The Zero Hour pre-show for Sunday’s AEW All In had a new match added during Saturday’s AEW Collision in addition to some other developments for the pay-per-view from London’s Wembley Stadium.
In a ten-man tag match, Ring of Honor Tag Team and Six-Man Champion Dustin Rhodes will team with fellow champions Sammy Guevara & The Von Erichs in addition to Katsuyori Shibata against former ROH Six-Man Champions Brian Cage, Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona and former ROH Tag Team Champions The Undisputed Kingdom’s Matt Taven & Mike Bennett.
The match was made Saturday when Rhodes and Guevara issued an open challenge for the event which was later answered.
"The Natural" Dustin Rhodes and "The Spanish God" Sammy Guevara have an open challenge prepared for tomorrow at #AEWAllInLondon and are NOT coming ALONE!
During the broadcast, Tony Schiavone said that the winner of the Casino gauntlet match will be able to “cash in” on their earned AEW World title shot which is believed to mean at any time, any place.
That adds further intrigue as the World title will be defended on the pay-per-view between current champion Swerve Strickland and Bryan Danielson.
Here’s the current card for Wembley Stadium on Sunday:
The All In card for Sunday, August 25:
AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland defends against Bryan Danielson
AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm defends against Mariah May
AEW American/International Champion MJF defends against Will Ospreay
TNT Champion Jack Perry defends against Darby Allin in a coffin match
AEW Trios Champions The Patriarchy (Christian Cage, Killswitch, and Nick Wayne) defend against The Bang Bang Gang, The House of Black, and PAC, Claudio Castagnoli, and Wheeler Yuta in a London ladder match
AEW Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks defend against The Acclaimed and FTR
TBS Champion Mercedes Mone defends against Britt Baker
Casino gauntlet match for future AEW World title shot (Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong, Hangman Page, Kyle O’Reilly, Mark Briscoe, Evil Uno confirmed entrants)
FTW Champion Chris Jericho defends against Hook
Zero Hour: Willow Nightingale & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Kris Statlander & Stokely Hathaway, winners get to pick stipulation to Nightingale/Statlander CMLL Women’s title match for All Out
Zero Hour: Dustin Rhodes, Sammy Guevara, The Von Erichs (Ross & Marshall) and Katsuyori Shibata vs. Brian Cage, Bishop Kaun, Toa Liona, Matt Taven & Mike Bennett
Five matches are set for tonight’s AEW Rampage, including MxM Collection facing Private Party.
The MxM duo of Mason Madden & Mansoor will take on Private Party’s Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen in the lone tag team bout on tonight’s episode. MxM Collection made their in-ring ROH debut at the Death Before Dishonor pre-show last Friday, and followed up with their AEW debut on Saturday’s Collision against FTR.
A match with Brian Cage of Cage of Agony facing enhancement talent Manny Lo was taped for the show, advertised just as Brian Cage in action.
The Learning Tree’s Bryan Keith will also face an enhancement talent on the show, as he goes one-on-one with Jackson Drake.
In a women’s division contest, former AEW Women’s Champion Nyla Rose will face Harley Cameron.
Wheeler Yuta vs. The Butcher in singles competition rounds out the five-match lineup for the show.
Tonight’s episode was taped Wednesday night in Greenville, South Carolina. Spoilers for the show are available here.
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Taped in Greenville, South Carolina.
Excalibur, Matt Menard and Tony Schiavone were on commentary.
Wheeler Yuta (w/ Bryan Danielson) defeated The Butcher (10:38)
Danielson actually went over to the commentary table.
Yuta transitioned from a flying octopus hold into a sunset flip for a near fall, but Butcher got right up and mauled him with a shoulderblock. Yuta sent Butcher to the floor and followed him out with a tope. On the floor, Yuta whipped Butcher into the guardrail and hit a forearm. Back in the ring, Yuta went for a blind dive, but Butcher sidestepped him and dropped him with a backbreaker for a near fall.
After the split-screen break, Yuta came off the top with a cross bodyblock. Yuta followed up with a flying clothesline to take Butcher off his feet. Yuta followed up with an enziguri and an elbow strike. Yuta came off the top with a flying forearm. Yuta hit a German suplex and bridge for a near fall. Yuta stomped on Butcher’s arm and locked on a kimura, but Butcher casually got to his feet and hit a powerbomb for a near fall.
