Popular indie wrestler Billie Starkz will make her AEW debut on Tuesday’s nine-match edition of Dark.
The 18-year-old will face Red Velvet in the latter’s first singles match since June due to an injury. She returned in trios action along with TBS Champion Jade Cargill and Lelia Grey earlier this month.
After recently debuting in Japan this year, Starkz will also make her MLW debut this January.
Standout tag team The WorkHorsemen (JD Drake & Anthony Henry) will look to pick up a needed win as they face The Hughes Brothers, the sons of WWE Hall-of-Famer D-Von Dudley.
The Iron Savages (the former Bear Country) will make their AEW return for the first time since October as they face Brandon Bullock & Jameson Ryan.
In one of the show’s featured matches, newly-signed AR Fox will face Slim J of The Trustbusters.
Here’s the full lineup, taped earlier this month at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida:
This week’s AEW Dark was filmed last Saturday at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida.
Kenny Omega defeated Hagane Shinno
This was Omega’s first match on Dark since January 2020.
Omega took down Shinno with a shoulderblock after the two grappled for the first few moments of the bout. Shinno responded by taking down Omega with his own shoulderblock, which prompted “The Cleaner” to retreat to the outside.
Shinno tried to dive onto Omega on the outside, but Omega caught him and positioned him for a One Winged Angel. However, Shinno escaped by climbing onto the stage and diving onto Omega.
As the match transitioned back in the ring, Omega had full control. After power bombing him into the turnbuckle, Omega threw Shinno back to the outside and sent him headfirst into the barricade.
After both men went back between the ropes, Omega still had control. A striking battle ensued which allowed Shinno to get the upper hand with his educated feet. After nailing him with a DDT, Shinno took out Omega on the floor with a fantastic moonsault.
A few moments later, Omega and Shinno ended up on the second turnbuckle. This allowed Omega to nail Shinno with a V-Trigger while he was positioned on the top rope. Shinno responded by hitting Omega with a leg sweep flatliner for a near fall.
After some more back and forth, Omega hit Shinno with another V-Trigger which was followed up by a One Winged Angel which was followed by a pinfall.
This was Andretti’s first match since his upset win over Chris Jericho last Wednesday on Dynamite.
Khash tried to control Andretti with a wristlock early, but Andretti responded with his own wristlock. Andretti spent most of the short match trying to escape from Khash’s mat-based style. This benefited him in the end as he was able to nail a running shooting star press on Khash for another victory.
Marina Shafir defeated Angelica Risk
As is the standard with most of her matches, Shafir quickly submitted Risk with a armbar after Risk attempted to take her to the mat. This was Shafir’s second victory in as many nights.
Parker Boudreaux defeated Gus De La Vega
This was Boudreaux’s first match of any kind since August.
The crowd was behind Vega early, but that didn’t matter as Boudreaux choked him in the corner before nailing him with a gut punch. After Vega attempted a crossbody, Boudreaux caught him and chucked him into the top turnbuckle. Moments later, Boudreaux pinned Vega after a back body drop.
Angelico & Chaos Project defeated Jay Marte, Jarett Diaz & Richard Adonis
Angelico started with Diaz with Serpentico later coming in to deliver a chop to Diaz before nailing him with a dropkick. After controlling the bout for a small amount of time, Serpentico delivered a superkick. This allowed both guys to make the hot tag to their respective partners in Luther and Adonis.
Luther took out the entire opposing team before tagging in Angelico. Moments later, Angelico submitted Adonis with his Navarro Death Roll submission.
After the match, Tony Schiavone revealed that Angelico and Chaos Project are now a trio known as the Spanish Announce Project.
Julia Hart defeated Sahara Seven
After delivering a thrust kick to Seven, Hart quickly motioned to submit her opponent with her Heartless submission hold. She now has a fifteen-match winning streak dating back to April.
Jeff Jarrett & Satnam Singh defeated Dean Alexander & Rosario Grillo
Jarrett cut a promo before the match about how he brought extra body bags for his opponents. This was his first appearance at Soundstage 19 since 2015 in the Impact/TNA days.
Singh blasted Alexander and Grillo at the bell by simply running into them after Jarrett’s words. Jarrett came in and took down Alexander, prompting Grillo to enter. After taking down Grillo with a shoulderblock of his own, Jarrett hit his signature strut.
Singh came back in and delivered a double chokeslam to both Alexander and Grillo. Moments later, Jarrett hit Alexander with The Stroke for the win.
After the match, Jarrett cut another promo and talked about his motivations for attacking AEW Tag Team Champions The Acclaimed this past Wednesday.
The Wingmen (Peter Avalon & Ryan Nemeth) (w/ Cezar Bononi) defeated Sage Scott & Jake St. Patrick
Nemeth worked down Patrick early as he used an eye poke to gain a advantage. This allowed Avalon to come in and take down Patrick with a lariat. Scott eventually was on the receiving end of a hot tag, but his momentum was quickly shut down by a few Avalon and Nemeth double team moves.
The Wingmen maintained full control for the entire duration with Nemeth eventually pinning Scott after his signature neckbreaker.
Kip Sabian defeated Caleb Konley
Konley was able to hold his own early on as he exchanged a few strikes with Sabian. An upset was on the horizon as the match progressed with Konley delivering a bridging suplex for a near fall.
Sabian regained control of the match after taking out Konley with a moonsault on the outside. Seconds later, Sabian crushed Konley in the corner with a cannonball. This was followed up by Sabian’s signature neckbreaker, which scored him the win.
TBS Champion Jade Cargill defeated Dream Girl Ellie in an eliminator match
Cargill immediately planted Ellie into the mat with a facebuster. Cargill then caught the running Ellie with a pump kick. The finish came when Cargill drove Ellie into the mat again with a Jaded which scored her the victory to remain undefeated.
