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#7. Best Friends (w/ Orange Cassidy) vs. Adam Priest & Sean Maluta on AEW Dark
Chuck Taylor and Sean Maluta got the AEW Dark match underway with a swift exchange of holds. Priest and Trent got the tags.
Priest got slammed to the mat, but he got up and cracked Trent with a big chop.
Trent, however, casually executed a gutbuster followed by a Northern Lights suplex. The Best Friends got a combo elbow drop on Priest as Chuck was back in. Trent got the tag, but Priest cracked him with a cross chop.
Adam dropped Trent with a German Suplex before Maluta came in, who delivered a Samoan Drop. Maluta dropped Trent with a knife-edged chop.
He charged into the corner, but there was no one home. Trent delivered the diving tornado DDT before making the tag to Chuck.
Taylor dropped Priest while Trent speared Maluta on the outside. Back in the ring, Trent made the blind tag and cracked Priest with a strike.
The Best Friends hugged before doing their finishing combo. Trent connected with a spike piledriver before Chuck followed it with a delayed jumping piledriver for the win on AEW Dark.
Result: Best Friends (w/ Orange Cassidy) def. Adam Priest & Sean Maluta on AEW Dark
Grade: B
#8. Leva Bates vs. Alex Garcia on AEW Dark
Ricky Starks was on commentary duty now as we prepared for the next women's match of the evening. Bates had a copy of Young Bucks' new book. Great advertising there!
Garcia used her power to get the better of the initial collar and elbow tie-up. Garcia tripped Bates' leg, but the Librarian locked her opponent in an abdominal stretch.
Garcia escaped with a hip toss. Alex cracked Bates with a running knee in the corner and followed it up with big shots. Bates then reversed the Irish Whip in the corner.
Bates got sent to the apron, but she connected with a roundhouse kick. Leva darted into the ring and delivered a spear followed by another roundhouse kick.
Bates delivered the Northern Lights suplex with the bridge for a near-fall. Bates connected with a backstabber for another two-count.
Garcia caught Bates with an innovative neck bridge submission move. That was slick. Bates, however, scored a sneaky win with a roll-up out of nowhere on AEW Dark.
Result: Leva Bates def. Alex Garcia on AEW Dark
Grade: B
Bates handed Garcia a copy of The Bucks' new book after the match.
#9. Shawn Donovan, Angel Fashion & VSK vs. The Gunn Club on AEW Dark
The Gunn Club mimicked Taz with the towel over their heads during their entrance. Taz didn't look happy, but that was hilarious.
The match hadn't even gotten underway, and Billy Gunn had already dropped VSK with a back body drop.
Colten and Donovan got the match started with Colten dropping Shawn with two shoulder blocks. Austin Gunn got the tag, followed by Billy. Donovan then tagged VSK in as Austin waited for him on the other side.
The collar and elbow tie-up was followed by a few arm drags. Austin countered it into a side headlock. VSK connected with a knee lift to the midsection before Angel Fashion got the tag. Austin controlled the arm and tagged his father into the match. The Gunns delivered a triple combo move as Colten was now the legal man.
Fashion tipped the scales in his team's favor with a big clothesline. He then took Colten in his corner and tagged Donovan in. Shawn got an elbow drop before VSK got back in. Colten elbowed the opponents in the corner before making his way to Austin for the hot tag.
Austin kicked off an uppercut party before dropping Donovan with a flipping neck breaker. VSK was the legal man now, and Austin delivered the Quick Draw finisher for the win on AEW Dark.
Result: The Gunn Club def. Shawn Donovan, Angel Fashion & VSK on AEW Dark
Grade: C+
