Full Gear 2020: AEW Turns a Deep Card into Its Best Pandemic-Era PPV Yet

Serena Deeb retained the NWA World Women's Championship by making Allysin Kay submit to the Serenity Lock in the Full Gear 2020 Buy-In. The former tag partners showed their familiarity early, with Deeb targeting Kay's knee through a dragon screw and submissions. Kay answered with a big boot and spinebuster, then escaped an octopus hold by powerbombing the champion. Deeb retreated from Kay's attempted AK-47 before returning to the damaged leg and securing the final tap-out. C+ (6.5) recognizes a grounded technical title defense whose injury work paid off. Thunder Rosa's post-match arrival set up a fresh NWA challenge, not an AEW Women's title change.

Kenny Omega beat Hangman Adam Page with the One-Winged Angel to win the AEW World Championship Eliminator final and earn a title opportunity. Page had rejected Omega's opening handshake and answered with hard chops, a pop-up powerbomb and the Dead Eye for a near fall. Omega countered Page's own attempt at a One-Winged Angel, attacked with V-Triggers and survived a big lariat while protecting an injured-looking knee. The former tag partners fought through several finish attempts until Omega landed another V-Trigger and his definitive finisher. A- (8.5) reflects a tense, technically rich meeting between rivals, but it awarded contendership rather than the championship itself.

Orange Cassidy pinned John Silver with the Beach Break after avoiding Silver's attempted discus lariat at Full Gear 2020. The Dark Order powerhouse repeatedly mocked Cassidy's hands-in-pockets offense, even tearing the pockets off his trousers to force a more conventional fight. Silver lifted him with one arm, reversed a DDT attempt into a suplex and landed hard kicks, but Cassidy found openings through a diving crossbody and a swinging DDT. Silver escaped an Orange Punch and nearly won with his own counter before Cassidy hit the finish. B- (7.2) credits a lively contrast of comedy and power wrestling with a decisive singles pin. Best Friends joined Cassidy afterward rather than participating in the fall.

Darby Allin won the TNT Championship by catching Cody Rhodes in a roll-up after the two exchanged a series of pinning counters. Cody had punished Allin's arm through joint locks and a top-rope shoulder breaker and later landed an avalanche CrossRhodes, but Allin reached the rope before the referee could complete the count. Allin survived the punishment, countered with the Last Supper and delivered a Coffin Drop for a near fall before finally turning Cody's attack into the winning cover. B+ (8.3) credits a title match built around near-falls and a surprise but legitimate switch. Cody handed Allin the belt afterward; Team Taz's subsequent attack happened after the decision.

Hikaru Shida retained the AEW Women's World Championship by pinning Nyla Rose after four consecutive knee strikes. Rose had tried to turn the match into a power fight by attacking Shida's legs and delivering a powerbomb, while Vickie Guerrero struck the champion with a Singapore cane and later tripped her. Shida kept recovering, finding two near falls with Falcon Arrow variations despite Rose's blocks and continued attacks. The champion ultimately used a sequence of hard knees to keep Rose down for the count. C+ (6.8) rewards Shida's resistance and a clearly recorded retaining pin, but the outside interference and repeated false finishes kept it from a sharper conclusion.

The Young Bucks won the AEW World Tag Team Championship when Matt Jackson pinned Cash Wheeler after a superkick. FTR had targeted Matt's injured ankle throughout the match, while Dax Harwood also hurt his hand by punching the ring post. Matt and Nick fought back through stereo sharpshooters, the BTE Trigger and a 450 splash to escape a leg submission, but FTR repeatedly interrupted the title-winning attempts. Wheeler later tried a risky springboard 450 instead of maintaining control, missed when Matt moved and absorbed the final superkick. A (9.4) credits the sustained championship struggle and the tension of two injured competitors, with the title change happening on Matt's clean three-count.

Matt Hardy defeated Sammy Guevara by pinfall in the cinematic Elite Deletion match at the Hardy Compound. Guevara arrived in a golf cart, only for Hardy's monster truck to crush it, and their brawl spread from the lawn into a makeshift wrestling ring. Santana and Ortiz briefly intervened until Private Party evened the sides; the fight also featured Roman candles and a bizarre interruption by Gangrel and Hurricane Helms. Inside the locked Dome of Deletion, Guevara crashed through a table from a ladder and survived a Twist of Fate, but Hardy knocked him off the apron through another table, struck him with a chair and took the deciding pin. C (6.4) reflects imaginative spectacle alongside the uneven cinematic pacing.

MJF pinned Chris Jericho with a roll-up to earn a place in the Inner Circle at Full Gear 2020. Jericho had repeatedly looked for the Judas Effect, while MJF punished his arm with the Salt of the Earth submission before Jericho escaped to the ropes. Wardlow then offered MJF the Dynamite Diamond Ring, and Jake Hager threw a baseball bat into the ring for Jericho. MJF dropped to the mat and pretended Jericho had struck him, drawing referee Aubrey Edwards toward the supposed foul. When Jericho protested his innocence, MJF caught him with the decisive cover. B- (7.4) credits the match's deception-heavy payoff; Jericho officially welcomed both MJF and Wardlow into the group afterward.

Jon Moxley retained the AEW World Championship by forcing Eddie Kingston to say he quit while trapped in a bulldog choke strengthened by barbed wire wrapped around Moxley's forearm. Their violent main event had involved chairs, a barbed-wire bat and thumbtacks, with Kingston grinding rubbing alcohol into Moxley's wounded back and using a double wristlock. Moxley survived Kingston's attempt to force surrender, answered with a piledriver and Paradigm Shift onto the challenger's head, then applied the final choke. A- (8.8) recognizes the physical struggle and a clear verbal submission rather than a pinfall. Kenny Omega came to the ring afterward as the newly established challenger, not as the match's winner.