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This week on Being The Elite —

The cold open —

• Brandon Cutler’s attempted run-in on “The Elite Hunter” Frankie Kazarian on Dark Elevation was shown from a backstage perspective. The Young Bucks and Doc Gallows ribbed Cutler into running in by himself. 

The Elite —

• Nick Jackson arrived at the airport for an early flight. Cutler and Matt were nowhere to be found. Cutler said Dark Order can’t blackmail him if he doesn’t show up, so he stayed at home. Matt was seen brushing his hair at home. 
• Nick arrived at Dynamite and was confronted by Leva Bates. Bates had a Dark Order Ally sign and asked Nick to allow Dark Order back on BTE. Nick declined. 
• Kenny Omega appeared backstage and was approached by someone spoofing Jim Ross. They informed Kenny that they were live, pal. 

Dark Order —

• The Dark Order blackmail of Cutler was explained. They emailed Cutler a video of him unmasking as a Dark Order creeper. Cutler responded by agreeing to put them back on BTE, hoping Nick would not notice. 
• Dark Order discussed the movie they’re shooting. 
• The group discussed their upcoming elimination match against The Elite. They gifted Hangman Page some new gear. 

BTE Championship —

• Marko Stunt retained the title in a handstand contest against Luchasaurus. 

Miscellaneous bits —

• Peter Avalon said he’s ready to move on from Bates and has his eye on the lady in red, Abadon. The Wingmen approached Abadon on his behalf and talked him up, but Abadon did Abadon things and ignored them. 
• Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian in their wrestling executive characters talked to Christian Cage about working in TNA and doing a cage match with Brian Cage. They left and Christian revealed that he had been asleep during the entire bit. 
• Another Hollywood Hunk short film aired. This appeared to be explaining the hostage he had in last week’s segment and setting up future stories in this HH universe. 

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This week on Being The Elite —

The cold open —

• Matt and Nick Jackson were in an airport doing their full heel shtick, complaining about “marks” traveling and making their travel days more difficult. 

The Elite —

• There was an extended montage of The Young Bucks and Brandon Cutler shoe shopping, then going to a juice bar. 
• The Bucks and Kenny Omega posed for a video shoot. 
• A Jim Ross impersonator alerted The Elite that Hangman Page was calling Omega out on last week’s Dynamite. Footage was then shown of The Elite and Dark Order segment from last week’s Dynamite.
• Frankie Kazarian and Christopher Daniels appeared off-screen as two new human resources employees hired to monitor Matt and Nick’s new heelish behavior. 
• Matt Hardy went to The Elite’s locker room to explain how big a fan he was of them and how The Bucks had surpassed The Hardys as the number one tag team of all time. He also said that Omega was the best world champion in the business today, surpassing Roman Reigns, Bobby Lashley, Drew McIntyre and Seth Rollins. He also continued on his quest to have his loss to Christian Cage overturned due to his lack of sleep.
• Cutler was wrapping up the episode when he received a ransom note from Dark Order. They threatened to show Matt and Nick “the tape” where there’s blood on Cutler’s hands unless he gets them back on Dark Order. 

Miscellaneous bits —

• There was a very strange Hollywood Hunk segment. Ryan Nemeth appeared to have a hostage in his home. 
• The A.M.E.N. segment stated that they had been canceled due to lack of funding. Alright. 
• In this week’s telenovela, Peter Avalon was sitting alone. Leva Bates approached and told him they’ll always have the library. 

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This week on Being The Elite —

The cold open —

• The Young Bucks and The Good Brothers opened the show with a story rather than a comedy bit. They reminded the audience of when Brandon Cutler had a car accident in the parking lot several episodes ago and how nonchalant he was about it. 
• They then told a story of Cutler accidentally slamming Don Callis’s hand in a car door and acting similarly nonchalant. Callis then appeared and showed his bruised hand. Callis explained that he does not have use of the hand currently.

The Elite —

• Trick Shots with Nick Jackson returned this week with Nick hitting various dunks. 

Dark Order —

• The bulk of this week’s show was Dark Order content. The group discussed their tripping experience a week ago. Hangman Page was reluctant to share his vision of winning the AEW World Championship. 
• Colt Cabana hung an “intermission” sign in the Dark Order lair so that he could sell gimmicks. 
• The group decided to stage an intervention for Stu Grayson, but the intermission sign caused confusion. 
• Preston Vance thought that the intervention was for his drug use, alcohol abuse, sex addiction or steroid use, but they explained that this was for Grayson seeing Anna Jay when she isn’t really there. 
• Anna Jay made a cameo.

