Overview
- AEW introduced the National Championship and crowned its first holder in a staggered-entry Casino Gauntlet at Full Gear in Newark, New Jersey.
- Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin opened the match, with Ricochet entering third as more contenders cycled in.
- The Demand’s Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona attacked Lashley and Benjamin during Ricochet’s entrance, MVP was helped to the back, and both were ejected from ringside.
- ‘Daddy Magic’ Matt Menard’s entry prompted a brawl with Daniel Garcia that spilled into the crowd.
- The closing sequence involved Wheeler Yuta and Claudio Castagnoli before Ricochet capitalized after Knight’s UFO Splash to score the decisive pin.