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All Elite Wrestling is holding a potentially company-changing pay-per-view event Saturday night in Minneapolis in the form of Full Gear.

The show could feature a changing of the guard, as "Hangman" Adam Page is set to challenge Kenny Omega for the AEW World Championship in the main event.

The AEW Women's World Championship and AEW World Tag Team Championship will also be on the line, plus a new No. 1 contender for the AEW world title will be determined when Bryan Danielson clashes with Miro.

Here is a rundown of how and when to watch Full Gear, a look at the card and further analysis regarding the top matches.

Where: Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota

When: Saturday Nov. 13 at 8 p.m. ET (pre-show starts at 7 p.m. ET)

Watch: PPV available for purchase on Bleacher Report for $49.99. Can be purchased and streamed on Roku, Amazon Fire TV and Xbox.

AEW Full Gear 2021 Match Card

• AEW World Championship: Kenny Omega (c) vs. "Hangman" Adam Page
• AEW World Championship Eliminator Tournament final: Bryan Danielson vs. Miro
• AEW Women's World Championship: Britt Baker (c) vs. Tay Conti
• AEW World Tag Team Championship: Lucha Bros (c) vs. FTR
• CM Punk vs. Eddie Kingston
• Minneapolis Street Fight: The Inner Circle vs. Men of the Year & American Top Team
• Darby Allin vs. MJF
• Falls Count Anywhere Six-Man Tag: Christian Cage & Jurassic Express vs. Adam Cole & The Young Bucks
• PAC & Cody Rhodes vs. Malakai Black & Andrade El Idolo
• Pre-Show: Nyla Rose & Jamie Hayter vs. Hikaru Shida & Thunder Rosa

Top Matches to Watch

Kenny Omega vs. 'Hangman' Adam Page

AEW fans have long awaited Page to receive another world title opportunity and for him to go head-to-head with his former tag team partner.

Page and Omega enjoyed a dominant title reign that lasted 228 days before dropping the belts to FTR at All Out 2020. It was around that time that Hangman was also kicked out of The Elite.

Omega beat Page in the final of a tournament to determine the No. 1 contender for the AEW World Championship at Full Gear 2020, and he went on to beat Jon Moxley for the strap.

Now, Omega has held the title for nearly a year, while Page has been scratching and clawing his way back into the conversation. He finally earned a title shot by winning the Casino Ladder match, and it is fitting that his shot at glory will come against a former friend.

Page had a chance to become the inaugural AEW world champion at All Out 2019, but he lost to Chris Jericho in the main event.

Hangman has been chasing another opportunity ever since, and Saturday could mark the culmination of a long and arduous journey.

The live crowd will undoubtedly be fully behind Page, and if he wins the title, it should elicit one of the best reactions in AEW history.

Bryan Danielson vs. Miro

The match to determine the AEW world champion is the biggest bout on Saturday's card, but the match for the No. 1 contendership could turn out to be the best.

Danielson and Miro promise to go all-out in a brutal affair at Full Gear.

While Danielson defeated Dustin Rhodes and Eddie Kingston to get to this point, Miro only needed to beat Orange Cassidy because he was a late addition to the tournament as a replacement for Moxley.

Regardless of their respective paths, Danielson vs. Miro promises to be a hard-hitting battle that could be one of the best of the year in AEW.

Danielson and Miro faced each other in WWE under the names Daniel Bryan and Rusev, respectively, but the stakes were never as high as they will be at Full Gear.

Although Danielson is the sentimental favorite, Miro has been built up as a dominant heel, so it wouldn't be too surprising if he is able to hand his opponent the first singles loss of his AEW career.

CM Punk vs. Eddie Kingston

No championships or title opportunities will be on the line when CM Punk and Kingston lock horns at Full Gear, but it should be an emotionally charged contest nonetheless.

It was only a few weeks ago when Punk and Kingston first crossed paths in AEW, as the latter interrupted a backstage interview involving the former after losing to Danielson in the semifinals of the World Championship Eliminator Tournament.

Punk didn't take kindly to Kingston's actions, which led to him calling out Kingston for a confrontation on the most recent edition of Rampage. That resulted in an intense exchange, which saw The Best in the World insult Kingston and suggest he wasn't on his level as a wrestler.

A match between the two for Full Gear was made official shortly thereafter, and it has quickly become one of the most highly anticipated bouts on the card.

In many respects, it is just another match for Punk given how many huge contests he has had. But for Kingston, it represents one of the biggest moments of his career.

Kingston will be a made man and a legitimate world title contender if he beats Punk. And even if he doesn't, he can prove a lot of doubters wrong by hanging with his opponent on Saturday.

Regardless of who wins, there promises to be a compelling story told given the two wrestlers competing in the match.

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Omega vs. Danielson Rematch to Occur in Mexico?

