Dark Elevation has a TRIPLE Main Event?!

The premiere was big, but episode two will try to be bigger! AEW Dark: Elevation has three huge matches in a row, and profiles Rising Star, Red Velvet!

OFFICIAL RESULTS

• Tay Conti w/ Negative One VS Ray Lyn; Conti wins.
• Lee Johnson w/ Dustin Rhodes VS Adam Priest; Johnson wins.
• The Varsity Blondes VS Fuego Del Sol & Jake St. Patrick; The Varsity Blondes win.
• Max Caster VS Ryzin; Caster wins.
• Leva Bates & Madi Wrenkowski VS Big Swole & Red Velvet; Swole & Velvet win.
• Ricky Starks & “Powerhouse” Will Hobbs w/ Hook VS Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs; Starks & Hobbs win.
• Danny Limelight VS Baron Black; Limelight wins.
• Orange Cassidy w/ Chuck Taylor VS Ryan Nemeth; Cassidy wins.
• Ethan Page VS Alan Angels w/ The Dark Order; Page wins.
• Ryo Mizunami VS Leyla Hirsch; Mizunami wins.

PLAY BY PLAY

Tay Conti w/ Negative One VS Ray Lyn!

The Brazilian Blackbelt is back at it on behalf of the Dark Order and Anna Jay! Will she put a damper on the Ray of Sunshine’s night to open Elevation?

The bell rings and the two circle. Fans rally, Ray powers up, and then tie sup with Tay. They let off and fans like that. Ray and Tay tie up again. Tay wrenches, hammerlocks, spins Ray and wristlocks. Ray endures, pulls hair and throws Tay down, but Tay kips up to keylock! Tay bends Ray back against her knee but Ray pulls hair again. Ray puts Tay on ropes, the ref counts and Ray lets off to club Tay! Tay reverses the whip, drops then pops Ray up to a fireman’s carry! Drop sayanagi after drop sayanagi, and Ray is dizzy! Tay runs in but Ray dodges to run and dropkick! Cover, ONE!! Ray is annoyed and talks some trash but Tay gets in her face!

Ray shoves, Tay blocks the kick but Ray gets around to spin Tay for a spinning heel kick! Tay wobbles but she heel kicks back! Both women fire up, run and grab the other for a DOUBLE HAIR PULL FACEBUSTER! Fans fire up as the standing count begins. Tay and Ray slowly get up, head for each other, and engage at 5 of 10. Tay forearms, Ray returns it, but Tay forearms again! Ray CHOPS, Tay CHOPS, repeat! They get up, Ray DOUBLE CHOPS, Tay DOUBLE CHOPS, but now Ray forearms! Tay blocks, full nelsons, but Ray slips out to her own. Tay switches back, spins Ray for a STUNNER! Ray staggers about, into Tay’s waistlock and SWINGING BACKBREAKER!

Ray bails out, Tay aims from the apron and kicks, but Ray ducks! Ray laughs too soon, the PENALTY KICK comes back around! Tay drags Ray at the corner and YANKS her into the post! Ray clutches her arm, Tay drags her up and puts her in the ring. Tay climbs up top, leaps but Ray gets under! Tay rolls and comes back to BOOT! Then KNEE! Tay reels Ray in for the HAMMERLOCK DD-Tay! Cover, Tay wins!

Winner: Tay Conti, by pinfall

Tay is rolling through her competition, but there’s still a lot left to go before challenging for the title! Will Conti become a contender soon enough?

Lee Johnson w/ Dustin Rhodes VS Adam Priest!

Big Shotty was profiled as the first AEW Rising Star, and he’s going to prove he’s not done climbing the ranks! Will he do just that against the boy from Battleground?

The bell rings and the two circle fast as they feel out the grapple. They tie up, Priest gets an arm, wrenches to a wristlock, but Johnson rolls and handsprings to wrench and wring Priest out! Johnson wrenches again, hammerlocks then half nelsons to a snapmare! Johnson shifts to a chinlock, Priest gets up, but Johnson shifts around to a headlock and takeover! Priest headscissors, Johnson moves around to jackknife, TWO as Priest bridges up! Priest spins it around but Johnson turns the backslide against him! TWO, and Johnson arm-drags but Priest arm-drags back! The two stand off and fans cheer the exchange.

