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Welcome to the coverage of the 108th episode of AEW Dark. This week's show featured eight matches with some angles contributing to the build towards AEW Dynamite.
Jade Cargill and Leyla Hirsch were in action in separate matches ahead of their clash on AEW Dynamite. A top heel sent a message to Darby Allin, and the issues between Hardy Family Office and Best Friends unfolded in a six-man tag team match.
Butcher and Blade opened the show while the Bunny ambushed Dark Order's, Anna Jay. Without any delay, let's jump into the results for AEW Dark.
Butcher and The Blade (w/Bunny) vs. Rosario Grillo and Hunter Knott on AEW Dark
Butcher and Blade immediately attacked their opponents before the match got started. They isolated Grillo in the ring and took him down with a shoulder tackle.
Butcher and Hunter got the match started as the Hardy Family Office member overpowered his opponent before tagging in Blade. The Blade dropped Hunter with a flatliner before his partner tagged in. They dropped Hunter with a double suplex for the win.
Result: Butcher and The Blade def. Rosario Grillo and Hunter Knott
Grade: D
Anna Jay vs. Ashley D'Amboise on AEW Dark
The Dark Order member got into an early side headlock and dropped Ashley with a Northern Lights suplex. Jay clubbed Ashley in the corner before striking her with a huge kick. Anna Jay locked in the Queenslayer for the win.
Result: Anna Jay def. Ashley D'Amboise
Grade: D
After the match, Bunny attacked Anna Jay, but Tay Conti made the save.
Erik and Andrew Lockhart vs. 2point0 (w/Daniel Garcia) on AEW Dark
The Lockhart brothers made their AEW debut. Matt Lee and Erik got us underway. Lee immediately dropped him with a suplex and tagged in his partner as the two wore down Erik with double team moves. Parker dropped Erik with a backbreaker before tagging in Lee, who hit another backbreaker.
Parker tagged back in and stomped on Erik, but the AEW debutant made a hot tag to his brother, who unloaded on Parker. Lee got a blind tag, and 2point0 hit the Two for the Show for the win.
Result: 2point0 def. Lockhart Brothers
Grade: C-
Angelica Risk vs. Jade Cargill on AEW Dark
Ahead of her match at AEW Dynamite against Leyla Hirsch, the unbeaten Jade Cargill faced Angelica Risk. Cargill immediately gained the advantage with her power, slamming Risk.
Angelica went to the top rope, but Jade caught her for a fallaway slam. She followed it up with a pump kick and Jaded for the win.
Result: Jade Cargill def. Angelica Risk
Grade: D
Mysterious Movado vs. Fuego del Sol on AEW Dark
Movado ambushed Fuego del Sol before the bell rang, clubbing Del Sol in the corner. Fuego hit a dropkick before spearing Movado in the corner. Movado hit a flying clothesline as the AEW fans chanted 'Let's Go Fuego.' Movado hit a scoop slam headbutt combo for a two-count.
The white and blue masked Luchador continued to wear Del Sol down in the corner and got another two-count. Del Sol stopped the offense with an enziguiri and middle rope moonsault. He hit a superkick and tornado DDT for the win.
Result: Fuego del Sol def. Mysterious Movado
Grade: C
Khash vs. Shawn Spears on AEW Dark
The Chairman walked to the ring with a chair displaying Darby Allin's name ahead of their match on AEW Dynamite.
Both men tied up as Khash backed Shawn Spears into the corner. Spears sarcastically applauded Khash as both men appeared to outwrestle each other. Khash applied the hammerlock, but the Pinnacle member elbowed his opponent.
Khash connected with a European uppercut, but Spears tossed him out of the ring and launched him into the barricade before dropping him on the apron. Spears repeatedly kneed Khash in the face and won with a Death Valley Driver.
Result: Shawn Spears def. Khash
Grade: C+
Jora Johl and TH2 vs. Best Friends on AEW Dark
Wheeler Yuta and Angelico got the AEW Dark co-main event underway as both men traded rollups. Excellent chain wrestling followed as Yuta tagged in Chuck Taylor, who dropped Angelico with a double suplex. Jack Evans tagged in and went after Chuck's midsection.
Taylor countered and hit an elbow lariat for a two count. Orange Cassidy tagged in and toyed with Evans' hair, and the rest of the HFO interfered. All three men went after Cassidy one by one. Johl became the legal member and dropped OC with a delayed vertical suplex for a one-count.
Johl mocked and imitated Cassidy's kicks before kicking him hard in the face for a nearfall. Evans tagged back in and hit a flying kick before hitting a standing spinning splash or the Apple Jack, as he called it. Orange fought off all three members by himself and tagged in Yuta, who took out all his opponents as well to pop the AEW Dark crowd.
Yuta hit a German suplex on Angelico for a nearfall. Taylor tagged in and was attacked by all three opponents.
OC broke a pin attempt and assisted Taylor in the evening with the odds. Chuck kneed Evans in the corner before Wheeler Yuta hit a hurricanrana on the outside.
Johl hit a pump kick on Taylor inside the ring, but Orange Cassidy hit the Orange Punch for the win, and the Best Friends got one more win over their AEW rivals.
Result: Best Friends def. Jora Johl and TH2
Grade: B-
KiLynn King vs. Leyla Hirsch on AEW Dark
King took down Hirsch and got her in a headlock to get the AEW Dark main event underway. Hirsch powered out, but King got her back in a headlock. Leyla countered a sideslam with a side head takedown. The veteran from Moscow went for a suicide dive, but King caught her with a hard right.
KiLynn hit a flatliner on the turnbuckle and went for a suplex, but Hirsch countered with a roll-up. King locked Leyla in a bear hug, but Hirsch powered out. Both women traded forearm strikes and chops in the middle of the ring as King hit a huge pump kick.
Hirsch hit back-to-back German suplexes before hitting a double knee to the face. King rolled out of the ring, but Hirsch hit a suicide dive. Leyla hit a beautiful moonsault off the top rope for a nearfall. King hit a fallaway slam and a roundhouse kick for a nearfall.
King went for the powerbomb, but Hirsch countered with a running knee to the face to win in the AEW Dark main event.
Result: Leyla Hirsch def. KiLynn King
Grade: B
After the match, Jade Cargill approached the ring, but Leyla Hirsch did not back down, going straight after the unbeaten AEW star. Referees were forced to separate the two as AEW Dark went off the air.
