Ilya Dragunov won the AEW National Championship over Tommaso Ciampa Full Gear 2026ending Ciampa’s seven-day reign.
Both believe they are the best free agent in AEW and they wanted to show it right off the bat as they quickly took to the mat and traded submission attempts and strikes. The ring wasn’t enough to contain them and they went outside. Dragunov chops Ciampa on the announce desk and goes for the D-Bomb, but Ciampa moves and he crashes into the desk. Ciampa sent him into the stairs.
Back in the ring, Ciampa continued to target the arm that Dragunov uses for the D-Bomb. Dragunov began to use his head for offense before landing a D-Bomb on Ciampa’s knee and attempting some pinfall attempts. Dragunov began to focus on Ciampa’s right knee.
Dragunov flustered Ciampa and kept control to land another. He sent him back to the mat and went for the D-Bomb, but Ciampa blocked it, so he landed on the back of Ciampa’s thigh. Ciampa bit Dragunov’s arm and landed an avalanche Air Raid Crash. Ciampa sent him to the floor and cut him, picked him up and cut him again. He rammed his head into the steps and dropped Project Ciampa on them.
Back in the ring, Ciampa connected with a running knee and Dragunov somehow kicked out. Ciampa pulled him to the apron but couldn’t get him up for the Fireman’s Carry. Dragunov hits a suplex after Ciampa blocks one. He hit a D-bomb to the floor, but they were both down. Dragunov sent Champa into the Ring of Nine, but he couldn’t cover him.
Dragunov superplexes Ciampa and goes for the D-Bomb, but Ciampa moves and puts him in the Fujiwara Armchair. Dragunov landed a haymaker and Ciampa kneed him before he could land a D-bomb and locked in an armbar, but Dragunov broke free and connected with another D-bomb for the win.
