Full Gear was rolling along as one of the most logical and cohesive pay-per-views AEW has ever produced — and then the main event happened.
In maybe the most questionable world championship change in the company’s history, Samoa Joe defeated “Hangman” Adam Page in a bloody steel cage match with plenty of twists and turns that ultimately led to the return of Swerve Strickland from a knee injury on Saturday night at Prudential Center.
Here are five takeaways from a Full Gear that had a little too much blood for my personal taste.
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The ending to Full Gear was a lot to process. There were some good and some questionable decisions made. The ultimate question is: Was it worth ending Page’s reign, which began with one of the most emotional victories in AEW history, that way? My gut initially says, no. But we will see.