Ricky Starks defeated Cezar Bononi (w/ Peter Avalon & Ryan Nemeth)
Bononi’s size had him at an advantage early, but that wasn’t enough to keep Starks down as he ducked out of the way of Bononi’s charge in the corner which knocked down Nemeth and Avalon. Starks took advantage of the distracted Bononi and nailed him with a spear to pick up the quick win, rebounding from last Wednesday’s loss to AEW World Champion MJF. He is set to appear this Wednesday’s show as well.
Former AEW World, Tag Team and Trios champion Kenny Omega will be in action on Tuesday’s edition of AEW Dark for the first time since January 2020.
Omega will face Hagane Shinno, a regular for Japan’s DDT promotion and others, who has made five straight appearances for AEW during his recent stay in the U.S.
This will be Omega’s fifth time ever on Dark and his first since a mixed tag team win with Riho over Sammy Guevara and Tay Conti on the 18th episode of the show in Cleveland, Ohio.
Omega will also be wrestling Wednesday on Dynamite as The Elite battle Death Triangle in match five of the best-of-seven series for the AEW Trios titles.
Following his upset win over Chris Jericho last Wednesday, newly-signed Action Andretti will take on Invictus Khash Tuesday while TBS Champion Jade Cargill will put a future title shot on the line against Dream Girl Ellie in an eliminator match.
Here’s the full lineup, taped this past Saturday at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida:
Kenny Omega vs. Hagane Shinno
Angelico & Chaos Project vs. Jay Marte, Jarett Diaz & Richard Adonis
Parker Boudreaux vs. Gus De La Vega
Action Andretti vs. Invictus Kash
TBS Champion Jade Cargill vs. Dream Girl Ellie in a championship eliminator match
The Wingmen (Ryan Nemeth & Peter Avalon) vs. Jake St. Patrick & Sage Scott
Julia Hart vs. Sahara Seven
Kip Sabin vs. Caleb Konley
Jeff Jarrett & Satnam Singh vs. Dean Alexander & Rosario Grillo
For the first time since January 2020, former AEW World Champion Kenny Omega worked an AEW Dark match.
The match was taped Saturday in the first of two sessions of Dark held at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida.
Omega wrestled in the day session against Hagane Shinno, picking up a victory. It’s unknown at this point when the match will air. It will be his fifth total appearance on Dark in company history.
The day session also saw the AEW debut of popular indie wrestler Billie Starkz as she faced Red Velvet of The Baddies in the early session and former AEW Women’s Champion Britt Baker in the evening one.
During the evening session, Jeff Jarrett made his return to Soundstage 19 for the first time since 2015. Christopher Daniels also returned to AEW action for his first match since July and his first appearance at Soundstage 19 since 2014.
Day Session:
Action Andretti defeated Invictus Khash
Marina Shafir defeated Angelica Risk
Parker Boudreaux defeated Gus De La Vega
Kenny Omega (w/ Michael Nakazawa) defeated Hagane Shinno
Angelico & Chaos Project defeated Jay Marti, Jarett Diaz & Richard Adonis. Post-match, Tony Schiavone interviewed the winning trio who are now known as the Spanish Announce Project (SAP) because Angelico and Serpentico do the Spanish language Dynamite commentary.
Julia Hart defeated Sahara Se7en
Peter Avalon & Ryan Nemeth (w/ Cezar Bononi) defeated Midnight Tribe (Sage Scott & Jake St. Patrick)
TBS Champion Jade Cargill (w/ Red Velvet and Leila Grey) defeated Dream Girl Ellie in an eliminator match
The WorkHorsemen (Anthony Henry & JD Drake) defeated Terrence and Terrell Hughes
Fuego del Sol defeated Lucky Ali
Evil Uno defeated Blake Li
Red Velvet defeated Billie Starkz
Iron Savages defeated Jameson Ryan & Brandon Bullock
AR Fox defeated Slim J (w/ Jeeves Kay and Sonny Kiss)
Dark Order (John Silver & Alex Reynolds) (w/ Evil Uno) defeated Level X (Axton Rey and Blanco Loco)
Varsity Athletes (w/ Mark Sterling) defeated The Skulk (Liam Gray and Adrian Alanis)
Kiera Hogan defeated Kaci Lennox
The Trustbusters (Sonny Kiss & Slim J) (w/ Jeeves Kay) defeated Cameron Stewart & Ryzin
Shawn Dean defeated Ariel Dominguez
Top Flight defeated The WorkHorsemen
Night Session:
Christopher Daniels defeated Brian Pillman Jr.
Emi Sakura defeated Jada Stone
Ryan Nemeth defeated Dak Draper
Blake Christian defeated Sean Maluta
Ari Daivari (w/ Sonny Kiss, Slim J and Jeeves Kay) defeated Leon Ruffin. Post-match, the Trustbusters continued the attack until AR Fox and Blake Christian ran down with chairs to make the save.
Rohit Raju defeated Richard Adonis
Jora Johl defeated Jared Diaz
Jeff Jarrett & Satnam Singh defeated Rosario Grillo & Dean Alexander. In a post-match interview with Tony Schiavone, Jarrett said he and Jay Lethal will win the Tag Team titles from The Acclaimed.
Dark Order (John Silver, Alex Reynolds & Evil Uno) defeated Marcus Kross, Vary Morales, and Baliyan Akki
Britt Baker (w/ Rebel) defeated Billie Starkz. Baker ended up with a bloody nose.
