It’s a golden Dark for Charlotte, North Carolina!

What a MASSIVE Dark! 14 matches, and the AEW World Champion, Hangman Page, is in action! Is Dark ready for some Cowboy Shizz?!

OFFICIAL RESULTS

• Captain Shawn Dean VS Liam Cross; Dean wins.
• Anthony Ogogo VS Baron Black; Ogogo wins.
• Red Velvet VS Shalonce Royal; Velvet wins.
• Six Man Tag: Gunn Club VS Patrick Scott, Marcus Kross & T.I.M; Gunn Club wins.
• TayJay VS The Renegade Sisters; TayJay wins.
• Orange Cassidy VS JD Drake w/ masked wrestlers; Cassidy wins.
• Dante Martin VS Aaron Solo; Martin wins.
• Eddie Kingston VS Joey Janela w/ Kayla Rossi; Kingston wins.
• Thunder Rosa VS Kasey Fox; Rosa wins.
• “Powerhouse” Will Hobbs VS Alexander Moss; Hobbs wins.
• Daniel Garcia VS Fuego Del Sol; Garcia wins.
• AEW TBS Championship Eliminator: Jade Cargill w/ Matt Sterling VS Skye Blue; Cargill wins and denies Skye a title match.
• AEW World Tag Team Championship Eliminator Match: Jurassic Express VS QT Marshall & Nick Comoroto; Jurassic Express wins and denies Marshall & Comoroto a title match.
• Six Man Tag: Hangman Page, Alan Angels & Preston Vance VS Matt Hardy, Isiah Kassidy & Serpentico; Hangman, Angels & Vance win.

QUICK NOTES

Quite the line-up for Dark. All members of The Factory are in action, Shawn Dean’s here after his DQ win over MJF, Jurassic Express is here after winning the tag titles, as well as Jade Cargill after winning the TBS Championship. Garcia is going after Fuego as a proxy for Sammy, and THE AEW World Champion is in action alongside his buddies in the Dark Order, visiting his old feud with Matt Hardy. I would love if they revisited that on Dynamite since the HFO is still around. Also, if you go by social media, apparently Serpentico could take Jora Johl’s place in the faction if their trio wins. So I doubt they’re winning.

AFTER WATCHING

All good matches on this stacked, hour-and-40-minute episode. It was clever for Austin & Colten to get upset over “Ass Boys” and leave Billy in a 3v1 Handicap that he still won. Good promos from Matt Hardy, Daniel Garcia and The Factory  to give some context to tonight’s matches. Hardy especially, with a deal being made between him and Tony Khan that the Six Man comes with the stipulation that if HFO wins, Hardy gets an AEW World Championship match for Dynamite. Also I just realized that even though the faction is “The Wingmen,” their tron still has “The Pretty Picture” in it. And it’s been like, almost a year. AEW needs to get some of these smaller details fixed.

Did not know Kingston VS Janela happened here for the first time anywhere, that makes this episode historic just on that and a definite must-see there. Good wins for Dante and Hobbs before they collide on Dynamite, and a good win for Rosa as she’s on her way back up. I’m hoping they find a way to give us Rosa VS Britt for the title this time. And speaking of the titles, great arranging for the three matches with champions in them to be the final three matches. In fact, to commemorate this stacked episode…

PLAY BY PLAY

AEW TBS Championship Eliminator: Jade Cargill w/ Matt Sterling VS Skye Blue!

#ThatBitchShow is only doing this for that big paycheck that AEW gave her. But will this be a big shocker when the young and hungry contender punches a golden ticket for Dynamite?

The bell rings and the two circle. Skye dodges Jade’s grasp, then again to waistlock. Jade smirks and throws Skye right off, then kisses the biceps. Skye and Jade circle again, tie up, and Skye gets the arm. Jade pulls hair, the ref reprimands but Skye PELES! Skye runs, into a BOOT! Jade flexes again, Skye goes to the apron, and Jade runs in. Skye hotshots Jade back! Skye ROUNDHOUSES, climbs up, and leaps, but Jade catches her! Jade says nope with the FALL AWAY SLAM! Jade kips up, fans fire up, and Jade stomps Skye down. Jade fireman’s carries, but she talks too much smack and Skye slips off to fire off forearms! Jade shoves her, Skye SUPERKICKS back!

