It’s Monday and you know what that means: a six-match AEW Dark: Elevation taped last Wednesday at Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida. Paul Wight and Mark Henry were on the call tonight.
Lance Archer defeated Cameron Stewart
As usually happens on Dark shows, Archer brought his opponent to the ring and then destroyed him. Archer hit several lariats and then the Blackout to win the match and improve his record to 48-10. After the match, Stewart ate another lariat. It’s safe to say that Stan Hansen would happy with what he saw here from Archer.
Ruby Soho defeated Session Moth Martina
This was the AEW debut of Martina. Soho worked her left arm and shoulder while Martina used her trademark bants to confuse Soho to no avail. Soho hit No Future for the win.
Daniel Garcia (w/ 2point0) defeated Ray Jaz
Garcia (19-15) won this short match with a scorpion deathlock.
Scorpio Sky (w/ Ethan Page & Dan Lambert) defeated Shawn Dean
Lambert interfered on Sky’s behalf during the match. Sky targeted Dean’s back with several backbreakers. Sky finished off “The Captain” with the TKO ahead of his challenge of TNT Champion Sammy Guevara Wednesday.
While Sky has been undefeated over the last year, this match was also marked the end of Dean’s 2022 win streak.
Kris Statlander defeated Emi Sakura
Sakura attacked Statlander before the bell rang and gained an early advantage, but Statlander used her strength to turn things around. Powerslams and back breakers were her allies in this match as were a sidekick and the Big Bang Theory that helped her pick up the linear victory after Sunday’s loss to Leyla Hirsch.
Wheeler Yuta defeated Aaron Solo
This was a clash between two wrestlers that use speed as their primary weapon. Solo was too distracted working the crowd which Yuta used to his advantage. During the match, QT Marshall came out to distract both the ref and Yuta, but Yuta outsmarted everyone and pretended that Marshall attacked him to get him kicked out of ringside. Yuta used a mouse trap to win and improve his overall record to 20-15.
Final Thoughts:
AEW initially uploaded the wrong episode of Elevation for 26 minutes showing last week’s instead which was kind of funny. Must have been a long night after Sunday’s Revolution show.
The show was fast and to the point. The matches were fine but a special shoutout must go for the main event that was both a fun match and longer than most matches on this episode.
Two matches have been announced for the AEW Revolution Buy-In prior to Sunday’s pay-per-view.
Tonight on Dynamite it was announced that Kris Statlander will face Leyla Hirsch, while Hook will face QT Marshall.
Statlander and Hirsch have been feuding since Hirsch turned on Statlander and Red Velvet. In a recent promo, Statlander said she didn’t blame Hirsch’s parents for giving her up if this was her attitude when she was a kid. The two exchanged words on tonight’s Dynamite, with Statlander saying Hirsch would see a new Kris Statlander that no one’s seen before.
Marshall has taken offense to Hook’s rise in recent weeks, seeing Hook’s actions against him a sign of disrespect. On last week’s Rampage, Marshall sent his students to attack Hook, but Hook quickly took them out.
Here is the main card for AEW Revolution, which takes place on March 6 in Orlando, Florida:
AEW World Championship: Hangman Adam Page (c) vs. Adam Cole
AEW Women’s World Championship: Britt Baker (c) vs. Thunder Rosa
AEW World Tag Team Championship: Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus (c) vs. reDRagon vs. The Young Bucks
AEW TBS Championship: Jade Cargill (c) vs. Tay Conti
Dog collar match: CM Punk vs. MJF
Jon Moxley vs. Bryan Danielson
Face of the Revolution ladder match for a TNT title shot: Wardlow vs. Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Keith Lee vs. Ricky Starks vs. Orange Cassidy vs. TBD
Tornado trios match: Matt Hardy, Andrade El Idolo & Isiah Kassidy vs. Sting, Darby Allin & Sammy Guevara
With her win over Kris Statlander on Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite, Ruby Soho advanced to the semifinals of the TBS title tournament.
The two had a competitive, back and forth match. The finish had Soho go for what was formerly called the Riott Kick (now called the No Future), but Statlander blocked it and went for the Big Bang Theory. Soho then countered with a victory roll for the win.
With the win, Soho will now face Nyla Rose in the semifinals. Rose attacked Soho after the match, grabbing Soho and throwing her down to the floor. Statlander, who was distracted by Vickie Guerrero on stage, ran back to the ring as Rose bailed.
The other semifinal match of the tournament will have Thunder Rosa face Jade Cargill. In a segment on tonight’s Dynamite, Rosa confronted Cargill and told her that she would be doing commentary for Cargill’s match set for this Friday’s Rampage, as Cargill is set to take on one of Rosa’s students. Cargill didn’t seem impressed and walked away.
