You’re gonna love AEW Dark this week!

Before challenging for the AEW TNT Championship, Joey Janela is going to show us, and maybe Jack Evans, why he is a bad, bad boy!

OFFICIAL RESULTS

• Six Man Tag: The Natural Nightmares & Nick Comoroto VS Vary Morales & Jersey Muscle Society; The Natural Nightmares & Comoroto win.
• Tag Careers on the Line: SoCal Uncensored VS Lee Johnson & Aaron Solow; SCU wins and remains a team.
• Brian Cage w/ Hook VS Jake St. Patrick; Cage wins.
• Nyla Rose w/ Vickie Guerrero VS Miranda Alize; Rose wins.
• PAC VS VSK; Pac wins.
• Sonny Kiss VS KC Navarro; Kiss wins.
• Tay Conti VS Alex Gracia; Conti wins.
• Marko Stunt VS Ryan Nemeth; Nemeth wins.
• “Pretty” Peter Avalon & Cezar Bononi VS Shawn Dean & Charlie Bravo; Avalon & Bononi win.
• Preston Vance w/ The Dark Order VS Baron Black; Vance wins.
• Red Velvet w/ Big Swole VS Diamante w/ Ivelisse; Velvet wins.
• Joey Janela w/ Sonny Kiss VS Jack Evans w/ Angelico; Janela wins.

PLAY BY PLAY

Six Man Tag: Natural Nightmares & Nick Comoroto VS Vary Morales & Jersey Muscle Society!

Dustin Rhodes and QT Marshall got a big win thanks to the Freak Beast, and they’re teaming together again to see if they can repeat that magic! Will Comoroto prove he can do big things for the Nightmare Family?

The teams sort out and The Natural starts against Tony Vincita. They circle, fans rally up and the two tie up. Dustin headlocks, Vincita powers out but Dustin runs him over. Things speed up, Dustin fakes out Vincita’s hurdle to ROCK him with an uppercut! Dustin then arm-drags Vincita and brings him around to wrench. Tag to QT, the Nightmares whip, body shot and knee smash! Standing moonsault from QT, cover, TWO! QT drags Vincita up and around, bumps him off buckles, and tags in Comoroto. Comoroto wrenches Vincita, yanks the arm, and then yanks again. Comoroto rams shoulders into Vincita, and fans rally as Comoroto knuckle locks.

Comoroto lifts Vincita with one arm, then lets him down to run him over! Comoroto brings Vincita up again, whpis him in and throws an elbow! Tag to Dustin, Comoroto whips Dustin for Dustin to whip Comoroto, and Comoroto corner splashes! Comoroto feeds Vincita to Dustin’s spinning powerslam! Cover, TWO! Dustin keeps his cool, drags Vincita up but Vincita knees low! Tag to Steve Gibki but he runs into an arm-drag! Dustin wrenches, elbow breakers, then tags QT. The Nightmares double wrench and double Russian leg sweep! QT brings Gibki up but Gibki rams QT into the other corner! Morales tags in, throws forearms on QT, then brings QT around to throw haymakers.

Morales whips, QT reverses but Morales goes up and over and rolls to dropkick QT! Morales brings QT back, tags Gibki and Gibki fires off. Gibki tags Vincita, and Jersey Muscle whips QT. QT dodges their double clotheslines to then give double clotheslines! QT tags in Comoroto and Comoroto rallies on Jersey Muscle with Polish Hammers! Comoroto scoops and slams Gibki, then scoop slams Vincita, then another scoop slam for Gibki! Vincita staggers into a scoop and a SPINNING SLAM! Fans fire up for Comoroto but Morales tags in. Morales runs at Comoroto and dropkicks him, but Comoroto barely budges! Comoroto TOSSES Morales at Jersey Muscle!

Comoroto drags Morales back up, tags in Dustin and Dustin goes up. Comoroto military presses Morales for Dustin’s SUPER BULLDOG! Cover, Comoroto and the Nightmares win!

Winners: The Natural Nightmares & Nick Comoroto, by pinfall

Now that was big! Will this powerful trio continue to roll on as AEW heads for Revolution?

Tag Careers on the Line: SoCal Uncensored VS Lee Johnson & Aaron Solow!

Another week, another test to see if Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian still have it as a tag team! Will Big Shotty & The Extra Talented make The Addiction quit before ever reaching the AEW World Tag Team titles?

The teams sort out and Daniels starts with Johnson. Fans rally up as Daniels pats Johnson on the shoulder and the two circle. They tie up, Johnson arm-drags and then waits on Daniels. Daniels gets up, circles with Johnson again and they tie up again. Johnson scoops and slams Daniels, but Daniels is right up. Fans rally more as the two circle again. Daniels and Johnson tie up a third time, Johnson headlocks, but Daniels powers out. Things speed up, Daniels arm-drags and hip tosses, then scoops and slams Johnson! Daniels brings Johnson up, wrenches, tags in Kaz, and SCU double wrench to trip Johnson up for a kick, a clubbing clothesline and double stomps!

