Bandido went through absolute hell at AEW Full Gear, and now fans are getting a closer look at what the Texas Death Match actually did to him. The former AEW World Trios Champion needed stitches after suffering a nasty cut to his head during the bloody title match.
Following Full Gear on November 14, Bandido took to Twitter and uploaded a graphic photo showing the damage. The image revealed a deep cut on his head that had to be stitched closed after the show.
It’s not exactly surprising considering what Bandido and the other five men put themselves through. Bandido teamed with Hangman Page and Brody King to defend the AEW World Trios Championships against Swerve Strickland, Kofi Kingston and Austin Creed in a Texas Death Match where weapons started flying almost immediately.
There were wooden skewers, barbed wire, thumbtacks, staple guns, glass and even an exploding Power Glove involved. Bandido himself took plenty of punishment, including being attacked with chains and padlocks as the match became increasingly ugly.
He still managed to dish out some punishment of his own. At one point, Bandido came flying down onto Strickland and drove him into thumbtacks with a frog splash before Swerve later tried ripping apart his mask.
Things eventually came down to Strickland and Hangman Page. Page connected with a Buckshot Lariat but couldn’t keep Swerve down, and Strickland later stopped another attempt with a chair shot before beating the referee’s count.
Page tried getting back to his feet as well, but Strickland drilled him with a House Call and left him unable to answer the ten-count. That gave Strickland, Kingston and Creed the victory and crowned them the new AEW World Trios Champions.
Bandido walked into Full Gear with championship gold and walked out without the titles — plus a stitched-up head for his trouble. If anyone needed photographic proof that the Texas Death Match lived up to its name, he certainly provided it.
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