Johnson has the fans rallying for him as he circles with Priest again. Johnson offers a handshake, Priest takes it, but then Priest slaps Johnson! Johnson waistlocks, Priest switches and CLUBS him down, then drags Johnson up for a whip. Priest runs in and CHOPS Johnson, then brings him out to DECK him with a EuroUpper! Priest stomps Johnson, Johnson hits back with body shots but Priest still stomps him. Priest drags Johnson up, snap suplexes, and then covers, ONE!! Priest tries again, ONE! Fans cheer but Priest is annoyed. Johnson CHOPS, Priest BOOTS! Priest wrenches, wraps up the arm, and clubs Johnson to cravat, for a CRAVAT RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP! Cover, TWO!

Priest drops elbows on Johnson as fans rally up. Johnson goes to a corner, he CHOPS back, but Priest CHOPS and kicks and CHOPS again! Priest whips corner to corner, Johnson reverses and runs in to clothesline hard! Johnson whips the other way, runs in but blocks a boot! Priest enziguris and GERMAN SUPLEXES! Bridging cover, TWO! Fans fire up but Priest grows frustrated. Priest kicks Johnson around, drags him up but Johnson elbows Priest away to then hit a NECKBREAKER! Fans rally up, Johnson gets up and rallies with big clotheslines! Johnson whips but Priest reverses, only for Johnson to hold ropes. Priest runs but is sent out, Johnson FLIES! Direct hit and Johnson fires up!

Johnson gets Priest up, puts him in, reels him in, but Priest blocks the lift to back drop! Johnson tries to sunset flip but Priest sits on the cover, TWO! Johnson manages the sunset, TWO! Johnson high stacks, TWO to a dead lift and BUCKLE BOMB! Priest staggers into Johnson’s fisherman, pump handle, BRAIN DOG!! Cover, Johnson wins!

Winner: Lee Johnson, by pinfall

Now that’s a big finisher! Will that be what helps bring Johnson to bigger and better in AEW?

Backstage interview with Ryan Nemeth.

The Hollywood Hunk has a huge match tonight against Orange Cassidy. How is he getting prepared for someone of that caliber? Nemeth will be the first to admit Cassidy is cool. The hair, the shades, the all denim, the hands… in… No, no, Nemeth can’t even pretend. “As a trained, athletic, serious, professional wrestler, nothing disgusts and offends me more than someone like Orange Cassidy.” Cassidy may think he’s cool, but Nemeth will show him he’s no hunk.

The Varsity Blondes VS Fuego Del Sol & Jake St. Patrick!

Griff Garrison & Brian Pillman Jr. have gotten back on track, but still have a long way to go! Will their hot streak get hotter? Or will it be put out by the Fire of the Sun and JSP?

The teams sort out and the Ivy League MVP starts with Fuego. They circle, Fuego gets a waistlock but Griff switches and slams him down! Griff keeps on the waistlock, floats to a facelock, but Fuego fights up. Griff wrenches, headlocks, Fuego tries to power out but Griff holds on. Griff hits a takeover, but Fuego fights up again. Fuego tries but can’t power out, and Griff grinds harder. Fuego throws Griff off, dropkicks Griff, but Griff stays up to CLOBBER Fuego! JSP tags in and Bulletproof BPJ wants in. Griff tags, BPJ and JSP circle and tie up. BPJ waistlocks, slams JSP down and brings him around for knees and another slam!

BPJ shifts to a facelock, JSP slips out and rolls, but BPJ wrenches and yanks the arm! BPJ wrenches, wristlocks, yanks the arm, but JSP spins and back kicks! And front kicks! And wheel kicks! BPJ ends up in a corner, dodges JSP, and then runs in to clothesline! And CHOP! BPJ whips, JSP reverses, Griff tags in! BPJ runs, dodges JSP to feed him to Griff’s BOOT! Fuego goes to check on JSP before he gets in., Griff facelocks, tags BPJ and scoop SLAMS JSP to give BPJ a boost on the slingshot senton! Tag to Griff, BPJ returns the favor and Griff slingshot leg drops! Griff brings JSP up, tags BPJ back in, they double whip JSP to double elbow him down!

