Wrestling Inc. Picks The Winners

AEW Full Gear comes your way this weekend from the Prudential Center in Newark, Latest Jersey, and as at all times, Wrestling Inc. is here to choose the winners of each match! AEW hasn’t made it easy for us — this card features nine matches, five of that are title matches and at the least three of which has our staff split on who’s winning. Matches like Jon Moxley vs. Kyle O’Reilly, the four-way women’s tag match, and the lads’s Casino Gauntlet to crown the inaugural National Champion may very well be won by mainly anybody, though we have now slightly more consensus here in our collective selections for things just like the AEW world title match and the million dollar “Will the Elite reunite?” trios match.

Regardless, we have now a fairly good track record on these items, so while this column remains to be technically a prediction quite than a spoiler, you may consider it fairly definitive, mostly, sometimes. Disagree with our selections? Tell us within the comments! Until then, let’s get to the picks!

Cannot imagine we’re saying this, however it’s been a rough month for Jon Moxley.

It began at AEW WrestleDream when Darby Allin shockingly made Moxley say “I Quit.” 4 days later, the previous AEW World Champion then intentionally got himself disqualified as he was helplessly trapped in an ankle lock from Kyle O’Reilly in a match on “AEW Dynamite.” The next week, O’Reilly mercilessly locked Moxley in a guillotine hold for therefore long that the referee counted them each out of their rematch. Of their next encounter at “Dynamite: Blood & Guts,” O’Reilly officially made Moxley tap out to the ankle lock while positioned on top of broken glass. An identical scene then unfolded once more on this week’s “Dynamite,” with O’Reilly cinching within the ankle lock on Moxley as stomps from Daniel Garcia and Wheeler Yuta left him unfazed.

Moxley eventually escaped probably the most recent ankle lock because of the collective Death Riders yanking him out of the ring, but frankly, that is irrelevant. The purpose is: Jon Moxley has endured a mountain of punishment, a lot in order that any more can be unfathomable…to the slight majority of Wrestling Inc. staff at the least.

53% of us trust that AEW Full Gear will mark Jon Moxley’s comeback as he takes on Kyle O’Reilly in a No Holds Barred match. Each competitors head into the PPV with a fairly even playing field by way of allies. Moxley has the Death Riders and Gabe Kidd in his back pocket, while O’Reilly continues to have support from The Conglomeration and Roderick Strong. By way of momentum, nonetheless, recent weeks have heavily favored O’Reilly, leading lots of us to imagine that the tide will finally turn at Full Gear. However, a few of us (47% to be exact) cannot rule out the potential of Moxley being a glutton for much more punishment.

Written by Ella Jay

With all due respect to PAC, he didn’t climb a f***ing mountain.

Darby Allin is largely “The Guy” in AEW, especially since forcing Moxley to say “I Quit” at WrestleDream. The previous TNT Champion appears to be headed for the world title scene sooner, quite than later, and while a modicum of the staff thinks that PAC may very well be a formidable obstacle, much of the Wrestling Inc. crew thinks that Darby will discover a method to beat PAC without flames or blades or tables. Possibly it was MJF, perhaps it was another person, but PAC’s recent claim that stripping the gimmickry away from Darby Allin would defeat him felt familiar. This just isn’t the primary time Darby has needed to prove that he’s pretty much as good with a clutch pin as he’s with thumbtacks, and it seems like Saturday can be one other technical surprise from Allin.

Again, Death Riders are at all times running around their comrades’ matches, so it’s possible PAC may have greater than slightly help, and considering how long PAC was away from AEW, he might need to determine himself greater than Darby needs a win, however it really seems like Darby needs a win. Again, it is a guy who planted the AEW flag on Mount Everest, it’ll take lots greater than a freshly shorn Geordie to best him.

Written by Ross Berman

Since losing their titles as EVPs of AEW at All In, the Young Bucks had hit a rough financial patch, feeling the sting of frugality with basic entrance themes and denigrating name plates. As such, within the absence of competing for the Tag Team Championship, the Bucks have since sought to wrestle and win as many money bonus matches as to maintain themselves… liquid? 

In any case, their pursuit of such bonuses, normally on the road in Tony Khan’s “all-star” tag team matches, has seen them look to outside help; first it was the Death Riders, and more recently it has been the Don Callis Family, with Josh Alexander because of wrestle alongside them this weekend against Kenny Omega and Jurassic Express with $1,000,000 on the road. While the Bucks had searched for a wedding of convenience with a view to gain the million bucks, Callis has since made it clear he wants them in his faction fighting the nice fight against Omega and the remaining of his enemies. They have not really seemed convinced by the concept, and do not appear to wish to hamper their financial prospects yet again. 