Yuta went for a double chicken wing. When Yuta couldn’t get Butcher down, he bit on his neck and got Butcher down for the mat, then locked in Daneilson’s Cattle Mutilation hold to get Butcher to tap out.
Brian Cage defeated Manny Lo (0:58)
Cage picked Lo up for a slam and gave him a cutter. Cage finished Lo off with Weapon X. That was a proper squash.
– Renee Pauqette interviewed Don Callis and Kyle Fletcher. Brian Cage interrupted, and Fletcher challenged Brian Cage for Collision. Callis is not happy about all this wrestling Kyle Fletcher wants to do.
Nyla Rose defeated Harley Cameron (7:54)
According to her pre match promo, Cameron is wrestling this match on Saraya’s behalf, who is protesting because she’s not a part of All In. But I don’t think Saraya was ever advertised for this match.
Nyla dumped Cameron to the floor and teased doing a dive on the outside. Cameron sent Rose into the ring barricade. Back in the ring, Carermon choked Rose in the corner with a boot to the throat.
After the commercial break, Cameron went for a tijeras but Rose countered it with a backbreaker. Rose followed up with a big legdrop for two. Cameron came off the middle ropes with a crossbody and got powerslamed. Rose missed a cannon ball in the corner. Cameron got a near fall off a running knee. Cameron gave Rose a Bronco buster, but Rose powered up and turn it into a running Beast Bomb to get the pinfall.
– Private Party cut a promo on the MxM Collection.
“Bad Apple” Bryan Keith (w/ Chris Jericho & Big Bill) defeated Jackson Drake
Keith caught Drake with an exploder suplex and a big boot. Keith gave Drake the Diamond Dust to get the pinfall.
– Renee Paquette interviewed Katsuyori Shibata. Through his phone, Shibata promised Hook and Samoa Joe would be back soon, and he would hurt all of Bryan Keith to revenge for what Keith did to his arm.
– A preview of the big eight tag main event for Collision tomorrow afternoon.
Mason Madden was recruited to the Jaguars after college, which makes him the first guy to work for Tony Khan in the NFL and AEW. Frustrated by Zay doing the “Shots! Shots! Shots!” taught, Madden let the crowd know this was a serious wrestling contest.
Madden was easily a head taller than everyone else in this match. Quen used Zay as a springboard and dropkicked Madden, then Private Party gave Mansoor a flapjack when he tried to run in.
MxM had the advantage during the break. After the break, Quen got the hot tag and hit Mansoor with a series of forearms and a shoulder tackle. Quen hit a standing moonsault and a lionsault. Madden ran in and got an enziguri, and Quen hit Mansoor with an enziguri as well. Private Party hit a back suplex/neckbreaker combo for a near fall. Private Party tried a double suplex on Madden, but Madden reversed it and suplexed both Private Party. Madden hit a leg lariat on Zay into a sitdown powerbomb from Mansoor for a near fall.
Zay came off the ropes with a springboard tornado DDT for a near fall, then hit Madden with a dropkick. Zay went for a tope on Madden on the floor, but Madden caught him with a Black Hole Slam. Quen came off the top with a tope con hilo on Madden.
Back in the ring, Quen and Mansoor are legal. Quen went up the top, but Madden caught him with a chokeslam off the top rope. Monsoon took Kassidy out with a superkick. Mansoor and Madden hit Quen with an elevated/implant double underhook DDT to get the pinfall. MxM Collection looked good here.
After making their AEW debut on Collision last week, MxM Collection will be back in action on the Friday, August 2 Rampage episode.
AEW taped five matches for Friday’s Rampage on Wednesday night in Greenville, South Carolina, including a tag team contest with MxM Collection’s Mason Madden & Mansoor taking on Private Party’s Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen.
Four more matches are also set to air on Friday’s Rampage.
The Learning Tree’s Bryan Keith will be in singles competition against enhancement talent Jackson Drake on the show.
In a women’s division contest, Nyla Rose will take on Harley Cameron.
Cage of Agony’s Brian Cage will square off with enhancement talent Manny Lo on Friday’s card.
Also set for the show, The Butcher will go one-on-one with Blackpool Combat Club’s Wheeler Yuta.
Spoilers for the Friday, August 2 AEW Rampage are available here.
A spoiler-free lineup for Friday’s show:
MxM Collection (Mason Madden & Mansoor) vs. Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen)
Another match has been added to Sunday’s Zero Hour pre-show for AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door pay-per-view.