BPJ taunts Fuego with his mullet then slaps JSP around. JSP fights back but BPJ CHOPS him to the corner! And CHOPS him again! Tag to Griff, the Blondes double whip and Griff kicks low for BPJ to swinging neckbreaker! Griff drops a leg, brother! Cover, TWO! Griff keeps JSP from his corner, then brings him back to tag BPJ. BPJ runs in and clotheslines JSP! BPJ stomps JSP, but JSP throws forearms! JSP ROCKS Griff, but BPJ rolls back to get the HALF CRAB! BPJ keeps JSP from Fuego, then sits deep! JSP endures, fights up, rolls through and throws BPJ off! JSP dodges to tag Fuego! Fuego rallies, hits Griff, dodges BPJ then comes back to tilt-o-whirl headscissor BPJ into Griff!

Fuego gets BPJ, calls for it, but BPJ fights out and whips! Fuego goes up and over, Griff tags in, Fuego rams BPJ into the corner. Fuego rolls, goes up, ROCKS Griff again, and hits the TORNADO DDT on BPJ! But Griff is legal, and hits the ROLLING ELBOW! Cover, the Blondes win!

Winners: The Varsity Blondes, by pinfall

Fuego hit his signature move but on the wrong target! Will he ever get a win with the Tornado? As for Griff & BPJ, will they be heading up the tag team rankings to go for those titles?

Max Caster VS Ryzin!

Get ready for another diss track! “I’m Platinum Max, and I’m with the Acclaimed. Yo, Ryzin, you should get a different name. Y’know, somethin’ like ‘Bitch,’ y’know, somethin’ less lame. Or maybe like ‘Butter’ cuz you goin’ down the drain. You got a losing a streak, a streak in your beard, and I heard you go streakin’ cuz your weird. I’m so hot, I could attract your dad. Your red streak makes you look like a maxipad, ya little biiitch~!” Caster roasts Ryzin but will he be the one getting burned in this match?

The bell rings and Caster circles with Ryzin. The fans rally, they tie up, and Caster goes after an arm. Caster wrenches, wristlocks, but Ryzin slips through to headlock. Caster powers out but Ryzin runs him over! Ryzin speeds things up, Caster goes to hip toss but Ryzin blocks. Caster blocks Ryzin’s hip toss but Ryzin knees low, flips over and dropkicks Caster down! Ryzin KICKS Caster in the leg, stalks him to a corner, and KICKS him again! Ryzin runs but Caster LARIATS! Caster drags Ryzin up, wrenches, knuckle locks, and then brings Ryzin around to lift him and hotshot the arm! Fans boo as Caster storms up and throat chops Ryzin!

Caster wenches, grinds Ryzin and stomps the arm! Caster blows kisses but fans boo. Ryzin hits back with body shots and gets a leg to trip Caster up! Ryzin stomps the leg, steps through but Csater boots him into buckles! Caster wrenches an arm for a back drop! Wristlock and cover, TWO! Caster keeps on the arm, taunts Ryzin, but fans rally as Ryzin moves around. Ryzin gets a ropebreak with a foot, Caster lets off. Caster throws forearms, snapmares, then digs his knee into Ryzin’s back! Fans boo as Caster keylocks the arm and drags Ryzin to Shankly Gates! Ryzin powers out, covers, TWO! Ryzin KICKS Caster in the leg again, then KICKS again!

Caster SLAPS Ryzin, but Ryzin blocks the suplex! Ryzin reels Caster in to get a cradle! TWO!! Caster SLAMS Ryzin’s leg! Caster wrenches an arm, hammerlocks and shoots in, COMPLETE SHOT! Cover, TWO!! Caster tries again, TWO! Again, TWO! Caster KICKS Ryzin to a corner, drags him up and fans rally up. Caster wrenches and wrangles Ryzin down to another keylock but Ryzin endures. Ryzin fights up as fans rally, and he headscisosrs! Caster kips free then kicks low. Caster grabs Ryzin by his beard but Ryzin gets the leg for a DRAGON SCREW! Fans fire up as Ryzin brings Ryzin for the corner BULLDOG! Ryzin gives Caster last rites as he goes up and up and MOONSAULTS onto knees!

Caster arm-drags Ryzin then hits a HEADSHOT! And a KICK, back to SHANKLY GATES! Ryzin endures, scoots back to get the ropebreak, but Caster lets off at 4. Caster tries to suplex, but the leg gives out! He still ends up slamming Ryzin on his face, but Ryzin gets up to throw haymakers! Caster ducks to spin Ryzin, wrench and YANK, to then reel him in for a SNAP BRAINBUSTER! Caster isn’t done, he goes up top for the MIC DROP!! Cover, Caster wins!

