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The latest episode of AEW Dark: Elevation kicked off with a camera shot of the audience and pre-show introductions from Tony Schiavone and Paul Wight.
Today's show was hyped to have a quadruple main event, and let's not waste any time and get right to the action.
Zack Clayton vs. Preston "10" Vance (w/ -1) of The Dark Order on AEW Dark: Elevation
Vance and Clayton started the night's in-ring proceedings with a tie-up, and the crowd was hot for the opener.
The early exchange ended in a stalemate. Vance scored a takedown and unleashed some ground and pound.
He followed it with a German release suplex and a clothesline in the corner. Clayton responded with a dropkick for a two-count.
According to Wight, Clayton zippered Vance's face with the shoelaces, which was quite an old-school move. Zack controlled the match with chops and strikes and did a fine job of drawing heat from the crowd as the audience heavily booked him.
Clayton taunted -1 at ringside, and Brodie Lee Jr. smacked him in the face when the referee wasn't looking. Vance mounted his comeback with a series of running lariats and a pump kick.
10 hit a classic spinebuster, but Clayton reversed the full nelson into a powerslam for a two-count. Vance, however, blocked a follow-up slam and locked in the Full Nelson for the win.
Result: Preston "10" Vance def. Zack Clayton of The Dark Order on AEW Dark: Elevation
Grade: B+
Hayden Backlund vs. Miro on AEW Dark: Elevation
The distant relative of Bob Backlund was in for a forgettable night as Miro looked focussed on ending the contest as early as possible.
Miro wasted no time and began mauling Backlund in the corner. Hayden briefly stunned Miro by ramming the former WWE Star head-first into the steel ring post.
Miro also ate a dropkick, but he shrugged it off and springboarded back in the ring for a clothesline. He mocked his opponent before locking in the Game Over on AEW Dark: Elevation.
Result: Miro def. Hayden Backlund on AEW Dark: Elevation
Grade: D
Hikaru Shida & Tay Conti (w/ -1) vs. Katalina Perez & Leila Grey (AEW Tag Team Debut) on AEW Dark: Elevation
Tay Conti and Perez started the match with collar and elbow tie-up. Tay caught Perez's right arm and kicked her opponent in the chest.
Conti scored a Judo throw and made the tag to Hikaru Shida. The AEW Women's Champion was instantaneously pushed into the opposing corner. Perez and Grey executed a double suplex on Shida.
Grey hit a shotgun dropkick before making the tag to Perez. Shida slugged it out with Katalina as they both exchanged stiff shots.
Conti got the tag, and she hit two lariats on Grey. Tay almost kicked Leila's head off the neck, and Aubrey Edwards' reaction to the impact was exceptionally great! Shida got the tag, and the champ hit a dropkick from the top rope.
Perez attempted to unsettle Shida, but Conti provided some much-needed backup. Shida and Conti locked in the Triangle Sleeper on both their opponents at the same time.
Shida hit an enziguri on Perez, followed by Katana for the win.
Result: Hikaru Shida & Tay Conti (w/ -1) def. Katalina Perez & Leila Grey on AEW Dark: Elevation
Grade: B+
The Hybrid2 vs. Carlie Bravo & Dean Alexander on AEW Dark: Elevation
Angelico began the AEW tag team match by trying to outwrestle Carlie Bravo. He clearly had more experience, and used it to have the upper hand over Bravo.
Carlie got a pop with a deep arm drag, but Angelico was one step ahead and avoided the second arm drag. Evans came in and continued the excellent work for his team with a leaping knee, followed by a standing corkscrew moonsault.
Evans used his flips to deal some damage. He hit a cartwheel and a springboard kick on Bravo before making the tag to Angelico. Carlie finally tagged Alexander, and he executed three lariats on TH2.
Evans, however, was switched on, and he cleared the ring. Angelico focussed on Alexander and locked in the Navarro Death Roll for the win.
Result: The Hybrid2 def. Carlie Bravo & Dean Alexander on AEW Dark: Elevation
Grade: C+
Thunder Rosa spoke about her upcoming match against Diamante during a backstage interview with Dasha Gonzalez.