A quarterfinals matchup in the TBS Championship tournament will take place on next week’s AEW Dynamite.
Ruby Soho will face Kris Statlander in a quarterfinals match on the Wednesday, December 1 show. The winner will advance to the semifinals to face Nyla Rose.
Soho scored a first round win over Penelope Ford back on October 23 to advance in the tournament. Statlander earned a bye to the quarterfinals by virtue of her standing in the AEW women’s division rankings.
Soho’s only AEW loss so far came in a Women’s World Championship match against Britt Baker at Dynamite Grand Slam in September.
The other semifinals match is also set, as Thunder Rosa defeated Jamie Hayter on this week’s Dynamite in Chicago to advance. Rosa will face Jade Cargill in the semifinals. Cargill also received a first round bye due to her place in the rankings, then advanced to the semifinals with a win over Red Velvet on the November 19 episode of AEW Rampage.
More matches for next week’s Dynamite will be announced during AEW Rampage Black Friday.
An AEW Women’s World Championship match has been added to the All Out PPV.
Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. will defend the title against top-ranked contender Kris Statlander in Chicago on Sunday, September 5. The match was announced during tonight’s AEW Dynamite episode.
Baker has held the AEW Women’s Championship since the Double or Nothing PPV on May 30, where she ended Hikaru Shida’s title reign of over a year.
Statlander returned to action in April of this year after missing nearly ten months with a knee injury. She is on a sixteen-match winning streak in AEW in singles matches.
Here is the lineup for All Out:
AEW All Out, Sunday, September 5 on PPV —
AEW World Championship: Kenny Omega (c) vs. Christian Cage
CM Punk vs. Darby Allin
AEW Women’s World Championship: Britt Baker (c) vs. Kris Statlander
AEW World Tag Team Championship steel cage match: The Young Bucks (c) vs. Jurassic Express or Lucha Bros
Two new matches have been announced for this week’s special Saturday edition of Dynamite.
Dante Martin will face Matt Sydal in a singles match. This is a rematch from an episode of AEW Dark from earlier this month, where Sydal defeated Martin. Martin has been in singles action as his brother and tag team partner, Darius Martin, recovers from an ACL injury. His most recent high-profile match took place last month when he lost a TNT title match to Miro.
Kris Statlander, meanwhile, will face The Bunny in a singles match. Orange Cassidy will be in Statlander’s corner, while The Blade will be in Bunny’s.
Already announced for this Saturday’s show is Kenny Omega vs. Jungle Boy for the AEW World title and Hangman Page vs. Powerhouse Hobbs
After Saturday, AEW will run one final show at Daily’s Place, returning to their normal Wednesday timeslot on June 30. The first show back on the road will be Road Rager on July 7 in Miami.
Statlander suffered a torn ACL while teaming with Hikaru Shida against Nyla Rose & Penelope Ford on Dynamite last June. The injury happened when Statlander hit a dive to the outside on Kip Sabian.
On Dynamite two weeks ago, Statlander made her return during Chuck Taylor & Orange Cassidy’s Arcade Anarchy match against Sabian & Miro. Ford pulled referee Aubrey Edwards out of the ring as Cassidy was going for a pin during the match. After Ford hit a low blow on Cassidy, Statlander returned and slammed Ford through an air hockey table.
Trent also returned from injury during the Arcade Anarchy match. The show ended with Taylor, Cassidy, Statlander, and Trent hugging and celebrating Taylor & Cassidy’s win.
Here’s the updated lineup for this Wednesday’s Dynamite:
AEW Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks defend against PAC & Rey Fenix
TNT Champion Darby Allin defends against Matt Hardy in a falls count anywhere match
Chris Jericho vs. Dax Harwood (Mike Tyson will be the special enforcer)
Kris Statlander and Trent returned to AEW in the main event of tonight’s Dynamite.
Statlander popped out of an arcade claw machine to attack Penelope Ford, aiding Orange Cassidy and Chuck Taylor in their arcade anarchy match win over Miro and Kip Sabian. Statlander delivered a fisherman buster off the apron through an air hockey table to Ford.
Statlander suffered a torn ACL on the June 10, 2020 edition of Dynamite. She has been regularly featured on Being The Elite in recent months, but tonight was her first main show appearance since her injury.
Trent’s return came in the same arcade anarchy segment. He was driven to the ringside area in his mom Sue’s van, then speared Miro through a table. Taylor then pinned Sabian after hitting a powerslam off the stage through some tables.
Trent suffered a partially torn pectoral on the December 23, 2020 episode of Dynamite and has been out of action since.
