Full Gear 2023

AEW Full Gear 2023 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It took place on November 18, 2023 at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles, California. It was the fifth event in the Full Gear chronology.
==Production==
===Background===
First held in 2019, Full Gear is considered one of AEW's big four pay-per-views alongside Revolution, Double or Nothing, and All Out. On August 27, 2023, during the All In media scrum, AEW President Tony Khan announced that the fifth Full Gear event would take place at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California.
===Storylines===
At WrestleDream on October 1, The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) won a four way tag team match to become the number one contenders for the AEW World Tag Team Championship. On the November 8 episode of Dynamite, The Young Bucks took issue with Kenny Omega and Chris Jericho's friendship and their partnership in matches. The Young Bucks challenged Omega and Jericho to a match at Full Gear, with the stipulation that if The Young Bucks won, Omega and Jericho would disband their team. Alternatively, if Omega and Jericho won, they would take the number one contendership status from The Young Bucks.
On the November 11 episode of Collision, having been challenged by FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood), House of Black (Brody King and Malakai Black), and La Faccion Ingobernable (Dralistico and Rush), AEW World Tag Team Champions Big Bill and Ricky Starks declined to give any of the teams a title shot. However, AEW President Tony Khan announced that Big Bill and Starks would defend their championship against the three teams in a four way tag team match at Full Gear. On the November 17 episode of Collision, Starks announced that it would also be a ladder match.
It was announced that Kris Statlander would defend her TBS Championship at Full Gear in a three way match. On the November 11 episode of Collision, Julia Hart defeated Willow Nightingale to qualify. Skye Blue would round out the match after she defeated Red Velvet on the November 15 episode of Dynamite.
At WrestleDream on October 1, Adam Page was defeated by Swerve Strickland. On the October 25 episode of Dynamite, Strickland broke into Page's house. On the November 11 episode of Collision, Page addressed the home invasion, announcing that he would face Strickland in a Texas Death Match at Full Gear.
At All Out on September 3, Jon Moxley won the International Championship from Orange Cassidy. On the September 20 episode of Dynamite, during a defence against Rey Fenix, Moxley suffered a legitimate concussion, which resulted in Fenix winning the title. Then, on the October 10 episode of Dynamite, Cassidy defeated Fenix to regain the championship. On the November 1 episode of Dynamite, Cassidy successfully retained the title against Moxley's Blackpool Combat Club stablemate Claudio Castagnoli. After, Moxley made his return and brawled with Cassidy. That night, Moxley would challenge Cassidy to a title match at Full Gear, which was made official.
At WrestleDream on October 1, Christian Cage retained the TNT Championship against Darby Allin, in a match that saw Nick Wayne assist Cage, turning his back on Allin. After, Cage and Wayne attacked Allin further, leading to Allin's ally Sting making the save. However, Luchasaurus would appear to swing the advantage back in favour of Cage and Wayne. Just as Cage was about to give Sting a con-chair-to, Adam Copeland made his AEW debut to save Sting and Allin. On the October 4 episode of Dynamite, Copeland attempted to convince Cage to reform their tag team, however, Cage declined. On the October 25 episode of Dynamite, Cage, Wayne, and Luchasaurus challenged Allin and Sting to find a partner so they could face off in a six man tag team match at Full Gear. On the November 1 episode of Dynamite, Wayne and Luchasaurus attacked Copeland before Allin and Sting made the save. Despite having previously declared that he would not fight Cage, Copeland announced that he would partner with Allin and Sting at Full Gear.
On the September 27 episode of Dynamite, AEW World Champion MJF was interrupted by Jay White, who took credit for MJF's partnership with Adam Cole and declared that he would win the title from MJF. The following week, White, along with Juice Robinson and The Gunns (Austin and Colten Gunn), attacked MJF, with White stealing the AEW World Championship belt. Following this, White challenged MJF to a match at Full Gear, which was accepted. On the October 25 episode of Dynamite, The Gunns revealed their intention to challenge MJF for the ROH World Tag Team Championship, which was also accepted. On October 30, it was revealed that MJF would team up with a mystery partner to defend the ROH World Tag Team Championship against The Gunns on the Full Gear pre-show, due to MJF's partner Adam Cole being injured.
==Results==
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*Pre-Show: Eddie Kingston (c) defeated Jay Lethal (w/Jeff Jarrett, Karen Jarrett, Satnam Singh & Sonjay Dutt) to retain the ROH World Championship (10:53)
*Pre-Show: Claudio Castagnoli defeated Buddy Matthews (10:28)
*Pre-Show: MJF & Samoa Joe (c) defeated The Gunns (Austin Gunn & Colten Gunn) to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championship (9:26)
*Sting, Darby Allin & Adam Copeland defeated Christian Cage, Luchasaurus & Nick Wayne in a Six Man Tag Team Match (15:10)
*Orange Cassidy (c) (w/Hook) defeated Jon Moxley (w/Wheeler Yuta) to retain the AEW International Championship (12:04)
*Toni Storm (w/Lutha) defeated Hikaru Shida (c) to win the AEW Women's World Championship (10:25)
*Ricky Starks & Big Bill (c) defeated La Faccion Ingobernable (Rush & Dralistico) and FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) and House of Black (Malakai Black & Brody King) in a Four Way Tag Team Ladder Match to retain the AEW World Tag Team Championship (20:09)
*Julia Hart defeated Kris Statlander (c) and Skye Blue in a Three Way Match to win the AEW TBS Championship (11:22)
*Swerve Strickland (w/Prince Nana) defeated Hangman Page in a Texas Death Match (29:46)
*The Golden Jets (Chris Jericho & Kenny Omega) defeated The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) (20:52)
*MJF (c) (w/Adam Cole) defeated Jay White (w/Austin Gunn & Colten Gunn) to retain the AEW World Championship (29:44)
==Other on-screen talent==
;Commentators
*Excalibur 
*Nigel McGuinness 
*Tony Schiavone 
*Taz 
*Stokely Hathaway 
*Don Callis 
;Pre-show hosts
*Renee Paquette
*RJ City
*Stokely Hathaway
;Interviewers
*Renee Paquette	
;Ring announcer
*Justin Roberts
*Dasha Gonzalez
*Bobby Cruise
;Referees
*Aubrey Edwards
*Brandon Martinez
*Bryce Remsburg
*Paul Turner
*Rick Knox
*Stephon Smith
==External links==
* Zero Hour Pre Show Results
* Full Gear Results
Category:2023 pay-per-view events
Category:All Elite Wrestling events
Category:All Elite Wrestling pay-per-view events
Category:Events with Ladder matches