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| Promotion | All Elite Wrestling | ||
| Date | November 13, 2021 | ||
| City | Minneapolis, Minnesota | ||
| Venue | Target Center | ||
| Attendance | 10,442[1] | ||
| Buy rate | 145,000[2] | ||
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The 2021 Full Gear was the third annual Full Gear professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It took place on Saturday, November 13, 2021, at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, marking AEW's first PPV to be held in Minnesota. The event aired on traditional PPV outlets, as well as on B/R Live in North America and FITE TV internationally.
Ten matches were contested at the event, including one on The Buy In pre-show. In the main event, "Hangman" Adam Page defeated Kenny Omega to win the AEW World Championship. In other prominent matches, CM Punk defeated Eddie Kingston, Bryan Danielson defeated Miro by technical submission in the AEW World Championship Eliminator Tournament final match, and in the opening bout, MJF defeated Darby Allin. The event also saw the AEW debut of Jay Lethal, and also marked the final AEW PPV appearance of Cody Rhodes, who left the company three months later for WWE.
The event was highly praised by fans and critics with praise being particularly focused on the main event match between Page and Omega.
- ^ Thurston, Brandon (November 17, 2021). "AEW Full Gear sold an estimated 145,000 pay-per-view buys, second-highest behind All Out - Wrestlenomics". Wrestlenomics. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
- ^ DeFelice, Robert (November 17, 2021). "Early Estimates Project AEW Full Gear 2021 To Become Company's Second-Highest Grossing Pay-Per-View". Fightful. Retrieved November 17, 2021.