Swerve Strickland and New Level (Kofi and Austin Creed) are the new AEW World Trios Champions after defeating Hangman Page, Bandido, and Brody King in a violent Texas Death Match at AEW Full Gear 2026.
Surrounded by barbed wire tables and boards lining the ringside perimeter, the six competitors waged a grueling war that ended with Strickland scoring the decisive pinfall to claim the redesigned titles.
Extreme Weapons Escalate The Texas Death Match Early
Following the opening bell, Strickland challenged Page to make the first move while Kofi and Creed squared off with Brody King and Bandido. King quickly cleared Kofi out of the ring with raw power, setting off a six-man brawl that saw Bandido spike Strickland with a 21 Plex before connecting with a springboard moonsault onto his opponents on the floor with King’s assistance.
The violence escalated rapidly once King introduced foreign objects from beneath the ring:
- Wooden Skewers: King jammed bundles of wooden skewers into the heads of Kofi, Creed, and Strickland, leaving them visibly embedded before Strickland fought back against Page.
- Barbed Wire Offense: Creed blew his barbed wire-wrapped trombone directly into King’s ear before driving the wire into his head. Page responded by wrapping barbed wire around his fist to strike all three challengers and lock Kofi into a barbed wire crossface.
- Steel Chairs And Tables: Bandido planted Strickland with a top-rope Tornado DDT onto two face-to-face steel chairs, while King hurled Creed spine-first into a barbed wire-wrapped table in the corner and crushed him with a running cannonball.
Staple Guns, Thumbtacks, And Pyrotechnics Turn The Tide
The contest grew even more extreme when Strickland retrieved two staple guns and tossed one to Page, leading both rivals to staple each other’s chests before trading heavy punches. Prince Nana hopped onto the apron to distract Page from hitting a Buckshot Lariat, sparking a chaotic melee that ended with King planting Strickland with a piledriver.
King then introduced a leather glove lined with thumbtacks, delivering a chest chop to Strickland that left tacks stuck in his skin before jamming the glove into Creed’s skull. After King dumped a massive pile of thumbtacks onto the canvas, Creed reversed momentum by suplexing King directly onto the tacks and diving through the ropes onto Bandido and Page on opposite sides of the ring. Moments later, Prince Nana handed Creed a specialized glove rigged with a pyro mechanism, which Creed used to strike King and shoot a burst of fire directly at him.
Chaos Spills Onto The Entrance Stage And Ringside Floor
The brawl spilled up the entrance ramp, where Creed unloaded headbutts on Bandido near the stage as pyrotechnics erupted twice from a nearby barrel. Up on the platform, Page shattered multiple fluorescent light tubes across Kofi’s back. Simultaneously at ringside, King hoisted Strickland up and delivered a devastating piledriver off the ring apron, crashing both men through a barbed wire-wrapped table on the floor.
The challengers immediately answered with high-risk offense outside the ring:
- Glass Pane Spot: Creed laid Page across two face-to-face chairs on the floor, and Kofi placed a wooden window frame with glass panes over him before leaping off the announce desk with a Boom Drop that shattered the glass.
- Masked Rip And Thumbtack Splash: Back inside, Bandido threw Kofi through a barbed-wire table and countered Strickland’s top-rope steel chain choke by hitting a massive splash that drove Strickland stomach-first into the scattered thumbtacks. Strickland retaliated by tearing off Bandido’s mask.
Concrete Block And House Call Secure The Championship Victory
Page stormed back into the ring with a steel chair, striking Strickland, Creed, and Kofi before standing over Strickland with the weapon raised. Strickland laughed through a bloodied face, spat blood directly into Page’s eyes, and dropped him with a Dead Eye. Strickland then brought one of his signature cinderblocks into the ring, where New Level swarmed Bandido with a double-team maneuver that drove him face-first into the concrete block.
In the closing sequence, King placed a barbed-wire frame over New Level on the outside and leaped off the apron with a barbed-wire crossbody. Strickland answered by dragging King onto the steel steps for another Dead Eye. Back inside the squared circle, Page ground barbed wire into Strickland’s forehead and geared up for a series of Buckshot Lariats, only for Strickland to intercept him mid-air with a steel chair shot and land a thunderous House Call kick to secure the three-count.
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