The bout will see House of Black (Malakai Black & Brody King) vs. Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) vs. Tomohiro Ishii & Kyle O’Reilly vs. Gabe Kidd & Roderick Strong.
Kidd & Strong teamed up on Friday’s Rampage for the first time, defeating The Infantry with Kidd taking umbrage with Strong’s celebration with The Undisputed Kingdom afterward.
This is the first time O’Reilly and Ishii have teamed up, but they have been on opposite ends of the NJPW ring twice before in 2016.
Black & King will be looking for their second straight win following the recent storyline injuries to Buddy Matthews while Quen & Kassidy are looking to rebound from a loss to The Learning Tree on last week’s Collision.
Here’s the updated card for Sunday’s PPV:
AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland defends against Will Ospreay
Ladder match for the vacant TNT Championship: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Mark Briscoe vs. Jack Perry vs. Lio Rush vs. Dante Martin vs. El Phantasmo
Title for title: TBS Champion Mercedes Mone vs. NJPW Strong Women’s Champion Stephanie Vaquer
AEW Women’s Champion Toni Storm defends against Mina Shirakawa
IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jon Moxley defends against Tetsuya Naito
Owen Hart Foundation men’s tournament quarterfinal match: Bryan Danielson vs. Shingo Takagi
MJF vs. Hechicero
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Orange Cassidy
The Elite (Kazuchika Okada & The Young Bucks) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens & Max Caster)
The Learning Tree (Chris Jericho, Big Bill & Jeff Cobb) vs. Samoa Joe, Hook & Katsuyori Shibata
Zero Hour: Kris Statlander & Momo Watanabe vs. Willow Nightingale & Tam Nakano
Zero Hour: Owen Hart Foundation women’s tournament quarterfinal match: Saraya vs. Mariah May
Zero Hour: Mistico & The Lucha Bros (Penta El Zero Miedo & Rey Fenix) vs. Titan, Yota Tsuji & Hiromu Takahashi
Zero Hour: House of Black (Malakai Black & Brody King) vs. Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) vs. Tomohiro Ishii & Kyle O’Reilly vs. Gabe Kidd & Roderick Strong
Chris Jericho will be in action on the next AEW Collision.
It was announced during Collision that next week’s show will feature Jericho and Big Bill teaming together to take on Private Party. This follows events on Wednesday’s Dynamite, where Private Party attacked Jericho, Bill, and Bryan Keith after Jericho insulted their abilities under the guise of giving them advice.
On Wednesday’s episode of TV Time, Jericho invited Private Party as his guests. After Jericho offered to demonstrate how to jump off the top rope, Private Party attacked Jericho while he was climbing and sent both Bill and Keith to the outside of the ring.
Since winning the FTW Championship, Jericho has undergone his latest transformation, now offering to mentor those who wish to learn under his learning tree, recruiting Big Bill in the process. At Double or Nothing, Jericho was able to retain the FTW Championship after Keith interfered, establishing himself as the “bad apple” of the group.
Here is the updated lineup for next Saturday’s AEW Collision:
Top Flight vs. Private Party is set for tonight’s AEW Rampage.
In a rematch from the January 17 Dynamite, Top Flight’s Darius Martin & Dante Martin take on Private Party’s Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen on tonight’s episode. Private Party were victorious in the first match of this series.
Tag Team Champions Ricky Starks & Big Bill will be in action on tonight’s episode against Dark Order’s Alex Reynolds & John Silver in a non-title affair. Darby Allin will be on commentary for the bout. Starks & Bill defend against Sting & Allin on next week’s Dynamite.
Willow Nightingale will face Queen Aminata on tonight’s Rampage in a women’s division contest.
CMLL’s Mistico, Volador Jr., Hechicero, & Mascara Dorada will take on Christopher Daniels, Matt Sydal, Matt Menard, & Angelo Parker in an eight-man tag team bout.
A promo from AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy & Trent Beretta of the Best Friends faction has also been advertised for tonight’s episode.
Taped in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Excalibur and Tony Schiavone were on commentary.
Top Flight (w/ Action Andretti) defeated Private Party (9:51)
This is a rematch from a few weeks ago on Dynamite where Private Party maybe cheated to win. In New Orleans, the crowd was behind Private Party, chanting for shots. Or maybe they were all in unison shouting a drink order.
