AEW has made official a rematch for the AEW World Trios Championship at Full Gear on November 14, with Swerve Strickland and The New Level set to challenge champions Hangman Page, Brody King and Bandido. The announcement came prior to a match between Swerve Strickland and Myron Reed on Saturday’s episode of AEW Collision, following a challenge that was first issued earlier in the week on AEW Dynamite.
According to F4W Online, the challenge was laid down this past Wednesday, with the title defense officially confirmed for Full Gear ahead of the Strickland-Reed bout on Collision. The match will mark the first defense of the AEW World Trios Championship for the trio of Hangman Page, Brody King and Bandido, who have been teaming together under the Brodido banner alongside Page.
Ringside News reported that Swerve Strickland will team with The New Level to challenge for the titles, and that Strickland is pushing for the match to be contested under Texas Death Match rules. As of the time of the announcement, that stipulation had not been formally added to the bout, leaving the exact match conditions unresolved heading into Full Gear. 411Mania similarly confirmed the trios title match as official for the November 14 pay-per-view, describing it as the maiden defense for the Page and Brodido combination since winning the championship.
The build to the match has included additional undercard activity involving the challenging side, with Swerve Strickland facing Myron Reed on the same Collision broadcast where the Full Gear match was confirmed. The presence of a possible Texas Death Match stipulation, as noted by Ringside News, suggests the rivalry between the two trios carries a personal edge that AEW may look to formalize in the coming weeks before the pay-per-view.
With the match now locked in for Full Gear, attention turns to whether AEW will add the Texas Death Match stipulation that Strickland has requested, and how Hangman Page, Brody King and Bandido will approach defending the AEW World Trios Championship for the first time against Swerve Strickland and The New Level.
