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SCU vs. Jake St. Patrick & Spencer Slade on AEW Dark
Frankie Kazarian and Jake St. Patrick started the AEW Dark match with a mat exchange. Frankie used a fireman's carry to get some mat control.
Patrick turned things around to get some wrist control, but Kazarian used the strength advantage to drive his opponent down to the canvas.
Kazarian has always been a smooth operator, and his fundamentally strong base helped him dominate the match. Kazarian got the first pinfall with a two-count, and he followed it with two arm drags. He dragged Patrick into his corner and tagged Christopher Daniels.
SCU hit a clothesline/back suplex combo on Patrick. Jake, however, bull-rushed the Fallen Angel in his corner before tagging Slade.
Spencer executed a belly-to-belly suplex on Daniels, but Taz wasn't impressed with the arch on the move. Daniels responded with a back heel trip. Kazarian got back into the match, and he hit a flying cross-arm strike. He dropped the leg from the middle rope.
Daniels got in and hit an assisted powerbomb on Slade. St. Patrick ran in to make the save, but he ate Kazarian's knees.
SCU executed a modified Best Meltzer Ever as Daniels came down with the Best Moonsault Ever. Daniels might be 51, but he still moves like a teenager!
Result: SCU def. Jake St. Patrick & Spencer Slade on AEW Dark
Grade: B
Big Swole vs. Megan Bayne (AEW Debut) on AEW Dark
Big Swole and Megan Bayne locked up to begin the AEW Dark match. Bayne matched Swole's power, and the AEW debutant looked good with an early shoulder block.
The Greek Goddess ate a back elbow from Swole, who used her kicks to chop down the larger opponent. Bayne reacted by catching Big Swole with a wild knee strike.
Bayne picked Swole up and trapped her in a bear hug. Old school! Swole boxed the ears to break the hold and rolled through from the tilt-a-whirl attempt.
Swole ricocheted off the middle rope to execute a cutter on Bayne. Swole then lit up Bayne with a big kick, but Megan got back with a destructive high boot.
Swole got wiped out, but she still kicked out at two. Swole got back up and connected with a roundhouse kick.
Big Swole locked in the cloverleaf, forcing Bayne to tap out.
Result: Big Swole def. Megan Bayne (AEW Debut) on AEW Dark
Grade: C+
Joey Janela & Sonny Kiss vs. Kit Sackett & Justin Law on AEW Dark
Joey Janela dropped Justin Law with four clotheslines to start the match. The Bad Boy was fired up as the final clothesline sent Justin Law outside the ring.
Law awkwardly bumped out of the ring, which cracked the announcers up. Taz had never seen anything like it before.
Sackett came in and was also dumped outside. Sonny Kiss got into the match and flipped around before connecting with a European uppercut and a basement dropkick.
Sackett responded with a big headbutt. He brought Kiss to Law's corner and made the tag. Justin and Kit had no team synergy whatsoever as Sonny Kiss quickly tagged Janela.
Justin Law had a terrible night as he took a German release suplex and three thrust kicks from Joey. Janela and Kiss executed the reverse DDT-split leg drop on Justin Law for the win.
Poor Justin. He got buried in the ring and on commentary.
Result: Joey Janela & Sonny Kiss def. Kit Sackett & Justin Law on AEW Dark
Grade: C