Top Flight tried a flapjack on Quen, but he pushed off of them and hit them both with a dropkick. Zay got the tag and hit a slingshot stunner on Darius while wearing a crown. Zay put Darius in a camel clutch, and Quen leapfrogged over his partner and hit a double stomp on Darius. Quen went for a cradle on Darius while holding the ropes, but Action Andretti broke up the pin attempt. This lead to Dante almost getting a nearfall with a rollup of his own.
After a split-screen break, Dante hit a gamengiri and top rope crossbody for a near fall. Zay hit forearms on both Darius and Dante, while the crowd encouraged him with “Shots!” chants. Dante ducked an enzigiri from Zay then hit a superkick, but Private Party caught Dante with the Silly String. Quen landed a shooting star press on Dante for a near fall.
Darius hit Zay with a Spanish Fly, then took him out with a tope suicidia on the floor. Quen charged into a gamengiri from Darius, then Dante hit Quen with his half-nelson slam for the pinfall.
I’d like to propose a best of a thousand and one match series between these two teams, who are going to keep making each other better.
– Renee Paquette interviewed Sammy Guevara, who called out Will Hobbs for costing him the World Tag Team titles a few weeks ago at Battle of the Belts.
– Jay Lethal can’t get the Sonjay Dutt crew to workout with him. Jarrett doesn’t need to workout because he’s a two-time hall of famer? Jarrett screwed at Lethal for being too nice. This segment was pointless.
Ricky Starks & Big Bill defeated Alex Reynolds & John Silver (w/ Evil Uno) in an Eliminator Match. (5:45)
I’d like someone to explain why the #2 contenders (who don’t even get an entrance) are in an eliminator match. Darby Allin was at ringside for commentary.
The Dark Order jumped Starks before the bell. Starks was a total babyface in New Orleans. Silver powerbombed Starks onto Reynolds knees for a near fall. Silver then hit a german suplex for a near fall (and Darby on commentary called back to how Starks injured his neck in the pandemic era against Adam Page).
Big Bill got the hot tag and dumped Silver to the floor. Uno jumped up on the apron and Bill booted him to the mat. Bill got knocked to the floor, where Reynolds hit him with a running boot. Silver and Reynolds sent Bill into the ringpost.
Back in the ring, Bill caught Reynolds with a spinning Boss Man Slam. Starks and Silver got the tags, and Starks dominated Silver. Starks did his version of the old school ropewalk on Reynolds. Uno tripped up Starks, and Starks speared him on the floor. Back in the ring, Starks hit the roshambeaux on Silver and got the pinfall.
The #2 ranked tag team looked like jobbers here. If I didn’t know better, I’d say they’re trying to kill the ranking gimmick out of the gate.
– Renee Paquette interviewed Don Callis and Powerhouse Hobbs. Callis made it clear that its he and Hobbs that are after Sammy Guevara.
The commentators talked up Aminata, who needs to start winning matches. Willow hit Aminata with a pair of short-arm clotheslines, then came off the middle ropes with a shotgun dropkick. Aminata tripped up Nightingale on the apron and took control of the match heading into the split-screen break.
After the break, Nightingale missed a cannonball in the corner. Aminata hit a kick in the corner for a near fall. Aminata dropped Nightingale with a german suplex, but missed the hip attack in the corner. Nightingale hit the cannonball in the corner, then a death valley driver for a near fall. Nightingale finished off Aminata with the Doctor Bomb for the pinfall. After the match, Hathaway reluctantly celebrated with Statlander and Hathaway.
– Renee Paquette interviewed Orange Cassidy and the Best Friends. Orange asked for this time because he knew Roderick Strong and his crew would interrupt the interview. Which they did. Cassidy and his friends want to fight Strong and his friends. Adam Cole wanted to suggest a four-on-four, but – from his wheel chair– said that can’t happen because Chuck Taylor is injured. So instead Cassidy, Trent Beretta & Rocky Romero will take on Strong, Matt Taven and Mike Bennett, next week on Rampage. Orange Cassidy: “Why is he in a wheelchair?”
– Renee Paquette interviewed Willow Nightingale, Kris Statlander and Stokely Hathaway. They were soon interrupted by Saraya, Harley Cameron and Ruby Soho all screaming at each other. Everyone started bickering, Cameron bit Hathaway, and a tag match was made for next week.
