AEW Full Gear surpasses $1 million in live gate revenue

For the first time in its four-year history, Saturday’s AEW Full Gear in Newark, New Jersey, has surpassed $1 million in gate revenue.

AEW head Tony Khan tweeted the news Saturday afternoon:

As indicated, the number continues a run of four straight $1 million live gates for AEW pay-per-views which includes May’s Double or Nothing (Las Vegas), June’s Forbidden Door with NJPW (Chicago), and September’s All Out (Chicago).

Double or Nothing marked the first time AEW hit the $1 million live gate number. The company also exceeded $1 million for September’s Grand Slam Dynamite/Rampage event in Queens, New York.

AEW will hope to exceed last year’s estimated 155,000 pay-per-view buys for the same show, headlined by then-AEW World Champion Kenny Omega vs. Hangman Page. The number was an increase from the estimated 75,000 the shows did in both 2019 and 2020.

Here’s the current lineup for Saturday’s show:

  • AEW World Champion Jon Moxley defends against MJF
  • Interim AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm defends against Jamie Hayter
  • AEW World Tag Team Champions The Acclaimed defend against Swerve In Our Glory
  • AEW World Trios Champions Death Triangle defend against The Elite
  • ROH Champion Chris Jericho defends against Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli and Sammy Guevara
  • TNT Champion Wardlow defends against Samoa Joe and Powerhouse Hobbs
  • TBS Champion Jade Cargill defends against Nyla Rose
  • Britt Baker defends against Saraya
  • Jungle Boy vs. Luchasaurus in a steel cage match
  • Sting & Darby Allin vs. Jay Lethal & Jeff Jarrett
  • Zero Hour: Jun Akiyama vs. Eddie Kingston
  • Zero Hour: Ricky Starks vs. Brian Cage in a World title eliminator tournament semifinal
  • Zero Hour: Orange Cassidy, Rocky Romero, Trent Beretta, Chuck Taylor & Danhausen vs. The Factory (QT Marshall, Cole Karter, Nick Comoroto, Aaron Solo & Lee Johnson)