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AEW Full Gear was a good show, and well worth the money that this writer spent on FITE for sure, although there was one major issue with the pay-per-view, as shall be discussed in this particular article.
That said, what a great feeling it was, especially considering the times that we're in, for a live crowd, however small, to be a part of the action and excitement of AEW Full Gear 2020.
Nobody knows what the future holds for us, but one has to applaud all the men and women in the pro wrestling world for bringing so many smiles to faces, by putting their bodies on the line.
That said, AEW Full Gear was a solid 8/10 pay-per-view, and if you're going to watch the show based on this article, this reviewer strongly recommends that you do so, at your convenience.
#1 Best: MJF pays tribute to Eddie Guerrero at AEW Full Gear and joins The Inner Circle
MJF and Chris Jericho did not have the best match of the night, by a very long shot but everything they did at AEW Full Gear was so ingrained in storytelling that they deserve the 'best' tag. From the entrance where MJF mocked Chris Jericho to the finish, where MJF paid tribute to Eddie Guerrero, the whole match was absolutely brilliant.
And while a pay-per-view can be fantastic in its own right, this was perhaps the only match in the entire AEW Full Gear card, that got us excited for the future as well because we know that there are weeks of entertainment lined up for us from MJF and Chris Jericho.
We know that not everyone in The Inner Circle will be happy with MJF joining the faction, so that should be a pretty intriguing situation to watch out for.
#1 Worst: AEW Full Gear just lasted way too long
By the time that the main event came around, we had been watching AEW Full Gear for a very long duration of time, and it is hard to imagine anyone at all staying invested in a pay-per-view for this extraordinary length of time.
Everyone obviously has a very different threshold when it comes to what they like and how much of it they'd like to see at one sitting, but to put things in context, AEW Full Gear lasted as long as two movies ordinarily world and even longer than RAW (which is a challenge to watch on most weeks too).
Couldn't one or more of these matches (especially the Orange Cassidy vs. John Silver match) have happened on the television program instead, to make the pay-per-view a lot more palatable for the ordinary pro wrestling fan?
And so coming to the main point brought up at the start of this section, most fans were burned out by the time the AEW Full Gear main event came around.
#2 Best: Cody Rhodes passes the torch to Darby Allin at AEW Full Gear, in an extremely emotional moment
It was a special night for Cody Rhodes, a man who did not have access to his own name and legacy until recently, as he wrestled with the last name for the first time in quite some time, but it was an even more special night for Darby Allin, the promising young man that Cody Rhodes put over at AEW Full Gear in what turned out to be a spectacular contest.
And the fact that Cody Rhodes got down on one knee and offered the TNT Championship after their match at AEW Full Gear, a title that he has carried for a very long time around his waist to the next generation, was a sign of what a class act and a gentleman he is.
Darby Allin is going to mix it up with Team Taz going forward, and Cody Rhodes does not need a Championship around his waist to tell stories in the ring, because he's a made man. Everybody wins, even though Cody Rhodes technically lost the match.
#2 Best/Worst: The women did not live up to the rest of the AEW Full Gear card this weekend
One of the biggest issues with the Women's Championship match between Hikaru Shida and Nyla Rose at AEW Full Gear was the lack of storyline attached to it because the contest almost seemed like an afterthought, designed to get the two women on the card and little more.
The contest in itself wasn't the best match that Hikaru Shida has had by a long shot and while it was an okay contest overall, compared to the rest of the AEW Full Gear card, the match was somehow lacking.
Also one really has to wonder who is next in line for Hikaru Shida following AEW Full Gear since she has pretty much run through the entire card at this point. Nobody else has been presented as being at the same level as Hikaru Shida (for good reason) until now, so wouldn't it have made more sense to have her drop the title to Nyla Rose at AEW Full Gear, maybe?
#3 Best: Did we see the best match of 2020 at AEW Full Gear between FTR and The Young Bucks?
The kind folks at All Elite Wrestling set up an exclusive interview between FTR and Sportskeeda to hype up the big match with The Young Bucks ahead of AEW Full Gear, where they spoke of the 'dream match' tag, and much more.
One of the things that they said about the match was how pressure creates diamonds, and that was certainly the case at AEW Full Gear where Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler told a fantastic story with The Young Bucks, where they stepped away from the gameplan by attempting a flip that they shouldn't have, leading to the pin.
Some may say that we already knew how the outcome of the AEW Full Gear dream match would go because of the stipulation attached where The Young Bucks would not be able to challenge for the tag team championships if they lost the match, but that didn't take away from the fact that this was an outstanding match.