Kaz keeps on Johnson with a scoop but Johnson slips out and tags Solow. Solow takes his time getting in to slow things down, and he circle with the Heavy Metal Rebel. They fist bump to show respect, tie up, and Kaz gets around to waistlock and mat slam Solow. Kaz shifts to a facelock, Solow moves around but Kaz holds on. Solow fights up to his feet, wrenches out to hammerlock, but Kaz drops to arm-drag Solow over. Kaz keeps on the arm, fans rally up, and Solow fights up to his feet again. Solow pushes the hold back onto Kaz, but Kaz reaches for ropes. Kaz uses the ropes to flip through then arm-drag Solow again! Kaz hooks Solow but Solow spins through to arm-drag Kaz away!

Kaz goes to a corner, Solow runs in, but Kaz dodges. Solow goes up and leaps to arm-drag and dropkick Kaz down! Fans fire up as Solow grins and goes after Kaz. Solow forearms, whips but Kaz dodges. Kaz holds ropes, elbows Solow then tags in Daniels. Kaz whips Solow, Daniels calf kicks Solow down, cover, TWO! Daniels drags Solow up, whips him to a corner, then runs in to forearm smash! Daniels whips Solow corner to corner, Solow boots him away, then Solow runs to RANA Daniels to the corner! Solow clotheslines, Johnson tags in and they coordinate, back suplex NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Johnson keeps his cool and he brings Daniels up.

Fans rally, Johnson suplexes high and hard then covers, TWO! Johnson brings Daniels back up, tags Solow, and Solow drags Daniels up to suplex. Daniels fights that off, throws hands then suplexes but Solow slips out and shoves Daniels to ropes. Solow leaps but into Daniels’ fireman’s carry! ROLLING SENTON! Tag to Kaz, Daniels slingshots for an elbow drop! Kaz slingshots for a leg drop! Cover, TWO! Kaz keeps his cool and he drags Solow up to CHOP him back down! Kaz scoop slams Solow, springboards and drops another leg! Cover, TWO! Kaz stays between Solow and Johnson, then brings Solow up. Tag to Daniels, SCU whip and leap frog to LARIAT Solow! Back suplex splash! Daniels covers, TWO!

Daniels drags Solow up while fans rally. Solow throws body shots, but Daniels CHOPS him down! Tag to Kaz and Kaz stays between Solow and Johnson again. Kaz CHOPS Solow but Solow throws hands! Kaz CHOPS again, Solow throws another haymaker, then Solow dodges. Kaz dodges, both men run, DOUBLE CROSSBODIES! Both men are down, fans fire up, hot tags to Daniels and Johnson! Big Shotty rallies on the Fallen Angel, then DECKS Kaz! Mule kick and whip, but Daniels reverses! Johnson pops Daniels up to a fireman’s carry, spins and spins, and spins and spins, then lets Daniels down just to dropkick him! Johnson kips up and fires up! BLUE THUNDER BOMB! Cover, TWO!!

Johnson almost had Daniels with one of his favorites, but he keeps his focus as he brings Daniels up. Johnson brings Daniels up and buckle bombs him into Solow’s knees! ROLLING DEATH VALLEY! Solow DOUBLE STOMPS! Johnson covers, TWO!! The combo came close but Johnson keeps cool. Tag to Solow, he and Johnson double suplex but Daniels fights it. Solow and Johnson mug Daniels, double suplex again, but Daniels slips out and tags in Kaz! Kaz shoulders Solow, slingshots over and LARIATS Johnson! Kaz clobbers Solow with elbows and a windmill kick! Johnson falls for it and gets the GUILLOTINE LEG DROP!

Kaz whips Solow to ropes, Solow reverses but Kaz rolls off Solow’s back to BACKSTABBER! Feed to Daniels’ GAMANGIRI, Kaz GERMAN SUPLEXES! Bridging cover, TWO! Solow survives but Kaz keeps on him. Kaz reels Solow in, chicken wings and turns, but Solow shoves free. Solow runs in, is put on the apron, slingshot CUTTER! Cover, Johnson breaks it! Johnson baits Daniels in and dumps him out! Johnson builds speed and DIVES! Direct hit and Daniels hits railing! Johnson is fired up, Solow and Kaz get back up. Kaz brings Solow up but Solow rolls Kaz, TWO!!! Kaz narrowly escapes, but runs into Solow’s SCREW HIGH KICK!

Daniels gets back in, Johnson follows, but Solow throws hands on Daniels and Johnson hits Kaz. Johnson and Solow whip SCU at each other, but Daniels ducks and Kaz leaps to CLOBBER Solow! Daniels ROCKS Johnson, feeds him to Kaz for a BOOT, then the HIGH LOW combo! Solow elbows Daniels away, goes up and leaps, but into Kaz’s arms! Kaz adjusts and Daniels goes up, BEST MELTZER EVER!! Cover, SCU wins!

Winners: SoCal Uncensored, by pinfall (still a tag team)

SCU wins and stays together as a team! But can Daniels & Kaz make it to the AEW World Tag Team Championships before losing it all?

Brian Cage w/ Hook VS Jake St. Patrick!

