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EDDIE GUERRERO REMEMBERED, KAZARIAN, PUNK VS. KINGSTON AND MORE PRE-SHOW AEW FULL GEAR NEWS AND NOTES

Since we are getting a lot of emails about where to order the PPV tonight, Full Gear is only available internationally on FITE.TV.  Domestically in the United States, it is available exclusively on Bleacher Report beyond traditional PPV and satellite outlets.  Full Gear will also play in the following movie theaters tonight.

CM Punk dedicated his match against Eddie Kingston tonight at AEW Full Gear to the memory of Eddy Guerrero, who passed away on this day in 2005 in Minneapolis, where tonight's PPV is taking place:

Vickie Guerrero also commented on appearing on tonight's PPV on the anniversary of Eddy's passing on her Instagram, writing, "What is today? Today is a day God has blessed me to breathe, love, and make my day as if it’s my last. Today reminds me of an unplanned day when God called Eddie to His Heavenly gates. Today, taught me to face the world the best way I knew how! Today, is the day that I learned how many people love Eddie and his memorable legacy. An exceptional legacy that I learned how to be the “Queen of Mean” from watching Eddie’s work inside the ring! The countless hours that Eddie would create storylines on paper and rehearse promos in front of a mirror and using me to create “a hold” on me and ask if it was painful!!!!!. I learned everything from Eddie not only professionally but personally as Eddie’s wife and mother to Shaul and Sherilyn. These valuable lessons that didn’t come written in an manual.
Today, I am emotional that I wake up in the same city, arena, and day that you passed! Tonight, I will walk down the ramp and carry Eddie in my heart. I walk into the ring and look over to the corner and nod at Eddie sitting across the corner of the top rope.  For years….Eddie talked about how he wanted to “make it to the top”. Eddie, you exceeded your dreams and your legacy lives forever and you will never be forgotten. You are loved and missed everyday…."

Frankie Kazarian released the following video about tonight's PPV, noting all he's lost over the last year (in the confines of the company storylines, including his tag team partner) and going forward, he's going to be a lot more selfish as he moves and fights forward:

Eddie Kingston was interviewed by The New York Post about his bout against CM Punk tonight.  When asked why it's so hard for him to accept praise and compliments, Kingston commented, "My mother and father would tell me it’s the Puerto Rican, Irish Catholic guilt. And people think that’s a joke man. Any Catholic out there can tell you we’re told from birth that we’re born with original sin and that’s it. We’re always on the makeup. That’s the thing that does stuff to you. I really believe it’s that. That Catholic guilt because I always just feel I’m not good enough and I’m always trying to be better."

CM Punk spoke with Bleacher Report at this link about Full Gear, discussing the buzz for his match with Kingston, noting, "I'm looking forward to it just because there seems to be a huge, tangible buzz about it. I think if you're a performer, when the crowd is invested, it doesn't matter if they love you or hate you. It just seems to be an intriguing pair of guys going at it, right? We've kind of breathed life into what some of the classic legends of pro wrestling used to do on the regular. It's just two normal dudes talking normal trash. The fun part about pro wrestling is you get to go in a ring and you get to beat the crap out of each other."

The post-PPV Dynamite this Wednesday will be in Norfolk, VA.

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