Tony Deppen defeated Serpentico
Matt Sydal defeated Cezar Bononi. Post match, Peter Avalon and Bononi attacked Sydal until Top Flight made the save.
Harley Cameron defeated Brittany Jade
Madison Rayne defeated Kaci Lennox
AR Fox, Blake Christian & Leon Ruffin defeated The Trustbusters (Ari Daivari, Slim J & Jeeves Kay) (w/ Sonny Kiss)
Mascara Dorada defeated Anthony Henry
Top Flight (w/ Matt Sydal) defeated Ryan Nemeth & Cezar Bononi (w/ Peter Avalon)
Zack Clayton defeated Fulton
Action Andretti defeated Bronson from the Iron Savages
Brock Anderson and Brian Pillman Jr. (w/ Arn Anderson) defeated Rosario Grillo and Dean Alexander
Skye Blue defeated Renee Michelle
Shane Taylor & JD Griffey defeated Dante Casanova and Mr. G
Leila Grey defeated Tiffany Nieves
The WorkHorsemen defeated The Skulk (Liam Gray & Adrian Alanis)
Konosuke Takeshita defeated Angelico (w/ Luther and Serpentico)
This week’s AEW Dark was taped early last month in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Tay Melo (w/ Sammy Guevara) defeated Miranda Vionette
Melo planted Vionette into the mat with a German suplex as the bell rang. After following up the suplex with a knee strike, Melo locked in a neck crank, which quickly made Vionette submit. She moves on to face Ruby Soho on Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite.
The Factory (QT Marshall, Cole Karter & Lee Johnson) defeated Joe Keys, Chris Steeler & LSG
Johnson trapped Steeler in the corner early and delivered a flurry of kicks and punches. Marshall and Keys were in next with Marshall sending him to another world with a great running back elbow. Moments later, Johnson came in again and delivered an elbow of his own to Keys.
Keys got a moment of hope when he sent Johnson outside of the ring. This allowed LSG to come in off the hot tag and take out Karter and Johnson. Marshall came in and halted LSG’s momentum, which led to him getting hit with an assisted diamond cutter. After some slight hesitation, Marshall pinned LSG for the three count.
Zack Clayton defeated Steve Pena
Clayton backed up Pena in the corner with a lockup before delivering a stiff uppercut. After playing to the crowd for a bit, Clayton continued to work on Pena who had the crowd behind him despite Clayton being from New Jersey. Clayton finished up the match with ease after delivering a brain buster.
Kip Sabian defeated Tony Deppen
Sabian took Deppen to the mat with a wristlock as the bout began. After focusing on getting a reaction from the crowd, Sabian then focused on keeping Deppen on his toes with hard hitting action. After sending him to the floor with a kick, Sabian rolled Deppen back in the ring. Moments later, Sabian delivered a fantastic springboard dropkick to Deppen that sent him flying across the ring.
Sabian then attempted to hit his finisher, but Deppen turned it into a small package for a near fall. Deppen would follow up the near fall with a running knee attack in the corner for yet another near fall.
Sabian regained control of the match after tripping Deppen, causing him to faceplant into the middle turnbuckle. Following that, Sabian hit Deppen with a reverse fireman’s carry slam for the win.
Eddie Kingston & Ortiz defeated The Trustbusters (Jeeves Kay & Slim J) (w/ Sonny Kiss & Parker Boudreaux)
After grabbing his crotch and taunting Kingston early on, J was able to get in a single kick in on “The Mad King.” Kingston then suplexed J and tagged out to Ortiz who hit an assisted suplex for a near fall.
Kay entered and tried to cheat to get an advantage on Ortiz, who had tagged in shortly before. Kingston eventually got the hot tag and delivered an exploder suplex to both Kay and J. After delivering a backfist, Kingston made Kay submit with his signature sleeper hold.
This weekend, AEW is returning to Universal Studios for the final time in 2022.
AEW has announced that it will be at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida this Saturday (December 17) for two sessions of Dark tapings. The first session will run from 2-5 p.m. Eastern time. The second session is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Eastern and end at 10 p.m. Eastern time.
AEW hasn’t advertised which wrestlers will be appearing at the tapings.
This will mark the first time AEW has been to Universal Studios since August. AEW has been holding Dark tapings at Universal Studios on a regular basis since September 2021.
The updated list of announced AEW show locations is listed below:
December:
Wednesday, December 14: Dynamite (Winter is Coming episode)/Rampage at Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, TX
Saturday, December 17: Dark tapings at Universal Studios in Orlando, FL
Wednesday, December 21: Holiday Bash Dynamite/Rampage at Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio, TX
Wednesday, December 28: New Year’s Smash Dynamite/Rampage at 1STBANK Arena in Broomfield, CO
January 2023:
Wednesday, January 4: Dynamite/Rampage at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, WA
Friday, January 6: Rampage/Battle of the Belts V at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland, OR
Wednesday, January 11: Dynamite/Rampage at The Forum in Los Angeles, CA
Wednesday, January 18: Dynamite/Rampage at Save Mart Center in Fresno, CA
Wednesday, January 25: Dynamite/Rampage at Rupp Arena in Lexington, KY
February 2023:
Wednesday, February 1: Dynamite/Rampage at Nutter Center in Dayton, OH
Wednesday, February 8: Dynamite/Rampage at El Paso County Coliseum in El Paso, TX
Wednesday, February 15: Dynamite/Rampage at Sames Auto Arena in Laredo, TX
Wednesday, February 22: Dynamite/Rampage at Footprint Center in Phoenix, AZ
March 2023:
Wednesday, March 1: Dynamite at Cow Palace in Daly City, CA
Friday, March 3: Rampage at Cow Palace in Daly City, CA
Sunday, March 5: Revolution at Chase Center in San Francisco, CA
Wednesday, March 8: Dynamite/Rampage at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, CA
Tuesday, March 14: Dynamite/Rampage at Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
It’s Tuesday and you know what that means: a half-dozen AEW Dark matches, taped in early-November in Atlantic City, New Jersey, with Excalibur and Taz on commentary.
