‘Champagne championship celebration’ announced for AEW Full Gear
After successfully defending her AEW Women’s World title on Collision, reigning titleholder Mariah May will host a champagne celebration with Mina Shirakawa at next Saturday’s Full Gear.
May defeated Anna Jay in their trilogy bout, a no DQ affair that saw May pick up the win after hitting Storm Zero onto a chair. Jay is now unable to challenge May for the title as long as she holds it.
Shirakawa, May’s past tag team partner in Stardom, made her in-ring return to AEW a successful one by defeating Harley Cameron. It was her first match and win in AEW since a late-August victory on Rampage.
May defeated former champion and friend Toni Storm at this past August’s All In. Storm hasn’t appeared on AEW programming since then, but recent vignettes have teased her return — a strong possibility for next Saturday given the storyline between all three women.
Here’s the current card for Saturday, November 23rd in Newark, New Jersey:
- AEW World Champion Jon Moxley defends against Orange Cassidy
- TBS Champion Mercedes Mone defends against Kris Statlander
- TNT Champion Jack Perry defends against Daniel Garcia
- Will Ospreay vs. Kyle Fletcher
- Jay White vs. Hangman Page
- Bobby Lashley vs. Swerve Strickland
- MJF vs. Roderick Strong
- Mariah May & Mina Shirakawa champagne celebration
- Four-way match for AEW Tag Team titles: Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) defends against The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd), House of Black (Malakai Black & Brody King), and The Acclaimed (Max Caster & Anthony Bowens)
- Zero Hour: Costco Guy AJ vs. QT Marshall
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