AEW Full Gear 2026 match card action started with Queen Aminata holding the TBS title in a four-way win, while Jack Perry beat The Beast Mortos on the pre-show. The live card from Phoenix Arizona also showed how quickly the lineup shifted before the show, with travel issues forcing a change to the Tailgate Brawl plan.
Jack Perry on the pre-show
Jack Perry beat The Beast Mortos with a Muscle Buster on AEW Full Gear 2026, a clean result that gave the pre-show an immediate result to point to before the main card took over. That mattered because the early slate was not just filler; it established the rhythm for a card built around title bouts, stipulations and grudge matches.
Wardlow, Kevin Knight and El Clon then faced local talents, and Kevin Knight scored the pin for his team. AEW used the opening stretch to move multiple acts through the live event in quick order, keeping the undercard active instead of padding the broadcast with dead space.
Queen Aminata keeps TBS
Queen Aminata retained her TBS title against Persephone, Hyan and Skye Blue in a four-way match, giving the championship the strongest result on the pre-show. For a title defense, that format matters: it raises the margin for error and makes the champion absorb more risk without changing the outcome.
The change to four women also came after the advertised Tailgate Brawl triple threat shifted because of travel issues. Maya World had been part of the original plan, so the card adjustment happened before the match took place rather than after the bell, which is the kind of scramble that can reshape a pre-show more than the final bracket suggests.
Copeland and Okada
Copeland challenged Okada for the International Championship on the main card, and the two met in their first singles match ever. That gave the event a higher-profile anchor beyond the pre-show results, even as the early lineup had already set the tone with a title defense and a decisive singles win.
Bleacher Report framed Full Gear as an unofficial tribute show for Pac because the Full Gear name came from a joke made during a BTE segment. The result is a show that carries more than one purpose: it advances AEW’s card, protects a championship, and uses the pre-show to keep the event moving before the International Championship match takes over.