Winner: Max Caster, by pinfall

Caster tucks Ryzin’s hands into his tights and stomps him! Is that some kind of message to Orange Cassidy? And even if it’s not, will Caster be rapping about all the stars of AEW soon enough?

This week’s AEW Rising Star: Red Velvet!

Growing up, her dad was a professional boxer. She’d watch him train, but didn’t think she was destined to be a boxer. She did want to be a fighter, but not in boxing. She was a professional dancer first, but because she loved pro-wrestling ever since she was 9, she gave it a try. 2015, she went to a wrestling school and hasn’t looked back. Cody Rhodes says Velvet wasn’t completely signed at first, but she came out to stake her claim. She called Jade Cargill out, Cody and Brandi are very impressed, and are looking forward to Velvet being a major player in AEW. During this time of a “dumb, awful pandemic,” Velvet is making it clear she’s not a substitute but a star.

Velvet knows she has experience, grit, passion and heart, and she will give it everything to take on everything coming her way. Will the rise of Red Velvet continue until she is the top of the mountain?

Leva Bates & Madi Wrenkowski VS Big Swole & Red Velvet!

The Librarian and Miss Reality have gone back and forth in 1v1 competition, but are being put together to see if that can make them a strong tag team. However, they’re up against a strong duo who have teamed and won before! Will Leva and Madi be able to have an impact on the top two contenders to the AEW Women’s World Championship?

The teams sort out and Velvet starts against Leva. They circle, shake hands, and then tie up. Leva headlocks, hits a  takeover, but Velvet headscissors. Leva kips out, Velvet arm-drags her but Leva arm-drags back and has an armlock. Fans cheer the exchange, Leva tags Madi in and they hand off the wrench to a wristlock. Madi yanks on the arm again and again, but Velvet rolls, kips up and wrenches, but Madi pokes her in the eye! Madi whips, Velvet comes back to CLOBBER Madi! Hot tags to Swole and Leva, and things speed up. Swole runs Leva over, flexes, then keeps moving. Leva drops, but Swole gets around to knee low. Swole snapmares and runs to EuroUpper in the back! Cover, TWO!

Swole keeps on Leva with a facelock and clubs her down. Leva jawbreakers free, kicks low then reels her in for a snap suplex! Cover, ONE! Leva drags Swole up, wrenches and wristlocks then tags in Madi. Madi gets the hand off again to bump Swole off buckles. Maid stomps, snapmares, and then runs but Swole tosses her away! Swole hits the BASEMENT SHOT! Cover, TWO! Swole is annoyed but she drags Madi up and around to club her in the back. Swole wraps Maid up in a straitjacket stretch, then SWINGS Madi around to SLAM her down! Cover, TWO! Madi survives but Swole drags Madi up. Madi throws body shots, she blocks the boot and makes Swole do the splits to KNEE her down!

Madi chokes Swole and Leva gets in to scold her, but the ref is busy with Leva! Madi chokes Swole more, reaches for a tag, but Leva doesn’t want to because of the cheating. So Madi grabs Leva’s book and SMACKS her with it! Leva is furious, but instead of attacking Madi, she storms off and leaves! Hot tag to Velvet and she rallies on Madi! Drop toehold to ropes and then a DOUBLE KNEE to the back! Leva cheers Velvet on as Velvet hits a standing moonsault! Cover, TWO! Velvet stirs it up, brings Madi up and bobs ‘n’ weaves to forearm, kick and HEEL KICK! Velvet runs for JUST DESSERTS! Cover, Velvet & Swole win!

Winners: Red Velvet & Big Swole, by pinfall

But wait! Here come the Vicious Vixens, and Jade Cargill! We knew these three were on the same page when Brandi Rhodes was around, so Swole and Velvet dare them to bring the fight! Will this battle happen when Vickie deems it the right time?

Backstage interview with Ethan Page.

All Ego faces Number 5 of the Dark Order, how has he prepared for him? How has he prepared for Number 5? The only numbers Ethan cares about are in his win-loss record. Ethan got his first win last week, and will just be adding to it! He’ll do two things tonight. One: win. And two: this is a favor to Dark Order, who don’t seem to like Number 5 in the first place, he’ll get rid of Alan Angels for them. Will Ethan keep racking up wins until he’s in the Top 5?

