Queen Aminata retained the TBS Championship in an impromptu four-way match to close AEW’s Full Gear Tailgate Brawl.
The one-hour pre-show aired Saturday on TNT and HBO Max from Phoenix, Arizona, immediately before the Full Gear pay-per-view.
Travel disruption caused by Friday’s nationwide FAA ground stop forced AEW to alter the originally advertised TBS Championship match. Maya World was unable to reach Phoenix and missed the show.
AEW had initially announced Aminata against Persephone and World in a three-way. Instead, Skye Blue and Hyan joined Aminata and Persephone in a four-way.
Aminata ultimately retained by hitting Hyan with a headbutt followed by Off With Her Head for the pin.
Persephone remained focused on regaining the championship she lost to Aminata last month. Britt Baker joined commentary and became involved late in the match when Persephone asked her to retrieve the title belt.
Baker placed the championship on the apron, where Persephone drove Blue face-first into it. Persephone then became preoccupied with the belt, allowing Aminata to attack both her and Baker.
Hyan subsequently wiped out Aminata with a dive to the floor. The champion recovered, returned to the ring and finished Hyan to retain.
The show began with an unadvertised singles match between Jack Perry and The Beast Mortos.
Perry survived a physical performance from Mortos before hitting a running knee. He then used Samoa Joe’s Muscle Buster to score the pin, making another statement toward Joe after their recent issues.
Joe defeated Perry with the same move during their October meeting to qualify for the Clockwork Carnage match at WrestleDream.
The Don Callis Family also appeared twice during the broadcast.
Wardlow, El Clon & Kevin Knight made quick work of Jaden Monroe, RJ Wylde & Jordan Cruz, with Knight pinning Cruz following the UFO Splash.
Afterward, Rocky Romero declared Phoenix to be Don Callis Family territory, while Trent Beretta called out Big Boom! A.J. and QT Marshall. That brought A.J., Marshall, Darius Martin and Matt Sydal to ringside for a brawl that immediately led into another match.
Boom & Doom, Martin & Sydal defeated Lance Archer, Josh Alexander & RPG Vice after a fast closing sequence. A.J. powerbombed Romero, Sydal followed with a Shooting Star Press and Martin, who was the legal man, made the cover.
The broadcast also featured a video filmed in the desert involving the Death Riders and The Conglomeration ahead of their Anarchy in the Arena match later in the night.
Jon Moxley handed Orange Cassidy a backpack, which Roderick Strong and Kyle O’Reilly inspected. The Conglomeration told Moxley the gesture did not mean they trusted him.
Moxley replied that he had not asked them to and said he does not apologize. Cassidy responded that nobody had asked him to do so before leaving with Strong and O’Reilly.
A VIOLENT PAST. A COMMON ENEMY.
On the Utah Salt Flats, the Death Riders and The Conglomeration meet in seclusion ahead of ANARCHY IN THE ARENA!
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AEW Full Gear Tailgate Brawl results
- Jack Perry def. The Beast Mortos
- Don Callis Family (Wardlow, El Clon & Kevin Knight) def. Jaden Monroe, RJ Wylde & Jordan Cruz
- Big Boom! A.J., QT Marshall, Darius Martin & Matt Sydal def. Don Callis Family (Lance Archer, Josh Alexander, Rocky Romero & Trent Beretta)
- TBS Championship: Queen Aminata (c) def. Persephone, Skye Blue & Hyan