The Machine is preparing for his Street Fight alongside Absolute Ricky Starks against Darby Allin and Sting! Will JSP only be a speed bump for the Path of Cage?

The bell rings and JSP runs but into a FLAPJACK! Cage SUPERKICKS JSP right back down, and he fist bumps Hook. Cage drags JSP up, tosses him to a corner and runs in to uppercut, enziguri, and GERMAN SUPLEX JSP halfway across the ring! “Who betta?!” Cage slashes the throat, drags JSP up and reels him in to put on out. POWERBOMB, then a double clutch to POWERBOMB again! And a POWER BREAKER!! Then, DRILL CLAW!! Cover, Cage wins!

Winner: Brian Cage, by pinfall

Any one of those high impact moves could’ve done it, but The Machine kept going because he wanted to! Will Cage put Sting and Darby through the same level of pain at Revolution?

The Acclaimed are in therapy.

Anthony Bowens is singing Chris Jericho’s theme song in his sleep! The therapist asks, “What seems to be the problem?” Bowens continues to quote Judas, “What have we become? Now that we’ve betrayed everyone we’ve ever loved! We pushed them all away.” And yet, Max Caster can’t remember the lyrics. Well, the only way to get past this is to get through together. OH! Of course! Picture it: Us, together. Oh wait, this is becoming a parody of Me & My Shadow as performed by MJF and Chris Jericho. “Welcome to the Dinner Day-Bo-Nair.”

“Judas in my mind, and I think I’m gonna yawn. Hey, it’s the Acclaimed with another hit song! So we cuttin’ the sing along short last week, right before I left lil’ Max in the trash heap, beat ‘im badly, with the KO, beat ‘im so quick like he Jose Conseco! The Acclaimed, yo, it ain’t no thang, when we beat Inner Circle, the bell gon’ ring.” Ding ding! (a ding ding)

“Jericho, leadership skills, you are lacking. Got the foundation of your little group cracking. Sammy cares more about his vlog than the crew, Chris. I’m the plug and you should go acoustic. Turn it down to the subtitles. Your confidence is misplaced like your world title. I beat MJF on the big stage, let me give your hand a little kiss, babe. I leave a bitter taste. You two are so narcissistic, you took a camera crew on a dinner date. It’s okay, make jokes, keep singin’. We are the Acclaimed and we keep ya heads ringin’!” Ding ding (a ding ding) That’s a wrap on the rap, but will the Inner Circle make Caster regret talking crap?

Nyla Rose w/ Vickie Guerrero VS Miranda Alize!

The Native Beast is back, and she’s ready for the AEW Women’s World Title Eliminator Tournament! Will she simply make an appetizer out of “Princess Alize” before feasting on the world?

The bell rings and Alize kicks Nyla then runs, wheelbarrows, but the arm-drag is denied! Nyla yanks Alize right up then INVERTED CHOKE SLAMS her! Vickie laughs but Alize dodges Nyla in the corner, only for Nyla to come back and CLOBBER her! Nyla stomps Alize, rains down rights, then runs to SPLASH! Cover, but Nyla lets off because she’s not done with Alize yet. Vickie encourages the violence and Nyla chokes Alize on the ropes! The ref counts, Nyla lets off at 4, and Vickie SLAPS Alize! Nyla drags Alize up, whips her to ropes, but Alize ducks the boot to throw forearms! Alize runs, rolls and ranas but Nyla blocks!

Alize fights out of the bomb to dodge and duck and dropkick a leg out! Alize blows a kiss to run, into a scoop and TOSS! Nyla throws the gloves away to run in and back elbow Alize, then CLOBBER her again! Nyla finally decides to finish this as she brings Alize up for a BEAST BOMB!! Cover, Nyla wins!

Winner: Nyla Rose, by pinfall

Forget an appetizer, that was more like a snack! Will Nyla tear through the tournament bracket even easier?

PAC VS VSK!

The Bastard and his team could not overcome the #BizCliz, but that doesn’t intimidate him, it motivates him! Will he use The Visionary to show him his path back to Kenny Omega and perhaps even the AEW World Championship?

The bell rings and Pac doesn’t seem to take VSK seriously. VSK and Pac tie up, Pac puts VSK in a corner and grinds his forearms into him. The ref counts, Pac lets off and VSK comes out. They circle, tie up, and Pac wrenches to yank on VSK’s arm. Pac drags VSK down, keylocks and cranks on the arm. VSK endures, fights up but Pac wrenches the arm again to a wristlock. VSK rolls, handsprings, wrenches through and has the wristlock now. Pac rolls, shifts, wrenches, and drags VSK down to the mat. Pac stomps VSK on the head, then brings VSK up to bump him off buckles! VSK staggers, Pac bumps him off more buckles, then digs his boot into VSK!