Orange Cassidy (w/ Best Friend & Kris Statlander) vs. Jon Skyler on AEW Dark: Elevation
Skyler declared that Elevation was a wrestling show, and he wanted to lock up with Cassidy. Orange meant business as he put on the elbow pad.
Cassidy frustrated Skyler with a dominating sequence peppered with some freshly squeezed swagger. The hands were in the pockets, but Skyler stopped Cassidy with a spear on the outside.
Skyler worked for the crowd and drew a lot of heat with the trash talk. Skyler executed a full-swing-through body slam, but Cassidy kicked out of the subsequent pinfall attempts.
Skyler slowed the match's pace, but Cassidy had other ideas as he hit the ropes, outfoxed Skyler and hit a tilt-a-whirl DDT.
Cassidy executed the Beach Break out of nowhere on Skyler for the win.
Result: Orange Cassidy def. Jon Skyler on AEW Dark: Elevation
Grade: B+
This week's AEW rising star segment highlighted the life, career, and rise of 'The Captian' Shawn Dean.
Danny Limelight vs. Konosuke Takeshita (AEW Debut) on AEW Dark: Elevation
Despite being only 25 years old, Japanese wrestler and AEW debutant Konosuke Takeshita was considered a veteran as he has been in the business for some time now. There was a lot of hype surrounding Takeshita's Elevation debut, but how did he fare? Let's find out.
Limelight and Takeshita tried to get into a dominant position early on with a fast-paced sequence of hammerlocks and takedowns.
Danny got a few roll-ups on Takeshita, but the match was generally even coming off the gates. Limelight faked the handshake and slapped Takeshita across the face. Konosuke reacted with a massive leg lariat.
Takeshita then landed a forearm strike, followed by an elevated clothesline. He got a near fall with a big sit-out senton from the middle turnbuckle. Limelight, however, used his feet to good effect and created some separation.
He then hit a springboard double stomp on Takeshita's back for a two-count. Snapmare takeovers and elbow drops were next to come out of Limelight's arsenal of moves.
Takeshita responded by connecting with a series of brutal chops in the corner. Limelight raked the Japanese star's eyes and regained control of the match with a swinging neckbreaker.
Danny came over the top with a rolling senton for a two-count. Takeshita delivered a huge, and we mean, really HUGE blue thunder powerbomb to tip the match's scales in his favor.
Takeshita built up a head of steam and connected with a kick in the corner. He received a near fall on Danny with a vicious brainbuster.
Limelight fought out of the waist lock, and he engaged in a brawl with Takeshita. Both men threw hands, and the sequence ended with a pop-up powerbomb from Takeshita on Limelight. However, Danny kicked out!
Limelight came over the top and trapped Takeshita on the ropes. He then bounced off the ropes twice to execute a DDT. Takeshita was still in the contest, but Limelight looked for the finish.
The Japanese star reversed the Cazadora and connected with a stiff elbow strike followed by a spinning discus lariat.
Limelight reversed the German suplex into a roll-up, but Takeshita showed freakish power to wheelbarrow Danny into a German suplex. Takeshita maintained the bridged pin and picked up the win on AEW Dark: Elevation. What a match! Phenomenal!
Result: Konosuke Takeshita def. Danny Limelight on AEW Dark: Elevation
Grade: A+
FTR (w/ Tully Blanchard & Wardlow) vs. Jay Lyon & Midas Black (AEW Tag Team debut) on AEW Dark: Elevation
The masked Jay Lyon and Dax Harwood bumped fists to begin the match. It didn't take time for Lyon to lose his mask, and he rolled over to the outside. It seemed like an accidental unmasking.
Midas Black grabbed the mask, and Lyon wore it back near ringside without anyone getting a peek of his face.
The match resumed and Lyon had Dax in a side headlock. However, Dax Harwood worked on his opponent and executed a big back-body suplex. FTR completed an assisted lariat as Cash Wheeler was now the legal man.
"Dax The Ax" was back in, and he chopped Jay Lyon in the corner. Harwood continued to wear Lyon down as Midas Black urged the crowd to cheer for his partner.
Lyon finally dropped Harwood with a sloppy handspring kick. Midas Black got the hot tag, and he chopped away on Dax, followed by a European uppercut.
