Bobby Lashley beats Ricochet to enter the Casino Gauntlet at Full Gear at #1.
Backstage, we hear from Samoa Joe and Katsuyori Shibata. Joe says that "Hangman" Adam Page is a fighting world champion going through the competition with reckless abandon, yet the company is also behind him. He says that Hangman's world of joy and happiness will change quickly, for he is guilty of transgressions against The Opps and that Shibata will exact justice for what Hangman did to Powerhouse Hobbs. Joe then says that after what Shibata does to him, he will make Hangman pay in full at Full Gear.
Backstage, Renee Paquette interviews The Young Bucks (Matthew and Nicholas Jackson) and asks if they will join The Don Callis Family when Don Callis shows up and tells Renee to leave them alone while telling The Young Bucks to prove they are the best tag team on the planet before giving their answer afterwards.
Don Callis guests on commentary for the next match.
The Young Bucks (Matthew and Nicholas Jackson) and "The Walking Weapon" Josh Alexander beat Skyflight (Scorpio Sky, Darius Martin, Dante Martin) in a trios match by submission with an ankle lock from Alexander to Dante Martin. After the match, Don Callis and more members of The Don Callis Family enter the ring, and Callis tells The Young Bucks to announces that they are joining his family. Callis then says that he would hate to see happen to The Young Bucks what happened to Kenny Omega, who then shows up with a metal folding chair and takes out Rocky Romero and Mark Davis. As Omega attacks Alexander, The Young Bucks shove Omega away from him. Alexander puts Omega in the ankle lock before Don Callis tells him to let go and has The Young Bucks hit Omega with the BTE-Trigger instead. Before The Young Bucks can do just that, Jurassic Express ("Jungle" Jack Perry and Luchasaurus) run into the ring with a snow shovel and a vacuum cleaner for weapons, and The Young Bucks, Alexander and Don Callis retreat.
Backstage, Renee Paquette interviews The Babes of Wrath (Harley Cameron and Willow Nightingale). Willow says she and Harley will be the ones smiling after beating The Sisters of Sin in the Women's World Tag Team Championship Tournament. Harley says that they both enjoy what they do and that they will become AEW Women's World Tag Champions.
AEW acknowledges the recent passing of NWA announcer Bob Caudle, and Tony Schiavone shares his memories of Caudill. In memory of Bob Caudill, 1930 - 2025.
MVP guests on commentary for the next match.
Shelton Benjamin beats "Speedball" Mike Bailey to enter the Casino Gauntlet at Full Gear at #2.
The Death Riders (Jon Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli) beat The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy and Roderick Strong) by submission with a bulldog choke from Moxley to Orange after Orange chases after Wheeler Yuta only to be hit with a pop-up European uppercut by Claudio. After the match, Kyle O'Reilly runs into the ring, and he gets Moxley in a heel hook. Yuta kicks at O'Reilly, as does Daniel Garcia, vut they cannot break the hold. Orange Cassidy and Roderick Strong send Yuta and Garcia out of the ring, and they and Claudio have to pull Moxley out of the from the outside to break the hold. Afterwards, O'Reilly tells Moxley that he wants to fight him at Full Gear in a no holds barred match so he can make him tap out like he did in Blood and Guts.
Backstage, we hear from Brodido (Brody King and Bandido). Brody King says that FTR have attacked legends, friends and family, and while they are among the best, they have yet to beat Brodido. He says that at Full Gear, they will walk away away empty-handed instead of as the tag team champions. Bandido says that Brodido never stops fighting.
Backstage, we hear from Kenny Omega and Jurassic Express ("Jungle" Jack Perry and Luchasaurus). Omega says that he is not surprised by Don Callis and The Young Bucks' (Matthew and Nicholas Jackson) recent behavior and that "The Walking Weapon" Josh Alexander made things personal by attacking Michael Nakazawa. He says that no amount of money will save The Don Callis Family and The Young Bucks at Full Gear.
Timeless Love Bombs ("Timeless" Toni Storm and Mina Shirakawa) beat Riho and Alex Windsor to advance in the AEW Women's World Tag Team Championship Tournament. Backstage, Renee Paquette announces that the four teams who advance to the semi-finals in the tournament will meet at Full Gear in a Four Corners Match, and the winner will chose the stipulation in their semi-finals match.
Backstage, Alicia Atout interviews Mark Briscoe, "The Protostar" Kyle Fletcher and Don Callis in a "no physicality" meeting. Fletcher hopes to retain at Full Gear and force Mark Briscoe to join The Don Callis Family when there is a clear winner and loser. As Fletcher says he will enjoy seeing Briscoe in a real family, Mark Briscoe represents his own blood family and road family in the ring and that he will not join Don Callis or his family or let his real families down, as he will make his families proud. He is then attacked by Kazuchika Okada and Rey Hechicero, then Don Callis tells Mark Briscoe he will make his children orphans. Fletcher thanks Okada for agreeing to physicality, and Okada says he is glad to help because Konosuke Takeshita could not before teasing "Protokada" again.
We hear from PAC, who says that he has done some soul searching and that he owes Darby Allin an apology. He says nobody has seen or heard from Darby since Blood and Guts after what he did to him, then challenges Darby to a match at Full Gear, because when Darby is stripped of his bells and whistles, he cannot compete with a legitimate athlete like him.
Samoa Joe guests on commentary for the next match.
"Hangman" Adam Page beats Katsuyori Shibata after he slips out of his left boot as Shibata has him in an ankle lock.
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