After a challenge was issued at WrestleDream on Saturday, the primary match for AEW Full Gear is official. Mercedes “12 Belts” Mone issued the initial challenge to AEW Women’s World Champion Kris Statlander after the pair got right into a confrontation on the pay-per-view. Mone interrupted Statlander’s celebration following her victory over Toni Storm, and after Mone defeated Mina Shirakawa, Statlander back got here out to break Mone’s fun and hit her with a Samoan drop.
Statlander accepted Mone’s challenge in a backstage interview segment with Renee Paquette earlier within the night on “AEW Dynamite.” Statlander said she would see Mone at Full Gear, and told the TBS Champion to enjoy her celebration in honor of her 12 belts later within the night.
During that celebration, nevertheless, Harley Cameron and her puppet of Mone interrupted, following Paquette’s lengthy introduction, from underneath the table arrange within the ring, complete with vodka and a cake. An infuriated Mone stormed all the way down to the ring and berated Cameron and the fans, shoving the puppet into the cake for good measure. Cameron revealed herself to be the puppet master from under the table, but she wasn’t alone, and Statlander sent her Full Gear opponent face-first into the cake, then chokeslammed her through the table for good measure.