The ref counts, Pac lets off at 4, then he stalks VSK along the ropes. Pac kicks VSK down then stomps away at the ropes! Pac digs his boots into VSK again, the ref counts and Pac stops at 4. Pac “apologizes” and he gives toying kicks. VSK staggers to a corner, fans rally, and Pac runs in to whip VSK corner to corner hard! Pac paces while VSK sits up. Pac kicks VSK around, taunts him, then kicks him again. VSK scowls but Pac kicks him again. VSK throws a forearm, so Pac gets around to waistlock! VSK elbows out, slips under and dropkicks Pac to ropes! Pac is pissed now, but he runs into a fireman’s carry and USHIGOROSHI! VSK runs to basement EuroUpper! Cover, ONE!!

VSK fires up, runs corner to corner, but into a BOOT! Pac drags VSK into the BRUTALIZER!! VSK taps, Pac wins!

Winner: Pac, by submission

VSK was maybe better off not being taken seriously! The Bastard got serious and seriously put the hurt on VSK! Will Pac do the same to the Biz Cliz in the near future?

Sonny Kiss w/ Joey Janela VS KC Navarro!

The Concrete Rose is rolling from how he, Joey Janela and Bear Country dominated last week. Will the road trip to the top continue? Or will the Truly Blessed by an unfortunate speed bump?

As Kiss goes to the ring, Janela goes over to commentary to say, “That’s one of the most succulent asses in the business!” Janela may have spit into Ricky Starks’ mouth from getting that close on his mic… The Bad Boy clearly puts getting the word out over basic hygiene. The bell rings and Kiss circles with Navarro. They tie up but break, then go again. Navarro waistlocks, Kiss switches but Navarro switches back. Kiss reaches down but Navarro leap frogs over. Navarro springboards, Kiss gets under, Navarro rolls but Kiss hurdles. Navarro rolls off Kiss’ back, Kiss blocks the kick to flip then trip Navarro! Leg drop but Navarro avoids it!

Kiss ducks the Penalty Kick, rolls Navarro up again, TWO! Kiss basement dropkicks Navarro down and now hits the leg drop splits! Cover, TWO! Fans rally up while Navarro gets to a corner. Kiss storms over, whips Navarro corner to corner but Navarro reverses. Kiss goes up and out and ROUNDHOUSES Navarro. Kiss then shoulders in, slingshots to sunset flip, TWO! SUPERKICK! Fans fire up after Kiss blasts Navarro. Kiss twerks, only to miss the standing moonsasult! Navarro hurries to hammer away then wrap on the sleeper. Kiss fights up, as Navarro as a backpack and rams him into buckles! Kiss ROCKS Navarro with a back elbow, then ROCKS him with a rolling elbow!

Kiss runs but Navarro dodges, goes Spider-Man and baits Kiss into ropes! Navarro runs and hits a swinging dropkick! Navarro runs back in, tilt-o-whirls to TORNADO DDT! Cover, TWO! Kiss survives and Navarro grows annoyed. Fans rally up, Navarro aims, and runs at Kiss again, into a SUPERKICK! Kiss reels Navarro in for a sidewalk slam into the corner! Kiss hits AXES & OH’S! Fans fire up as Kiss goes up top, but rethinks his plan. Kiss fireman’s carries instead, to hit a SPLITTING TKO! Cover, Kiss wins!

Winner: Sonny Kiss, by pinfall

The Concrete Rose leaves Navarro with a splitting headache, and is moving on up! Will Kiss be in line for a title just like Janela?

Tay Conti VS Alex Gracia!

Both the Brazilian blackbelt and Number 99 are in the AEW Women’s World Title Eliminator, so they might face each other soon enough. Will Tay use the Pink Dream as a way to send a message to both enemies and friends?

The bell rings and Conti offers a handshake. Gracia takes the hand, but then Conti brings her in to wrench and wristlock. Gracia knuckle locks with Conti, but Conti uses that to monkey flip and roll back to a cover! TWO, but Conti has Gracia into a facelock. Gracia gets up, Conti holds tight but Gracia wrenches out. Conti counters to a hip toss, then wrenches to KICK Gracia in the chest! Conti blows a kiss for another KICK! Gracia ducks the third kick, rolls Conti, TWO! Conti gets around, waistlocks, rolls Gracia down and has a HEEL HOOK! Gracia endures, Conti pulls on the leg, but they roll and roll into ropes! They roll more and fall off the apron!

Both women stagger up after that rough landing, but Conti pushes Gracia into the ring. Gracia hobbles, Conti hurries after but Gracia ROCKS her with that right! Conti is on ropes, Gracia builds speed, PINK-1-9! Cover, TWO! Gracia keeps on Conti with a full nelson and leans on the hold. Fans rally, Conti fights up, and breaks free to slips around and hammerlock then DDT!! Gracia shakes out the cobwebs, Conti brings her up, Gracia kicks but Conti blocks to KNEE her back! Conti throws forearms over and over, Gracia shoves her away but Conti CLOBBERS her! Conti rallies with clotheslines then HEEL KICKS Gracia down!

Conti whips Gracia to a corner, runs in and KNEES her again! Kenny Omega would be proud of that one! Conti whips, Gracia reverses but Conti breaks free to BOOT Gracia! Conti wrenches, wraps Gracia up, leg half nelson chinlock! Gracia taps, Conti wins!

