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All Elite Wrestling (AEW) presented their first pay-per-view following their move to a weekly timeslot last night in Baltimore, Maryland and AEW Full Gear definitely delivered. It was a night of shocks and surprises as Chris Jericho, SCU, and Riho all managed to retain their respective Championships.
The biggest surprises came when Christopher Daniels made his return as part of the triple threat match for the Tag Team Championships, before MJF then chose the perfect moment to turn on Cody.
The American Nightmare was just moments away from winning the World Championship, but Friedman threw in the towel for Cody before later low-blowing him and walking away. The show was then main evented by the unsanctioned match between Kenny Omega and Jon Moxley which was every bit as brutal as advertised.
Even though it was another night of AEW entertainment that definitely delivered, there were several botches and mistakes throughout the night and here are a few:
#4. Santana should have moved out of the way
The tag team match between Proud and Powerful and The Young Bucks kicked off last night's show as the two teams hoped to finally end what had been weeks of issues between them. Both of these teams came up short in their hunt to become the first AEW Tag Team Champions and it seemed that they wanted to make up for it against each other.
The Young Bucks looked like the early favorites, but in the end, it was Santana and Otis who came out on top, but in the build-up to the finisher, Matt Jackson went into the ring post, but Santana didn't move out of the way quick enough. Earlier in the night, Santana actually dropped his flag on the way to the ring, he stopped, panicked and then picked it back up.
#3. The referee counted three
On Wednesday night, a referee botch in the match between PAC and Trent was the main taking point of the show and once again, it appears that a referee botch has become the biggest angle. In the match between Riho and Emi Sakura for the AEW Women's Championship the referee actually counted to three a few minutes before the actual finish.
It is unknown as to why the referee counted one before jumping up and counting another two, and there was no kick out in the middle of this, so the official seemingly just decided to jump up in the middle of the count.
The match itself was a solid student vs teacher match that showed that Sakura had done a fantastic job of training Riho over the years, and now the latter had reached the point where she was able to overcome her own coach.
Sadly, even though the match was one of the best that Riho has had in her AEW career, the main thing that fans will be talking about will be the fact that the referee decided to stop mid-way through the count.
#2. Frankie forgets his spot
SCU defended their Tag Team Championships against both Private Party and The Lucha Bros in a triple threat tag team match at last night's Full Gear event. Even though SCU were able to come out on top and walk out of Baltimore with their Championships around their waists, it was Frankie Kazarian who was at fault for one of the main botches of the match.
Fenix was going for his kick through the ropes, but it seems that Kazarian completely forgot that he was supposed to be kicked when Fenix came back through, so the smaller man decided to knee him instead.
The look on Fenix's face shows that he's annoyed about the fact that he missed the spot. Most of the time multiple person matches pull out a number of botches, but it's interesting to note that this was the only real botch in the match, which means that AEW could be looking at these matches much closer and trying to iron out the number of errors throughout.
#1. That Phoenix Splash
Jon Moxley and Kenny Omega put on a fantastic show in the main event of Full Gear last night, but it was a match that was hard to watch in some places when glass became part of the show. There was also an instance when Moxley suplexed Omega into a barbed wire spiderweb on the outside, which definitely took it out of both men.
The end was obviously near when Moxley cut the ring canvas off and peeled it back to reveal the wood underneath. Omega took a huge gamble when he climbed to the top rope and delivered a Phoenix Splash, but Moxley moved out of the way and he took the entire move on his head.
Omega was aiming to land on the foam but he undershot the move and instead headbutted the wood which cut his head open. Omega wasn't the same after this spot since the finish came right afterwards, and it looked as though he could have suffered a concussion when he took all of that impact on one side of his head.
It's always a risk whenever a star climbs to the top rope, but this really didn't work out well for Omega.
