Full Gear 2022: MJF's Coronation Caps AEW's Best Reset of the Year

Best Friends and their allies defeated the Factory in the Full Gear Zero Hour opener when Danhausen pinned Nick Comoroto. Orange Cassidy and the other four had fought through the Factory's numbers, with Trent countering Cole Karter's frog splash and the team diving to the floor in a coordinated rally. QT Marshall stopped an Orange Punch and threatened a piledriver on the ring steps, but Danhausen's entrance changed the finish. Danhausen suplexed QT, poured his jar of teeth into Comoroto's mouth and kicked him before the decisive cover. B- (7.1) recognizes a lively ten-person pre-show comedy tag without claiming the All-Atlantic Championship changed hands.

Ricky Starks defeated Brian Cage in the World Title Eliminator semifinal after a Destroyer and Roshambo. Cage overpowered Starks throughout the contest, striking him with a backbreaker and hurling him into the guardrail, then countering a top-rope crossbody with another backbreaker. Starks fought free from a corner powerbomb and survived a discus lariat long enough to recover. Cage missed an elbow drop, leaving an opening for the smaller wrestler's finishing sequence. B- (7.2) credits the comeback against a much bigger opponent; Ethan Page watched on commentary as Starks' next tournament opponent rather than competing here.

Eddie Kingston pinned Jun Akiyama with the spinning backfist in their Full Gear Zero Hour singles match. Both wrestlers traded heavy chops and exploder suplexes before Akiyama dropped Kingston with a DDT on the apron and a piledriver for a close fall. Kingston rallied with a Northern Lights Bomb and survived Akiyama's running knee before finishing his Japanese wrestling idol with the backfist. B+ (8.4) reflects a physical fight with a decisive finish and emotional weight for Kingston. Ortiz accompanied him but was not Kingston's tag-team partner in this singles match.

Jack Perry beat Luchasaurus by submission in a steel cage after locking in the Snare Trap. Luchasaurus had cut open Perry's forehead against the cage, fought off an armbar and chokeslammed him from the ropes. Christian Cage grabbed the door keys but was sent away by security rather than entering the contest. Perry later used a piledriver and a steel chair to weaken his opponent before diving from the top of the cage with an elbow onto Luchasaurus on a table. A- (8.9) reflects the escalating brutality and earned submission payoff; Christian was an outside interference threat, not a third wrestler.

Death Triangle retained the AEW World Trios Championship when Rey Fenix struck Kenny Omega with a hammer and rolled him up. The returning Elite had survived Death Triangle's triple tombstone and PAC's Black Arrow followed by the Brutalizer, while the Young Bucks broke several near finishes with superkicks. PAC first offered Fenix the hammer, but Fenix refused; after Omega landed a V-Trigger and set up the One-Winged Angel, PAC placed the weapon in his hand again and Fenix finally used it. A (9.1) reflects the athletic exchanges and a consequential disagreement over how to win; the titles did not change hands.

Jade Cargill kept the TBS Championship by pinning Nyla Rose after her own Jaded finisher. Nyla had arrived with Vickie Guerrero and Marina Shafir, forced the champion into a series of power exchanges and even landed Jaded herself, but Jade kicked out. Cargill answered with a Beast Bomb for a near fall and escaped Nyla's later senton attempt. After a pump kick, the champion drove Rose down with Jaded for the decisive count. C (6.0) credits a competitive powerhouse defense with some meaningful near falls without treating Nyla's imitation of Jade's finisher as a victory or a championship switch.

Chris Jericho retained the ROH World Championship by pinning Claudio Castagnoli with the Judas Effect during their four-way against Bryan Danielson and Sammy Guevara. The Blackpool Combat Club wrestlers initially worked together against Jericho and Guevara, then fought each other, while Guevara and Jericho also turned on one another after trading near falls. Guevara hit Jericho with the GTH, and Danielson later trapped Guevara in the LeBell Lock before Jericho intervened. Claudio countered with a Giant Swing on Guevara, but Jericho caught him with the decisive strike. A- (8.5) rewards shifting alliances and credible near-finishes; no ROH belt changed hands.

Saraya pinned Britt Baker with two consecutive DDTs in her first match after a five-year layoff. Baker attacked Saraya's neck with a twisting neckbreaker on the arena floor and escaped a powerbomb, later landing a curb stomp that still failed to secure the fall. Saraya responded with repeated lariats and a running knee; she also survived an attempted Lockjaw and broke free of a later hold. Her final DDT sequence ended the match without a submission or outside run-in. C+ (6.8) recognizes the emotionally important return and a hard-fought finish without overstating the match as a championship contest.

Samoa Joe captured the TNT Championship by choking out Powerhouse Hobbs after Wardlow had delivered two powerbombs to Hobbs. Joe had absorbed Wardlow's early attack, dived onto both opponents outside and traded heavy blows with Hobbs before the champion began his finishing sequence. Rather than waiting for another pin attempt, Joe struck Wardlow from behind with the title belt and applied the choke to Hobbs. The referee's stoppage delivered a technical submission to Joe, who already held the ROH World Television title. B- (7.4) credits the three-way heavyweight contest while identifying Hobbs, not Wardlow, as the wrestler who lost the decisive fall.

Sting and Darby Allin defeated Jeff Jarrett and Jay Lethal when Allin pinned Lethal after a Coffin Drop. Jarrett's entourage repeatedly disrupted the tag match: Satnam Singh caught an attempted Allin dive from a ladder and threw him onto the entrance ramp, while Sonjay Dutt entered to interrupt Sting's Scorpion Death Lock. Later, Jarrett struck Allin with a guitar, but the younger wrestler rallied. Sting and Allin briefly combined against Singh before Allin returned to finish Lethal. B- (7.4) reflects an energetic tag match built around dramatic rescues and ringside distractions; neither Dutt nor Singh was a scheduled competitor.

Jamie Hayter won the AEW Interim Women's World Championship by pinning Toni Storm after driving her into an exposed turnbuckle and landing a ripcord lariat. Rebel had earlier struck Storm with the title belt, prompting the referee to eject her. Britt Baker then hit Storm with the belt behind the official's back, but Storm still survived and answered with Storm Zero for a near fall. Baker removed the turnbuckle pad, setting up Hayter's final attack on an already battered champion. A (9.0) credits an intense title match and a genuine change of champion while distinguishing Hayter's decisive pin from Rebel and Baker's outside interference.

The Acclaimed retained the AEW World Tag Team Championship when Anthony Bowens pinned Swerve Strickland after Keith Lee abandoned his partner. Max Caster and Bowens had survived Swerve in Our Glory's tandem offense, while Lee repeatedly targeted Bowens' injured arm and helped break up a Mic Drop pin attempt. Swerve then produced pliers and asked Lee to use them; Lee threw the weapon away, took a slap from Swerve and walked to the back. The champions overwhelmed the isolated Strickland and secured the count. A- (8.7) reflects a strong defense whose finish accelerated the challengers' breakup rather than creating new tag champions.

MJF won the AEW World Championship by pinning Jon Moxley after William Regal supplied brass knuckles. Moxley had punished the challenger's injured knee and applied the bulldog choke, leaving MJF tapping when the second referee could not see it. Earlier, MJF had pulled the first official into Moxley's path and considered using his Dynamite Diamond Ring, but Regal ordered him to put it down. With the referee still incapacitated, Regal slid a different weapon into MJF's hand, allowing the challenger to strike Moxley and steal the fall. A- (8.6) recognizes the prolonged contest and consequential betrayal while naming the actual title-winning pin.