Ricky Starks & “Powerhouse” Will Hobbs w/ Hook VS Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs!

Brian Cage surprised all of us, but especially Team Taz, by showing respect to Sting! While The Machine is put aside for the moment, can the Absolute and the Powerhouse prove themselves a powerful combination?

The teams sort out, and Hobbs starts with Nelson. Hobbs powers Nelson right to a corner, RAMS into him again and again, then lets off as the ref counts. Hobbs grins and chuckles but Nelson ROCKS him! Hobbs grabs Nelson by his ears, pops him up to a fireman’s carry, but Nelson fights out! Nelson throws more forearms, but Hobbs puts him back in a corner! Nelson boots back, goes up top and leaps, but Hobbs POUNCES the flying tackle out of the air!! Hobbs hauls Nelson up, throws heavy body shots, then whips him into the Team Taz corner hard! Hobbs grins and then stands on Nelson before he tags in Starks.

Starks stomps Nelson, CHOPS him, then CHOPS him again. Starks whips Nelson but reels him in, only for Nelson to ROCK Starks! Nelson uppercuts but Starks grabs at him. Isaacs tags in, clubs Starks and wrenches to drive in shoulders. Isaacs fireman’s carries but Starks fights out and clamps onto shoulders. Isaacs elbows and whips but Starks CLOBBERS Isaacs! Starks hits a pose, kicks Isaacs to the ropes then clubs him down. Starks starts to toy with Isaacs but Isaacs hits back! Starks kicks Isaacs down, brings him up for a SLAP, and more slaps, but Isaacs blocks and BACK HANDS! Nelson tags in and Isaacs STUNNERS Starks for Nelson’s CROSSBODY! Cover, Hobbs breaks it!

Hobbs gets Isaacs for a SPINEBUSTER! The ref reprimands, Nelson goes after Starks and runs, but Hook trips Nelson up! Starks strikes a pose, gets Nelson up, for ROSHAMBEAUX!! Cover, Team Taz wins!

Winners: Ricky Starks & “Powerhouse” Will Hobbs, by pinfall

Hook gets an assist and Team Taz is climbing back from that brutal Street Fight defeat. But after wrecking the West Coast Wrecking Crew, will Team Taz look to tear into the rest of the AEW Tag Division?

AEW has another YouTube show coming in April!

It’ll be AEW Outside the Ring, hosted by Lexy Nair.

Danny Limelight VS Baron Black!

The “Radioactive Papi” and the EmpBRUH both want to be on the rise, so Elevation is the perfect place to battle it out! Who climbs over the other to get further up the mountain in AEW?

The bell rings and the two circle. They tie up, go around, and Limelight wrenches the arm. Baron spins, wrenches, wristlocks, but Limelight rolls to wrench back. Baron breaks free to CHOP hard! Limelight goes to ropes, Baron CHOPS him again! Baron whips, Limelight slips up and around to arm-drag! Limelight runs in at the corner, Baron tosses him up but Limelight headstands to boot Baron away! Limelight then adjusts, and springboards for a FLYING RANA! Baron bails out while fans cheer Limelight, and he builds speed to TORNILLO! Direct hit and Limelight does his dance! “AYE~ PAPI!” Limelight puts Baron in, climbs up top, and leaps again, into an atomic drop!

Baron pops Limelight up, Canadian Rack BACKBREAKER! Baron brings the straps down as Limelight staggers up, and Baron runs corner to corner to CYCLONE CLOTHESLINE! Then a NORTHERN LIGHTS! Cover, TWO! Limelight lives but Baron grits his teeth. Limelight CHOPS, Baron CHOPS, repeat! Baron BOOTS, reels Limelight into a straitjacket, and he drops back for a surfboard style stretch! Limelight endures, slips off and DOUBLE STOMPS! Both men are down but fans fire up! Limelight gets up first, Baron runs in but Limelight elbows him hard! Limelight boots and goes to the apron, then blocks to ENZIGURI!