Mistico, Volador Jr., Hechicero, & Mascara Dorada defeated Christopher Daniels, Matt Sydal, Matt Menard, & Angelo Parker (11:32)
Volador took Menard down with a step up huricanrana and a dropkick. Misticio and Daniels got the tags, and Misticio hit a handspring elbow and a springboard cross body. Hechicero got the tag and hit a springboard dropkick. Volador hit a lung blower, and Dorada hit a standing shooting star press for a near fall.
Daniels took Dorado down with a back heel trip, and got the tag. Menard, Parker and Sydal triple teamed Dorada. Sydal hit a mariposa for a near fall. Sydal tied up Dorado in a bow and arrow.
The babyfaces worked over Dorado through the split-screen break. Once back to full screen, Dorado made his comeback and got the tag to Hechicero. Hechicero choked out Daniels with a sleeper in the ropes, then came off the top rope with a clothesline. Sydal caught Hechicero with an enziguri. Daniels caught Hechicero with a flatliner into a submission, but it was broken up.
Menard and Parker had a messy exchange with Mistico and Volador. Mistico, Volador and Dorado all hit dives on the floor. Back in the ring, Hechicero backdropped Daniels to counter the Angels Wings. Hechicero hit Daniels with a running knee in the corner, then tied him up in a cradle to get the pinfall. Nice showcase for Hechicero, who takes on Bryan Danielson tomorrow night on Collision.
At the end of the show, Excalibur ran down a bunch of matches for Collision and next week’s Dynamite. Two new matches and a change were announced:
Queen Aminada will face Serena Deeb on Collision.
Ricky Starks & Big Bill v. Sting & Darby Allin for Dynamite is now a Torando Tag Team match.
AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm will face Red Velvet on Dynamite in an eliminator match.
The debut of several CMLL stars in addition to a tag team rematch are official for this Friday’s edition of AEW Rampage.
Initially announced on Friday’s Rampage and expanded upon during Saturday’s Collision via a video package, Volador Jr, Mistico, Mascara Dorada and Hechicero will be involved but the actual match was not announced.
The bout(s) are a further extension of the CMLL/AEW partnership that began last October when Mistico made his AEW debut in a match against Rocky Romero.
¡La próxima semana 4 súper estrellas del CMLL participarán en #AEWRampage!
A rematch between Private Party and Top Flight was also confirmed after a backstage confrontation on Friday’s Rampage.
The two teams did battle earlier this month in Private Party’s first match since Marq Quen returned from injury. The manner in which he and Isiah Kassidy won the match didn’t sit right with Dante & Darius Martin, setting up their second meeting.
Here’s the current Rampage lineup that will be taped after Dynamite this Wednesday in New Orleans:
Private Party (Marq Quen & Isiah Kassidy) vs. Top Flight (Darius & Dante Martin)
Volador Jr, Mistico, Mascara Dorada and Hechicero in action
Marq Quen has returned from injury after being sidelined for over a year and reunited Private Party with Isiah Kassidy.
Quen made his comeback on Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite in a segment following Orange Cassidy’s International title victory over Dante Martin. Quen and Kassidy entered and cut a promo announcing that they have reunited, calling out The Young Bucks, The Hardys, and FTR as potential future targets.
Quen had been sidelined since December 2022 with a shoulder injury. In his absence, Kassidy had been aligned with The Hardys as “Brother Zay.”
Private Party signed with AEW in 2019 and debuted for the company in June of that year at Fyter Fest.
Quen and Kassidy would go on to beat The Young Bucks on Dynamite in the first round of a tournament to crown the inaugural AEW Tag Team Champions, a tournament ultimately won by SCU.
Private Party established themselves on the independent scene, primarily in the northeast, prior to joining AEW.
AEW has revealed the lineup for this week’s edition of Dark.
Matches for the show were filmed on Friday, September 2 from the NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.
The ROH World Championship will be on the line as champion Claudio Castagnoli defends against Ari Daivari.
Other notable matches scheduled to air include Serena Deeb vs. Sierra, Private Party vs. Robert Anthony & GPA, and Julia Hart vs. Missa Kate.
Zack Clayton will return to action on Dark this week as well. He will face Serpentico in singles competition. Tony Nese, Josh Woods, and Marina Shafir will be on the show as well.
