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AEW Full Gear 2026 Results: Will Ospreay Retains Over Kyle Fletcher, MJF Returns, Three New Champions Crowned

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Kyle Fletcher walks to the ring in a pink suit carrying a championship belt at AEW Dynamite in August 2026

Will Ospreay beat Kyle Fletcher to keep the AEW World Title, then MJF returned to attack him. Swerve and The New Level, Wrathlander and Ilja Dragunov won gold in Phoenix.

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Will Ospreay is still AEW World Champion, but he did not get to enjoy it for long. Ospreay beat Kyle Fletcher with a Tiger Driver ’91 to close AEW Full Gear on Saturday night in Phoenix, and moments later a masked attacker dropped him from behind and turned out to be MJF, back in AEW with his own title belt in hand.

It was a long, heavy night at the Mortgage Matchup Center: three titles changed hands, the Texas Death Match and Anarchy in the Arena both delivered the carnage they promised, and a new tag team showed up out of nowhere to wreck two of AEW’s best duos. Here is every result, how each match ended, and what it sets up next.

The Lowdown

Full Gear crowned new champions in three divisions. Swerve Strickland and The New Level took the Trios Titles in the Texas Death Match, Kris Statlander and Harley Cameron (Wrathlander) became Women’s World Tag Team Champions, and Ilja Dragunov won the National Championship, his first gold in AEW. Mercedes Moné, Kazuchika Okada, The Young Bucks and Queen Aminata all held on. The biggest story, though, came after the main event: MJF is back, and he wants Ospreay.

Key Takeaways

  • Will Ospreay retained the AEW World Championship over Kyle Fletcher with a Hidden Blade and a Tiger Driver ’91, then was ambushed by a returning MJF, who displayed his One True Championship.
  • New champions: Swerve Strickland and The New Level (Kofi and Austin Creed) won the AEW World Trios Titles; Wrathlander (Kris Statlander and Harley Cameron) won the Women’s World Tag Team Titles; Ilja Dragunov beat Tommaso Ciampa for the National Title.
  • Mercedes Moné kept the AEW Women’s World Title over Marina Shafir with her feet on the ropes, out of the referee’s view. Kazuchika Okada kept the International Title over Adam Copeland.
  • The former Creed Brothers debuted as the Kasper Brothers, laying out The Young Bucks and Motor City Machine Guns after the World Tag Team Title match, with FTR joining in.
  • AEW says MJF will speak on Dynamite on Wednesday, Nov. 18, in Denver.

The Full Story

Full Gear 2026 Results at a Glance

Main card

Tailgate Brawl pre-show

  • Jack Perry def. The Beast Mortos
  • Wardlow, Kevin Knight and El Clon def. Jaden Monroe, RJ Wylde and Jordan Cruz
  • Boom & Doom (QT Marshall and Big Boom! AJ) and Skyflight (Darius Martin and Matt Sydal) def. Rocky Romero, Trent Beretta, Lance Archer and Josh Alexander
  • TBS Championship four-way: Queen Aminata (c) def. Persephone, Skye Blue and Hyan

Ospreay Survives Fletcher, Then MJF Crashes the Party

The former friends went at each other like people who meant it. Ospreay leaned into the role of the cold champion as the Phoenix crowd swung toward the challenger, working over Fletcher’s ribs after a Styles Clash from the apron to the floor. Fletcher was busted open on an exposed turnbuckle, then baited Ospreay in with an angry outburst and nearly stole it with a backslide. He even kicked out of a Hidden Blade at one. A second Hidden Blade and the Tiger Driver ’91 finally ended it, per AEW’s official results.

United Empire came out to celebrate, and Andrade El Ídolo made sure Ospreay saw the contract that guarantees him a world title shot. Then, with Ospreay alone in the ring, a figure dressed in black hit him from behind. The mask came off, and it was MJF. He stood on Ospreay’s belt, raised what he calls the One True Championship, and slipped out through the crowd before United Empire could get back to the ring, Wrestling Inc. reported.

