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Welcome to the results and grades from the August 23, 2021 episode of AEW Dark: Elevation. Tonight's episode had five matches advertised and was action-packed from start to finish.
Anthony Bowens and Dante Martin got us off to a great start with a fun sprint. AEW Tag Team Championship tournament contenders Varsity Blonds faced Warren Johnson and Zack Mason. Tay Conti and Promise Braxton were involved in the only women's match of the night while two big six-man tag team matches headlined the show.
Without delay, let's look into the AEW Dark: Elevation action in detail.
Dante Martin vs Anthony Bowens on AEW Dark: Elevation
Bowens began by mocking Martin, but Dante got him in an arm lock. Anthony Bowens reversed it with an arm lock of his own before Dante Martin planted him with a slam.
Bowens cornered Martin, but the latter escaped and slammed Anthony's head in the turnbuckle. Bowens kicked Dante out of the ring when Martin went to the top rope. Bowens shoved Martin shoulder first into the ring post as Dante collapsed on ringside.
Martin barely beat the ten count as Bowens clobbered him and worked on his shoulder. Anthony Bowens inflicted further damage to his opponent's shoulder in the corner before locking in a Cravat. Bowens hit a spinning DDT for a nearfall. Martin blocked some strikes and got in a few of his own, but Anthony reversed.
Martin hit a dropkick to Bowens' face and got in a back elbow. Martin hit another dropkick to take control. Dante hit a step up enziguiri and a top rope moonsault for a nearfall. Bowens hit a spinning facebuster for a very close count and hit a draping DDT for another one.
Martin hit an uppercut and a Pele kick and hit a modified cutter to win in the AEW Dark: Elevation opener.
Result: Dante Martin def. Anthony Bowens
Grade: B+
Varsity Blonds (w/Julia Hart) vs Warren Johnson and Zack Mason on AEW Dark: Elevation
Pillman and Mason started the match with a tie-up. Brian locked him in a headlock as both men chopped each other. Garrison tagged in and hit Mason with a leg drop. Johnson tried to interfere but got dropped to the outside.
Mason and Johnson got the momentum, and Warren hit a shotgun dropkick on Pillman for a two count. Both men isolated Brian and pummeled him in the corner.
Pillman dodged a kick from Johnson, who struck Mason instead. Garrison got the hot tag and hit his signature offense. Garrison hit a Stinger splash and a big body drop as Pillman got the tag and hit a springboard lariat for the win.
Varsity Blonds will face Lucha Bros on AEW Dynamite this Wednesday.
Result: Varsity Blondes def. Warren Johnson and Zack Mason
Grade: C+
Orange Cassidy, Chuck Taylor and Wheeler Yuta (w/Kris Statlander) vs TH2 and The Blade (w/ Bunny and HFO) on AEW Dark: Elevation
Taylor and Angelico got us underway on AEW Dark: Elevation with rolls and leapfrogs. Jack Evans and Wheeler Yuta tagged in. Yuta locked in the Wrist Lock before transitioning into an Octopus Hold. Taylor tagged back in and dropped Evans with a belly-to-back suplex for a two count.
Taylor hit a suplex and tagged in Yuta. Evans dodged a shotgun dropkick and hit a standing Phoenix splash. Jack tagged in Blade, who pummeled Yuta in the corner as TH2 got cheap shots behind the referee's back.
Blade hit a suplex for a two count and tagged in Angelico, who with Evans combined for a neckbreaker/backbreaker combo and then hit the flatliner for a nearfall.
Yuta dropped TH2 with a double missile dropkick. Orange Cassidy got the hot tag and hit a double hurricanrana, but Blade attacked Cassidy. Orange reversed and hit a top rope crossbody before hitting a suicide dive on TH2.
Cassidy hit a tornado DDT on Blade and tagged in Yuta, who hit a top rope splash for a nearfall. Blade hit the Tombstone Piledriver on Yuta, and Taylor had to break up the cover. Cassidy hit the Orange Punch and Beach Break on Blade for the win on AEW Dark: Elevation.
After the match, Matt Hardy walked out with Private Party to trash talk Cassidy ahead of their match at AEW Dynamite.
Result: Best Friends def. The Blade and TH2
Grade: B+
Tay Conti vs Promise Braxton on AEW Dark: Elevation
Both women started with some chain wrestling as Tay took control with chops and kicks on the apron. Braxton shoved Conti onto the mat and pummeled her for a one count.
Braxton locked in the sleeper hold, and Tay countered with an Ace Crusher. Conti hit forearm smashes and grounded Braxton with judo throws. The Brazilian star hit three pump kicks in the corner, followed it up with a hammerlock DDT and picked up the win.
Tay Conti is now tied with Thunder Rosa in the AEW women's rankings.
Result: Tay Conti def. Promise Braxton
Grade: C+
Dark Order (Evil Uno, Alan Angels and Colt Cabana) vs Death Triangle on AEW Dark: Elevation
AEW Dark: Elevation's main event saw another huge six-man tag team match.
Penta had the AEW crowd chanting Zero Miedo before his match. PAC's opponent at AEW All Out, Andrade El Idolo, walked out with Chavo Guerrero to watch the main event at ringside.
Penta and Evil Uno shoved each other, and Uno bit The Death Triangle member's fingers. Penta hit the slingblade and tagged in Fenix. Fenix stood on Penta's shoulders and dropped himself on Uno for a two count.
He then hit the Lucha Libre arm drag as Uno tagged in Colt Cabana. Cabana hit a hammer elbow on Fenix and tagged in Alan Angels, who hit a head scissors on Fenix.
PAC, but Angels dropped him with a dropkick and flatliner before all three Dark Order members locked all members of Death Triangle in a submission. PAC hit a back body drop and tagged Penta, who delivered a vicious kick to Angels' thigh. Penta slapped Alan's chest as he leaned against the rope and tagged in Fenix, who did the same.
PAC tagged in but confronted Andrade instead of fighting Alan. Cabana tagged in and took on all three men, but the numbers game caught up.
Cabana delivered a moonsault from the middle rope on the Lucha Brothers. Colt hit a spike head scissors on Fenix for a nearfall.
Penta hit a double stomp on Cabana and went for the cover. Uno broke it up as Colt Cabana dropped PAC to the outside.
Evil Uno hit a top rope senton on Penta for a nearfall. Lucha Brothers hit the double factor on Alan and tagged in PAC, who hit the Black Arrow to win on AEW Dark: Elevation.
Result: Death Triangle def. Dark Order
Grade: A
After the match, Evil Uno confronted Alan Angels and Colt Cabana in visible rage. Uno and Angels almost came to blows as Cabana separated them and the rest of the Dark Order showed up on the ramp.
Alan rushed out of the ring, mouthed off Evil Uno and went backstage as Cabana and Uno looked on from the ring.