This show featured a pretty good Dark main event between Trent Beretta and Anthony Henry. Overall, this wasn’t a bad way to kill an hour.
ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champions Dalton Castle & Boys defeated Justin Corino, Jaden Valo & Defarge in a non-title match (2:30)
This was a fun little comedy match where Castle got the pin on Corino after the Bang-A-Rang. Excalibur intimated that the champions would be doing something at Final Battle, but nothing was officially announced.
Abadon defeated Leva Bates (2:39)
Abadon was injured a few weeks after this was taped, so this is probably her last AEW match for awhile. Bates delivered a nice looking Northern Lights suplex while Abadon hit a sweet cutter while diving into the ring. Bates delivered a release German suplex, but Abadon capitalized with a hook kick when Bates hesitated. Abandon hit the Black Dahlia to get the pinfall. .
Brian Cage (w/ Prince Nana) defeated Leon Ruffin (5:35)
Ruffin had a neat spot where he sprung off of all three ropes in one corner to avoid Cage and then hit him with a dropkick. Cage responded by backdropping him into a different orbit and breaking him in half with a side backbreaker.
Cage caught Ruffin on the floor and power bombed him into the ringpost. Back in the ring, Cage went for a power bomb but Ruffin escaped and responded with an enziguri. Ruffin got one last hope spot in with a springboard cutter, but Cage then took his head off with a clothesline, followed by a power bomb and Weapon X to get the pinfall.
Nana and Cage cut a brief promo after the match.
Jay Lethal & Satnam Singh (w/ Sonjay Dutt) defeated The Brick City Boyz (1:54)
Jeff Jarrett didn’t come out with the rest of the TNAtion tonight (my own name for Jarrett’s group) so I guess he doesn’t work Dark tapings.
Dutt cut a promo on the Boyz (Newark, New Jersey natives Julio Cruz and Victor Chase). Dutt said that Lethal was the King of New Jersey, and Taz quipped he didn’t know why anyone would want to be known as that.
Singh press slammed Cruz out of the ring onto Chase on the floor. Back in the ring, Singh hit Cruz with a spinning bossman slam, and Lethal finished him off with the Lethal Injection. The commentary was more fun than the match, but that’s not unusual for Dark.
Athena defeated B3CCA (3:11)
B3CCA blew off a handshake from Athena and ate a forearm. B3CCA hit at least the third variation of a springboard cutter on this show thus far for a near fall. Athena picked her up for a suplex, but instead of falling backward, she dumped B3CCA out to the floor. Back in the ring, Athena tied up her legs and locked in an inverted dragon sleeper to force her opponent to tap out.
Trent Beretta (w/ Chuck Taylor) defeated Anthony Henry (10:49)
Beretta countered a front guillotine with a backdrop and then clotheslined Henry to the floor. Beretta followed up with a slingshot plancha. Henry avoided a charge from Beretta, who flew into the barricade. Henry then ran a lap around the ring and crashed into Beretta with a leg lariat, sending him over the barricade and into the crowd.
Back in the ring, Henry worked over Beretta’s often-injured neck with a chinlock. Beretta countered a piledriver attempt with a jackknife cover, but Henry came back by cranking on Beretta’s neck. Henry went to the middle ropes, but Beretta yanked him down into a backdrop suplex. Beretta followed up with hard chops, a German suplex, and a half-and-half suplex. He got a near fall after a spinning DDT.
Beretta went to suplex Henry out to the floor, but he caught his own neck on the top rope in an awkward spot. He fell to the floor and hit Henry with a spear. Back in the ring, Beretta got a near fall after a knee to the back of the head. Henry crotched Beretta on the top and brought him crashing down to the mat with an avalanche falcon arrow. Henry hit a double foot stomp to Beretta’s back and Beretta landed awkwardly on his neck.
The fight went to the apro where Henry tried to set up a piledriver. Beretta countered and caught Henry with The Crunchy on the apron.
Back in the ring, Beretta and Henry exchanged chops and forearms. Henry cranked Beretta’s neck again and hit a piledriver for a near fall. Henry tried to go for the pin with a jackknife cover, but Beretta countered into a cradle of his own and held Henry down for the three count.
This week’s AEW Dark action was taped nearly two weeks ago in Newark, New Jersey.
The Factory (QT Marshall, Lee Johnson & Cole Karter) defeated Justin Corino, Ryan Mooney, & Steven Josifi
Johnson and Josifi started things off and after Johnson delivered a few strikes, Josifi tagged out to Mooney. Karter came in off a tag and helped Johnson hit a back bomb for a near fall.
After some crowd taunting, Marshall came in and clotheslined Corino from behind. Karter and Johnson came in shortly after and helped Marshall hit an assisted diamond cutter on Corino for the victory.
Zack Clayton defeated Chris Wylde
Clayton had this match in the bag from the get-go. After trapping Wylde in the corner and delivering a few strikes, Clayton ran him over with a shoulder block. Moments later, Clayton hit Wylde with a pump handle fireman’s slam for the win.
Shida connected on a few quick strikes in succession before Luciano returned the favor, After some more back and forth, Shida hit Luciano with a meteora from the top rope, followed by her signature Katana knee strike for the pin and win.
