Swerve Strickland and New Level’s Kofi and Austin Creed are again the AEW World Trios Champions after a bloody Texas Death Match against Adam Page, Brody King and Bandido. AEW Full Gear 2026. The only way to win a fight was by a triple knockout or submission.
Strickland was to demand the condition and Bandido to get Edge to acceptafter Page initially denied the reason the story of his death match against Strickland. He didn’t want to drag his teammates into Texas’ death, but the teams ended up grappling with everything from trombone covered in barbed wire to barbed wire covered tables, light boxes, glass, hooks and more.
The new tier landed its first deathmatch spot in AEW shortly after the bout began, with the champions skewering their opponent’s foreheads. The match only got bloodier when King sent himself through a barbed wire table in the corner, where he got stuck, with a cannonball after one of his opponents moved out of the way.
The Executioner and Strickland used main guns on each other and Creed hit King with an exploding glove before nearly sending Bandido to the stage on a pyro. Paige is sent through a pile of chairs, window panes across the chest, with a Boom Drop by Kofi off the barricade.
Strickland ripped off Bandido’s mask and Page jumped in to make the save. Strickland took a mouthful of Paige’s blood, and when Paige looked to hit her with a chair, Strickland spat Paige’s blood right back at her before hitting a Deadeye of her own.
With Bandido and King on the outside, Page and Strickland fought in the middle of the ring. In the end, it was Strickland who knocked out his foe with a takedown and the referee called.