Eddie Kingston & HOOK Issue Open Challenge For AEW Saturday Tailgate Brawl: Full Gear

The challenge was thrown out.

The new lead-in for AEW pay-per-views is the Tailgate Brawl one-hour specials that air on TNT before switching over to the pay-per-view broadcast feed.

There are now four matches scheduled for the Tailgate Brawl, and the newest addition came by way of Eddie Kingston and HOOK. A video message from the duo was pushed out onto AEW’s social media channels, and they threw out the open challenge for Tailgate Brawl.

Eddie Kingston + @730HOOK are looking for a fight at #AEWTailgateBrawl in Newark!

Find out who will answer their challenge LIVE at 7pm ET/4pm PT on @TNTDrama + @SportsOnMAX, THIS SATURDAY! pic.twitter.com/q7dAYpcmca

— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) November 20, 2025

Here is the updated card for Tailgate Brawl:

• $200,000 Four-Way Tag Team Match: Big Bill & Bryan Keith vs. Anthony Bowens & Max Caster vs. The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd) vs. Bang Bang Gang (Austin Gunn & Juice Robinson)
• RPG VICE (Rocky Romero & Trent Beretta) vs. Big Boom A.J. & Q.T. Marshall (w/ Big Justice)
• Open Challenge: Eddie Kingston & HOOK vs. TBA & TBA
• CMLL World Trios Championship: El Sky Team (Máscara Dorada, Místico & Neón) (c) vs. Don Callis Family (Hechicero, Kazuchika Okada & Konosuke Takeshita)