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Adam Copeland, Sting and Darby Allin defeated Christian Cage, Luchasaurus and Nick Wayne in a six-man tag crew match at AEW Full Gear on Saturday.
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The impetus for Saturday’s match was the rivalry pitting Allin and Sting in opposition to Christian and Luchasaurus main as much as WrestleDream in October.
In the primary occasion of WrestleDream, Cage put the TNT Championship on the road in opposition to Allin in a Two-out-of-Three Falls match, and Christian retained the title when Nick Wayne turned on Allin.
After the match, Cage orchestrated a three-on-one beatdown of Allin when Sting confirmed as much as make the save, however Christian, Luchasaurus and Wayne nonetheless had the numbers benefit and had been capable of overwhelm them.
That led to the AEW debut of Copeland, who had beforehand been a part of WWE for 25 years as Edge, however determined to signal with AEW when his WWE contract expired.
Copeland prevented Cage from hitting Sting with a conchairto, however he did not get bodily along with his longtime greatest buddy, as he took the battle to Luchasaurus and Wayne as a substitute.
On a subsequent episode of Dynamite, Copeland defined his rationale behind becoming a member of AEW and mentioned he wished to have one final run alongside Christian. Cage did not take kindly to Copeland’s motivations, although, and he made it clear that he did not need them to work collectively.
One other main announcement occurred a couple of weeks later when the 64-year-old Sting revealed that he can be wrestling the ultimate match of his illustrious profession at Revolution in March.
That marked the beginning of Sting’s retirement tour, and when he and Allin had been slated to go up in opposition to the trio of Cage, Luchasaurus and Wayne at Full Gear, Copeland stepped as much as be the third member of the crew since he lengthy seen Sting as an idol.
Few might have ever envisioned Copeland and Sting teaming up, however they discovered success with Allin at Full Gear by taking down Christian and Co., which is able to doubtless solely serve to additional the story between The Rated-R Famous person and Cage.
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