PreGame with BWO: AEW Full Gear 2026

(IG) I absolutely love how hot AEW has been as of recently. I don’t know if it’s just me, but it’s felt like peak AEW as of recently. Every dynamite has been a must-see for me personally. Whether it’s the stories or the overall wrestling card, each show has felt important. Speaking of good wrestling cards, let’s get right into Full Gear y’all!

(DSS) I don't think I've skipped an AEW PPV in the last year, and I don’t see myself changing that here. We have a hell of a show to watch, and we've got a few of my favorite women on their roster wrestling on this show.

(B-OE3W) Y DON’T U FITE ME AT FULL GEYAH?! Sorry, boys, I’m friggin' jazzed up because this show - per AEW’s usual - is stacked from top to bottom with marquee matches. We’re making Pac proud with this one. Let’s shift this shit into gear!

PreGame w/bWo:

AEW Full Gear 2026

AEW World Tag Team Championship

Young Bucks(c) vs. Davis and Doyle

(DSS) Have Davis and Doyle been putting in good work? I think so. They also look just like a handful of other guys on the roster. The Young Bucks are having too much fun on this run to drop the titles. The Motor City Machine Guns are next up for a shot at whoever the champs are gonna be. They're 100% going to walk out of their match draped in gold, and a win over the Bucks would mean a lot more than Davis and Doyle.

Darkstar Shady’s Pick:

Young Bucks via pinfall

Ian G’s Pick:

Young Bucks via Pinfall.

BRANdon’s Pick:

Young Bucks via bullshit

AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship

The Brawling Birds(c) vs. Wrathlander

(IG) I’ll be honest with y’all. This feud hasn’t been great. Yes, we have two baby teams facing off for the titles, but neither of the teams have really done anything that makes me want to invest in them. Don’t get me wrong, I love all 4 of these wrestlers, but this feud has felt like a complete dud to me personally. However, at least we know it’s going to be a great match! I see the Birds retaining here, we need to see Divine Dominion or the Sisters of Sin go for the belts.

Darkstar Shady’s Pick:

Brawling Birds <3 via pinfall

Ian G’s Pick:

Brawling Birds via Pinfall.

BRANdon’s Pick:

Brawling Birds via pinfall

AEW International Championship

Kazuchika Okada(c) vs. Adam Copeland

(IG) Never in my life would I have imagined this match happening. THIS is one of the big reasons why I love that AEW exists. Could you imagine these two facing off 10 years ago? And I don’t mean that in a slight to either of these guys now by any means. Both of these guys can still go. Yeah, sure they aren’t technically as fast as they were in their primes, but both of these men are still incredible in-ring talents today. Add on the fact we may or may not get a pissed off heel run for Edge’s retirement tour??? Yeah, count me in! And there’s only one way to start this Rated-R heel run, Okada wins this match.

Darkstar Shady’s Pick:

Okada via bitch 🖕

Ian G’s Pick:

Okada via Pinfall.

BRANdon’s Pick:

Okada via pinfall

AEW World Trios Championship

Texas Deathmatch

Hangman and Brodido(c) vs. Swerve and New Level

(B-OE3W) Good to see the fellas of the New Level have put their fear of death aside in order to participate! Swerve’s gonna give Kofi and Creed a crash course in crash-out in what is sure to be a uniquely brutal Texas Death Match. I don’t think it’ll be enough when you have 3 primed parishioners of pain waiting to unleash, but it’s going to be a grizzly display all the same.

Darkstar Shady’s Pick:

Hangman and Brodio via New Level/Swerve turning on each other

Ian G’s Pick:

Hangman and Brodido via redrum

BRANdon’s Pick:

BroHangDo via death

AEW Women’s World Championship

Mercedes Mone(c) vs. Marina Shafir

(DSS) Damnit, I'm so mad at this match. I'm mad because I love Marina Shafir but it’s a longshot for her to win this. Mercedes is too dominant a force to drop the belt. Marina should be a genuine threat to her run, but despite being capable, I don’t think her booking has truly showcased her at that level. I would love to be surprised by the booking and see Marina as the AEW Women's Champion, but this may be one of the few times they don't surprise me.