BTE Championship —

• Cezar Bononi won a number one contender’s contest and will challenge Marko Stunt for the BTE Championship next week. 

Miscellaneous bits —

• Isiah Kassidy bought Matt Hardy a do-rag and helped him put it on. He also bought a do-rag for Marq Quen, but Quen didn’t like his. Hardy said he is expecting his fourth child, but he thinks he actually has six kids and wished Private Party a Happy Father’s Day. 
• This was the best episode of BTE in a long time. 

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This week on Being The Elite —

The cold open —

• The Young Bucks and The Good Brothers discussed strategy for last week’s Dynamite. Karl Anderson talked about how much he loves cheating, then Sour Boy made an appearance. 

The Elite —

• Brandon Cutler showed behind the scenes footage of the MMA cage setup for Dynamite. 
• Trick Shots with Nick Jackson returned with Nick throwing fish to a seal. 
• Cutler showed footage of The Bucks and The Good Brothers from Dynamite. 

BTE Championship —

• Marko Stunt cut a promo. He said next week there will be a qualifying match and the following week he’ll defend the title. 

Miscellaneous bits —

• Peter Avalon tried to give Leva Bates a book, but Alex Reynolds intercepted the book and gave it to Bates instead. Cezar Bononi gave Avalon a sex book. Reynolds called Avalon a pervert and left with Bates. 
• Vickie Guerrero, Nyla Rose and Ryzin used a Ouija board to name their faction A.M.E.N., Angelic Ministry of Embezzling Negotiations. 
• Matt Hardy cut a promo on Christian Cage and told him to accept his retirement check or else Hardy will send him into retirement. 
• Trent was Ryan Nemeth’s guest on Hollywood Trivia. 

Dark Order —

• -1 made an appearance and mocked Ryan Nemeth. 
• 10 accidentally spilled a hallucinogenic drug in Dark Order’s lair and the group started to trip. Reynolds dreamed believed he lost his hair. Colt Cabana was taken off the Pro Wrestling Tees box in favor of Taz. Stu Grayson saw a vision of Anna Jay. 10 wasn’t impacted by the drug at all. Hangman Page saw a vision of the AEW World Championship.

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This week on Being The Elite —

The cold open —

• Ryan Nemeth asked Luchasaurus a Hollywood Trivia question. Luchasaurus did not correctly guess that Nemeth was the answer, so Nemeth upset Luchasarus’s chess board.

The Elite —

• Footage of The Bucks showing up at Impact’s Against All Odds show aired. 
• Matt and Nick Jackson made Brandon Cutler clean their title belts and their sneakers. 
• Trick Shots with Nick Jackson returned. 
• Cutler filmed as Matt, Nick and Kenny Omega were being driven to a photo shoot for AEW Rampage. 
• Cutler then filmed the shoot. 
• Footage from Cutler and The Bucks’ match on Dynamite last week aired. After taking the pin, Cutler was forced to do squats as punishment. 
• The closing scene of the episode saw Cutler happen upon Matt and Nick backstage after they had attacked PAC.

BTE Championship —

• Marko Stunt defeated Brandon Cutler in a basketball contest to win the title. 

Miscellaneous bits —

• The Wingmen ate sushi together in a bit filled with double entendres. 

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This week on Being The Elite —

The cold open —

• Matt and Nick Jackson threatened Brandon Cutler’s job if he did not agree to help them cheat to win their match on last week’s Dynamite. 

The Elite —

• Footage was shown from The Bucks vs. PAC and Penta El Zero Miedo from Dynamite, including Cutler cheating to help them win. 
• As part of a promotion for a new show called The Cube on TBS, Kenny Omega and Nick were shown unpacking a cube. 
• In Trick Shots with Nick Jackson, Nick hit a trick shot into the cube. 
• Matt and Nick were filmed attacking Rey Fenix backstage. 

BTE Championship —

• Marko Stunt beat Luchasaurus in a number one contender’s cube game and will challenge Cutler for the title next week. 