Skye runs, uses the ropes to go up and wheelbarrow, but into chicken wings! JADED!! Cover, Jade wins!

Winner: Jade Cargill, by pinfall (Skye does NOT get a title opportunity)

Back to the end of the line for Skye! Will Jade look to cross off every contender until she’s the top champion in AEW?

AEW World Tag Team Championship Eliminator Match: Jurassic Express VS QT Marshall & Nick Comoroto!

Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus just got these titles, but they don’t mind taking on contenders already. The Factory’s leader and his Freak Beast Wrecking Ball want some gold, will they beat the champions to prove they are worthy?

The teams sort out, JB starts against QT, and fans still sing Tarzan Life for Jurassic Express. QT is annoyed that the fans are cheering for Luchasaurus, so he kicks JB low! QT CLUBS JB, mocks the fans, then brings JB up to whip to ropes. JB slips off the scoop, wrenches and CHOPS, then knuckle locks, but QT throws JB down by his hair! The ref reprimands but QT soaks up the heat. QT runs but into a BOOT! JB knuckle locks, CHOPS, kicks, CHOPS again, then goes up and up and rebounds to arm-drag! And dropkick! Comoroto gets in, JB dodges to dropkick him out! Fans fire up as JB kips up, but QT CLOBBERS JB from behind!

JB gets up, QT brings him around and ROCKS him with a right. Tag to Comoroto, The Factory mugs JB, then Comoroto throws elbows. Comoroto scoops and SLAMS JB, runs and drops a BIG elbow! Cover, TWO! Comoroto drags JB up, JB hits back but Comoroto CLUBS him. Tag to QT, and QT takes his time getting in before The Factory mugs JB again. QT brings JB up but JB hits back so QT CLUBS him down. QT brings JB around, taunts the fans, but JB hits back again. QT throws a haymaker, whips and elbows JB down, then covers, TWO! QT tags Comoroto, The Factory mug JB more, then Comoroto scoops to BACKBREAKER! Cover, TWO!

Comoroto keeps on JB with a neck wrench, but fans rally up. JB fights to his feet, throws body shots, but Comoroto whips, COMEBACKER from JB! QT tags in, he keeps JB from Luchasaurus! QT taunts Luchasaurus, suplexes JB but JB RANAS free! JB then dodges QT to tag in Luchasaurus! Fans fire up as the wrestling dinosaur rallies on The Factory! Luchasaurus tosses QT to a corner and fires off big hands! Comoroto runs in but is sent into QT! Luchasaurus fireman’s carries, Comoroto slips off but Luchasaurus backs him into buckles! Luchasaurus then HEADBUTTS Comoroto!

Luchasaurus sees The Factory is in opposite corners, and he runs corner to corner to back elbow Comoroto! Then back elbow for QT! Then back to Comoroto! QT dodges, but Luchasaurus DOUBLE LARIATS The Factory! Fans fire up and Luchasaurus choke grips each of them. But Comoroto pries free, as does QT! But Luchasaurus handsprings to dodge, TAIL WHIP for Comoroto, ROUNDHOUSE for QT! CHOKE- NO! QT slips out to ENZIGURI! Luchasaurus staggers, QT goes for the cutter but gets sent into JB’s SUPERKICK! Comoroto BOOTS JB, he and Luchasaurus DOUBLE LARIAT! Both men are down and fans are fired up!

A standing count starts as Luchasaurus and QT crawl. Hot tags to Comoroto and JB! JB dodges Comoroto, DECKS QT, then dodges Comoroto again to slide in, slip out and shoulder in. Slingshot, but QAT gets in to pop-up FOREARM! SPEAR from Comoroto! QT SUPERKICKS Luchasaurus while Comoroto covers, TWO!! The Factory can’t believe it! But Comoroto gets JB up, trophy lifts him, and QT runs, but Luchasaurus dumps him out! JB slips off, dodges Comoroto, tag as JB FLIES To take out QT! Comoroto runs into a BOOT! Luchasaurus rolls to SPIKE-RANA! JB hits the step-in DDT! Cover, TWO!!