Jericho Appreciation Society (Daniel Garcia, Matt Menard & Angelo Parker) defeated Tracy Williams, Jack Tomlinson & LSG
Garcia and Tomlinson started out and Garcia took him down with ease which prompted a tag to LSG. Menard and Parker then took turns delivering a series of punches to LSG in the corner before getting Garcia back in the match.
Garcia allowed LSG to escape out of his grasp for a moment, which allowed him to tag out to Williams. Williams got a few clotheslines in before Menard and Parker stacked the odds against him. Moments later, Tomlinson came back in, but he was immediately submitted by Garcia shortly after.
Brian Cage defeated Tony Deppen
The former ROH TV Champion outsmarted Cage at first as he dodged many of Cage’s strike attempts. Cage eventually got a hold of Deppen and suplexed him across the ring. He followed that up with a back bomb that sent Deppen rolling out of the ring.
Deppen eventually regained his composure and attempted to hit a double foot stomp from the top rope. Cage rolled out of the way and proceeded to hit Deppen with a buckle bomb for the win.
Angelico defeated Hagane Shinno
This was Shinno’s official debut of sorts even though he debuted in one of the Fight Forever matches at the Tokyo Game Show in September.
Angelico got the advantage early, taking the bout to the outside and taking Shinno off his feet, causing him to hit the apron face first. Angelico then brought the bout back to the ring and locked in a calf focused submission, but Shinno was able to escape it with a rope break.
In the closing moments, Shinno was able to nail Angelico with both a moonsault and a missile dropkick. However, Angelico recovered rather quickly and made Shinno submit with the Navarro Especiales.
Emi Sakura defeated Tiara James
Sakura made quick work of James. After hitting a lariat and a few open handed chops, she pinned James after hitting her signature backbreaker.
Matt Hardy & Private Party defeated The Wingmen (Ryan Nemeth, Peter Avalon & Cezar Bononi)
Ethan Page was on commentary for this match.
Nemeth and Hardy started out but after a few seconds, Marq Quen came in and delivered a great looking DDT to Nemeth. Team Hardy seemingly had things in control until Hardy came back in the match. From here on, control between the two teams shifted back and forth as more tags were made.
The real meat of the match came in the closing stretch when Hardy set up Avalon for a Twist of Fate. From the stage, Page told Hardy not to do his signature move. Instead, Hardy hit Avalon with Page’s signature Ego’s Edge for the win.
After the match, Page was angry with both Hardy and Private Party backstage. After sending Private Party away, Page promised Hardy that he was going to break him and punish Private Party as a result of his actions.
For Tuesday’s edition of Dark, AEW will finish airing footage from their recent taping in Newark, New Jersey, with an eight-match lineup.
Brian Cage will look to rebound from his loss to Ricky Starks in the AEW World title eliminator tournament as he faces former ROH TV Champion Tony Deppen.
ChocoPro’s Hagane Shinno will make his official AEW debut as he takes on Angelico. Shinno competed against Michael Nakazawa at the company’s Fight Forever event at September’s Tokyo Game Show. This is Angelico’s first singles match and third match overall since September.
Former AEW Women’s Champion Hikaru Shida will take on Layla Luciano.
Here’s the full lineup:
Hikaru Shida (w/ Hagane Shinno) vs. Layla Luciano
Matt Hardy & Private Party vs. The Wingmen (Peter Avalon, Cezar Bononi & Ryan Nemeth)
The Factory (Lee Johnson, QT Marshall & Cole Karter) vs. Justin Corino, Ryan Mooney & Steve Josifi
Zack Clayton vs. Chris Wylde
Angelico vs. Hagane Shinno
Brian Cage (w/ Prince Nana) vs. Tony Deppen
Jericho Appreciation Society (Matt Menard, Angelo Parker & Daniel Garcia) vs. Tracy Williams, LSG and Jack Tomlinson
This episode of AEW Dark was taped before Friday’s Rampage in Newark, New Jersey, with Excalibur & Taz on commentary.
The Varsity Athletes (w/ Mark Sterling) defeated Dean Alexander & Rosario Grillo
Sterling claimed that he would have done tryouts for junior varsity associates for his team, but quickly found out that he wouldn’t find any qualified candidates in New Jersey. He predicted that Nese and Woods would win quickly so they could leave town as soon as possible.
Nese started with Alexander and took control with a quick jab and boots in the corner. Alexander dodged a corner charge and tagged in Grillo.
Nese sent Grillo onto the apron, allowing Woods to take a shot with the ref distracted. Woods tagged in and hit Grillo with multiple gutwrench suplexes, giving Taz the opportunity to mispronounce Alexander Karelin’s name. Nese sent Grillo off the second rope into a knee from Woods for a near fall, broken up by Alexander. Nese took out Alexander and got back in the ring to hit the 1RM, a double team Angle Slam, for the win.
Shafir wrestled this match barefoot, obviously angling to get in the new Von Erich movie MJF is in. Shafir took control with some mat work and striking. Nightingale came back after winning a strike exchange, hitting a spinebuster for two. Shafir blocked a doctor bomb, but Nightingale knocked her down. Nightingale went off of the ropes and got hooked by Guerrero. Shafir went to take advantage, but Nightingale moved and hit her doctor domb for the win.
Wheeler Yuta defeated KM
Yuta took down KM quickly with a pair of low dropkicks, but KM countered Yuta’s overhead slam with some clubberin’. A sidewalk slam from KM only got a one count. He missed a splash over the ropes and got met with a dropkick from Yuta. Yuta went to the top, but got his feet swept out by KM.
Yuta tried hitting the hammer and anvil elbows in the ropes, but KM countered and dumped him off of the ropes. Yuta caught him with the overhead slam followed by the hammer and anvil elbows before quickly applying the seatbelt pin maneuver to grab the win.
