AEW – Full Gear (2022) (Wrestling Review)

This wasn’t a great match and the wrestling wasn’t the focus here. The story in match leading to Danhausen is all that mattered and he got an insane pop. 

3 / 5

Starks is hurt a little and this gave the David vs Goliath comeback for him. Crowd popped huge at the end and this was a solid match by both. 

3 / 5

A fun hard hitting Japan style match. Eddie continues to live his dream of taking guys he loves. This was exactly like you’d expect and a solid pre show main event. 

3.5 / 5

This felt like an old school cage match. Bloody, violent, and had that great rivalry story going into it. The elbow off the top looked great and Jungle Boy bleeding helped root for him a ton. Crowd was super into it too. 

3.75 / 5

A fun spot filled match as expected. Two teams of guys that work together great and give a match that really has no slow down moments. Good twist at the end too since it seems The Elite are trying to be the good guys now.

3.75 / 5

Jade hasn’t developed at all given her undefeated title run. Nyla and her just didn’t mesh either. It was sloppy and sluggish a lot and neither came off looking good. 

1.5 / 5

A nonstop 20+ minute action fest. Several different styles here that all meshed together well for a lot of big spots and close calls. Two teams being in here too gave it a in match story as well. 

4.25 / 5

Honestly there’s a lot here bad or weird. Clearly Saraya was gonna have ring rust coming in here but this match never flowed at all. It felt clunky throughout and moves didn’t look great. Having her pin Baker clean with their story though is extremely questionable especially given Baker has been one of the top women here for years. 

2 / 5

A good powerman match where everyone worked hard. Shocking finish with Joe taking it but makes me think they will combine titles hopefully or something with that. Sucks that Hobbs has to take the fall but it won’t hurt him nearly as much as it would the other two. 

3.5 / 5

A fun brawl but similar to what we always get from Sting and Allin in big matches. Jarrett was cool here and Lethal works well but just isn’t exciting at all really. Would be cool to see Darby and Sting do in the tag division instead of being a singles angle that always ends with Sting helping in a tag match. 

3.5 / 5

A lot of outside interferences as expected but that was a given. Really good match though and the crowd was behind it heavy. Hayter is super over with the crowd and this was one of the first matches where Storm really looked good here and trying to save her belt. 

4 / 5

This could have been cut a few minutes down as it only really picked up in the second half. The Swerve angle had been building up for a while so it was nice to see it happen here and The Acclaimed got a PPV defense win. 

3.5 / 5

A phenomenal old school match with a story behind it, great in ring psychology with them targeting each others limbs, close calls, and a great final twist. It had to go this way with MJF being heel overall but super over with the crowd and Mox having done an amazing job holding the belt lately. 

4.5 / 5