Full Gear (2023)

The 2023 Full Gear is the upcoming fifth annual Full Gear professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It will take place on Saturday, November 18, 2023, at the Kia Forum in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood, California.

Full Gear
Promotional poster featuring MJF and Jay White
PromotionAll Elite Wrestling
DateNovember 18, 2023
CityInglewood, California
VenueKia Forum
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Production

Background
The 2023 Full Gear will take place at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California.

Full Gear is a pay-per-view (PPV) held annually around Veterans Day by All Elite Wrestling (AEW) since 2019. It is one of AEW's "Big Four" PPVs, which includes Double or Nothing, All Out, and Revolution, their four biggest events produced quarterly. Out of the four, Full Gear is AEW's only pay-per-view to be traditionally held on a Saturday.[1] During the All In post-event media scrum on August 27, 2023, it was announced that the fifth Full Gear event would take place on November 18, 2023, at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California.[2] Tickets went on sale on September 8, 2023.[3]

Due to the event taking place in Collision's normal Saturday night time slot, that weekend's episode will instead be held live at the same venue the night before on Friday, November 17—Collision is AEW's third weekly program that launched in June.[4] This does not affect AEW's regular Friday program, Rampage, which will also air live that same night and from the same venue.[5]

Storylines

Full Gear will feature professional wrestling matches that are the result of pre-existing feuds and storylines, with results being predetermined by AEW's writers. Storylines are produced on AEW's weekly television programs, Dynamite, Collision, and Rampage.

On the September 27 episode of Dynamite, Jay White interrupted AEW World Champion MJF. White claimed that he was ultimately responsible for MJF and Adam Cole's friendship and subsequent teaming as Better Than You Bay Bay, as Cole had gotten injured in their match at the 2022 Forbidden Door, with Cole becoming involved with MJF after returning the following year. White then claimed that he would take the AEW World Championship from MJF. During the final moments of the show, a group of masked men dressed in black attacked White backstage before showing another individual wearing MJF's devil mask.[6] The following week, White, along with Bullet Club Gold stablemates Juice Robinson, Austin Gunn, and Colten Gunn attacked MJF. White subsequently stole the AEW World Championship belt and challenged MJF for the title at Full Gear and MJF accepted.[7]

Matches
No.Matches*Stipulations
1MJF (c) or Kenny Omega vs. Jay WhiteSingles match for the AEW World Championship[8]
2MJF (c) vs. The Gunns (Austin Gunn and Colten Gunn)2-on-1 handicap match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship[9]
3Hikaru Shida (c) vs. "Timeless" Toni StormSingles match for the AEW Women's World Championship
4Sting, Darby Allin, and TBA vs. Christian Cage, Luchasaurus, and Nick WayneSix-man tag team match[10]
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
*Card subject to change

References
  1. Defelice, Robert (November 8, 2020). "Tony Khan Likes AEW's 'Big Four' Pay-Per-View Schedule, Announces 'Beach Break' Special For January". Fightful. Archived from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  2. Lambert, Jeremy (August 27, 2023). "AEW WrestleDream Announced For October 1, AEW Full Gear To Take Place On November 18". Fightful. Archived from the original on August 28, 2023. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
  3. PWMania.com Staff (September 8, 2023). "AEW Full Gear And WrestleDream Tickets On Sale Today". PWMania. Archived from the original on September 8, 2023. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  4. Boone, Matt (August 28, 2023). "AEW Announces Full Gear 2023 Date & Location". PWMania. Archived from the original on August 28, 2023. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
  5. Currier, Joseph (September 4, 2023). "AEW announces special Friday night episode of Collision for November". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Archived from the original on September 4, 2023. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
  6. Powell, Jason (September 27, 2023). "AEW Dynamite results (9/27): Powell's live review of Penta vs. Matt Jackson vs. Orange Cassidy vs. Austin Gunn, Willow Nightingale vs. Julia Hart, MJF and Adam Cole speak, Swerve Strickland and Hangman Page contract signing". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
  7. Powell, Jason (October 4, 2023). "AEW Dynamite results (10/4): Powell's live review of Adam Copeland's debut, Rey Fenix vs. Nick Jackson for the AEW International Title, Konosuke Takeshita and Sammy Guevara vs. Kenny Omega and Chris Jericho". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
  8. Russell, Skylar (October 4, 2023). "Jay White To Challenge MJF For AEW World Championship At AEW Full Gear". Fightful. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
  9. Lambert, Jeremy (October 25, 2023). "MJF Agrees To Defend ROH Tag Team Titles Against The Gunns At AEW Full Gear". Fightful. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  10. Russell, Skylar (October 25, 2023). "Ric Flair Appears On 10/25 AEW Dynamite, Says He Wants To Be Along For Sting's Retirement Tour". Fightful. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
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