# Why FTR vs. Motor City Machine Guns Belongs at Full Gear Label: OPINION Promotion: AEW By The WrestlingNews.com Team Published Nov. 9, 2026, 5:50 AM ET URL: https://wrestlingnews.com/story/opinion-why-ftr-vs-motor-city-machine-guns-belongs-at-full-gear/ > Opinion. This is our view, not news. FTR and the Motor City Machine Guns are 2-2 with a deciding match to come, and it is not on the Full Gear card for Nov. 14. We think AEW should put it there. Opinion. This is our view, not news. ## The quick version - Our writers argue the deciding match of FTR vs. the Motor City Machine Guns should be on the Full Gear pay-per-view on Saturday, Nov. 14. - The facts below come from AEW's own Collision recap, WrestleTalk, ProWrestling.net and our own coverage. The view is ours. - The strongest case against us is that Full Gear already has seven matches and two brawls. A series AEW has told for weeks should end where fans pay to see it end. FTR and the Motor City Machine Guns are tied 2-2, and the match that settles it is not on the Full Gear card. Our view is that it should be. ## The facts first The best-of-five series began at WrestleDream, where the Guns beat FTR, per WrestleTalk. FTR tied it on the Oct. 24 Collision. The Guns went up 2-1 on the Oct. 28 Dynamite, and FTR attacked Alex Shelley's knee afterward, per the same outlet. On Collision on Nov. 7, Dax Harwood rolled up Shelley while Shelley chased Stokely Hathaway, and the series went to 2-2. AEW's own recap calls what comes next "a decisive Match #5." Our [Collision card story](https://wrestlingnews.com/story/aew-collision-card-jericho-cruise-ship-nov-7/) has the standing before match 4. ProWrestling.net's Nov. 8 lineup has seven matches for Full Gear and no FTR match. We set it out in [our lineup story](https://wrestlingnews.com/story/aew-names-anarchy-in-the-arena-teams-full-gear-has-7-matches/). AEW has not said when match 5 will happen. WrestleTalk, in a column of guesses published Nov. 9, lists it as one of three bouts that could still be added. That is a guess, not a plan. The pay-per-view costs $49.99, or $39.99 on HBO Max, per ProWrestling.net. ## The view Four matches over three weeks made a promise. Each one added a reason to want the fifth: the knee attack, the interference. A deciding match on a free show spends all of that for a ratings number. On a pay-per-view it is the payoff for fans who followed the story and paid for it. The card also has room in its shape. The two matches that look like the show's loudest are a Texas Death trios match and a 14-person Anarchy in the Arena match. Neither is a straight tag match. A technical tag team match with a series on the line would give the show a different kind of match between them. ## The best case against us Full Gear already has seven matches, including a 14-person brawl, and the show could run long. AEW could also use the match to sell the three-hour Dynamite and Collision special on Nov. 11, or the Collision in Green Bay on Nov. 21, and keep a card fans have already seen. We think the first point has a fix. A tag match with a clear finish can be short, and AEW can trim elsewhere. The second point is fair, and it is why this is a view and not a demand. If AEW books match 5 for Wednesday and gives it real time, we will say so. ## What to watch Whether AEW adds the match to Full Gear, or announces a date for it on the Nov. 11 show. **How we know.** Source: AEW's own Collision recap of Nov. 7, which we read, WrestleTalk's column of Nov. 9, which we read, and ProWrestling.net's Full Gear lineup. The Nov. 7 finish is also in Fightful's report, which we saw as a search excerpt. The argument is ours. ## Sources - All Elite Wrestling, "AEW Collision Rock 'N' Wrestling Rager Results: November 7, 2026" (the 2-2 finish, the "decisive Match #5" wording, the Nov. 11 special). https://www.allelitewrestling.com/post/aew-collision-rock-n-wrestling-rager-results-november-7-2026 - WrestleTalk (SP3), "Final matches to be announced for AEW Full Gear 2026: Three more bouts to be added to the November 14 PPV", Nov. 9, 2026 (the series history, the three guesses). https://wrestletalk.com/features/final-matches-to-be-announced-for-aew-full-gear-2026 - ProWrestling.net (Jason Powell), "AEW Full Gear lineup: Title match added to Saturday's pay-per-view", Nov. 8, 2026 (the seven matches, the price). https://prowrestling.net/site/2026/11/08/aew-full-gear-lineup-title-match-added-to-saturdays-pay-per-view - Fightful, "FTR Ties Series 2-2 With Motor City Machine Guns On 11/7 AEW Collision", Nov. 7, 2026 (the finish), seen as a search excerpt. https://www.fightful.com/wrestling-news/ftr-ties-series-2-2-with-motor-city-machine-guns-on-11-7-aew-collision - WrestlingNews.com, "4 Matches Set for AEW Collision on Jericho Cruise Ship, Nov. 7", Nov. 6, 2026. https://wrestlingnews.com/story/aew-collision-card-jericho-cruise-ship-nov-7/ - WrestlingNews.com, "Ospreay, Fletcher Face to Face Set for Nov. 11 AEW Show", Nov. 2026. https://wrestlingnews.com/story/aew-nov-11-ospreay-fletcher-face-to-face-mixed-tag/ - AEW, "AEW Collision: Green Bay" event page, read Nov. 9, 2026 (Collision on Nov. 21). https://www.allelitewrestling.com/aew-event/aew-collision-green-bay - WrestlingNews.com staff reporting: the argument and the view are our own opinion. 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