– Ethan Page was backstage with Matt Hardy and Private Party, who work for the Firm. He bragged about all of the money the three have been earning, both in the ring and at the merch stand. Page says that he’s going to…break…Hardy eventually, potentially foreshadowing that character coming back. Page told the three that they have a trios match next week against their toughest competition yet: The Wingmen. I think he was being facetious.
Jake Hager (w/ Angelo Parker, ROH Pure Champion Daniel Garcia & Matt Menard) defeated Bryce Donovan
Hager came out with his nice purple hat, which I hear he likes. He took Donovan down, but Donovan came back with some strikes to fire up. Hager shut him down quick with a pair of lariats and some body shots. A Hager Bomb landed flush, but Hager decided to clamp on the dreaded chinlock. Donovan fought out, but springboarded into a uranage. Hager put Donovan to sleep with a head and arm choke.
Tay Melo (w/ Anna Jay A.S.) defeated Skye Blue
Both women tried to start quickly with pump kicks but got caught in a pinning predicament. Melo ducked a corner charge but caught a forearm. Blue went to the top, but Jay distracted her, allowing Melo to dragon screw Blue to the mat. Jay choked Blue in the corner while the ref was distracted.
After some control, Blue came back with a rana and a jumping knee. A side kick from Blue got a two count. Melo cut her off with a German suplex and a running knee for a two count. Blue countered the Tay KO with a roll-up for two. Blue hit a Code Red, but Jay distracted the referee. Melo got Blue in a modified octopus hold for the win. After the match, Jay choked out Blue before Willow Nightingale came down to run them off.
Rush (w/ Jose The Assistant) defeated Leon Ruffin
Ruffin tried to dropkick Rush, who no sold and hammered him with a forearm. Rush dumped Ruffin in the corner with a german suplex and drilled him with the Bull’s Horns for the quick victory.
The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds, Evil Uno & John Silver) defeated The Trustbusters (Ari Daivari, Jeeves Kay & Sonny Kiss)
Evil Uno and Kay started off trading shoulder blocks with Uno winning the exchange and sending Kay into boots in the corner. Reynolds tagged in and hammered Kay with a back elbow, but Daivari cut him off with a knee to the back. Kiss tagged in and hit a 450 on Reynolds, but had the cover broken up by Uno. Daivari tagged in and got a two count after a kitchen sink knee.
Kay tagged in and distracted the ref, allowing his partners to hammer on Reynolds in the corner. The Trustbusters used quick tags to keep working him over, who eventually fought out and got the tag in to Silver.
Silver took out all three Trustbusters, but got caught in a pin by Kay for a nearfall. He reversed a backslide attempt into a kick combination and a brainbuster. The Pendulum Bomb eventually scored the win for the Dark Order.
Matt Hardy & Private Party defeated The Wingmen (Peter Avalon, Cezar Bononi & Ryan Nemeth)
Tay Melo (w/ Anna Jay A.S.) defeated Skye Blue. After the match, the two JAS members continued to assault Blue until Willow Nightingale ran down for the save.
This week’s AEW Dark matches were filmed in Atlantic City, New Jersey and were headlined by a Ring of Honor Pure title match.
Skye Blue defeated Paris Van Dale
Blue flipped out of Van Dale’s control as the bout began. Blue then delivered a high rise knee strike while Van Dale was on the ropes, followed by a dropkick. Moments later, Blue hit Van Dale with a superkick and a flatliner for the quick win.
Iron Savages (w/ JT Davidson) defeated Brando Lee & Lucas Chase
Bronson bulldozed Chase seconds after the bell rang. After being trapped in the corner, Bear Bronson tagged out to Bear Boulder, who failed to gain control of Chase. This allowed Chase to tag out to Lee, who came in and then got thrown into Chase for his trouble.
The next sequence saw Lee and Chase trapped in opposing corners while both Boulder and Bronson took turns squashing them where they stood. After that, Chase and Lee were on the receiving end of the Savages’ signature assisted cannonball as both were pinned shortly after.
Kiera Hogan defeated Kennedi Copeland
Copeland got too cocky for her own good as she tried to gain momentum on a surprised Hogan. Hogan instead dropped her with a leg drop to the canvas for a near fall. Moments later, Hogan delivered a roundhouse kick for the quick victory.
Frankie Kazarian defeated Zack Clayton
Kazarian and Clayton locked up until Kazarian got the edge after taking Clayton down with a drop toehold. Kazarian had full control of the bout until Clayton clocked him with a dropkick. Clayton then trapped the former SCU member in the corner and beat him down. Clayton followed up with an uppercut, but Kazarian countered the second attempt.
Moments later, Kazarian trapped Clayton in a chicken wing and made him submit. He moves on to face Impact World Champion Josh Alexander at Friday’s Impact Over Drive.
– Brock Anderson and Arn Anderson cut a promo backstage building up the ROH Pure Title main event match against Daniel Garcia.
The Factory (QT Marshall, Cole Karter & Lee Johnson) defeated Man Scout, Teddy Goodz & Channing Thomas
Marshall and Thomas started out. Marshall began receiving chants about him sucking, so he tagged out to Johnson who tagged out to Karter almost immediately. Karter stood on Thomas’ back while he was trapped in the middle rope.
The tags between The Factory continued to be fluid until Goodz got the hot tag and took out the entire Factory minus Marshall. This wouldn’t work out for Goodz as he was on the receiving end of an assisted diamond cutter moments later, leading to the pin.
Athena was just as ruthless in this match as she has been in previous matches. After started out with a back elbow, Athena delivered a hip attack in the corner. She then tried to cover LMK after a senton, although it only resulted in a near fall.