Winner: Tay Conti, by submission

The Blackbelt leaves the Pink Dream feeling blue, but will Conti be able to do the same to the US side of the AEW Women’s World Title Eliminator?

Marko Stunt VS Ryan Nemeth!

It seems FTR let Fun-Sized go. Surely Stunt will want payback, but will he send a message to Tully, Cash and Dax through the Hollywood Hunk?

Nemeth gets the mic to “address the elephant in the room right now.” He gets the feeling a lot of people in AEW don’t like him. They don’t like that he’s smart, that he’s handsome, or that he’s famous. They don’t like that he’s known around the world, in TV and film, and is a true Hollywood Hunk. Just get the booing out of your systems now. Fans do, but Nemeth says if the people searched within their hearts and minds, they can see they actually like and adore him. Everyone at ringside, in the back and watching online should all say, “I Love Ryan! We All Love Ryan!” Nemeth thanks us, but then Stunt makes his entrance.

The bell rings, Stunt circles with Nemeth, but Nemeth wants Stunt to say he loves Ryan. Stunt just TAIL WHIPS him! Stunt’s learned some stuff from Luchasaurus! Nemeth wants a time out on the apron but Stunt shoves him off! Stunt then runs and DIVES! Direct hit and then Stunt goes after Nemeth with hammering hands! Stunt shoves Nemeth in the ring, fans fire up, and Stunt gets in. Stunt avoids Nemeth’s elbow drop, to then slingshot elbow drop in return! Cover, TWO! Nemeth staggers up and Stunt runs in at the corner. Nemeth dodges, but then so does Stunt! Stunt ducks to ROCK Nemeth, slingshot roll up and a calf kick! Cover, TWO!

Stunt fires himself up, then goes to a corner and climbs up. Nemeth hurries and trips Stunt up! Stunt flops to the mat, Nemeth brings him up, stalling back suplex with a HARD landing! Nemeth drops a fist, then grins as he looms over Stunt. Nemeth brings Stunt around to hammerlock an arm. Fans chant, “We Hate Ryan!” but Nemeth handstands on the hammerlock, then drops knees on it! Nemeth claws Stunt’s face, the ref counts and Nemeth lets off. Nemeth digs Stunt’s face into the mat, but Stunt throws body shots and uppercuts! Stunt runs into a dropkick! Cover, TWO! Nemeth is annoyed and rains down fists, then brings Stunt up.

Nemeth whips corner to corner hard, then swivels the hips before he runs in and RAMS into Stunt! Nemeth brings Stunt around, swivels a little more, and then a little more, and then again, but Stunt turns the Rude Awakening into a mule kick! But here comes FTR! Or, no, it’s just their music? Nemeth RAMS Stunt into the buckles, RUDE AWAKENING! Cover, Nemeth wins!!

Winner: Ryan Nemeth, by pinfall

Nemeth takes advantage of the fact Stunt #FearsTheRevelation and gets his first win in AEW! Will the Hollywood Hunk continue to win until we all love him? As for Stunt, will he and Jurassic Express look to get some revenge on FTR?

“Pretty” Peter Avalon & Cezar Bononi VS Shawn Dean & Charlie Bravo!

PPA has a new friend in the Brazilian V8 after Bononi physically blasted Big Shotty for winning the Walk-Off. Will Avalon and Bononi prove to be a combination that is both strong and stylish?

The teams sort out and Avalon flexes on Bravo, but Bononi starts. Bononi and Bravo circle, tie up, and Bononi shoves Bravo right to a corner! Bravo brushes that off and circles with Bononi again. They tie up, Bravo gets around to a waistlock but Bononi throws him off! Bravo staggers up, runs in but Bononi scoops and pops Bravo up! Bravo slips off to JAB Bononi! Bravo talks some trash, Bononi choke grips him, and Avalon tags in as Bononi shoves Bravo down! Avalon has Bononi cool off and runs, into an arm-drag! And then another! Bravo hip tosses Avalon then dropkicks him down! Bravo covers, TWO! Bononi was ready but Bravo drags Avalon up to wrench.

Tag to Dean, Bravo whips Avalon in and Dean kicks him! Bravo slides and trips Avalon, then goes up to slingshot leg drop! Dean slingshot elbow drops! Cover, TWO! Dean drags Avalon up, tags in Bravo, and they throw JABS back and forth on Avalon! Bop up, BANG hits! Dean DECKS Bononi for good measure, then Dean and Bravo high-fives and salute. Bravo runs at Avalon, but Bononi moves Avalon out of the way! Bravo tumbles out and hits the floor, then Bononi brings him up to CLOBBER him! Avalon fetches Bravo into the ring, covers, TWO! Avalon drags Bravo up, brings him over and Bononi tags in.

