the tournament at AEW Full Gear 2020.
Although Page is the star on the rise, Omega has to get the victory here. He has unfinished business with Moxley following last year's Full Gear Lights Out match, and would make for the bigger AEW World title match down the line.
Regardless of the outcome, this has been one of the greatest buildups to a match in company history and should be one of the standout matches on the entire Full Gear card.
#4 Cody vs. Darby Allin for the AEW TNT Championship (AEW Full Gear 2020)
The third of our five title matches at AEW Full Gear will be for the AEW TNT Championship, with Cody defending the title against Darby Allin. This encounter will mark the fourth time these two men have met one-on-one in AEW. Darby made his debut in the company by facing Cody at AEW Fyter Fest 2019, going to a 20-minute time limit draw.
Following two more losses to Cody in 2020, Darby Allin earned this opportunity by defeating Ricky Starks in a cracking opener on the September 30th episode of Dynamite.
The interactions between Cody and Allin have been limited ahead of Full Gear, but this has all the making to be another star-making performance for the young daredevil.
The question going in is whether fans will finally see the big victory that has been built for Darby Allin. After major losses to Cody, Chris Jericho and Jon Moxley, now seems like the time to pull the trigger on Darby. This should be a fabulous contest between two of the top babyfaces in the promotion at AEW Full Gear.
#5 Hikaru Shida vs. Nyla Rose for the AEW Women's World Championship (AEW Full Gear 2020)
Another title match on the Full Gear card will see Hikaru Shida defending the AEW Women's World Championship against Nyla Rose.
This is a rematch from Double Or Nothing 2020, where Shida defeated Nyla in a remarkable No Disqualification and No Countout Match. Although Shida has been one of the more consistent performers on the AEW roster, she has lacked meaningful storytelling during her reign.
Nyla Rose partnered up with Vickie Guerrero in her corner during the summer. Vickie proclaimed that Nyla would not compete until she received a title opportunity, which led to months of her being kept off TV prior to this rematch at Full Gear. Shida has put on quality title defenses, but she has not received the attention she deserves from a booking standpoint.
This should be another entertaining AEW Women's World Championship contest. Rose should get the victory here to freshen up the division and allow her the reign that she was denied when Nyla won the gold prior to the global pandemic.
#6 Chris Jericho vs. MJF - if MJF wins, he will join the Inner Circle (AEW Full Gear 2020)
In a battle of two of the biggest heels in AEW, Chris Jericho will meet MJF at Full Gear 2020. The intriguing stipulation is that if MJF wins, he will join Jericho's Inner Circle stable. This contest was set up after weeks of interaction and teases to MJF being interested in joining a stable.
Following his loss to Jon Moxley for the AEW World Championship, the self-proclaimed Face of AEW made it clear that he felt like he needed to join a faction to get ahead in the company.
After showing interest in joining the Inner Circle, Jericho and Friedman shared Le Dinner Debonair in one of the most talked about segments of the year in wrestling.
Coming off a town hall meeting, Jericho made the challenge that if MJF could defeat him at Full Gear, he could join his stable of hooligans. MJF made it known that he was willing to do anything to get this victory.
After Jericho questioned Maxwell's killer instinct and called him soft, MJF speared him on commentary to prove just how crazy he truly was.
This has made for the most unique and divisive buildups of any match on the AEW Full Gear 2020 card. The story needs to progress coming out of this pay-per-view, so a victory for MJF and him joining the group seems like the best possible outcome. It should make for a dynamic encounter between these two rule-breakers regardless.
#7 Matt Hardy vs. Sammy Guevara in an Elite Deletion Match (AEW Full Gear 2020)
At All Out 2020, Matt Hardy defeated Sammy Guevara in a Broken Rules Match following a horrifying fall off an elevated scaffold for Hardy hitting his head on the concrete below. Due to AEW's decision to continue the contest after the fall and the previous incident with a botched steel chair throw by Guevara, there has been a dark cloud over this feud ahead of Full Gear.
Hardy and Guevara look to finally bring their rivalry to a close in an Elite Deletion Match from the Hardy compound at AEW Full Gear 2020. Based on the cinematic nature that this encounter will be held under, fans can hope that this will finally give these two men the opportunity they were denied before.
Based on the success of previous matches from the Hardy compound in other promotions, this should be a highly-entertaining spectacle.
With Hardy having the home field advantage, he should be able to pull out the win in this one and finally "delete" Sammy. Guevara will surely try his best to bring something different from other Hardy compound battles. That alone should make this a very fun cinematic showcase at Full Gear.
#8 Orange Cassidy vs. John Silver (AEW Full Gear 2020)
Following the biggest win of his career against Chris Jericho in the Mimosa Mayhem Match at All Out 2020, Orange Cassidy looks to earn another pay-per-view victory over John Silver of the Dark Order at Full Gear.
This contest was set up after Silver interfered and cost Orange his TNT Championship Lumberjack Match against Cody on the October 28th edition of Dynamite.
The match presents Silver's biggest opportunity of his time here in AEW. After standing out with his comedic timing on Being The Elite, the Dark Order member has seen his value rise on the roster and has been given more chances to impress. At Full Gear 2020, he looks to get an elusive first victory in singles competition.
With the expert humor of both characters and surprising skills in-ring, this should be a fun, yet well-worked affair between these two. Orange Cassidy should walk away from Full Gear with another win, but it might be John Silver who walks away with the momentum coming out of this show.
#9 Serena Deeb vs. Allysin Kay for the NWA Women's World Championship (AEW Full Gear 2020 Buy-In)
Before AEW Full Gear 2020's main card, "The Buy-In" will feature a special NWA Women's World Championship Match, with new champion Serena Deeb defending against Allysin Kay.
Deeb pulled off an upset win over Thunder Rosa to win the strap on the October 27th UWN Primetime Live. She then successfully defended the title against Leyla Hirsch on the following night's Dynamite.
Full Gear will mark the AEW debut of Allysin Kay. The former NWA Women's World Champion made headlines by announcing that she was leaving the National Wrestling Alliance to become a free agent earlier this week. Now with plenty of opportunities ahead, she looks to make a huge impact on "The Buy-In" to AEW's final pay-per-view of 2020.
Kay and Deeb are both solid in-ring performers who have plenty of experience and a vast array of skills to impress. This should be one of the better women's matches that the much maligned division has given us, with Deeb most likely pulling out the victory. Full Gear will definitely have a strong start to what is sure to be a fabulous event from All Elite Wrestling.
