Queen Aminata Retaining AEW TBS Title Headlines Full Gear 2026 Tailgate Brawl
Before 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 bout of the Tailgate Brawl saw Queen Aminata successfully defend her AEW TBS Championship in a match that saw a late change due to the recent travel issues that have plagued the United States.
Originally, Aminata was supposed to defend her crown against Persephone and Maya World, but Maya couldn't make it to Full Gear so her tag team partner Hyan, and Skye Blue were both added to bout to make it a four-way. However, despite having three opponents instead of two, that didn't phase the champion as she took out both Skye, Persephone, and even Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D. for good measure on the outside, before hitting Hyan with the Off With her Head to gain the win and make a second successful defense of her title.
In the night's opening contest, "Jungle" Jack Perry went one-on-one with The Beast Mortos, where the former AEW TNT Champion looked to gain a big win to continue attracting the attention of Samoa Joe. The story of the match was power versus speed, but it was actually the power of Perry that set up the finish. He landed a Piledriver on Mortos before following up with a Running Knee, but instead of going for the finish, he sent a message to Joe by hitting the Muscle Buster on Mortos to get the win.
The Don Callis Family also had a dominant trios performance as Wardlow, El Clon, and Kevin Knight defeat RJ Wilde, Jordan Cruz, and Jaden Monroe. Clon had the majority of the offense early on, but things ended very quickly when Wardlow hit Cruz with a pair of Powerbombs, before Knight finished things off with a UFO Splash.
Trent Beretta of the Don Callis Family stayed in the ring after the match with Rocky Romero, Josh Alexander, and Lance Archer were ready for a fight with 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 fair share of offense in, but in the end, Romero couldn't deal with the numbers game once his partners were taken out. Martin hit Archer with a Tope Suicida, AJ hit the PowerBoom, and Sydal finished him off with a Shooting Star Press to gain the win.