Statlander tore her ACL in a match on AEW Dynamite that aired on June 10. The injury happened as she was going for a dive on Kip Sabian to the outside, injuring her knee on impact. It took place during a tag team match where Statlander teamed with Hikaru Shida to take on Nyla Rose and Penelope Ford.
A few days later she confirmed the injury, writing on Twitter that she had suffered a high grade tear on her ACL.
“Since the news is out. I told you I’d dive on Kip again and dammit I did. But in doing so, I ended up with a high grade tear in my ACL,” she wrote. ”Yes I need surgery. Yes I’ll be out of the ring for a while. I’ll do my best to still show up on your TVs as much as I can.”
Statlander’s last high profile match was at Double or Nothing, when she defeated Penelope Ford in a singles match
Kris Statlander is out of action following an ACL tear.
Statlander confirmed a PWInsider report saying that she had suffered a knee injury, writing on Twitter: “Since the news is out. I told you I’d dive on Kip again and dammit I did. But in doing so, I ended up with a high grade tear in my ACL. Yes I need surgery. Yes I’ll be out of the ring for a while. I’ll do my best to still show up on your TVs as much as I can. @AEWrestling”
The injury happened on last week’s Dynamite, where Statlander teamed with Hikaru Shida to take on Penelope Ford and Nyla Rose in a tag match. Statlander went for a suicide dive on Kip Sabian, who was at ringside, and landed on her knees.
Statlander has been feuding with Penelope Ford since Double or Nothing, when Statlander defeated her in a singles match.
A new match has been announced for Dynamite on Wednesday.
AEW President Tony Khan posted on Twitter that a tag team match has been signed for Dynamite. New AEW Women’s champion Hikaru Shida will team with Kris Statlander to take on Nyla Rose and Penelope Ford.
This comes off the heels of Double or Nothing several weeks ago where Shida defeated Rose in a no DQ, no countout match to win the championship for the first time. Rose gained some momentum back on last week’s Dynamite by pinning Big Swole.
It was also announced that Chris Jericho will be returning to commentary for this week’s show. He joined Tony Schiavone for several shows during the initial outbreak of COVID-19.
Also announced for Wednesday is a TNT title match between Marq Quen and champion Cody, Best Friends & Orange Cassidy vs. Jake Hager and Santana & Ortiz of the Inner Circle, and Sammy Guevara vs. Colt Cabana.
FTR, the former Revival, will also make their wrestling debut on the program, facing The Butcher & The Blade.
AEW announced Friday night that Penelope Ford will replace Britt Baker in her match against Kris Statlander at Saturday’s AEW Double or Nothing.
Baker was injured at AEW Dynamite Wednesday in a tag team match and an update on her status will be given at the pay-per-view. The injury came when Statlander and Hikaru Shida slammed Baker’s partner, AEW women’s champion Nyla Rose, onto her as she sat in a corner of the ring, injuring her right knee in the process. She managed to make it through a few spots before tagging out and having an AEW doctor tend to her on the ring apron.
Baker has yet to address the extent of her injury on social media.
This will be Ford and Statlander’s first singles match in AEW, but they have competed against each other in two four way matches. Since failing to take the title from Rose in February, Statlander has had just one straight up singles match, a May 6th Dark win over Dani Jordyn.
A women’s tag team match has been added to tomorrow’s episode of Dynamite.
Hikaru Shida and Kris Statlander will team up to take on AEW Women’s champion Nyla Rose and Britt Baker, according to a post from AEW President Tony Khan. This follows a fatal four way match that took place last week, where Hikaru Shida defeated Statlander, Baker, and Penelope Ford.
Two matches were made for this Sunday’s Double or Nothing as a result of that match. Shida is now the number one contender for Rose’s AEW Women’s title, while Kris Statlander and Britt Baker will face off. Commentary mentioned during the fatal four way match that Baker seemed more interested in hurting Statlander than actually winning the match.
Already announced for tomorrow is Sammy Guevara vs. Matt Hardy, Jon Moxley vs. 10 (a member of the Dark Order), MJF vs. Marko Stunt, Matt Hardy vs. Sammy Guevara, and Orange Cassidy vs. Fenix. Additionally, Jake Roberts and Arn Anderson will meet in a face-to-face interview.
Three matches were announced tonight for Double or Nothing.
The AEW Women’s championship will be on the line, as champion Nyla Rose will face number one contender Hikaru Shida. It will be a no DQ, no countout match after Rose attacked Shida with a kendo stick backstage. Shida had defeated Kris Statlander, Britt Baker, and Penelope Ford in a fatal four way match tonight to become the number one contender.
