AEW Full Gear 2026 Part II Notes: Ilja Dragunov Wins AEW National Title, Tommaso Ciampa Declares For 2026 Continental Classic, The Cut Wins Anarchy In The Arena Match and Claudio Castagnoli, KeMalito, & More Appears, MJF Makes Surprise Return & Attacks Will Ospreay, 11/18 AEW Dynamite Show Card

Nov 14, 2026

Ilja Dragunov Wins AEW National Title

Saturday’s AEW Full Gear 2026 event at the Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix, Arizona featured Ilja Dragunov defeating Tommaso Ciampa to become the new AEW National Champion.

Ilja Dragunov is the NEW AEW NATIONAL CHAMPION! #AEWFullGear https://t.co/tQ73CzfdoI
— Fightful Wrestling (@Fightful) November 15, 2026

#AndNEW!!! @UNBESIEGBAR_ZAR is the NEW AEW National Champion! Watch #AEWFullGear LIVE on HBO Max PPV! https://t.co/DJMU8BAivM
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) November 15, 2026

This was Dragunov’s first-ever AEW National Championship victory and his first ever championship victory in his AEW career.

Tommaso Ciampa Declares For 2026 Continental Classic

AEW’s Full Gear 2026 event also featured Tommaso Ciampa officially declaring himself for this year’s Continental Classic tournament, which starts at next week’s AEW Dynamite show in Denver, Colorado.

THE PSYCHO KILLER IS FAR FROM FINISHED! @MrTommasoCiampa is furious over losing the #AEW National Title, but his focus has already shifted to the Continental Classic! Watch #AEWFullGear LIVE on HBO Max PPV! https://t.co/8S4KKwxhHr
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) November 15, 2026

The Cut Wins Anarchy In The Arena Match and Claudio Castagnoli, KeMalito, & More Appears

AEW’s Full Gear 2026 event also featured The Cut (Jay White, David Finlay, Clark Connors, Ace Austin, & The Gunns (Austin & Colten Gunn)) defeating Death Riders (Jon Moxley, Daniel Garcia, & Gabe Kidd) & The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong, & Kyle O’Reilly) in this year’s Anarchy in the Arena match.

The Cut defeat The Death Riders and The Conglomeration #AEWFullGear https://t.co/rvbNAkDx6A
— False Finish (@FalseFinishHQ) November 15, 2026

The Cut take the victory after a brutal Anarchy In The Arena WAR! Watch #AEWFullGear LIVE on HBO Max PPV! https://t.co/H5yK3JZk34
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) November 15, 2026

This match featured “Wild Things” by X and “Party Up (Up In Here” by DMX being used as the songs played for most of the match.

When DMX hits, you know it’s about to go DOWN! 😤 Watch #AEWFullGear LIVE on HBO Max PPV! https://t.co/8GHapCB0V8
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) November 15, 2026

This match also featured Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor, Carlie Bravo, & Capt. Shawn Dean) and Death Riders’ members Wheeler Yuta & KeMalito making surprise appearances and getting involved in the match. STP helped out The Cut while Yuta and KeMalito helped out the Death Riders and The Conglomeration.

LIGHTS OUT! KEMALITO!!! #AEWFullGear https://t.co/fKkPpK1AGP
— JJ Williams (@JJWilliamsWON) November 15, 2026

This match also featured Claudio Castagnoli making his surprise return and helped even up the odds for the Death Riders and The Conglomeration.

CLAUDIO IS BACK CLAUDIO IS BACKKKKKKKK #AEW #AEWFullGear https://t.co/AJWO04he8T
— Self Made AO 💫 (@KXNGAO) November 15, 2026

This was Castagnoli’s first appearance since the October 28th Fright Night Dynamite show after being “injured” at the hands of The Cut.

MJF Makes Surprise Return & Attacks Will Ospreay

AEW’s Full Gear 2026 event also featured MJF making his surprise return.

Following Will Ospreay’s victory over Kyle Fletcher in a very hard fought gruelign battle, The Brawling Birds, “Speedball” Mike Bailey, and Andrade El Idolo went into the ring to celebrate with Ospreay. After the rest of Ospreay’s United Empire group left, Ospreay posed to the crowd only for a masked mystery person to run out and attacked him from behind with something hidden inside a black bag. This mystery person took off their mask revealing himself to be MJF and his “Triple B” AEW World title belt being inside his bag. MJF then ran away through the crowd after the rest of United Empire rushed back to the ring trying to get their hands on him for what he did.

MJF HAS RETURNED TO AEW AND ATTACKED WILL OSPREAY! DEMON HOME!!!!!!!! #AEW #AEWFullGear https://t.co/3aDdbhFKjR
— Self Made AO 💫 (@KXNGAO) November 15, 2026

This was MJF’s first appearance in AEW since this past August’s All In 2026 event.