Avalon and Bononi mug Bravo, Bononi stomps a mudhole in, then lets off as the ref counts. Bononi bumps Bravo off buckles, whips him corner to corner then runs in but blocks Bravo’s boot. Bononi CHOPS Bravo, then scoops him for a DRIVER! Cover, TWO! Dean was ready but Bononi drags Bravo up. Avalon tags in, he and Bononi mug Bravo, then Avalon snap suplexes! Cover, TWO! Dean is again there but he backs off. Bravo throws body shots, Avalon CLUBS Bravo, tag to Bononi. They mug Bravo more, Bononi brings Bravo around to CLUB him down. Bononi looms over Bravo, taunts him and Dean, but then clamps on to CLUB him again!

Bravo crawls, Bononi stomps him, then drags him up into the corner. Bravo throws hands to fight out of the corner, but Bononi scoops Bravo up! Bravo reaches for Dean but Bononi RAMS Bravo into the corner! Bononi tags Avalon, and scoops Bravo for an INVERTED SLAM! Bononi chinlocks and pulls Bravo back, Avalon runs and basement dropkicks! Cover, TWO! Bravo is still in this but Avalon drags him up to bump him off buckles. Avalon throws body shots, Bravo hits Bononi then hits Avalon! Bravo baits Avalon into a boot, then dodges him! Hot tag to the Captain! Dean rallies on Avalon, whips him to reel him in, OVERHEAD BELLY2BELLY!

Bononi runs in but is put in the corner and Dean fires off with kicks! Dean tags Bravo, holds Bononi in, and they both take aim, DOUBLE CANNONBALLS! Dean sets Avalon up, Bravo covers, TWO!! Dean runs at Bononi but is sent out. Dean rocks Bononi but the ref won’t let him in! Bononi FLAPJACKS Bravo, Bononi BLASTS Dean, Avalon hits Marti-KNEES! Cover, Avalon and Bononi win!

Winners: Peter Avalon & Cezar Bononi, by pinfall

Their first time together is triumphant! But they’re going to really be tested on Dynamite! Will Avalon and Bononi be able to take down Big Shotty and his tag partner, Cody Rhodes?

Preston Vance w/ The Dark Order VS Baron Black!

Number 10 keeps winning and keeps rising up the ranks! But will he be in the AEW Top Five after taking on the EmpBruh?

The bell rings and Vance stares down with Baron. They approach, tie up, and are in a deadlock. They break, go again, and Vance pushes Baron to a corner. The ref counts, Vance lets off fast, and lets Baron come out. Fans rally up as Baron and Vance go again. Baron gets around to get a headlock, but Vance powers out. They collide, neither falls, and they stare down again. Things speed up, Vance hurdles but Baron rolls him up! Vance kicks him away to hit a headlock takeover, but Baron headscissors. Vance pops out, roles reverse as Baron headlock takeovers, Vance headscissors and Baron pops out. Fans rally as the two stare down again.

Baron offers a handshake, Vance hesitates, so Baron makes it a fist bump. Vance goes to return it but Baron CHOPS him! Vance sighs and then scoops Baron to SLAM him! Baron gets up and Vance BOOTS him! Baron goes to a corner, Vance brings him around to whip. Baron holds ropes then kicks back. Baron runs, but leaps into Vance’s arms! Vance FALL AWAY SLAMS! Baron staggers to a corner, Vance runs in and corner clotheslines! Vance CHOPS Baron, ROCKS him with a forearm, then lets off. Baron ROCKS Vance with a sucker punch! Baron runs corner to corner, DISCUS CLOTHESLINE! Vance fights the exploder off and CHOPS! Baron CHOPS back! Vance CHOPS!

Vance forearms, CHOPS, then whips, but Baron reverses. Baron runs in but into a boot! Baron blocks the boot to a DRAGON SCREW! Baron holds onto the leg, Vance kicks at Baron to get free. Vance swings, Baron spins him around, uppercuts and CHOPS, then spinning CHOPS! Vance drops to his knee, Baron throws clubbing forearms, and Vance goes to a corner. Baron CHOPS him, Vance goes to another corner, but Vance kicks back. Baron throws haymakers, Vance staggers, and fans rally up. Baron wrenches, whips Vance corner to corner hard, then waits on Vance to get up. Vance clutches his back, Baron ROCKS Vance with a EuroUpper!

Vance throws body shots, Baron CLUBS him then drops a knee on him! Baron stalks Vance to a corner, but Vance turns things around to fire off heavy hands! Vance CHOPS, Baron rakes eyes through the mask! The ref reprimands and counts, Baron stops. Vance ROCKS Baron with a right, whips him to ropes, but Baron reverses to knee low and pulls him into a cobra twist. Vance powers up to hip toss out! Vance swings into Baron’s atomic drop and BACKSTABBER! Cover, TWO!! Vance survives and Baron is seething while fans fire up! Baron pulls the straps down, Vance slowly gets up, and Baron scowls as he drags Vance up.

Baron throws EuroUppers but Vance staggers about. Vance isn’t going down as Baron throws more EuroUppers, but Baron says he will bow down! Vance blocks the uppercut to DECK Baron! Vance runs in, Baron gets around and scoops but Vance slips out. Vance shoves and CLOBBERS Baron! Vance whips Baron to ropes, and back drops him! Baron goes to a corner, Vance runs in, but Baron boots him! Baron runs at Vance but into the SPINEBUSTER! Vance fires up and he drags Baron around. Dead lift into the POWEBOMB! Cover, Vance wins!