Fans are fired up and Luchasaurus drags Comoroto back up. Comoroto throws a haymaker, so does Luchasaurus! Fans rally as these two brawl with big hands! Luchasaurus BOOTS, Comoroto rebounds to RAM Luchasaurus, and fireman’s carry! But Luchasaurus slips off, shoves and TAIL WHIPS! Comoroto staggers into a fireman’s carry, THE CRATER! JB leaps over to give QT a DESTROYER! Luchasaurus covers, Jurassic Express wins!

Winners: Jurassic Express, by pinfall (The Factory does NOT get a title opportunity)

Another big win for Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus, and the Jurassic Express is rolling on as new tag team champions! Who will be next up on the tracks for them to run into?

Six Man Tag: Hangman Page, Alan Angels & Preston Vance VS Matt Hardy, Isiah Kassidy & Serpentico!

The AEW World Champion is here alongside Number 5 and Number 10 for a big main event! But will enlisting the services of SNAKEMAN help Big Money Matt get a big money title match on Dynamite? Or will Dark end with some serious Cowboy Sh*t?

The trios sort out, Angels starts against Kassidy but fans are all fired up for “COWBOY SH*T!” Kassidy and Angels circle, they tie up, and Kassidy powers Angels to a corner. Angels goes up the corner, then jumps to arm-drag Kassidy away. Kassidy comes back, Angels whips but Kassidy arm-drags. Angels avoids the dropkick, rolls Kassidy up, TWO! Kassidy schoolboy bridges, TWO! Angels side steps, Kassidy RANAS, and Angels ends up in a corner. Kassidy mocks the Dark Order, runs corner to corner but Angels goes up and over. Things keep moving, Angels calf kicks Kassidy down! And then an arm-drag!

Angels keeps on Kassidy with an armlock, Kassidy fights up but Vance tags in. He and Angels double whip, scoop, and work together, INVERTED DDT SIDEWALK SLAM COMBO! Cover, TWO! Vance whips, Serpentico tags in, Serpentico CLUBS Vance but Vance doesn’t move. Serpentico CHOPS, but he hurts his hand! Vance swings, Serpentico dodges and wheelbarrows, but Vance slingshots him off ropes for a GERMAN! Fans fire up, Serpentico dodges Vance and comes back, but Vance spins him for an OVERHEAD Belly2Belly! Then a corner clothesline, and a stalling suplex! Vance of course holds until 10, before letting Hangman tag in!

Hangman gets a handoff and he holds Serpentico up for 10 before the SLAM! Fans fire up, Hangman drags Serpentico up to CHOP him to a corner. Serpentico staggers, Hangman CHOPS him to another corner. Serpentico avoids a chop to CHOP and CHOP but Hangman just walks into them. Hangman puts Serpentico in a corner, Serpentico boots back, but Hangman still CHOPS! Hangman whips corner to corner, runs and clotheslines, then reels Serpentico in for a short arm LARIAT! Serpentico flounders, Hangman brings him up to CHOP him again. Hangman whips, Serpentico reverses and Hardy swipes at Hangman!

Serpentico tags Kassidy and they mug Hangman! Fans boo but Kassidy and Serpentico double whip. Hangman breaks the line, runs Kassidy over then suplexes Serpentico onto Kassidy! Cover, TWO! Tag to Angels, they mug Kassidy, and they double whip Kassidy for a double elbow! Angels and Hangman coordinate, SHOOTING STAR SPLASH COMBO! Cover, TWO! Angels drags Kassidy up and whips Kassidy to a corner, to then stomp and rain down fists! Fans count to 5, Angels back flips and CHOPS to then snap suplex! Cover, Serpentico breaks it! Serpentico flips Angels off, then runs away!

Angels chases Serpentico, Hardy waits to BOOT Angels down! And whip him into railing! Hardy puts Angels in, Kassidy tags Hardy in. Fans fire up for Hardy as he goes up, Kassidy holds Angels, Hardy drops an elbow on Angel’s back! Hardy talks trash, bumps Angels off buckles, and fans chant, “DELETE! DELETE!” with each one. Hardy hits all three levels, and then fires up with the fans. Hardy brings Angels around, snap suplex, then covers, TWO! Hardy drags Angels up, tags Kassidy, and they double whip Angels to a corner. Hardy sets up, Kassidy runs, POETRY IN MOTION! Then a snap suplex from Kassidy, he covers, TWO!

