3 AEW stars who are likely to miss Full Gear 2025

AEW is preparing to host Full Gear 2025 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on Saturday, November 22, 2025. Fans are expecting this pay-per-view to deliver. Five matches have been announced so far, and three of them are title matches.

Here is the lineup for Full Gear 2025 so far.

• Kenny Omega and Jurassic Express ("Jungle" Jack Perry and Luchasaurus) vs. The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) and Josh Alexander - Trios match for a $1,000,000 cash prize
• Kris Statlander (c) vs. Mercedes Mone - AEW Women's World Championship match
• "Hangman" Adam Page (c) vs. Samoa Joe - AEW World Championship match
• Brodido (Bandido and Brody King) (c) vs. FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) (with Stokely) - AEW World Tag Team Championship match
• Boom & Doom (Big Boom AJ and Q. T. Marshall) vs. RPG Vice (Rocky Romero and Trent Beretta) (pre-show match)

Unfortunately, several top stars are likely going to miss the upcoming show due to various reasons. Here are three such names.

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#3. Adam Cole

All Elite Wrestling signed Adam Cole in 2021. His time in the Jacksonville-based company has been polarising. Even though he is a former TNT Champion, fans expected Tony Khan to push him to the moon. The former WWE star has suffered numerous injuries throughout his career, and unfortunately, he is currently sidelined for the same reason.

Cole tearfully announced at All In 2025 that he is taking a break from wrestling due to unknown health-related issues.

"It’s really hard to put it into words and I’m sorry I can’t wrestle. I have health issues that have been going on for a while and that I’ll be gone for a while. I don’t even wanna talk about retiring since I’m not in the headspace, but I wanted to address the fans if this is goodbye for me,” said Cole. [H/T: SE Scoops]

It's safe to say that Adam Cole will not be a part of Full Gear 2025. Nevertheless, Sportskeeda wishes him a speedy recovery.

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#2. Will Ospreay will certainly be absent at Full Gear

Will Ospreay underwent surgery on his neck in September. Fans were expecting him to return in miraculous time. However, Dave Meltzer recently confirmed that it is going to take the Aerial Assassin a long time to recover completely. Ospreay is reportedly going to begin light-weight workouts in January. He will likely miss Full Gear.

"Regarding Will Ospreay, some people brought up to me from a social media post, thinking he would be back in January. That is not the case. He is hopeful of being able to start lightweight workouts in January. He is a long way away from returning," Metlzer said.

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#1. Britt Baker

Britt Baker will most probably never feature on All Elite Wrestling programming again. It has been more than a year since the controversial star was seen on Dynamite, and it is unlikely that Tony Khan has plans for her.

D.M.D. is probably going to leave the Jacksonville-based company and join World Wrestling Entertainment in the future. If she unexpectedly appears on Full Gear, fans worldwide will go berserk. It remains to be seen what the future holds for the former world champion.

Edited by Debangshu Nath