AEW Full Gear 2024 Post-Show Media Scrum: Big Boom AJ on Potential AEW Return, Daniel Garcia on TNT Title Win, WWE ID’s Impact on Indies, Jon Moxley’s Importance to AEW, Ricky Starks & Kenny Omega Abscesses, Adam Copeland Injury Update

AEW held a post-show media scrum following Saturday’s AEW Full Gear 2024 event at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Some of the notable highlights included:

• During her portion of the media scrum, Mercedes Mone continued her insults from earlier in the show directed towards her issues with Kamille’s recent failures of trying to deal with her Kris Statlander problem.
• On the topic of her match against Statlander for the TBS Championship, Mone stated that Statlander had given her the hardest match she has had as champion but she is still the better of the two.
• On the topic of her potential involvement at Wrestle Dynasty, Mone stated “If I am the TBS Champion and New Japan Strong Women’s Champion, you can expect me at Wrestle Dynasty in Japan at the Tokyo Dome. I’m going to talk to my CEO [points at Tony Khan]. We’ll have to plan that out.“
• During his portion of the media scrum, Big Boom AJ, also known as Costco Guy AJ, stated that he felt positive about his match with QT Marshall at the show. AJ also stated that his goal was about making people happy and being a wrestling hero to others.
• In response, AEW CEO Tony Khan praised the Costco Guys and asked if they could comeback in the future. AJ responded stating “I love it here. I do. I love it here. I loved every minute of this. If I’m welcomed back, I’m going to be back and I’m going to bring the Boom!” Khan responded back stating “You are welcome back.“
• During their portion of the media scrum, Private Party gave their thoughts about performing in front of their hometown family. Marq Quen stated that it was more pressure as his family is usually hard on him. Isiah Kassidy responded stating he doesn’t notice since he lives in the moment.
• During his portion of the media scrum, Daniel Garcia stated that winning the TNT Championship felt like a “bucket list item” for him and compared it to chasing a ghost.
• Garcia also officially declared himself for this year’s Continental Classic tournament.
• On the topic of why crowds have stayed in support of him despite his losses, Garcia stated that people can relate to coming up short.
• On the topic of the special pre-match video that aired for his entrance on the show, Garcia stated that his mother did the voiceover work for his promo video. Garcia stated that he became a fan of wrestling through his mother and it is cool for her and his family to see this moment.
• During the Don Callis Family’s portion of the media scrum, Don Callis responded to a question about if Kyle Fletcher and Konosuke Takeshita would be going after the AEW World Tag Team Championship next. Callis gave a mostly non-answer and praised Fletcher, Takeshita, Lance Archer, and Brian Cage for his group.
• On the topic of his current feud with Will Ospreay, Fletcher stated that something very profound needed to happen in order for him and Ospreay to reconcile. Fletcher stated that Ospreay needs to flatter him with praise for him to consider it.
• During the Hurt Syndicate’s portion of the media scrum, MVP asked for reporters credentials before considering accepting a question from them or not and gave mostly quick answers to questions that did not interest him.
• On the topic of what it was like to be in a place having so many Black champions, Bobby Lashley gave his thoughts stating that he wanted to eliminate the world Black and they have normalized the idea of minorities being champions. Lashley stated that he prefers if they were just called champions as equal distinctions.
• During his portion of the media call, AEW CEO Tony Khan stated that he did not have the early numbers for pay-per-view buys for Full Gear 2024 but strongly believes that it did better than their last event WrestleDream 2024.
• On the topic of WWE’s new WWE ID program, Khan stated “It’s interesting. I don’t really know how it’s going to work. I understand there is some kind of first right or refusal aspect of it. We haven’t come up where it’s been a conflict yet. I do think it’s going to affect the independent scene in some ways. We’ve had a really great experience here over the years bringing in young wrestlers. Through the pandemic, the best place for independent wrestlers to get work was at AEW and on AEW Dark and Elevation.“
• Khan continued talking about how AEW’s AEW Dark system was beneficial to AEW and indies wrestlers especially during the pandemic era. Khsn stated “The women and men in AEW, we’ve seen so many great wrestlers work their way up from the independents, we’ve signed big free agents, and we have a lot of homegrown day-one people. It’s a great mix. I expect we’ll keep signing great talent off the independents. I do think it’s a different mechanism. It’s something to keep an eye on. It hasn’t created major conflicts or anything yet, but I imagine it will definitely influence the independent wrestling scene. It’s definitely something to keep an eye on.“
• On the topic of Jon Moxley’s recent comments to the New York Post about his vision for AEW going forward, Khan stated that Moxley wanting to help younger talent was the greatest thing in the world. Khan also praised Moxley stating that every time he has been champion, it has been good for the company. Khan called Moxley “one of the most important people” in the company.
• On the topic of Ricky Starks’ current absence and Kenny Omega’s absence and recovery from diverticulitis, Khan stated for people to keep an eye in the future regarding them. Khan also put over AEW’s upcoming co-promoted Wrestle Dynasty event and Omega working at that show. Khan also praised both Starks and Omega for being great champions in AEW.
• On the topic of the usage of “November Rain” by Guns N’Roses to help promote this year’s Full Gear event, Khan sated that this would be the first time that Guns N’Roses has been properly compensated for using it in wrestling. Khan also confirmed that the music video they created would always be in the AEW library in perpetuity. Khan also stated that they will be using the song again this week to promote the fallout from Full Gear and start of the Continental Classic 2024 tournament.
• On the topic of the status of Adam Copeland’s fractured tibia injury recovery, Khan stated that he couldn’t wait to have Copeland back in the company in the near future.
• On the topic of AEW’s plans for 2025, Khan stated that he has an idea to use something “pretty out there” from the 80s for AEW next year.
• On the topic of the differences between Sting wrestling career and Bryan Danielson full-time wrestling career retirements, Khan stated that Sting is never coming back to wrestle while he never had said that Danielson won’t be back in the ring and hopes he will return in the future.

Full AEW Full Gear 2024 post-show media scrum video:

Source: F4WOnline.com, PostWrestling.com, Fightful.com 1, 2, & 3