Limelight goes up top as Baron staggers, but Baron gets under the leap! Limelight gets around to SNAP GERMAN! Limelight kips up and fires up and fans fire up with him! Baron sits up, blocks the buzzsaw and trips Limelight for a CLOVERLEAF! Limelight endures, fights around, and gets a ropebreak! The ref counts, Baron lets go, and is frustrated. Baron goes to the apron with Limelight, drags him up, and swings, but Limelight ducks the chop to POST Baron! Baron goes to the floor, Limelight PENALTY KICKS him down! then springboards to DOUBLE STOMP him!

Limelight gets Baron in, fires himself up, and runs in to wheelbarrow, victory roll to a REAR NAKED CHOKE! Or as Limelight calls it, Morir Soñando! Baron taps, Limelight wins!

Winner: Danny Limelight, by submission

Limelight makes sure Baron got #ToDieDreaming, and now he’s ready to climb! How far will Limelight go and how bright will he shine?

Orange Cassidy w/ Chuck Taylor VS Ryan Nemeth!

Freshly Squeezed and the Kentucky Gentleman are preparing for one final showdown with The Best Man and Superbad Kip Sabian on Dynamite. But will the Hollywood Hunk prove to be more than a tune-up for the King of Sloth Style?

The bell rings and Nemeth is impatient with Cassidy. Cassidy goes to put hands in his pockets but Nemeth gets a waistlock first! Nemeth throws Cassidy down, then brings him up to throw him down again! Nemeth brings Cassidy up, Cassidy reaches around but Nemeth keeps his legs away. Cassidy gets his hands in his pockets! And he wiggles down, gets a victory roll, TWO! Nemeth scowls as he circles with Cassidy. Cassidy baits Nemeth with the hands in pockets, gets around to hook, wrench, slip around, hook and slip around again, and arm-drag Nemeth! Then Cassidy springboards to arm-drag again! And then Cassidy lounges on the mat!

Nemeth runs in but Cassidy avoids the elbow drops! Cassidy bails out, goes to put his hands in his pockets but again that’s just bait. Nemeth chases, Cassidy gets back in the ring, and gets his hands in his pockets! Cassidy jumps over, dropkicks and kips up! Cassidy takes off the armband because he’s getting serious, and he leaps, but Nemeth catches him for a HARD back suplex! Cover, ONE, but Nemeth rains down rights! Nemeth swivels the hips, drives Cassidy into the mat, then drops a fist! Nemeth claws Cassidy’s face, punches him down, and fans rally up as Nemeth whips corner to corner. Cassidy bounces off buckles, Nemeth shows off the hips again, and then RAMS into Cassidy!

Nemeth throws knees over and over into Cassidy, wraps an arm around ropes and pulls! The ref counts, Nemeth lets go and brings Cassidy around to hip toss hard! Nemeth slams Cassidy’s arm on the mat, swivels his hips and slams the arm down again! Cover, TWO! Nemeth drags Cassidy up, whips him to the corner again, and Cassidy bounces off the buckles. Nemeth brings Cassidy up to whip, Cassidy goes up and out and then ducks to bump Nemeth off buckles! And then off more buckles! Cassidy goes up top and leaps for a CROSSBODY! Cassidy runs, dodges and tilt-o-whirls for a- No, the arm holds him back! Nemeth hits an ARM CODE BREAKER, then WRINGS Cassidy out!

Nemeth hammerlocks the arm and cranks on it! Nemeth leans all his weight on the arm with a headstand, then shifts sides to pull harder. Nemeth stomps Cassidy at the ropes but the ref has him back off. Nemeth waits for Cassidy to stand, and he runs in, but no satellite DDT! Nemeth dropkicks Cassidy, then goes for another, but Cassidy gets around to run! Tilt-o-whirl DDT! Cover, TWO! Fans fire up for Cassidy as he climbs up and leaps, but into a dropkick! Nemeth leaps for the SATELLITE DDT! Cover, TWO!! Cassidy survives but Nemeth is right on him, Rude- No! No awakening, Cassidy rolls Nemeth into the Mouse Trap! Cassidy wins!!

Winner: Orange Cassidy, by pinfall

Freshly Squeezed found a way to win, but Nemeth gets him with the NECKBREAKER! Chuck rushes the ring to attack Nemeth with haymakers and stomps! But JD Drake gets in!? Drake wants payback for the Dark match loss to Chuck and CLOBBERS him! Is JD suddenly a friend of the Hunk? As for Cassidy, he won but got attacked, how will he be feeling going into the Arcade Cabinet match with Miro and Kip?