Harwood avoided a few strikes and hit a brainbuster suplex. FTR then executed The Goodnight Express for the win on AEW Dark: Elevation.
Result: FTR def. Jay Lyon & Midas Black on AEW Dark: Elevation
Grade: C
PAC & Rey Fenix of Death Triangle vs. Andre Montoya & Vary Morales on AEW Dark: Elevation
Fenix trolled Montoya with a handshake offer, but Andre - a Chilean in-ring veteran, executed a standing hurricanrana.
The match took a predictable route as PAC got in, and Death Triangle hit the stereo pump kicks on Morales and Montoya. PAC and Fenix toyed with Montoya, and they allowed him to tag Morales.
Fenix hit the ropes in full throttle and delivered a nasty kick on Morales. Fenix broke the pinfall at two as he wanted to inflict some more damage.
PAC got back in and hit a snap suplex on Morales. Montoya attempted to fight off both Fenix and PAC, and he even took them both out with a double handspring elbow. Morales came off the top with a Senton.
Back in the ring, PAC caught Montoya's kick. Death Triangle went on to execute an intricate double-team sequence of kicks on Montoya. Morales was dumped out of the ring.
Death Triangle hit an assisted double stomp on Montoya. PAC powerbombed him onto the mat before Fenix hit the frog splash from the top for the win on AEW Dark: Elevation.
Result: PAC & Rey Fenix of Death Triangle def. Andre Montoya & Vary Morales on AEW Dark: Elevation
Grade: B+
Dante Martin vs. Baron Black on AEW Dark: Elevation
Martin and Black familiarly got the AEW Dark: Elevation match underway with a quickfire exchange of holds, leg trips, and pinfalls. Baron was not in the mood to show any respect as he rejected the handshake and attacked his opponent's ribs.
Black executed a very clean German suplex. He trapped Martin in an abdominal stretch, but the Top Flight member reversed it into a pinfall predicament.
Martin stopped Black with a kick and a huge lariat. Dante was feeling it tonight as he took Baron down with the Tiaras.
Martin hit an incredible springboard moonsault for a near fall. Dante went up to the top, but Black followed him and attempted a German suplex. Martin backflipped and somehow landed on his feet.
Black pulled his straps down, but Martin stunned him with a big shot. The young star finished the contest with a 450 splash on Black.
Result: Dante Martin def. Baron Black on AEW Dark: Elevation
Grade: B+
Ethan Page and Scorpio Sky cut a backstage promo before the next match of the evening.
Britt Baker D.M.D. (w/ Rebel not Reba) vs. Skye Blue (AEW debut) on AEW Dark: Elevation
Skye Blue looked great in the match's early moments. She got a two-count following a shotgun dropkick. Baker rolled out of the ring, but Blue followed her with a baseball slide. Baker moved out of the way and hit her opponent with a thrust kick.
Britt connected with five forearm shimmers, but Blue still had some fight left in her. Skye, however, got sent face-first into the middle turnbuckle.
Britt hit another thrust kick, followed by a modified backdrop. Baker finished the match with the Curb Stomp.
Result: Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D. def. Skye Blue on AEW Dark: Elevation
Grade: C
Tony Schiavone interviewed Britt Baker in the ring after the match.
QT Marshall & Nick Comoroto (w/ Aaron Solow) vs. Andrew Palace & Cole Karter (AEW Tag Team Debut) on AEW Dark: Elevation
QT Marshall and Nick Comoroto were just too strong for their opponents for the entirety of the match.
Marshall and Comoroto made frequent tags and isolated their opponents in their corner. This was fundamental tag team wrestling done in its most effective way.
Comoroto became a one-man wrecking machine during the match's final stages as he single-handedly took out both his opponents.
QT Marshall finished the match with the Diamond Cutter. The Factory means business in AEW.
Result: QT Marshall & Nick Comoroto def. Andrew Palace & Cole Karter on AEW Dark: Elevation
Grade: C-
MT Nakazawa vs. Mike Sydal on AEW Dark: Elevation
MT Nakazawa was in no mood to replicate Mike Sydal's split on AEW Dark: Elevation. The executive VP of Kenny Omega's team stalled the match by attending to calls on his headset.
