The card for Saturday’s NJPW Windy City Riot has been finalized after the addition of a six-man tag featuring AEW talent.
In the opening contest, AEW’s QT Marshall, Nick Comoroto, and Aaron Solo will face Karl Fredericks, Clark Connors, and Yuya Uemura. The match stems from an angle on NJPW Strong where Marshall asked Fredericks to join The Factory, only for Fredericks to decline. The Factory attacked Fredericks, then Uemura and Connors made the save.
Eight matches are set for Saturday’s show, which airs on FITE TV.
The lineup:
NJPW Windy City Riot, Saturday, April 16, 8 p.m. Eastern time on FITE TV —
Jon Moxley vs. Will Ospreay
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Minoru Suzuki
US of Jay open challenge: Jay White vs. TBA
NJPW Strong Openweight Championship: Tom Lawlor (c) vs. Yuji Nagata
Fred Rosser, Chris Dickinson, Josh Alexander, Alex Coughlin & Ren Narita vs. Royce Isaacs, Jorel Nelson, JR Kratos, Danny Limelight & Black Tiger
Scott Norton, Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson, El Phantasmo, Chris Bey & Hikuleo vs. Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb, Aaron Henare, TJP, Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher
Chicago street fight: David Finlay, Juice Robinson & Brody King vs. Shane Haste, JONAH & Bad Dude Tito
QT Marshall, Aaron Solo & Nick Comoroto vs. Karl Fredericks, Clark Connors & Yuya Uemura
The lineup for this week’s edition of AEW Dark has been revealed.
Notable matches set for the show include Orange Cassidy & Wheeler Yuta teaming together to take on The Factory’s Aaron Solo & Nick Comoroto. Dante Martin is also set to face Jack Evans.
Lee Johnson, The Acclaimed, Sonny Kiss, Daniel Garcia, Marina Shafir, and Kiera Hogan will all be in action as well.
The full lineup for Tuesday’s episode is as follows:
Abadon vs. Sahara Seven
Diamante vs. Vipress
Kiera Hogan vs. Kelsey Raegan
Marina Shafir vs. Danielle Kamela
Daniel Garcia (w/ 2point0) vs. Josh Woods
Shawn Dean vs. Will Austin
Sonny Kiss vs. Ashton Starr
The Acclaimed (Max Caster & Anthony Bowens) vs. B. Jack & Donovan Izzolena
Dante Martin vs. Jack Evans
Lee Johnson vs. Darian Bengston
Orange Cassidy & Wheeler Yuta vs. Aaron Solo & Nick Comoroto
Kamela is making her AEW debut on tonight’s show. She was formerly known as Vanessa Borne in WWE/NXT.
This will be the fourth episode of AEW Dark to air from the tapings held at Universal Studios earlier this month. AEW will return to Universal Studios this Thursday for another set of tapings.
It’s Monday and you know what that means: a seven-match AEW Dark: Elevation taped last Wednesday at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland, Ohio, with Tony Schiavone, Paul Wight and Mark Henry on the call.
Lance Archer (w/ Jake Roberts) defeated Chase Oliver
This was Oliver’s debut and it started with Archer dragging him to the ring. Archer (44-9) destroyed Oliver from beginning to end, beating him with the Blackout in a squash. This was another win for him ahead of his World title Texas Death Match with Hangman Page.
After the match, Archer cut a promo about coming back and wanting the World title and Hangman Page. Archer ended his promo with his iconic “Everybody dies” catchphrase.
Brandi Rhodes (w/ Arn Anderson) defeated KiLynn King
This was a homecoming match for Dark and Dark: Elevation regular King. She had the height advantage and used it to her advantage at the onset. Rhodes asked Anderson for advice on how to deal with King, but that didn’t work at all. Rhodes eventually targeted King’s legs to slow her down and change the flow of the match. Rhodes won with the Stretch Mark submission, upping her career record to 15-3.
Jay Lethal defeated Casey Carrington
This was the AEW debut for Carrington. Lethal started with a suicide dive, followed by the Ric Flair strut. Lethal dominated as Carrington was outmatched at every opportunity. A Macho Man elbow and the Lethal Injection got him his fourth AEW win of the year. He moves on to face FTW Champion Ricky Starks this Friday on Rampage.
Anna Jay defeated Nikki Victory
This was Victory’s AEW debut. Jay (24-11) won this short match by submission with the Queenslayer.
Dante Martin, Lee Moriarty & Matt Sydal defeated Aaron Solo, Nick Comoroto & QT Marshall (w/ Anthony Ogogo)
The Factory began by hitting Sydal, Moriarty and Martin from behind before the bell rang while their backs were to them. Sydal’s speed eventually forced Solo to tag Comoroto which once again changed the flow in favor of The Factory. Comoroto also showcased his strength by lifting Martin only using one arm.
Ogogo interfered in favor of The Factory until the ref kicked him out. The Factory then isolated Sydal from Moriarty and Martin and took turns beating him up. Sydal used an impressive tijeras to finally escape and tag Martin who cleaned house.
The Factory used a triple combo to almost win the match, but Martin was able to kick out and the crowd went nuts. Martin hit the Nosedive on Solo to pick up the win.
This marked the debuts for Navarro and Meyers while this was Soho and Rosa’s second straight outing as a team and that experience working together helped them dominate here. Meyers took both a Future Kick and a fire thunder driver as Rosa and Soho won the match.
After the match, Mercedes Martinez came out to stare down Rosa ahead of their Rampage match this Friday.
Penta El Zero Miedo (w/ Alex Abrahantes) defeated Serpentico
Penta got the best reaction of the episode as the crowd went bonkers when he came out. On a side note, when Penta did his first “zero miedo,” he cursed in Spanish so fans that speak Spanish will really pop for that. Serpentico also talked in Spanish and said “maldita sea” meaning “damn it.”
This match was a great showcase for the argument that Penta (and Fenix as well) could be great players in AEW as singles stars. Penta picked up the win after hitting the Fear Factor won the match, increasing his overall record to 58-28.
Final Thoughts:
This was an enjoyable episode of Elevation. The best match of the night was Moriarty, Sydal and Martin vs. The Factory, but Serpentico vs. Penta was also fun and another match to check out.
A match between Billy Gunn and QT Marshall has been added to this week’s Dynamite.
The match was made based on an interview uploaded on AEW’s social media. Austin Gunn, after defeating Aaron Solow on AEW Dark: Elevation, got flustered when asked if the Gunn Club’s feud with The Factory was over. Billy Gunn came in and finished the question for Austin, saying that it wasn’t over. Marshall then showed up and told Billy that it was nothing personal. Gunn said he took it too far by attacking Cody and the rest of the Nightmare Family. Marshall punched out Gunn, asked if that was too far, then walked away.
Marshall attacked Cody and the rest of the Nightmare Family last month, with Aaron Solow, Nick Comoroto, and Anthony Ogogo joining him to form a new group called The Factory.
The lineup for the rest of this week’s Dynamite includes:
Darby Allin vs. Jungle Boy for the TNT title
Hikaru Shida vs. Tay Conti for the AEW Women’s World title
