Ilja Dragunov won the AEW National Championship in only his third match with the promotion. At Saturday’s Full Gear from the Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix, Arizona, Dragunov defeated Tommaso Ciampa to become the new champion.
Late in the match, Dragunov escaped Ciampa’s Fujiwara armbar and connected with back-to-back D-Bombs for the pin.
The loss ends Ciampa’s reign at only seven days, the shortest in the title’s history. Ciampa won the title on November 7, defeating Andrade El Idolo on Collision at Chris Jericho’s Rock ’N’ Wrestling Rager at Sea, and defended it only once, against Mike Bailey on Wednesday. Andrade, who lost the title to Ciampa, held it for 104 days.
Dragunov won his first AEW title 28 days after making his debut for the promotion at WrestleDream on October 17. Full Gear was also Dragunov’s first PPV in AEW. He’s the sixth wrestler to win the National Championship, following Ricochet, Jack Perry, Mark Davis, Andrade and Ciampa.
Dragunov and Ciampa previously met in a WWE title match. On the December 12, 2025, episode of SmackDown, Dragunov defeated Ciampa to retain the WWE United States Championship.
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