Miscellaneous bits —

• Chuck Taylor was the guest on this week’s Hollywood Trivia with Ryan Nemeth. Taylor did not get the trivia question correct. 
• The Wingmen did a quick bit with John Silver. Silver said “I’m just living.”
• The Hardy Family Office was commiserating after The Bunny’s loss on Dynamite. Matt Hardy said that it was a bad night for the HFO, but he had a great night when he dropped Christian Cage. Hardy cut a promo on Cage. 
• Nyla Rose, Vickie Guerrero and Ryzin shot promo photos backstage. 

Dark Order —

• Alex Reynolds and John Silver attempted to recruit Billy Gunn to join Dark Order. Billy agreed to swing by their lair later on. 
• Each member of the group helped Evil Uno prepare for is TNT title match against Miro by pretending to be Miro. Uno practiced ways to escape Miro’s Game Over hold. Billy Gunn walked in and caught the group in a compromising position and said he’s already been there and done that and he’ll never do it again. 

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This week on Being The Elite —

The cold open —

• Matt and Nick Jackson boasted about their expensive clothes and were generally heelish as they hammed it up for the camera. 

The Elite —

• Nick lost a basketball in the ceiling at Dynamite and they spent a few minutes filming him looking for the ball. 
• There was an extended sequence following Matt and Nick as they walked backstage. Matt said that the scene reminded him of the new generation Bret Hart video. 
• Nick hit a trick basketball shot off his house. 
• Matt and Nick tried to break Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson of their too sweet hand signs by showing them their Elite hand signal. This devolved into Gallows and Anderson talking about masturbation. 
• Matt and Nick were shown charging their shoes before their match last week. 
• Nick hit a second trick shot on a water slide at his house.

Dark Order —

• The group commiserated after 10’s loss on Dynamite. Everyone said they had lost something. 10 lost his match, Alex Reynolds lost John Silver, 5 lost his twelve inches and his virginity, Colt lost his allergy medicine, Tay Conti lost her title match, Evil Uno lost his dad, Hangman lost his match. 
• The group decided to look for Silver. Reynolds said he accidentally left the door open while he was brushing his hair and John ran out.  
• Stu Grayson enlisted Brandon Cutler to help him find Anna Jay. Grayson found Anna, but when she turned around, she was Powerhouse Hobbs. 

Miscellaneous bits —

• JD Drake and Ryan Nemeth were backstage. They overheard what sounded like a sexual encounter, but it was just Peter Avalon trimming Cezar Bononi’s mustache. 
• Ryzin and Nyla Rose tried to hit Avalon and Bononi up for a donation. Nyla started to speak in tongues, providing a distraction. Vickie Guerrero then picked Avalon and Bononi’s pockets. 

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This week on Being The Elite —

The cold open —

• Jon Moxley and Eddie Kingston’s vehicular assault on the Young Bucks, Good Brothers, Don Callis and Michael Nakazawa from Dynamite was recapped, including footage of the group running away from the trailer. 
• There was also the standard amount of discussion of The Good Brothers’ genitals. 

The Elite —

• The Bucks complained that an airline damaged Matt’s luggage because they are heels now. They also bragged about their expensive sneakers, fully leaning into their heel personas. 
• The Bucks gave Brandon Cutler a face mask to protect his orbital bone. They also gifted him an Elite jacket with “Young Boy” embroidered on the back. They officially deemed him The Elite’s young boy. 
• The Bucks and Good Brothers recorded an episode of Talk’N Shop. 
• The Bucks gave Cutler his gear in a plastic bag since he won’t be needing it after his orbital injury. This was obviously a spoof of the Mickie James trash bag incident. 

Dark Order —

• The group decided to take 5’s new penis and donate it to John Silver to replace some of his arm. 
• Grayson was looking for Matt Hardy, Butcher and Blade backstage so that he could beat them up. He kept seeing Anna Jay, who would pop in for a second, then disappear. 

Miscellaneous bits —

• There was a brief librarians reunion. Leva Bates was backstage. Peter Avalon approached. Cezar Bononi walked up and Avalon acted like he was disgusted by Bates. As Bates left, Avalon looked forlorn. 
• Ryzin’s Blue Chew problem was resolved and it gave him an idea for how he and Vicious Vixens could raise more money. This was the third storyline involving genitals on the show.