AEW on X confirming MJF will speak on Dynamite on Nov. 18. View the original post.

Three New Champions

Trios, Texas Death: This one was a war from the opening bell, with fire, light tubes, barbed wire and a bar fight thrown in. It ended on a ten-count rather than a pin: Swerve hit one last House Call on a bloodied Page, and Hangman could not get up before ten. Swerve and The New Level are back on top of the trios division.

AEW on X after the Texas Death Match. View the original post.

Women’s World Tag Team: Not long after standing side by side at Blood & Guts, Wrathlander and The Brawling Birds met with the belts on the line. Cameron kept Hayter tied up on the floor while Statlander flipped Windsor into Staturday Night Fever for the pin. Cameron now has her second run with the titles; for Statlander it is a first, and AEW notes it makes her a Triple Crown champion in the women’s division.

AEW on X as Wrathlander win the titles. View the original post.

National: Ilja Dragunov fought through visible pain gripping the ropes, then flattened Tommaso Ciampa with a powerbomb and a D-Bomb for the three-count. It is Dragunov’s first championship in AEW. Later in the night, a shaken Ciampa said he will be in the 2026 Continental Classic.

Moné Cheats to Win, Okada Rolls On

Marina Shafir had Mercedes Moné beaten at one point; Moné actually tapped to Mother’s Milk, but they were on the floor, so it did not count. Back in the ring, Moné rolled on top, put Shafir’s shoulders down and hooked a foot on the ropes where the referee could not see. That was enough.

Kazuchika Okada opened the main card by keeping the International Title. Don Callis grabbed Adam Copeland’s leg to stop a spear, Okada hit the Rainmaker for the win, then walked back down the ramp to hit a second one for good measure.

The Young Bucks kept the World Tag Team Titles when Nick wiped out Jake Doyle from behind and Matt hooked the leg. What happened next was the shock of the night. Motor City Machine Guns came out to congratulate the Bucks, the lights went out, and the former Creed Brothers, now the Kasper Brothers (Jacob and Drew), debuted and leveled all four men. FTR joined in on the beatdown, and Stokely Hathaway ended up posing with the belts, per Fightful and AEW.

AEW on X as the Kasper Brothers debut. View the original post.

In Anarchy in the Arena, The Cut outlasted the Death Riders and The Conglomeration, the uneasy alliance that had Orange Cassidy and Moxley sharing a side before the show.

Tailgate Brawl Finishes

Jack Perry beat The Beast Mortos with Samoa Joe’s own Muscle Buster, and spit at the camera on the way. Joe answered later in the night, challenging Perry to a match on Dynamite and promising to choke him out. Kevin Knight finished Jordan Cruz with a UFO Splash for the Don Callis Family trio. Matt Sydal’s Shooting Star Press on Rocky Romero won the eight-man tag. Queen Aminata kept the TBS Title by hitting Off With Her Head on Hyan, a few moments after taking her belt back from Persephone.

What’s Next

  • MJF speaks on Dynamite, Wednesday, Nov. 18, in Denver (8/7c on TBS and HBO Max), according to AEW. Ospreay vs. MJF looks like the next world title fight, and Andrade’s contract is still out there.
  • Samoa Joe wants Jack Perry on Dynamite.
  • The Kasper Brothers and FTR now have The Young Bucks and Motor City Machine Guns in their sights.
  • Tommaso Ciampa is headed for the 2026 Continental Classic after losing the National Title.

PCP Take

Ospreay won the match and lost the night, which is exactly how you sell a return. Fletcher looked like a future champion even in defeat, the Kasper Brothers debut instantly made the tag division louder, and three title changes kept the six-hour show from feeling like a formality. Now the question is whether Ospreay deals with MJF first, or Andrade cashes in while he is distracted. Who do you want next? Tell us on our socials.

For bios on everyone on the card, browse PCP’s AEW roster in Who’s Who.

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1. Featured image: Photo by KMcWrestling Photography, cropped (CC BY-SA)