As the match went on, LMK got some offense in, but it wouldn’t be enough as Athena would unleash an all-out stiff assault in the closing moments. Athena finished off LMK after a sideways lariat that sent her crumbling to the mat.
Dark Order (Evil Uno, John Silver & Alex Reynolds) defeated Arjun Singh, Mike Magnum & Brett Gosselin
With a clear size advantage, Singh backed Silver into a corner early, but Silver responded by simply shoving him down. The Dark Order had full control of the match until Evil Uno came in as the opposing team isolated him the corner.
Magnum was receiving end of a forearm from Uno, allowing Reynolds to come in. Reynolds took Gosselin down with a spinning back elbow and when he made it back to his feet, Reynolds decked him with a clothesline. Silver made a blind tag and powerbombed Gosselin into Reynolds’ knees, which took him out of the match.
The Dark Order trio hit a combined pendulum bomb on Gosselin to score the pinfall win.
– Athena cornered Lexy Nair backstage and shouted at her when she tried to ask a question.
ROH Pure Champion Daniel Garcia defeated Brock Anderson to retain
This was a solid title match between two guys who have styles that mesh well together. Bonus points for actually giving it time. This is what Dark should be and not just random squash matches that build to nothing.
Garcia applied a wristlock before the “you’re a wrestler” chants broke out. Anderson took Garcia to the mat with a headlock, but he escaped with a gator roll.
When Garcia made it back in the ring, Anderson got more physical and began to stomp on targeted ligaments. Garcia would respond by targeting Anderson’s knee with a few different variations of a dragon screw. Garcia became more and more relentless as the match went on and eventually resorted to a bit of trash talking.
Anderson used a closed fist after Garcia got into his head which Garcia would use to apply a guillotine. Anderson fought out and planted Garcia with a standing suplex. He tried a DDT, but Garcia countered it into a pump handle driver.
In the closing stages, Anderson hit a fake out DDT for a good near fall. Garcia would go on to spike Anderson with a piledriver for the win and his second title defense in two nights.
No rest for the wicked, @ringofhonor Pure Champion @GarciaWrestling is back in action tonight, as he puts the title on the line against @BAndersonAEW on #AEWDark!
For the second time in two days, Ring of Honor Pure Champion Daniel Garcia will defend his title as on Tuesday’s edition of AEW Dark, Garcia will put the belt on the line against Brock Anderson.
This will be Garcia’s second title defense since winning it from Wheeler Yuta in September. Garcia defended against Leon Ruffin on Monday’s Dark: Elevation.
Athena will look to keep her latest win streak going as she faces LMK. The past TBS title challenger has shown a bit of a mean streak lately with attacks after the bell on her opponents like she did on Monday’s Dark: Elevation match against Kayla Sparks.
As he prepares to challenge for the Impact World title Friday in a different wrestling universe, Frankie Kazarian will face reality star Zack Clayton in singles action.
Here’s the full eight-match lineup, taped recently at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey:
ROH Pure Champion Daniel Garcia defends against Brock Anderson
Zack Clayton vs. Frankie Kazarian
Kennedi Copeland vs. Kiera Hogan
Skye Blue vs. Paris Van Dale
Athena vs. LMK
Dark Order (Evil Uno, John Silver & Alex Reynolds) vs. Arjun Singh, Mike Magnum & Brett Gosselin
Iron Savages vs. Brando Lee & Lucas Chase
The Factory (Lee Johnson, Cole Karter & QT Marshall) vs. “Man Scout” Jake Manning, Channing Thomas & Teddy Goodz
This week’s AEW Dark action was taped last week in Baltimore, Maryland.
Zack Clayton defeated Blake Li
Clayton nailed Li with a powerslam and played to the crowd a bit. Seconds later, he hit an elevated fisherman’s suplex on Li which got him a quick three count victory.
Rossi tossed D’Amboise around the ring early with various different suplexes. She then planted D’Amboise with a samoan drop, followed by a standing bodypress. Moments later, Rossi drove D’Amboise into the mat with a brainbuster for the win.
The Gunns (Austin & Colten Gunn) defeated BK Klein & Jarret Diaz
The Gunns cosplayed as FTR during their entrance.
Diaz applied a headlock to Austin Gunn as the bout began. He quickly reversed it and tagged out to Colten, who nailed Diaz with a dropkick. Colten and Austin continued to tag out to one another as they worked down Diaz, who eventually got the chance to tag in Klein.
Klein came in and looked confused for a moment, allowing Colten to hit him with a Colt 45 to pick up the win. The Gunns will team with Swerve in our Glory Wednesday against FTR and The Acclaimed.
Peter Avalon (w/ Ryan Nemeth & Cezar Bononi) defeated Brandon Cutler
Cutler had the advantage from the get-go as he sent Avalon to the outside with a few strikes. The fight spilled to the outside as Cutler followed, but that is where Avalon gained the advantage as he had a three-on-one advantage.
When the match made it back in the ring, Cutler took down Avalon with a few shoulder tackles, followed by a rolling splash for a near fall. Avalon and Cutler then began trading jabs back and forth when the referee got distracted by Nemeth. This prompted Cutler to grab his cold spray and spray it in the faces of all of The Wingmen. The referee took the cold spray, allowing Avalon to hit a facebuster for a near fall.
Avalon went to use a chair, but Leva Bates came out and yanked it out of his hands. Although Cutler regained control, Avalon pulled out the win after pinning Cutler with a cradle.
The Factory (QT Marshall & Cole Karter) defeated The Blonds (Griff Garrison & Brian Pillman Jr.)
Garrison and Marshall started out. Marshall worked down Garrison in the corner with a few right hands before tagging out to Karter. After Marshall and Karter tagged in and out for a few, Pillman made a hot tag that resulted in him holding down the rope for Garrison, who dove into Karter and Marshall at ringside.