Sydal executed two arm drags followed by a bridged pin. Nakazawa pulled off the drop toe hold, followed by an unorthodox attack on Sydal's groin area. Nakazawa executed all of his goofy yet popular moves on Mike.
The finish of the match saw Nakazawa briefly distract the referee. MT went for the Macbook attack, but Sydal moved out of the way. Mike trapped Nakazawa in a pinfall for the win.
Result: Mike Sydal def. MT Nakazawa on AEW Dark: Elevation
Grade: D
PAC and Rey Fenix cut promos on The Young Bucks ahead of their AEW Tag Team Championship match on the next AEW Dynamite episode.
Shanna vs. Leyla Hirsch on AEW Dark: Elevation
Shanna and Hirsch are both highly-rated wrestlers, which made this match even more appealing on paper.
Hirsch went for an aggressive takedown, and she worked on getting a solid position on the mat. Shanna grabbed the ropes to break the hold and got Hirsch's back, but Leyla switched and was able to get a one-count.
Hirsch and Shanna showcased some good technical mat wrestling, and the crowd loved what they saw from both women. Hirsch, however, was the fan favorite as 'Legit' chants echoed around the arena.
Hirsch and Shanna blocked their respective finishers. Shanna created some distance, took control with some well-timed attacks on the outside.
Shanna hit a big knee strike, and her indecisiveness only got her a two-count. Hirsch, however, managed to lock in the cross-arm breaker out of nowhere. Shanna turned over and slammed Leyla back down.
Shanna got a near fall with a running knee strike. She attempted a double-underhook facebuster, but Hirsch reversed it into a cross-arm breaker. Shanna tapped out.
Result: Leyla Hirsch def. Shanna on AEW Dark: Elevation
Grade: B+
These two women are certainly not done as they had to be kept away by the referee after the match.
Alex Marvez interviewed Takeshita backstage, but Kenny Omega interrupted the proceedings. Omega told Marvez to go, and Nakazawa entered the frame to be the AEW World Champion's translator.
Omega and Takeshita know each other from working together in Japan's DDT Pro-Wrestling, and Omega needed some help to battle the Sydals.
Omega revealed that Takeshita and Nakazawa will team up to face The Sydals on next week's show. Takeshita didn't look too pleased with the announcement.
Brandon Cutler vs. Penta El Zero M of Death Triangle (w/ Rey Fenix & PAC) on AEW Dark: Elevation
Arm drags, and standing twists from both men kicked off the match. Penta foresaw Cutler's leaping strike and kicked him in the guts. Cutler, however, used his long legs to connect with a few kicks.
Penta stopped a tope suicida with a perfectly-timed kick. He missed the double stomp from the top, and Cutler amped up the pressure with a tope.
Cutler was distracted by the other Death Triangle members' presence, and Penta took advantage of it with a springboard cannonball in the ringside area. Cutler kicked off his comeback with a springboard axehandle, a running lariat, and a vertical suplex. Brandon got a two-count at the end of the sequence.
Cutler reversed the pump handle pickup into a DDT for a near fall. Penta kicked his opponent off the top, and he finally hit the pump handle small package driver for a two-count.
Cutler responded with a reverse DDT for a two-count. Brandon might have busted open his nose as there was blood dripping on the mat.
Penta had Cutler in the armbar, and he just snapped the arm off without any remorse. Penta hit his package piledriver finisher for the win.
Result: Penta El Zero M def. Brandon Cutler on AEW Dark: Elevation
Grade: B+
Thunder Rosa vs. Diamante on AEW Dark: Elevation
The supremely talented Hispanic wrestlers got the AEW match underway with an evenly-contested sequence. However, Thunder Rosa delivered the bulk of the offense in the early goings of the match.
The action moved to the outside, and Rosa controlled the match by using her surroundings to significant effect.
Diamante, however, used the ring post to deliver the sliced bread. Both women returned to the ring, and Rosa hit a facebuster for a two-count.
Diamante got Rosa in the corner and delivered a running shotgun dropkick. Diamante kept Thunder Rosa on the mat and connected with a clubbing blow across the throat for a two-count.
The former NWA Women's Champion created some space with an arm breaker, followed by a clothesline in the corner. Rosa hit a dropkick and a double under hook suplex for a near fall.
