AEW Full Gear 2019: where are they now?

Full Gear 2019 was a showcase for future champions
Full Gear 2019 was a showcase for future champions

#3 Riho vs Emi Sakura - Where is the first AEW Women's Champion two years later?

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Riho successfully defended her AEW Women's title against Emi Sakura in her last defense of 2019 at Full Gear, before kicking off 2020 with defenses against Britt Baker, Hikaru Shida and Nyla Rose in a four-way and Kris Statlander the week after that. Her run as AEW Women's Champion came to an end in February 2020 against Nyla Rose.

At Revolution 2021 Riho and Thunder Rosa teamed in a losing effort to Maki Itoh and Britt Baker and then at Double or Nothing 2021, Riho challenged Serena Deeb for her NWA Women's Championship, but Deeb retained.

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But for a role in a trios tag match against Britt Baker, Jamie Hayter and Rebel (Not Reba) alongside Ruby Soho and Kris Statlander on Rampage, Riho has been racking up wins on AEW Dark.

Emi Sakura would lose in what has thus far been her last challenge for the Women's Championship, and has been a regular feature in the women's division on AEW Dark.

#2 Chris Jericho vs Cody - Cody's last challenge for the AEW World Championship

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Chris Jericho retained his AEW World Championship against Cody at Full Gear 2019, before challenging SCU on the following episode of Dynamite for their AEW World Tag Team Championship with Sammy Guevara.

Despite losing the tag title match, Jericho would retain against Scorpio Sky in singles action to carry his reign into 2020. The Painmaker returned to NJPW to beat Hiroshi Tanahashi at Wrestle Kingdom 14 before hosting his Rock 'N' Wrestling Rager at Sea to kick off 2020 and then dropping the AEW title to Jon Moxley at Revolution.

At Double or Nothing 2020, Jericho would lead his Inner Circle faction against the Elite in the Stadium Stampede Match, where Omega beat Guevara for the Elite. Le Champion lost a Mimosa Mayhem gimmick match to Orange Cassidy at All Out 2020. While MJF campaigned to be a part of the Inner Circle, Y2J wagered that should he lose their Full Gear 2020 match, then his wish would be granted.

MJF was the victor as such, received his induction to the Inner Circle alongside enforcer Wardlow. The two would frequently tag team to success and when tensions threatened the sanctity of the faction, MJF and Jericho were the victors in a blow-off three-way match against faction members Santana and Ortiz, and Jake Hager and Sammy Guevara.

MJF and Jericho won a tag team battle royal to determine contenders for the Young Bucks' AEW World Tag Team Championship reign, but lost their resultant match at Revolution 2021.

Failure to capture the gold would spell the end of MJF and Jericho as a tag team and MJF's involvement with the Inner Circle altogether, when he defected to form the Pinnacle.

The Pinnacle challenged the faction to the first ever Blood and Guts Match, where the former WWE Champion was thrown from the top of the structure by MJF. The Inner Circle would once again face off against the Pinnacle in a Stadium Stampede Match at Double or Nothing 2021, where they emerged victorious.

Y2J wanted MJF one-on-one but would have to undergo the "5 Labours of Jericho", where-in Jericho had to endure and outlast four different opponents with four different stipulations in order to receive his grudge match.

Jericho's first match was against Pinnacle member Shawn Spears, who was allowed to use a chair in the match as per the stipulation and his nickname, where he won to proceed.

His second challenge was former GCW Heavyweight Champion Nick Gage in a Deathmatch, which Jericho emerged victorious yet bloody and bruised.

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The third match came against a foe from the past, Juventud Guerrera, who he overcame to move onto his fourth labour against Wardlow. A win against Wardlow ensured that he had all the momentum heading into his fifth and final labour against MJF, who had banned everything Judas-related up to and including the Judas Effect finisher.

During a lapse in concentration, Y2J almost hit the forbidden finisher in the match and would lose to MJF before getting a rematch at All Out 2021 with his career on the line, which he won to end the feud.

Jericho and the Inner Circle are currently feuding with the Men of the Year and American Top Team, and are scheduled to face them in a Minneapolis Street Fight at Full Gear 2021.

Cody lost this match to spell the end of his World Championship pursuits, when MJF turned on the American Nightmare to throw the towel in and deliver a post-match low blow.

The grandson of a plumber would feud with MJF and angle for a grudge match, with MJF offering the match under three conditions: He would receive leather belt lashings, beat Wardlow in a Cage Match and leave MJF unharmed in the build-up.

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After satisfying all three conditions, he set up his match with MJF for Revolution 2020, but failed to win. Cody entered and reached the final of the tournament to be crowned the inaugural AEW TNT Champion, facing Lance Archer for the title at Double or Nothing 2020.

He beat Lance Archer in the final and was presented the championship by boxing legend Mike Tyson, becoming the first ever TNT Champion. He would cement his reign with an open challenge, inviting names like Jungle Boy, Ricky Starks and Sonny Kiss to test themselves for the gold, before being destroyed by the late Brodie Lee to lose the championship and take a hiatus.

Cody would return to take the TNT Championship in a Dog Collar Match to become the first ever two-time TNT Champion.

The American Nightmare once again lost the TNT Championship, this time at Full Gear 2020 to Darby Allin. He briefly feuded with Team Tazz alongside Darby, and against QT Marshall and former Olympic boxer Anthony Ogogo.

He has been feuding with Malakai Black, losing their saga 2-1, and heads into AEW Full Gear 2021 in a tag team with PAC against common foes Andrade and Black, among appearances (allegedly) as Fuego II in tag team action with Fuego Del Sol on AEW Dark.

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