Garrison came back in after the dive and it looked like that he had full control of the bout, but Marshall came out of nowhere and rolled him up with a handful of tights for the win.
Anna Jay A.S. defeated Sio Nieves
Jay planted Nieves into the mat with a back elbow as the match began to find a groove. After throwing her around the ring some more, Jay quickly submitted Nieves with her signature Queenslayer submission.
Athena defeated Diamante
Athena and Diamante began throwing stiff strikes from the very beginning of the match. Athena set Diamante on the apron and tried to suplex her over the top rope, but Diamante reversed it into her own suplex onto the entrance stage. Athena was reeling at this point as Diamante then hit a hurricanrana off the top rope that sent her to the outside of the ring.
Athena regained control of the match on the outside, dropkicking Diamante into the ringside barrier. Athena then rolled Diamante in the ring and began throwing more stiff strikes. Moments later, Athena hit Diamante with a lung blower for the victory.
Gonzalez tried to dropkick Hobbs, but he simply just bounced right off of his body. Hobbs then hoisted Gonzalez up and slung him over his head with ease. Moments later, Hobbs planted Gonzalez with a spinebuster for the win as he looks ahead to what he hopes is a match with TNT Champion Wardlow.
Dark Order (John Silver, Evil Uno & Alex Reynolds) (w/ -1) defeated Troy Hollywood, Ativalu & Fulton
This was the AEW debut for the Fulton, formerly of WWE NXT and Impact.
The bout broke down with Silver and Reynolds diving onto both Ativalu and Fulton on the outside. Uno, although it didn’t seem like he was the legal man, tagged out to Reynolds once he recovered.
The match ended with Reynolds and Silver hitting their signature combination of tandem offense which concluded with Silver suplexing Hollywood over his head and Reynolds making the jackknife pin.
Eddie Kingston & Ortiz defeated AR Fox & Caleb Konley
Fox and Konley got the jump on Kingston and Ortiz. Konley held the two on the outside as Fox sprung off the ropes for a 450 splash/dive. The advantage wouldn’t last long though as Kingston and Ortiz manhandled Konley once the match made it back in the ring.
The bout ended after Kingston caved in Konley’s chest with a few chops, allowing Ortiz to come in and hit a fisherman’s bomb for the victory.
Interim AEW Women’s Champion Toni Storm & Hikaru Shida defeated Emi Sakura & Mei Suruga
Storm and Sakura started out, but Storm let her focus stray to Suruga after she grabbed her leg. This allowed Sakura to knock down Storm and sit on her for Tea Time with Suruga.
Storm fought her way out of Sakura’s grasp with a roundhouse kick, prompting Shida to come in off the hot tag. Shida started by delivering a series of blows to Sakura in the corner followed by a two count.
As the match went on, Sakura got creative as she put Suruga on her shoulders and hit a double rolling senton on both Storm and Shida. Moments later, Suruga tried to unsuccessfully pin Shida. When Suruga tried to do a running attack, Shida caught her in mid-air and rotated her into a low-cut brainbuster.
Suruga and Sakura never saw the advantage in the match from that point forward as Storm positioned Suruga in the middle turnbuckle while Shida suplexed Sakura into that turnbuckle. Seconds later, Shida nailed Suruga with a Katana for the win.
Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta) defeated The Wingmen (Cezar Bononi & Ryan Nemeth)
Yuta and Nemeth started out with Yuta trying to sneak in a few variations of a few different submissions and Nemeth escaping them with ease. Bononi came in shortly after and began to beat down Yuta using his huge size difference. Yuta tried to tag out to Castagnoli on multiple occasions, but Bononi prevented it.
After some motivation from the crowd, Yuta finally made it to his corner, allowing Castagnoli to enter. Both Nemeth and Bononi were on the receiving end of numerous uppercuts. After some commotion from the crowd, Castagnoli swung Nemeth around a few times before Yuta hit a basement dropkick. Nemeth would go on to submit to Castagnoli’s sharpshooter moments later.
Ahead of his Wednesday match with Ethan Page in the AEW World title eliminator tournament, Eddie Kingston will be in action on Tuesday’s AEW Dark.
Kingston will once again team with Ortiz and will face AR Fox and Caleb Konley. Kingston & Ortiz have been unbeaten since they began teaming up as of late.
Athena will look to continue her recent winning streak as she faces Dark regular Diamante.
After picking up a big win over Chris Jericho & Daniel Garcia on Dynamite, Blackpool Combat Club’s Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta will look to keep it rolling as they face The Wingmen’s Cezar Bononi & Ryan Nemeth.
Fulton, formerly of WWE NXT and Impact, will make his AEW debut in a trios match against the Dark Order.
Here’s the full 13-match card set for Tuesday on YouTube:
Dark Order (John Silver, Alex Reynolds, Evil Uno) vs. Troy Hollywood, Fulton & Ativalu
The Gunns (w/ W. Morrissey) vs. BK Klein & Jarett Diaz
Kayla Rossi (w/ Diamond Sheik) vs. Ashley D’Amboise
Kip Sabian (w/ Penelope Ford) vs. Marcus Kross
Peter Avalon vs. Brandon Cutler
Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Rico Gonzalez
The Blonds vs. The Factory (QT Marshall & Cole Karter)
Zack Clayton vs. Blake Li
Interim AEW Women’s Champion Toni Storm & Hikaru Shida vs. Emi Sakura & Mei Suruga
Anna Jay A.S. vs. Sio Nieves
Athena vs. Diamante
Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta vs. Cezar Bononi & Ryan Nemeth
