My Top 5 Takeaways From AEW Full Gear 2024.

     Intro.

I have to start this off with an apology. Due to my day job. I wasn't able to do a full review, so I thought I would give you guys a Top 5 list. It's my dream to do this a full-time one day, so having to miss things like this, is something that I don't take lightly, but if there's one thing. I can Guarantee, is that when I do these lists, you are getting my all.

Honourary Mention.

Ok guys. I have to start with the elephant in the room. The Costco Guys. I understand that these guys, have become quite vitriotic with some fans, and to those fans, all I have to say is this. Just smile. AJ Boooooooms match with QT Marshall was a bit of fun, and if it brings in a new audience, then who cares. The Internet, and. purists, need to lighten up.

5 The Tag Team Championship 4 way Match.

This. Match, was a let down, and it failed to get out of first gear, and it was a shame, because it had one of my favourite Tag Teams involved. The Outrunners, and, my best mates. Private Party. The booking felt lazy, the in-ring work was predictable, and the Acclaimed seperation arc, was nothing short of tedious.

4 Some Matches Didn't Deliver.

The Tag Team Championship 4 Way Match, and. MJF vs Roderick Strong, both fell very short of the mark, in my opinion, but after these pieces of sludge. The PPV does get better.

3 Will Osperay vs Kyle Fletcher.

I get the feeling that Dave Meltzer is going to feel the same as me. I loved this Match. The timing, in-ring work, their chemistry, and all round moveset, made this a must watch. This. Is. Yet. Another Match of the year contender. The near falls, brought home the story of the match, as kyle got the win, after a fantastic final exchange. You need to see this Match.

2 Championship Champagne Celebration.

Marieh May, and. Mina Shirakawa's Championship Champagne Celebration, why was this on the PPV, it was a TV segment, that existed for TV purposes. I could see what was going to happen, coming a mile off, and, but. Mina vs Marieh is a tasty prospect though.

1 Orange Cassidy vs Jon Moxley AEW World Heavyweight Championship.

This. Was. All kinds of crazy, because it wasn't a wrestling Match, it was a fight. The Physicality was fast paced from the early going, as the carnage became a bloodstained nightmare for Orange Cassidy. As the final 10 minutes, saw the final exchanges, what we got was a shenanigans led trip to the senses, as. The Conglomeration, and, the rest of the Deathriders, clashed, this would act as the start of the end, as Marina Shafir, hit Cassidy with the briefcase, and Yuta gave Cassidy, a Bopsycho knee, paying shade to the man that he helped take out. Hangman Adam Page came out, and had a stairdown with Moxley. Jay White then came out and attacked Hangman, and Christian cage tried to cash in his Championship Contract, but this didn't happen. Yuta, and. Moxley, cleaned up Cassidy, the hard way, and then the Deathriders made their escape, that was until a vehicle got rammed into The Deathriders nicked aprahended someone else's car, and got away, when the camera panned around to show an insensed Darby Allin, came out and smashed up what remained of The Deathriders escape car. This. Was. A game changer, and I loved it.

Overview Of AEW Full Gear 2024.

With three exscurtions, either not delivering, or being a waste of time, that would've been better suited to TV. I think this PPV was a great watch. AEW at this moment in time is going through a form of transition, that is splitting the critics, and fans, down the middle, but on the evidence that I saw unfold in front of my eyes. I think the company, needs to find a sense of direction, that can carry them forward, because it's a worrying state of affairs, when influencers were the most over thing on the card.

AEW Full Gear 2024 is a solid 8/10.