Will Ospreay gives it his all to retain AEW World Championship at Full Gear, gets attacked from behind by MJF

The All Elite Wrestling World Championship fight at Full Gear on Saturday night was about as even a matchup as the company could have on a pay-per-view card.

Will Ospreay was trying to make another successful title defense but had someone looking at him from the other side of the ring that might know him better than anyone – Kyle Fletcher. "The Protostar" already got what was eating him off his chest on the go-home "Dynamite" show. He was jealous of Ospreay and the success he’s had coming from injury.

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Ospreay took everything that Fletcher had in him. Every ounce of blood, sweat and tears. It was Ospreay who remained the champion at the Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix.

Fletcher was trying to go for Ospreay’s neck throughout the match. He worked and worked and worked on it. He ate Hidden Blades and a Styles Clash from Ospreay and still continued to target the neck in the latter stages of the match. Ospreay tried to go up to the top rope for a high-flying move. Fletcher countered with a nasty brainbuster, but couldn’t pick up the pinfall.

Fletcher’s frustration boiled over. He took his eyes off Ospreay on the other side of the ring and yelled at the referee. Ospreay jumped on the mistake soon after that.

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Ospreay busted Fletcher open and took out his own frustrations on Fletcher. He kept hitting Fletcher in the back of the head and set Fletcher up for a Hidden Blade. Ospreay missed as Fletcher collapsed from exhaustion. How could the "Aerial Assassin" finish this off?

Fletcher seemingly played possum. He tried to get a quick roll up on Ospreay but missed out on the three count. Ospreay picked up Fletcher and hit the Stormbreaker. Fletcher got his shoulder up at the last second.

There was one last trigger to pull.

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"I hate you!" Fletcher screamed at Ospreay as he went for one more Hidden Blade. He missed.

A frenzied final moment saw Ospreay hit Fletcher with two more Hidden Blades and a Tiger Driver. It took every bit of Ospreay to put Fletcher away in the final moments.

"Speedball" Mike Bailey, Alex Windsor, Jamie Hayter and Andrade, who were all at ringside to witness the match, were in shock as it appeared their breath had been taken away by the final seconds. Windsor, Ospreay’s wife, gave him a kiss as they celebrated the victory.

Ospreay continued to be on top of the mountain in AEW since he dethroned Kenny Omega at All In. Andrade, who earned a title shot at the same pay-per-view, appeared to be next in line to challenge Ospreay.

It was Maxwell Jacob Friedman, carrying his own world championship. MJF has made clear he is still the champion after he lost the title to Omega earlier this year. The United Empire came out to attack MJF, but he scurried away.