Once best friends, now even bigger enemies, Will Osprey and Kyle Fletcher put years of feelings and animosity behind them; AEW Full Gear 2026 AEW World Championship on the line. Fletcher defeated Ospreay two years ago at Full Gear, but unfortunately for the Protostar, he was unable to repeat that feat this time around as Ospreay nearly managed to retain his title. However, he wasn’t the one standing tall at the end of the night, as that privilege belonged to MJF.
Throughout the match, the challenger tried to get in Ospreay’s head, using the crowd against him as they were mostly on Fletcher’s side. This encouraged the champion to take the match very seriously, targeting Fletcher’s ribs as he landed a Styles Clash from the apron to the floor. From there, it was Fletcher who had to rally against Ospreay, who consistently landed shots on Fletcher’s ribs and stomach.
Ospreay tapped into his darker side when Fletcher was busted open after slashing the open lock twice. As the blood began to flow, Osprey brought a series of elbows and hidden blades that still couldn’t hold Fletcher down, not even Stormbreaker could put Fletcher away. Eventually, Ospreay’s red mist descended as Fletcher, like the end of their Steel Cage match at AEW Revolution 2025, told his former friend how much he hated him. This lured Osprey in, where Fletcher secured a backslide that nearly won him, but after a series of solid attempts, another Hidden Blade landed on the chin, only for Fletcher to land a wild kick to one.
The champ wasted no time in hitting another Hidden Blade and put an exclamation point on the brutal Tiger Driver ’91 to pick up the win and retain his title. Afterwards, the two men looked at each other, knowing that this was likely not the last time they would battle for the AEW World Championship.
After the match, Ospreay embraced the rest of the United Empire, including Andrade El Idolo, who made sure the champion saw out his contract for a guaranteed shot at his title. Inside the sack was Triple B and behind the mask was Maxwell Jacob Friedman, with MJF holding what he calls the Real AEW World Championship above his head as he stood on Osprey’s belt. United Empire ran back to chase MJF and stayed with Ospreay as the show faded to black.