A rematch between Kenny Omega and Bryan Danielson seems virtually certain, but it may not be guaranteed that their next encounter will take place in AEW.

According to Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter (h/t Felix Upton of Ringside News), AAA executive Dorian Roldan saw the match between Omega and Danielson on the Grand Slam edition of AEW Dynamite last week, and it gave him an idea.

Roldan reportedly wants to have Omega vs. Danielson on a AAA card, and it may not be outside the realm of possibility since Omega is the reigning AAA Mega champion.

Even dating back to his time in WWE, Danielson has always been outspoken about his dreams of wrestling in Mexico, specifically in a hair vs. mask match.

There is plenty of meat left on the bone in the Omega vs. Danielson feud since their first AEW match went to a time-limit draw.

Omega has since said he doesn't intend to give Danielson a rematch, although it will undoubtedly happen at some point. AEW Full Gear, which is scheduled for November, could be when the rematch occurs.

Doing Omega vs. Danielson either before or after that in AAA would be a great way to further their rivalry, however, and it would likely result in great publicity for both AEW and AAA.

Rumored NXT Names for WWE Draft

Night 1 of the WWE draft is scheduled for Friday night's episode of SmackDown, and there reportedly could be some surprising names included.

According to Meltzer (h/t Upton), there is internal belief within WWE that former NXT stars Dakota Kai, Aliyah and Xia Li will be part of the draft.

Meltzer noted that none of them have been seen on NXT recently, and all of them have worked dark matches before main roster shows during their NXT absences.

Kai is the biggest name of the group, as she was involved in several high-profile matches and feuds in NXT. That included vying for the NXT Women's Championship against former partner Raquel Gonzalez at NXT TakeOver 36 in August.

Aliyah's last NXT match was back in July when she and Jessi Kamea lost to Kacy Catanzaro and Kayden Carter. Aliyah attacked Robert Stone after the match and it was assumed at the time that she was poised for a call-up.

Li's most recent NXT match was also in July when she unsuccessfully challenged Gonzalez for the NXT Women's Championship. Prior to that, Li had been a part of the Tian Sha stable with Mei Ying and Boa, but only Mei Ying and Boa have been seen on NXT over the past few weeks.

Meltzer added that WWE desires to build a Chinese star after seeing how China reacted to Zhang Weili holding the UFC women's strawweight championship. Because of that, Li could be in for a big push.

Kai, Aliyah and Li all bring unique skill sets to the table, and they will all add some much-needed depth to the Raw and SmackDown women's divisions if they have indeed been called up.

Cole Believes NXT 2.0 Was Born from AEW's Success

After four years with WWE as part of the NXT brand, Adam Cole left the company and made his AEW debut at All Out last month.

Cole and NXT went head to head with AEW Dynamite on Wednesday nights for a period of time before NXT moved to Tuesdays.

Recently, NXT underwent a significant change, as it is now known as NXT 2.0. In addition to a new name and logo, NXT has clearly shifted its focus as well with younger, more inexperienced wrestlers getting the spotlight over veterans from the independent scene.

During an appearance on Talk Is Jericho with current AEW and former WWE star Chris Jericho (h/t Subhojeet Mukherjee of Ringside News), Cole expressed his belief that AEW consistently scoring higher ratings than NXT led WWE to change NXT's presentation:

This is all just me guessing. I think, for sure, [AEW beating NXT] played a part [in the rebrand]. I also understand the thought process of … there were so many guys in NXT who were presented a certain way and then they'd go to Raw or SmackDown and it was a complete 180. I see the standpoint of, if I am Vince McMahon, him looking at NXT as this breeding ground for guys on Raw and SmackDown, he wants his hands in it a little bit more and he wants bigger guys. Not saying everyone is going to be big, but more guys who are geared to be ready to go for Raw and SmackDown.

I understand that. When I was there at NXT, it was treated as a third brand. We got on television because of it, we had the big Survivor Series month, which was really cool. It was the more athletic pro wrestling storytelling and style. Them going back to this, certainly, AEW has to play a factor in my mind. It just has to. More important, I do think it's so they don't have to change a thing about guys when they are in NXT now.

Cole is the longest-reigning NXT champion of all time with a reign lasting over a year, and he was one of the faces of the brand when it was at its highest point.

For a period of time, WWE was signing all of the hottest talent from the independent scene, as well as Ring of Honor and Impact Wrestling, but its philosophy has clearly changed.

Now, AEW is signing independent talent, while WWE is signing amateur wrestlers and other athletes with the goal of building them into stars from the ground up.

That already seems to be paying dividends to some degree given that Bron Breakker is viewed as one of WWE's future top stars just a few weeks after debuting.

Cole undoubtedly felt AEW was the best fit for him given his background and skill set, although it would have been interesting to see what the former leader of Undisputed Era could have done on the WWE main roster as well.

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