Winner: Preston Vance, by pinfall

Number 10 gets another 1-2-3 after a physical fight! Will he continue to fight this hard and head for a title after the Revolution?

Red Velvet w/ Big Swole VS Diamante w/ Ivelisse!

The battle with Shaquille O’Neil and Jade Cargill is coming, and things are only heating up! Will Velvet rise above or be crushed by the Cuban Diamond?

The bell rings, Diamante mocks lil’ Velvet but Velvet says they’re the same height. Diamante shoves Velvet, but Velvet gets around to waistlock. Diamante switches, Velvet pries the hold and switches back. Velvet hooks a leg, Diamante stays up and switches to SLAM Velvet down! Fans boo Diamante, but Velvet dodges to dropkick Diamante down! Fans fire up as Velvet stalks Diamante to a corner for body shots. Velvet lets off as the ref counts, but then throws more hands! Velvet stomps Diamante down, digs her boot in and taunts Ivelisse, but Diamante shoves her away! Velvet rolls back to come back with another dropkick! Velvet runs, ranas, and Diamante ends up on ropes!

Velvet runs but misses the knee attack! Ivelisse is there to taunt Velvet, the ref reprimands her and Swole literally scoots over to back Ivelisse off. But in this distraction, Diamante GERMAN SUPLEXES Velvet across the ring! Diamante scowls as she stomps Velvet, drags her up and bumps her off buckles. Diamante CHOPS Velvet, throws haymakers, then whips Velvet corner to corner hard! Velvet flops down, Diamante runs in, basement dropkick! Diamante drags Velvet to a cover, TWO! Fans rally, Diamante drags Velvet up and RAMS her into the corner! Diamante rams in again and again, then throws elbows.

Diamante stomps Velvet, the ref reprimands and counts but Diamante stops at 4. Diamante runs around the world to basement dropkick but MISS! Velvet and Diamante are down as fans rally up. Velvet gets up, hobbles, but she sees Diamante coming and hits a clothesline! Velvet rallies and CLOBBERS Diamante with an elbow! Velvet stirs it up, takes a taste, and hits a standing moonsault! Cover, TWO! Velvet brings Diamante up, Diamante shoves her away then ducks the roundhouse to elbow Velvet! Diamante cravats, knees and SLICED BREAD! Cover, TWO!! Velvet survives and fans fire up but Diamante scowls.

Diamante drags Velvet up, whips but Velvet reverses. Velvet runs in to SHINING WIZARD! Velvet runs and wheelbarrows, to BULLDOG! Cover, TWO! Velvet is losing her cool but fans rally behind her. Velvet drags Diamante up, whips but Diamante reverses to uppercut! Cover, TWO!! Diamante grows frustrated now, but Ivelisse coaches her up. Swole and the fans rally for Velvet but Diamante mocks the stirring. Diamante mule kicks, hops on but no sunset bomb! Velvet swings but into a back suplex. Velvet lands on her feet, kicks low, HEEL KICK! JUST DESSERTS! Cover, Velvet wins!!

Winner: Red Velvet, by pinfall

Velvet not only beats one half of the AEW Tag Team Tournament winners, but an entrant in the Women’s World Title Eliminator! But will she be able to topple the towering Jade Cargill on Dynamite?

Joey Janela w/ Sonny Kiss VS Jack Evans w/ Angelico!

The Bad Boy is getting a shot at the AEW TNT Championship for Dynamite, but he needs to be ready for the mouthier half of The Hybrid2 tonight! Will Janela shut Evans up? Or will Evans shut Janela down this close to his golden opportunity?

But the moment Janela is on the ramp, Evans springboards to FLYING KICK him down! The ref reprimands but this isn’t a match yet! Evans sees Janela go off the ramp, to then handspring and Sasuke Special! Janela dodges, Evans comes back but Janela pops him up to the ramp! Evans handstands to then MOONSAULT! Direct hit and down goes Janela! Evans drags Janela up, puts him in the ring, and then the bell finally rings. Evans talks trash as he climbs the corner, but Janela shoves him down! Janela climbs, fans fire up and Janela SUPER CROSSBODIES! Janela hits Evans enough, and the Bad Boy fires up!

Janela puts Evans in, paces around and runs at the corner to back elbow! And a running back suplex! Cover, TWO! Fans fire up for Janela as he brings Evans back up. Janela whips Evans corner to corner, Evans goes up and up and over to then show off with handsprings. Janela BOOTS Evans, but Angelico anchors Janela’s foot! Evans handspring ENZIGURIS! Cover, TWO! Evans is annoyed but he throws hands down on Janela. Evans whips Janela corner to corner and JUMP KICKS him down! Cover, TWO! Fans rally while Evans stomps Janela around. Janela throws hands, they brawl, and Evans CLUBS Janela down.

