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If MJF is going to leave Inglewood with both of his championships, it’s going to start on the Zero Hour pre-show.
The AEW World Champion has to defend that title on the main Full Gear card, but his work begins prior to that. He’s known he was going to face The Gunns for the ROH World Tag Team Championship for a little while, but with Adam Cole still recuperating from ankle surgery, what he didn’t know was who his partner was going to be.
That mystery got cleared up at the very end of Rampage on Friday night, when Samoa Joe saved him from an attack by Bullet Club Gold. MJF had resisted Joe’s offers of assistance until that point, but with time running out and no other options, he really had little choice.
It’s not the only title match on Zero Hour either. Eddie Kingston will put his ROH World Championship on the line in what’s become a chippy feud with Jay Lethal. Of course, the problem Kingston will face is all kinds of potential interference from Lethal’s friends … but maybe that visit he got from Ortiz last night will be a potential solution.
We’re jumping in now to see how it all goes down.
AEW Full Gear 2023 Zero Hour results from Inglewood:
- Eddie Kingston def. Jay Lethal by pinfall to retain the ROH World Champion, thanks in part to assistance from Ortiz, who prevented Jeff Jarrett’s guitar from being brought into play and smashed it over Sonjay Dutt
- Claudio Castagnoli def. Buddy Matthews by submission; after the match, Claudio offers a handshake, but Buddy shoves his way by it and heads back up the ramp
- MJF and Samoa Joe def. The Gunns by submission to retain the ROH World Championship, with a surprise distraction provided by the arrival of Adam Cole, but The Gunns launch a vicious post-match attack on MJF’s left knee that Cole is helpless to stop