In the past AEW Full Gear 2026 aired live on pay-per-view, the Tailgate Brawl portion of the show aired on TNT and HBO MAX. The featured match at Tailgate Brawl saw Queen Aminata successfully defend her AEW TBS Championship in a match that underwent a late change due to recent travel issues plaguing the United States.
Aminata was originally supposed to defend her crown against Persephone and Maya World, but World couldn’t reach Full Gear, so her tag team partner Hyan and Sky Blue were both added to the fight, making it a four-way match. However, having three opponents instead of two didn’t stop the champion as she took out Skye, Persephone and even Dr. Britt Baker’s DMD on the outside for good measure before hitting Hyan with a headlock for the win and her second successful title defense.
In the night’s opening contest, “Jungle” Jack Perry took on The Beast Mortos, with the former AEW TNT Champion looking to pick up a big win to continue grabbing the attention of Samoa Joe. The story of the match was power vs. speed, but it was really Perry’s power that created the finish. He landed a piledriver on Mortos before following up with a running knee, but instead of going for the finish, he sent Joe a message by hitting a muscle buster on Mortos for the win.
The Don Kallis Family also had a dominant trios performance as Wardlow, El Clune and Kevin Knight defeated RJ Wilde, Jordan Cruz and Jaden Monroe. Clone had most of the offense early on, but it all ended quickly when Wardlaw hit Cruz with a pair of powerbombs before Knight finished things off with a UFO splash.
Trent Beretta of the Don Calis Family stayed in the ring after the match with Rocky Romero, Josh Alexander and Lance Archer ready to face QT Marshall and the returning Big Boom AJ. Marshall and AJ were flanked by Matt Sydal and Darius Martin for an eight-man tag team match. Both teams got their share of offense, but ultimately Romero couldn’t handle the numbers game when his teammates were taken out. Martin hit Archer with a suicide top, AJ hit a PowerBoom, and Sydal finished him off with a Shooting Star Press for the win.