Darkstar Shady’s Pick:

Mercedes via pinfall

Ian G’s Pick:

Mercedes via Pinfall.

BRANdon’s Pick:

Mercedes via pinfall

AEW National Championship

Tommaso Ciampa(c) vs. Ilja Dragunov

(DSS) Holy shit, what a match. These two are fucking brutal and I'm actually terrified for how this turns out. Tommaso Ciampa really kicked up his intensity in AEDub—he's surprassing his NXT run and I'm not sure he has a ceiling the way he's currently performing. And fucking Ilja Dragunov wrestles like his life depends on it. He's never heard of a script; that mother fucker is out for blood. One of these guys might beat Darby Allin in his race to die in the ring. Ciampa might be in for another short reign because Dragunov is going to do his best to end Ciampa's life along with his run as champ.

(B-OE3W) I fear for both men, by virtue of both men. Dragunov is a man on a mission to orchestrate carnage the way only he knows how, and Ciampa will put a man down using every weapon in his arsenal at once….I mean, Ciampa just won the belt, but Dragunov just got here…

Darkstar Shady’s Pick:

Dragunov via murder

Ian G’s Pick:

Ciampa via Pinfall.

BRANdon’s Pick:

Ciampa…fuck, wait…no, Ciampa, he named the belt

AEW World Championship

Will Ospreay(c) vs. Kyle Fletcher

(DSS) Kyle quickly went from someone I believed to be too green to someone wrestling at the top of the card just this year. I can't say I'm his biggest fan, but he's definitely got the presentation to be a main event player. (I NEED his pink TNT Championship he had previously.) Will is still levels above him, and while Kyle can give a competitive match, I don't see him winning. The more likely scenario is a bloodied up Will Ospreay being told that Andrade is calling for his title shot and having to defend his title within the next week or two without fully recovering.

(B-OE3W) Kyle is climbing the ladder before our eyes. TNT and International Champ, now vying for the richest prize in AEW and still the stalwart in the Don Callis Family. Crazy to be introduced to him as a toe-headed weird-faced kid as ½ of Aussie Open, to watch him defend the ROH TV Title at Supercard of Honor in 2024, to see him ascend amongst fierce competition and actualize his potential (when he isn’t making Bomboclat Wallahi posts). BUT. What if Kyle hits a ceiling in this match? What would Don Callis think? I don’t see Will losing here. What would that mean for Kyle?

Darkstar Shady’s Pick:

Will Ospreay via pinfall

Ian G’s Pick:

Kyle Fletcher via Pinfall.

BRANdon’s Pick:

Will Ospreay via pinfall

Anarchy in the Arena

(DSS) The Death Riders and The Conglomeration should be a formidable team, but The Cut is looking to be the most dominant faction. And that's going to be the difference maker—The Cut is a unified team while theyr're facing a mashup of two different groups. AEW dropped the ball on The Dogs. They were never built up the way they should have been. The Cut has a chance to have the dominant look AND actually get the wins. n.

(IG) Ever since their development, the Cut has been booked perfectly as a dominant invading force. Spice in the emotional rollercoaster that the Deathriders have been on, and you have yourself an incredible story to tell with some of the greatest story tellers in the wrestling business. Yes I said it. If you give Jay White the ball, he will have the entire AEW fanbase in the palm of his hands. I really really like this faction. They didn’t abandon the goofiness that we loved with the Bang Bang Gang, and yet they still feel like a genuine super team. Great stuff all around. Let’s keep up this momentum and have the Cut roll on.

Darkstar Shady’s Pick:

The Cut

Ian G’s Pick:

The Cut via Anarchy.

BRANdon’s Pick:

The Cut

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