Ethan Page VS Alan Angels w/ The Dark Order!

We heard from All Ego earlier, but now Number 5 gets to respond with actions! Will Angels quickly change Ethan’s direction by putting a number in the loss column? Or is Ethan putting a Number on the sidelines?

The bell rings and Angels circles with Ethan. They tie up, Ethan powers Angels to a corner, the ref counts but Ethan lets off. Ethan pats Angels on the head, but fans boo. Angels and Ethan circle, tie up, and Ethan powers Angels back. Angels turns things around to put Ethan in the corner and then lets off. Angels pats Ethan on the head, Ethan gets mad but Angels wrenches! Ethan whips, Angels goes up and over to wrench and drag Ethan down! Ethan fights up, knees low, and whips Angels to the apron. Angels lands safe, shoulders in and slingshots over to wrench again! Ethan scoops to SLAM Angels down! Fans boo but Ethan keeps himself calm as he runs in.

Angels goes up and over and runs, dodges and RANAS! Angels keeps going to corner clothesline, then rains down fists! He gets 5, then flips back to dropkick Ethan down! Angels goes corner to corner but Ethan BOOTS back! Ethan bumps Angels off buckles, throws him down and runs him over! Fans boo but Ethan soaks up the heat. Ethan drags Angels up, wraps him against ropes, and CHOPS him! Ethan whips Angels, Angels tilt-o-whirls and Russian Leg Sweeps! Cover, TWO! Ethan scrambles away, Angels runs at the ropes, but Ethan moves and Angels only gets ropes! Angels is dazed, Ethan drags him up and through the ropes, underhooks for the DRAPING BACKBREAKER!

Ethan wraps Angels up in a rear bearhug but Angels endures. Angels fights up, throws elbows, but Ethan squeezes tighter. Angels elbows free, bell slaps, then fires off haymakers! Angels KICKS, KICKS and KICKS, and keeps on giving KICKS, to then miss the buzzsaw! Ethan runs but Angels clobbers him with an elbow! Angels whips, Ethan reverses but Angels goes up and over to enziguri! Angels has Ethan on the ropes again and runs, for the CROSSBODY! Angels gets Ethan for STANDING SLICED BREAD! Cover, TWO!! Ethan survives and Angels can’t believe it! But fans rally up and Angels fires up!

Angels aims from a corner, strikes the Dark Order pose, then clamps onto the arms! Ethan fights and arm-drags Angels away, to then scoop. Angels slips off, waistlocks, Ethan elbows and ROUNDHOUSES, then scoops for a POWERSLAM! Cover, TWO!! Angels lives and Ethan is shocked! Ethan drags Angels up, fans rally and sing, but Ethan reels Angels in. Angels is dead weight but Ethan still gets him up to the crucifix. Angels fights out, mule kicks then moonsaults over! Angels ducks a kick to HEEL KICK, but Ethan LARIATS! Ethan gets the crucifix, for THE EGO’S EDGE! Cover, Ethan wins!

Winner: Ethan Page, by pinfall

In 1v1, Ethan is 2-0, and gets the 1-2-3 on Number 5. But will All Ego prove he’s Number ONE in All Elite Wrestling?

But Ethan gets a mic and even condescends to Justin Roberts for not getting the mic to him right. Ethan says everyone watching at home is nice, but how about a message for his future competition watching ringside! You don’t need to give him money or praise, but you just got a lesson in how to be the best pro-wrestler for free! YOU’RE WLEOCME! And now, to everyone watching at home, get used to seeing this beautiful face and all the wins he’s going to rack up! All Ego Ethan Page is going to be here for a very, very long time!

Ryo Mizunami VS Leyla Hirsch!

Aneki won the Women’s Title Eliminator Tournament, but could not win the title itself at Revolution! But will she be able to redeem herself tonight against some #LEGIT competition?

The bell rings and Ryo circles with Leyla. Fans rally up, they tie up, and are in a deadlock. Ryo pushes Leyla back, Leyla puts Ryo on ropes, and Leyla throws a forearm! Ryo shrugs that off but Leyla fires off more forearms! Ryo kicks low, whips but Leyla rams her with a shoulder! Ryo eggs Leyla on, Leyla runs and rams again! Ryo and Leyla egg each other on, Ryo runs but Leyla clotheslines! Leyla runs but Ryo runs her over! Ryo whips Leyla, runs her over again, and fires up! The fans fire up with Ryo as she clubs Leyla, CHOPS her, but Leyla eggs her on. Ryo CHOPS, CHOPS, and fires off machine gun chops in the corner!