Thunder Rosa showed tremendous ingenuity to create a scenario where she locked in the armbar from a bizarre position. Diamante stayed in the match by reaching out for the ropes.
Diamante reversed another armbar into a pin, followed by a lariat. She got a two-count from a deep-cover following a snap suplex on AEW Dark: Elevation.
Diamante got into the Cazadora position and executed a Stunner on Rosa for a near fall. Rosa and Diamante began to slug it out in the middle of the ring.
Rosa reversed the Canadian Destroyer, aka the Code Red, and hit the Fire Thunder Driver on Diamante for the victory on AEW Dark: Elevation:
Result: Thunder Rosa def. Diamante on AEW Dark: Elevation
Grade: B
Sonny Kiss & Joey Janela vs. Ethan Page & Scorpio Sky on AEW Dark: Elevation
Joey and Sky kicked off one of the featured matches of this week's AEW Dark: Elevation.
Sky knocked Janela down with a tackle and the heels got hold of the proceedings. Ethan Page got the tag, and so did Sonny Kiss on the other end. Sky was back in the match and he got taken out with a double hip toss and elbow drops.
Page and Sky created a two vs. one scenario against Janela, and The Bad Boy was punished for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Sky and Page clobbered Sky in the middle of the ring. Janela did get a two-count from a Sunset flip, but Scorpio Sky hit a follow-up lariat.
Sonny Kiss was seemingly getting impatient in the corner as Janela kept getting worked on by the heels. Sky hit a backbreaker on Joey before getting Page back into the match.
Ethan Page argued with Aubrey Edwards, giving Janela time to recuperate. He rolled over to the other side to make a hot tag to Sonny Kiss.
Kiss' overpowering leg strength managed to take out both Page and Sky. Sonny got a near fall on Sky with a faceplant.
Kiss and Janela hit the double plancha onto Sky and Page on the outside. Sky was thrown back into the ring, but Janela walked right into a DDT. Page was back up on the apron and he received the tag.
Janela blocked Ego's Edge before hitting a thrust kick and a moonsault. Joey tagged Kiss, and the duo hit an assisted knee from the top.
Sky saved the match by breaking the pin. Janela went for the tope, but Sky hit him with an elbow in mid-air. Sky rocked Kiss with an enziguri on the apron after moving Ethan Page out of the way.
Page connected with a shoulder tackle and Ego's Edge on Sonny Kiss for the win on AEW Dark: Elevation.
Result: Ethan Page & Scorpio Sky def. Sonny Kiss & Joey Janela on AEW Dark: Elevation
Grade: B
Ryan Nemeth & Cezar Bononi (w/ JD Drake) vs. Best Friends (w/ Orange Cassidy & Kris Statlander) on AEW Dark: Elevation
This was Chuck and Trent's first match together this year. Ryan Nemeth got the final contest of the night going with Chuck.
Trent got into the match, and he scored a one-count on Nemeth with a Northern Lights suplex. He felt great to be back in the ring, and the crowd popped for his return on AEW Dark: Elevation.
Chuck got back in and missed a running elbow in the corner. Cezar Bononi got a taste of the action with punches and kicks in the corner. Bononi and Nemeth cut the ring in half and kept Chuck in their territory.
Chuck, though, waited for his chance, evaded a punch, and rolled over to the other end to tag Trent. The Best Friends hit a high knee, followed by a running elbow strike on Nemeth. Trent took Bononi out near ringside with a moonsault.
Back in the ring, Trent hit the tornado DDT on Ryan Nemeth. The Best Friends hit the Sole Food on Nemeth, but the Hollywood Hunk surprisingly kicked out! That was pretty unexpected!
Bononi tripped Trent from the outside, and Nemeth hit the DDT. Cezar got the tag, and he executed a running lariat in the corner.
Bononi got a near fall with a pump handle slam on Trent. The action moved to the outside, and Chuck sent Bononi crashing into the ring post.
The Best Friends isolated Ryan Nemeth in the ring and hit the Strong Zero for the win on AEW Dark: Elevation.
Result: Best Friends def. Ryan Nemeth & Cezar Bononi on AEW Dark: Elevation
Grade: B+
You can check out the complete AEW Dark: Elevation episode above.