Kassidy snapmares Angels, goes out then slingshots in for the senton! And he double guns to show off. Kassidy drags Angels up, bumps him off buckles, and Hardy wants them to “POUND THAT ASS!” Kassidy fires off on Angels, tags in Serpentico, and Serpentico is used as a weapon to SMACK Angels on the back! Both men are down, Angels and Serpentico crawl, but Serpentico drops an elbow on Angels’ back. Serpentico drags Angels over, tags Kassidy, and then CLUBS Angels again. They double whip Angels at the corner, but he hits Hardy down! Angels BOOTS Serpentico, elbows Kassidy, but they catch Angels as he jumps!

Serpentico and Kassidy put Angels up top but he fights them off! Angels then goes up to DOUBLE CROSSBODY! All three are down, Angels crawls, hot tag to Vance! Vance rallies on Kassidy and Serpentico, BOOTS Kassidy in one corner, BOOTS Hardy off his corner, and BOOTS Serpentico in the third! SPINEBUSTER for Kassidy! Fans fire up and Vance drags Kassidy up into the TOP TEN FULL NELSON! But Hardy gets in to CLUB Vance for a NECKBREAKER! Kassidy dropkicks Vance to a corner, tags in Serpentico, and they set up. Serpentico runs, SNAKEMAN IN MOTION! But Vance catches him to SLAM him onto Kassidy!

Hardy hurries back in and he keeps Vance from Hangman. But Vance gets around BLUE THUNDER BOMB! Hot tag to Hangman! Hangman rallies on SNAKEMAN, and he whips to BACK DROP! Hangman whips again, Serpentico reverses but Hangman holds ropes. Hangman DEKCS Hardy, scoops Serpentico, FALL AWAY SLAM! Hangman kips up to PLANCHA Hardy! Kassidy saves Serpentico from the Buckshot but Angels ASAI MOONSAULTS them down! Angels feeds Serpentico to Hangman for the DEATH VALLEY DRIVER! Cover, Hardy breaks it! Hardy fires off hands on Hangman, Angels gets in and the ref argues with him.

Hardy drags Serpentico over in the distraction and he tags in. Hardy brings Hangman up but gets a BOOT! Angels tags in, Hardy JAWBREAKERS Hangman and ROCKS Angels! “DELETE! DELETE!” Hardy reels Hangman in, but no Twist! Hangman kicks back and steals TWIST OF FATE! Angels hits a FROG SPLASH! Cover, TWO!?! Hardy survives and Angels can’t believe it! But Angels decides to drag Hardy to another drop zone and he goes up top. Fans fire up but Kassidy GAMANGIRIS Angels! Hardy has the crucifix, for a SPLASH MOUNTAIN! cover, Vance breaks it! Kassidy goes after Vance, but Vance shoves him, back suplexes, but Kassidy lands on his feet!

Kassidy boots and SCREW HIGH KICKS! Angels tags Hangman, Kassidy runs into a pop-up, RANA but Hangman blocks! Hangman flips Kassidy to his feet for a ROLLING ELBOW! Hangman clotheslines Kassidy out, Hardy kicks low! Still no Twist! Serpentico tags in before Hardy is thrown out! Serpentico climbs as Angels and Vance reinforce Hangman. Serpentico realizes the numbers aren’t in his favor but he says a quick prayer and LEAPS, to FLOP as everyone moves. WING SNAPPER, FULL NELSON, and then a feed to the POP-UP POWERBOMB! Hangman loads up on the apron, slingshot to the BUCKSHOT! Cover, Hangman & the Dark Order win!

Winners: Hangman Page, Alan Angels & Preston Vance, by pinfall

That deal Hardy made with Tony Khan doesn’t matter now, because Hardy did not win! If not Big Money Matt, then who is next for Hangman and that AEW World Championship?