Evans puts Janela under the bottom rope, then talks trash to Kiss. Kiss gets mad, Angelico comes over, Evans has Janela for a ROPE CHANCERY! The ref is busy with Kiss, and Angelico gets a cheap shot in! Evans tells the ref he doesn’t feel safe with Kiss ringside. Evans covers, TWO! Janela is fired up and he throws haymakers on Evans! Janela whips, Evans reverses and flying elbows Janela down! Evans drags Janela to another cover, TWO! Fans fire up for Janela but Evans grinds Janela down with a chinlock. Fans rally, Evans squeezes tight but Janela fights up. Janela throws body shots, gets free, but Evans gets around to swing and IRON OCTOPUS!

Janela endures, Evans pulls harder, but fans rally. Janela gets a second wind, slips out of the hold to CORNER DEATH VALLEY! Evans rises, Janela runs in and BLASTS Evans out of the ring! Janela then builds speed and DIVES! Direct hit and fans are thunderous for Janela! Janela puts Evans in, ducks a roundhouse and fireman’s carries again, for a DEATH VALLEY DRIVER! Cover, TWO!! Evans survives but Janela keeps his cool. Janela aims from a corner and goes up as fans fire up. Evans gets up to ROCK Janela first! Evans climbs up, SUPER STEINER! Evans drags Janela to a drop zone, goes up, PHOENIX SPLASH! Cover, TWO!!

Evans got more knee than splash but it still wasn’t enough! Evans drags Janela up, KICKS him, but Janela throws a forearm! They go back and forth, Janela throws forearms but Evans KICKS again! Janela throws more forearms, then spins for a ROLLING ELBOW! Janela runs, Evans handsprings to back elbow hard! Evans runs but Janela SPEARS him into the ropes! Janela whips Evans, Evans holds ropes and boots back! Evans is on the apron, springboards up and over but Janela comes back to SUPERKICK! Janela fires up, runs, but Evans dodges to POISON-RANA! Janela still SUPERKICKS?! Both men are down and fans are thunderous!

A standing count begins and it reaches 5 before either sits up. Evans is up first, he goes to a corner, but Janela follows. Janela ROCKS Evans and Evans stumbles to the apron. Janela hurries over but Evans ROUNDHOUSES back! Evans climbs while Janela is down, 450 ONTO KNEES! Cradle cover, TWO!! Evans survives but Janela drags him up. Evans escapes the package driver to ROUNDHOUSE again! Evans runs, but Janela follows, and he LARIATS Evans down! Fans fire up with Janela again and he drags Evans up. Janela hooks Evans up, brings him up, PACKAGE DRIVER!! Cover, TWO!?!? Evans survives and no one can believe it!

Janela goes to a corner, climbs back up, and leaps for the MACHO ELBOW! Cover, Janela wins!!

Winner: Joey Janela, by pinfall

The Bad Boy waged a war with Evans and came out on top! Will Janela and the Relentless Darby Allin find a way to make this look tame by comparison?

My Thoughts:

A very good AEW Dark, and I personally was relieved that it was only 12 matches and just over 90 minutes. We got a great music video from The Acclaimed to plug their match with #Y2MJF, they are truly rising stars not just in AEW but in wrestling today. I think another rising star is Comoroto. He is a great part of the trios matches he has with the Natural Nightmares, and he even has a combo move with Dustin now with that military press to bulldog. If AEW is still working on Trios Championships, I bet Comoroto becomes an honorary Natural Nightmare to help Dustin and QT go for those.

SCU continues their string of wins in their “tag titles or bust” story, but they got a really good match out of Johnson and Solow. Cezar Bononi and Avalon had a good match of their own, and they are going to have a really good match with Johnson and Cody Rhodes. That match could go either way, because Johnson could take the pin, but so could Avalon. Maybe Shaq and Jade get in on that match to mess Cody up and that’s why he and Johnson lose. Wait, that sounds familiar… Well anyway, it’ll mostly be a way to plug the mixed tag match. Velvet VS Diamante was a good match, and I’m a little surprised Velvet won, but she’ll definitely be building momentum on her end as the underdog element of that mixed tag match.

Vance VS Baron was a very good match and I like that commentary mentioned their past from the indies. Vance has mostly been along for the ride in the Dark Order but it’d be great if he got some story and development of his own. And I liked that Stunt’s loss wasn’t just from being the smaller wrestler, but from how there is story with FTR and Jurassic Express. Though honestly, better story would’ve been if Stunt was scheduled for this match, it didn’t happen because FTR kidnapped him, and Nemeth had a match with someone else, but Dark exists in a space where it is both the same night and not the same night as Dynamite on Wednesday.

Janela VS Evans was an incredible Dark main event, that was fast and furious right from the start. Janela wins big to go into his TNT Championship match but I don’t see him winning against Darby. It is really more Darby needs to win to go strong into the AEW Revolution Street Fight. I’m sure if not for the story with Team Taz and Sting, Darby VS Janela could’ve gone either way because they’re both so wild and reckless. Maybe down the line, Janela comes back around, he and Darby relive some of that Cracker Barrel No Holds Barred match from the early days of Dynamite.

My Score: 8.3/10