A hardy half-dozen for Dark: Elevation!

In the background of AEW Fight for the Fallen, Dark: Elevation flexes their six pack! Darby Allin takes on Bear Bronson to show he is still Relentless!

OFFICIAL RESULTS

• Red Velvet VS Angelica Risk; Velvet wins.
• Lee Johnson w/ Dustin Rhodes VS Marcus Kross; Johnson wins.
• Kris Statlander w/ Best Friends VS Ashley D’Amboise; Statlander wins.
• Aaron Solo & Nick Comoroto w/ QT Marshall VS Rosario Grillo & Hunter Knott; Solo & Comoroto win.
• Yuka Sakazaki VS Dani Jordyn; Sakazaki wins.
• Darby Allin w/ Sting VS Bear Bronson w/ Bear Boulder; Allin wins.

MY THOUGHTS

While I fully intended to do this as Play By Play since it is only six matches for 45 minutes, things got away from me so it’s still My Thoughts for now. Eddie Kingston on commentary is great again, as was Paul Wight stuck in a Wingmen “Hot Boy Summer” shirt as punishment for losing a kayfabe bet. Great to see David Crockett, too, at around 16 minutes. Velvet makes for a great opener, “Angelica Risk” is a great name and gets a good showing in her AEW debut. Didn’t think she’d twerk, either. Velvet stays strong at the edge of the Top 5, and will be waiting just outside the title scene.

Big Shotty Lee gets a good, fast win to get momentum for Dynamite’s TNT title match. I can see Johnson doing incredibly well, but not winning against Miro. Speaking of which, great surprise appearance of Miro to again use intimidation tactics and give a great promo. Kris Statlander has a very good promo ahead of her match, finally giving us a bit more of her character, “and it just works.” And of course, she gets a great win to maintain her top 3 spot. D’Amboise did get a great showing in terms of her agility, but Statlander does even more. The Factory of course get a win to keep going while not really having direction. #ThanksCody.

Magical Girl VS Mean Girl feels like it should’ve been a thing sooner, and could even be a midcard feud for the Women’s Division. That Burn Book looks like it’s seen better days. Fans love Yuka, Yuka loves the fans, she’s definitely going to get on a roll in AEW, but Jordyn had a great showing, too. And of course, Darby VS Bear Bronson was a great main event. And if Boulder’s suited up, I hope that means Bear Country gets back into the tag division race. As I’ve said for Bronson, Bear Country can be big time because they’re big and they know their characters. Darby starting off fast was great, that’s his advantage over Bronson, even if Bronson is quick for a big guy.

Darby’s fourth of the top five, he can definitely be waiting in the shadows of the world title scene. With the Fight for the Fallen loss Hangman had confirming AEW changing plans for right now, Darby could find himself chosen for All Out, or Christian Cage, even though I still personally feel AEW shouldn’t have changed those plans for Omega VS Hangman, regardless of who is coming in (Daniel Bryan and CM Punk). But good for Darby if it can get him back up to a title shot.

My Score: 8.4/10