A match between Britt Baker and Kris Statlander was also made tonight, stemming from what happened during the fatal four way women’s match. Baker had Statlander on the floor with her lockjaw submission. The announcers mentioned that Baker was more intent on taking out Statlander than actually winning the match.
The Buy-In pre show match will be a tag team match, with Private Party squaring off against Best Friends. The winners of that match will become the number one contenders to the AEW Tag Team championships, which are currently held by Hangman Adam Page and Kenny Omega.
We’ve got a WrestleMania update with new matches, an updated card, details on the women’s aspect of the show with new bouts and stars from the past who are scheduled and who are not scheduled.
Also covered in the new issue:
Ticket sales for all the WWE shows that week, as well as how the secondary market is doing right now for the WWE & AEW major events.
More on both the Super Showdown and Elimination Chamber shows.
How the Coronavirus has affected some major shows that were scheduled. We look at the Stardom cancellations, the empty arena show on YouTube, another promotion with a worldwide audience doing an empty arena show, as well a how New Japan is handling the situation.
Complete coverage of NXT Takeover Portland, with business notes, update on Matt Riddle, match-by-match coverage with star ratings and poll results on the show.
Update WWE talks regarding how WrestleMania will be broadcast this year, what AEW should be looking for, XFL ratings and analysis, NXT Japan update, Tito Ortiz training with WWE, Bill Goldberg’s dates, former WWE star tells story about Trump, new WWE documentary, Matt Hardy update, Injury updates, foreign ratings, return of John Cena, WWE bans former star from getting talent for their podcast and why, debut of former top star in Mexico, update on MSG, stock price update, most-watched shows on the WWE Network as well as a look at all the NXT and WWE arena events held over the past week.
Complete coverage of the UFC show from Rio Rancho, NM this past week, with business notes.
Update on the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony.
A note on the biggest Wednesday night ratings movers.
Revolution Pro High Stakes headlined by Will Ospreay vs. Zack Sabre Jr., and how Ospreay’s in-ring style has changed so much over the past year. We look at how pro wrestling handles weight classes as compared to real sports, why going back in time may provide a more updated view than what we have now about weight classes and pro wrestling.
2019 stats on WWE performers including who won this year’s Iron Man award, a well as wins and losses.
Our 2019 Awards ballot.
Regarding the Wednesday numbers, we’ve got full details, demos that each side won, how every segment did and what match ended up as the difference maker.
Full coverage of all the WWE and AEW television shows from the past week.
In-depth looks at the ratings of all the major shows, the key demos and quarters for AEW and WWE, what happened head-to-head and what can be learned from them.
Results of all the major pro wrestling events around the world over the past week.
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WEDNESDAY NEWS UPDATE
WWE
Ric and Charlotte Flair paid tribute to Reid Flair on what would have been his 32nd birthday. Ric wrote that he’ll be at Full Sail tonight for Charlotte’s match against Bianca Belair on NXT: “Happy Birthday Champ!! Not A Day Goes By That We Don’t All Think About You. Wendy And I Are Going To See The QUEEN Tear It Down At NXT With Bianca Blair Tonight!! Love You More Than Can Be Put In Words!”
The first trailer for Paramount Pictures and WWE Studios’ “Rumble” was released today. The animated film “is set in a world where monster wrestling is a global sport and monsters are superstar athletes.” It stars Will Arnett, Terry Crews, and Geraldine Viswanathan and features Becky Lynch and Roman Reigns voicing two of its characters.
Sasha Banks will be the in-studio guest on WWE’s The Bump next week.
WWE’s YouTube page added a video of the top ten breakups in WWE history.
Other Wrestling
EVOLVE 145 will stream live for free on Facebook at 6 p.m. Eastern time this Saturday. Gabe Sapolsky tweeted about the show being on the same day as AEW’s Revolution PPV: “Before anyone makes assumptions, this show will be ending around the time the other one starts. You can make it a double header. We want more eyeballs on this loaded & important show from NYC as we head to #EVOLVE in Boston area, Detroit, Chicago and then #WRESTLExpo in Tampa”
Kris Statlander, who is challenging Nyla Rose for the AEW Women’s Championship at Revolution, will miss tomorrow’s Bar Wrestling show due to the flu. Bar Wrestling tweeted: “Unfortunately Kris Statlander has come down with the flu and Adam Brooks work visa won’t be ready in time so both will be unavailable for tomorrow’s show. We are working on the card changes now. Thank you for your patience and support.”
DDT, along with sister promotions Ganabre and Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling, has canceled a number of dates through March 8 due to the coronavirus outbreak. However, DDT will be running empty arena shows on February 28, March 1, March 3 and March 7. Tokyo Joshi Pro will run an empty arena show on March 1 as well.
