MJF Returns After Will Ospreay Beats Kyle Fletcher, Top Highlights from AEW Title Match at Full Gear

Will Ospreay defeated Kyle Fletcher at Full Gear on Saturday to retain the AEW World Championship.

After the win, MJF returned to AEW programming for the first time since All In at the end of August and attacked Ospreay.

Ospreay and Fletcher have a ton of history with each other, but Full Gear marked the first time they ever faced off in a singles bout for a North American world title.

Before officially joining AEW, Ospreay and Fletcher were stablemates in United Empire, and they were also both part of The Don Callis Family in 2023 and 2024 until Ospreay left the group.

That moment led to the elevation of both Ospreay and Fletcher, as Ospreay eventually went on to become world champ, while Fletcher became a world title contender and holder of both the TNT and International Championships.

Fletcher recently positioned himself as the No. 1 contender for the AEW world title by teaming with Kevin Knight to beat Ospreay and Adam Copeland in a tag team match on the Oct. 21 episode of Dynamite.

After the big victory, Fletcher referred to himself as the uncrowned AEW world champion and challenged Ospreay to a world title match at Full Gear, which led to Ospreay accepting.

Saturday marked the fifth one-on-one meeting between Ospreay and Fletcher since they came to AEW.

While Ospreay led the series 3-1, Fletcher's victory occurred at Full Gear 2024, which potentially could have given him a psychological edge at the same pay-per-view two years later.

On top of that, Fletcher's tag team win over Ospreay had him looking like a legitimate threat to dethrone his former ally.

Even so, Ospreay prevailed in yet another difficult test, adding Fletcher to the list of those he has beaten since becoming AEW world champion along with Jon Moxley, Kazuchika Okada and others.