So perhaps that is why nearly all of Wrestling Inc. staff aren’t convinced things will work out this weekend, with 88% predicting Omega, Jack Perry, and Luchasaurus to walk away with the win and the money injection. The proverbial wobbly ground between the DCF and the Bucks, wobblier still with Callis and co. tapping their wrists and harrying them at every turn, threatens to provide out with the Bucks’ long-time friend stood opposite them. And while they seemed greater than joyful to mess with Omega before, there hasn’t really been that very same spirit in recent weeks, and it would not be a surprise to see them and Alexander clash whether or not they’re alleged to be on the identical side or not.

Written by Max Everett

In a matter of weeks, AEW will crown its first ever Women’s Tag Team Champions. En route, a significant four-way collision is about for AEW Full Gear, with the winners earning the appropriate to pick the stipulation for his or her semi-final tournament match.

Attributable to the implications and our respective visions for the rest of this tag title tournament, the upcoming four-way bout emerged as an in depth call amongst our Wrestling Inc. winners poll. Sisters of Sin (Julia Hart and Skye Blue) ultimately skated by with 35% of the vote, though the Babes of Wrath (Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron) were hot on their tails with 29% of WINC’s confidence.

By the tip of the tournament, lots of us are under the assumption that Toni Storm and Mina Shirakawa — together often known as the Timeless Love Bombs — will claim their throne because the inaugural AEW Women’s Tag Team Champions. Provided that Storm and Shirakawa are a well-liked babyface team, logic dictates that a heel team would stand across from them within the finals, leaving the Sisters of Sin because the only option to meet such a scenario.

Heading into their semi-finals match against the Babes of Wrath, Blue and Hart look like the underdogs, especially since Nightingale and Cameron bested the dominant and decorated duo that’s Mercedes Mone and Athena within the tournament’s opening round. Blue and Hart are also undeniably smaller in size. A win at Full Gear, nonetheless, would give them the flexibility to potentially counter with a stipulation that plays into their favor and ensures their spot within the finals. Thekla, the trusted ally of Hart and Blue, is nearly guaranteed to be lingering nearby as well, giving them much more of probability of walking out of Full Gear with a victory.

After all, multi-person bouts are sometimes a magnet for unpredictability, hence why Megan Bayne and Marina Shafir have attracted 24% of WINC’s vote, while the Timeless Love Bombs round out the Full Gear field with 12%.

Written by Ella Jay

Very similar to the Royal Rumble, the mysterious nature of the Casino Gauntlet lineup makes for much fewer consensus picks than the same old PPV match. Bobby Lashley and MJF each got 23.5% of the vote, Chris Jericho and Killer Kross each got 6%, and one author even hit up the WINC Slack chat to gauge how likely it was that Jay White might come back. There are loads of possibilities so far as who could comprise the 21-man field of the sudden-death match.

Ultimately, despite The Hurt Syndicate’s claim on the primary couple spots, in addition to his own his lack of AEW titles, Ricochet got probably the most votes to turn out to be the inaugural AEW National Champion. Ricochet has been a continuing thorn within the Hurt Syndicate’s side, and finding a method to screw Bobby Lashley or Shelton Benjamin out of the title would definitely heighten their shenanigans. Ricochet will likely have Gates of Agony backing him up, adding to his possibilities within the multi-man match.

Ricochet’s stock has been on the rise ever since he joined AEW and have become probably the most annoying sociopath in the corporate. Having him lord the National Title over the AEW roster and the independent wrestling scene basically may very well be a superb time.

Written by Ross Berman

The match pitting Mark Briscoe against Kyle Fletcher for the TNT Championship is a giant one, as it isn’t only a no disqualification match, if Briscoe loses, he’ll be forced to hitch the ever-growing, massive bad guy stable that’s the Don Callis Family. Quite just a few of us here at WINC don’t think there’s any probability Briscoe joins the “DCF,” and that is why 65% of us imagine that he’s winning the TNT title from “The Protostar” at Full Gear.

The pair have faced one another just a few times in singles competition, most recently at WrestleDream, where Fletcher got here out on top. It was hard-fought win in considered one of the longer matches on the cardboard, and Briscoe didn’t go down and not using a fight. Fletcher also has a victory over Briscoe from back in April at Dynasty, within the Owen Hart Foundation men’s tournament quarter final. With “The Protostar” up 2-0 over the beloved Briscoe in recent memory, we predict it is the older star’s time to shine. He has yet to win singles gold in AEW, though he did hold the ROH World Championship for a period last yr.

The Don Callis Family doesn’t need anymore members, and we do not exactly think a storyline where Briscoe is attempting to break free from the faction is something AEW has within the cards right away, with the Young Bucks already working the “will they or won’t they” join angle. While Fletcher isn’t any slouch in the case of hardcore stipulation matches, we predict Briscoe goes to get a giant moment at Full Gear, and he’ll be heading in to the vacation season as TNT Champion.

