AEW has introduced that AEW Worldwide Champion Konosuke Takeshita can be defending his title at this weekend’s Full Gear pay-per-view.
AEW President Tony Khan introduced on X that Takeshita will face off in opposition to Ricochet at Saturday’s present, which would be the latter’s third shot on the title.
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Saturday 11/23
Newark, NJ#AEWFullGear ppvAEW Worldwide Title Match@Takesoup vs @KingRicochet
With the rivalry working pink scorching for weeks on @AEWonTV, the Worldwide Title can be at stake within the struggle that the AEW followers wish to see:
Takeshita vs Ricochet
THIS SATURDAY! pic.twitter.com/waLSjbK1DW— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) November 22, 2024
“Saturday 11/23 Newark, NJ #AEWFullGear ppv AEW Worldwide Title Match @Takesoup vs @KingRicochet. With the rivalry working pink scorching for weeks on @AEWonTV, the Worldwide Title can be at stake within the struggle that the AEW followers wish to see: Takeshita vs Ricochet THIS SATURDAY!” stated Khan.
The rivalry between Takeshita and Ricochet started final month when the previous attacked Ricochet after which Worldwide Champion Will Ospreay on the fifth-year anniversary of “AEW Dynamite.” The trio then had a match at AEW’s WrestleDream pay-per-view, the place the Japanese star pinned Ospreay to start his first and present reign as AEW Worldwide Champion. Ricochet and Takeshita have additionally come face-to-face exterior an AEW ring when the previous got here out to save lots of Josh Alexander after the TNA Wrestling star was attacked by Takeshita and the remainder of The Don Callis Household at MLPW Cast in Excellence.
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4 different title matches have been confirmed for the Full Gear present as Mercedes Mone defends her AEW TBS Championship in opposition to Kris Statlander, Jon Moxley and Orange Cassidy sq. off for the previous’s AEW World Championship, and AEW TNT Champion Jack Perry places his title on the road in opposition to Daniel Garcia. The opposite title match introduced for the present is for AEW World Tag Workforce Championship as champions Non-public Get together face off in opposition to three different tag groups in a deadly four-way tag staff title match.
