{"id":149540,"date":"2022-11-19T05:00:20","date_gmt":"2022-11-19T11:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=149540"},"modified":"2022-11-19T08:54:06","modified_gmt":"2022-11-19T14:54:06","slug":"full-gear-2022-ppv-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/11\/19\/full-gear-2022-ppv-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"HEYDORN&#8217;S TAKE: Don\u2019t hold me to this \u2013 AEW Full Gear 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2730972301\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>I\u2019m generally not over dramatic about these types of things, but the 2022 edition of AEW Full Gear is pretty damn important to the future of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/11\/16\/11-16-aew-dynamite-tv-results-kellers-report-on-final-full-gear-ppv-hype-acclaimed-music-video-jericho-guevara-vs-claudio-danielson-bowens-vs-strickland\/\">All Elite Wrestling<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, Zack. Don\u2019t be crazy.<\/p>\n<p>A reasonable response I suppose, but Tony Khan has a lot on the line Saturday night. In pro wrestling, timing can mean everything. Going with a certain star, angle, or feud and not going with a star, angle, or feud can be the difference in a hot or cold product. Tony is at that crossroads right now and he needs to pick the right way?<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2020\/07\/HeadshotHeydorn2020_180.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-102397 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2020\/07\/HeadshotHeydorn2020_180.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That crossroads is MJF as a heel or babyface for the next few years. MJF is a homegrown talent for AEW and is on the cusp of superstardom. Audiences want to cheer him, media outlets outside of wrestling want him on their shows, and he regularly exudes the aura of the top leading act for the company whenever he\u2019s on television. The time is now to go with him and finally give fans the permission to cheer him outright.<\/p>\n<p>MJF may not want that and going all in on that call, making MJF champion over Jon Moxley, and running with him instead of Mox may have diminishing returns for Moxley, but so be it. MJF\u2019s time is now. Full Gear 2022. One way or the other we\u2019ll remember this show for quite sometime.<\/p>\n<p>Call this a preview, a calm look into the distant future, or a gaze into a wondrous crystal ball; just don\u2019t hold me to anything, ok?<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>Darby Allin &amp; Sting vs. Jeff Jarrett &amp; Jay Lethal<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve come to enjoy Sting matches and there is nothing about this match that screams disaster. Will Jeff Jarrett do a job? Ha! Yeah right. Darby is pinning Jay Lethal here and though that\u2019s not very dramatic, it\u2019s the right call. Let\u2019s see you politic your way out of this one, Jarrett!!<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2063732993\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong><em><u>Britt Baker vs. Saraya<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What a damn mess. If you\u2019d have given me a list of ways that AEW could really jack up this match for both women, none of them would compare to what we\u2019ve seen take place the last few weeks. Promote Saraya\u2019s return match? Nah. Make Saraya unlikable? In. Britt Baker\u2019s the heel, but let\u2019s have her defend AEW? Sure, why the hell not. None of this had made any sense and outside of the meta intrigue as to how they make it through from a booking perspective, this may be the biggest miss we\u2019ve seen Tony Khan make \u2013 after the exploding barbed wire nothing match that is. Saraya takes it, but who the hell really cares at this point?<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>Chris Jericho vs. Sammy Guevara vs. Bryan Danielson vs. Claudio Castagnoli \u2013 ROH World Championship<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhh. More ROH content on AEW shows. The worst kind, too. Do we need to be doing this? There hasn\u2019t been a good story told and nobody buys dissension between Guevara and Jericho. A whole lot of nothing going on with this one. I\u2019m sure Tony Khan wants Jericho to hold the title going into Final Battle so he retains.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>Jade Cargill vs. Nyla Rose \u2013 TBS Championship<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Are we supposed to like Nyla Rose? Yes? Well, nobody does. Look, you can\u2019t just claim belts and all of a sudden be the champion. Commentary selling Nyla as the real champion is befuddling. This entire thing is silly, but Cargill wins definitively.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>The Elite vs. Death Triangle \u2013 AEW World Trios Championship<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The match is going to be excellent. I can promise you that with quite a bit of certainty. The build? Not so much. How are we not getting more out of The Elite returning to AEW? They appear in a graphic? No angle? Nothing? Look, they will retain their titles here, but their return isn\u2019t exactly a ringing endorsement of their star power within the company.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2057807887\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong><em><u>Toni Storm vs. Jaime Hayter \u2013 Interim AEW Women\u2019s World Championship<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This feels like the third most important women\u2019s match on the show, which isn\u2019t a great look for the world champion. That said, the personality history between both women that AEW has gone out of their way to show has made for an interesting program with a grudge feel to it. I think Storm takes the win here, but Hayter is close. Tony Khan needs to give fans the all clear to straight up cheer her on.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>Jungle Boy vs. Luchasaurus \u2013 Steel Cage Match<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Once again, this feud with Jungle Boy is the best built match on the show. The narrative is, \u201clet\u2019s get into a cage and find out who the real monster is.\u201d It\u2019s simple, but it works and when Jungle Boy wins, he\u2019ll be elevated because of it.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>The Acclaimed vs. Swerve In Our Glory \u2013 AEW World Tag Team Championship<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Acclaimed is the hottest act in the company, so they will unquestionably be getting the win here. The question is how. Swerve is going full heel, that\u2019s how. Strickland turns on Lee, they feud, and The Acclaimed continues their reign with a showdown against FTR looming.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>Wardlow vs. Samoa Joe vs. Powerhouse Hobbs \u2013 TNT Championship<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d have like to have seen a singles match between Wardlow and Hobbs, but Joe won\u2019t hurt this either. The match will stand out because it\u2019ll be so different from others on the card. Lots of power moves here, but Wardlow overcomes the odds to hang on to his title.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>Jon Moxley vs. MJF \u2013 AEW World Championship<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The money match and what I\u2019m predicting will be the match of the night. AEW needs to get this right and right means MJF winning clean, staying babyface, and being the guy moving forward. The story here is that Jon Moxley is going to get something out of MJF. They will pay that off, but in the end, Max wins. A handshake with Mox would be a nice touch as well. Any other outcome here is disappointing and not the best way forward for MJF, if the company wants him to be its face.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/11\/18\/update-on-aew-status-of-cm-punk\/\">Update on AEW status of CM Punk<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-689911059\"><div id=\"pwtor-603274568\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>I\u2019m generally not over dramatic about these types of things, but the 2022 edition of AEW Full Gear is pretty damn important to the future of All Elite Wrestling. Oh, Zack. 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