Written by Daisy Ruth

Of the five championship matches on the AEW Full Gear 2025 most important card, one which has flown under the radar in recent weeks has been the AEW World Tag Team Championship match between Brodido and FTR. Money Wheeler and Dax Harwood earned their shot on the champions back on the Fright Night edition of “AEW Dynamite,” but because of the hype surrounding other matches on the show, this bout falls into the category of being a sleeper hit for match of the night, especially given the 4 men involved.

Each teams originally met back on the August 20 episode of “Dynamite” in Glasgow, Scotland and went to a 30 minute attract an try and earn a shot at The Hurt Syndicate at Forbidden Door. The draw resulted in each teams getting a shot at Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin, with Bandido pinning Harwood to win the match, and the titles, for his team. Fast forward three months later and as popular as Brody King and Bandido are, nearly all of us here at Wrestling Inc. feel like now could be the time where FTR finally get their win back.

It should be said that if Brodido do retain, it won’t necessarily be the tip of the world, and for a team thrown together based solely on the incontrovertible fact that Buddy Matthews’ ankle injury meant Brody had little to no direction, Brodido have turn out to be the preferred duo in AEW. Taking the belts off of them may appear a bit strange due to that popularity, but you simply get the sense that FTR aren’t going to depart this feud because the losers. They’ve the experience, they get probably the most heat out of any heel duo in the corporate right away, and are routinely platformed ahead of other teams like The Young Bucks or the Jurassic Express, who’re currently in their very own storyline away from the title picture.

On top of that, there remains to be some unfinished business with Adam Copeland and Christian Cage that looks as if it’ll end with the previous Edge and Christian having yet one more tag title run, meaning that it could only make sense in the event that they took the belts off of FTR. A lack of Brodido can be sad for fans of theirs given how well they’ve each done as champions this yr, but a loss would also mean a Continental Classic run may very well be of their futures, which can be very exciting. Overall, now could be the time for FTR to take a seat atop of the AEW tag team division again, which is why we predict they’re leaving Full Gear with the AEW World Tag Team Championships.

Written by Sam Palmer

As if 11 concurrent championship reigns with 14 separate belts is not enough, Mercedes Mone can be difficult for greater travel expenses in the shape of Kris Statlander’s AEW Women’s World Championship this weekend. Theirs is a trilogy bout with layers, having met of their first bout eventually yr’s Full Gear event for the TBS Championship, then in an additional rematch at Worlds End for the title, with Mone winning each of those and occurring to turn out to be the longest-reigning TBS Champion – breaking the record held by Jade Cargill, who was eventually dethroned by Statlander. 

While Mone was collecting belts and breaking records, there was just one which managed to elude her, having won the Owen Hart Cup to secure her ultimately unsuccessful opportunity against Toni Storm at All In. And that was the title that Statlander went on to capture at All Out, going one step further to retain the title over Storm in singles motion to make sure she held the excellence above Mone. 

“The CEO” is perhaps the one with more titles and accolades to her name, but she remains to be the challenger when the bell rings on Saturday. Statlander has beaten the one person to beat Mone on two occasions, and he or she has more to lose this time around. That lends to the bulk belief inside Wrestling Inc. that it’ll be her leaving together with her hand raised, 77% predicting the champion to tug one back of their saga.

After all which means a large 23% imagine Mone can be walking out together with her fifteenth belt, and it could be folly to rule her out at any time. The query largely boils all the way down to whether or not, as Statlander has said, Mone is really focused on winning this match, with so many distractions.

Written by Max Everett

The sun is setting Samoa Joe’s time. Having held the world title so recently, one would think that he can be a solid contender for dethroning Hangman Page, and yet a convincing 94% of the staff think that Hangman will overcome the dimensions and experience advantage that Joe brings and retain his AEW title.

It is sensible, in spite of everything, Page has turn out to be the franchise face that many expected him to turn out to be when AEW began in 2019. His two world title reigns have come from unseating Kenny Omega and Jon Moxley; you could not ask for a star to be more “made” than Hangman Page, and the champion carries the responsibility admirably. He’s had some hiccups, especially within the construct to the Kyle Fletcher match, but he at all times delivers within the ring, and fans appear to imagine in him in a way that simply doesn’t occur much anymore. 

Yes, Hangman Page has burned down houses and drank his enemy’s blood, but at the tip of the day, he’s as clean-cut a babyface as you get in the massive 2025. This can be a world of shades of gray, and antiheroes who’re 10 years past their prime, and yet Page has found a method to feel like the appropriate guy, at the appropriate time, and while Joe might’ve swayed 6% of the staff, the remaining appear to imagine as hard because the AEW fans.

Written by Ross Berman