The ref counts, Ryo lets off and apologizes, but then does her dance, to CHOP again! Fans fire up with Aneki, she pantomimes, but Leyla runs in to CLOB her! Leyla RAMS Ryo into the corner, throws forearms, but Ryo eggs her on! Leyla trips Ryo, runs and METEORAS! Then SWINGS, but Ryo catches her to RAM her back in! Ryo drags Leyla up to CLUB her down, then scoops her for a SLAM! And drops a leg! Cover, TWO! Ryo keeps on Leyla with a camel clutch! Leyla endures, fans rally up, and Leyla gets an arm free to slip out. Ryo stomps Leyla down, and fans rally up again. Leyla hits back with forearms but Ryo hits back!

Ryo brings Leyla up, scoops but Leyla slips out. Leyla HEADBUTTS! Both women stagger, but Leyla runs in to clothesline! Leyla puts Ryo up top, Ryo fights back but Leyla throws body shots and a headbutt to the stomach! Ryo pushes Leyla away, adjusts, but Leyla gets up and climbs to SUPER STEINER! Ryo staggers into a KNEE! Leyla hits  a GERMAN SUPLEX! Leyla fires up, fans also fire up, and Ryo gets up, for Leyla to springboard arm-drag to an ARMBAR! But Ryo blocks! Ryo stands up, scoots back and gets the ropebreak! Leyla lets go, fires off forearms again, but Ryo pushes her back for forearms of her own, and a back hand to LARIAT!

Fans fire up, Ryo wants Leyla to rise up! Leyla does rise, but she blocks the lariat to LARIAT back! And again! Ryo stays up, but Leyla keeps hitting! Ryo CLOBBERS Leyla right back! And then drops the leg, brother! Cover, TWO, but into the KATAGATAMI!! Ryo has the head ‘n’ arm triangle, but Leyla rolls out! Leyla hooks Ryo up for a takedown to another ARMBAR! Ryo fights, Leyla stomps her, Ryo gets up and gets through but Leyla makes it a triangle hold! Ryo gets a cover out of it, TWO, and she dead lifts to BOMB Leyla down! Fans fire up again as Leyla CLOBBERS Ryo! Cover, TWO!! Ryo still lives but Leyla SLAPS her! Leyla runs to LARIAT again! Cover, TWO!!

Leyla drags Ryo up by a wristlock, reels her in, OLYMPIC SLAM!! Cover, TWO!! KATAGATAMI!!! Leyla rolls around but Ryo uses that to roll Leyla! Leyla taps, Ryo wins!!

Winner: Ryo Mizunami, by submission

Aneki is victorious! Will this #LEGIT win be what helps Ryo climb up and earn another shot at the AEW Women’s World Championship?

My Thoughts:

A very good second episode. Last week being two hours was quite daunting, but this coming in at 85 minutes was a bit better. Ten matches is a much better card, honestly, but most of them were still rather standard Dark formula, especially with “jobber entrances” being used for the sake of trimming this down. I feel like Elevation needs to be used for stories that don’t have time on Dynamite, this is still some filler. The one that could’ve gone either way on paper was Limelight VS Baron Black, but it’s great to see that Limelight is moving up to being one of those “established names.” He even has a nickname now! I hope he gets to be at least a TNT Championship challenger.

Hell, with as many people as AEW is featuring every single week, is there going to be an AEW Dark Championship? An AEW Junior Heavyweight Championship to parallel NJPW having a Junior Heavyweight Division? A guy like Limelight could totally surge up in a division like that. The “Triple Main Event” was alright, I don’t think either match was all that long, but I do find JD Drake going after Chuck an interesting detail to Cassidy VS Nemeth. Ethan does great on the mic both before and after a solid match with Angels, he’ll definitely be a TNT Champion at some point. And Ryo VS Leyla was very good, deserving of being the main event. Ryo seems to be sticking around so winning makes sense. She’ll probably build in the background of whatever happens with the title.

My Score: 8.2/10