AEW Dark airs on Tuesday beginning at 7 p.m Eastern time on YouTube. The announced lineup for the show is as follows:
ROH World Champion Claudio Castagnoli defends against Ari Daivari
Serena Deeb vs. Sierra
Serpentico w/ Luther vs. Zack Clayton
Tony Nese & Josh Woods w/ Mark Sterling vs. Storm Grayson & Brandon Gore
Julia Hart vs. Missa Kate
Marina Shafir w/ Nyla Rose & Vickie Guerrero vs. Laynie Luck
Private Party (Marq Quen & Isiah Kassidy) vs. Robert Anthony & GPA
It’s a special edition of Being the Elite this week. The 316th edition of the show opened with several members of the AEW roster saying “What?” into the camera.
Matt Hardy approaches Private Party —
Hardy once again attempted to make amends with Private Party on this week’s show. They don’t seem to be taking to his apologies, however, and instead locked him in a room with The Butcher and the Blade. When they opened the door to the room again, Hardy was battered and bleeding.
Leva Bates and Peter Avalon go on a Disney honeymoon —
Bates and Avalon attempted to go on their honeymoon at Disney but a miscommunication prevented them from meeting up with each other. Avalon was late and the two played phone tag for a while. They eventually figured out that one of them was at Disneyland and the other was at Disney World.
Highlights from AEW Dynamite —
Some of Brandon Cutler’s footage from last week’s Dynamite was shown.
Ryan Nemeth talks to animals about wrestling —
Nemeth continued to ask wrestling-related questions to animals on this week’s show. He didn’t get much of a response from them.
The Dark Order —
The Dark Order was shown sitting around. It was revealed that Anna Jay has not been returning their calls. They then had a birthday celebration for Evil Uno and Anna even though she wasn’t there. Silver was upset because Anna had lowered a shark cage and evidently “not lowering shark cages” is the first rule of being in the Dark Order.
A new match announcement has been made for tonight’s Double or Nothing go-home edition of Dynamite
Tony Khan revealed on Wednesday that Eddie Kingston & Jon Moxley will team up to face Private Party on the show. He also noted that this will be the first time since September that Moxley and Kingston have teamed up in AEW.
Wednesday’s edition of AEW Dynamite will take place from the Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The full lineup for the show is as follows:
FTR vs. Roppongi Vice for the ROH World Tag Team titles
Owen Hart Tournament men’s semifinal: Samoa Joe vs. Kyle O’Reilly
Owen Hart Tournament women’s semifinal: Britt Baker vs. Toni Storm
Wardlow vs. Shawn Spears cage match with MJF as referee
Jungle Boy vs. Swerve Strickland vs. Ricky Starks
Jon Moxley & Eddie Kingston vs. Private Party (Marq Quen & Isiah Kassidy)
CM Punk/Hangman Page confrontation
Tony Schiavone interviews AEW Women’s World Champion Thunder Rosa
MJF is set to speak and two matches are scheduled for next week’s AEW Dynamite.
An eight-man Texas Tornado match was set up on tonight’s Rampage, with Sting, Darby Allin, and The Hardys taking on The Butcher, The Blade, and Private Party. Chris Jericho and Daniel Garcia will face Alex Reynolds and John Silver, and MJF will speak.
Tonight’s opening contest had Darby Allin defeat The Butcher by count out. After the match, the rest of the Andrade Family Office came in and attacked Darby & Sting, who was at ringside. The Hardys then came out to make the save, with Matt issuing the Texas Tornado challenge for next week.
Jericho and Garcia will make their debut as a team after Garcia and the former 2point0 joined forces with Jericho, forming the Jericho Appreciation Society, laying out Eddie Kingston, Santana, and Ortiz. Jericho cut a promo on Dynamite this past week calling himself and the rest of his stable sports entertainers.
MJF will speak for the first time following the events of last week’s Dynamite. He drove Wardlow into a ring post, allowing Scorpio Sky to retain the TNT title by roll up. MJF, Sky, Paige VanZant’s husband Austin Vanderford, and Shawn Spears all attacked Wardlow , with MJF laying out Wardlow with his Dynamite Diamond Ring.
For the first time since April 2019, Jeff and Matt Hardy will team up on national TV on tonight’s St. Patrick’s Day Slam edition of AEW Dynamite.
The Hardy brothers will take on Private Party as the feud between Matt and his former stablemates in the Andrade-Hardy Family Office kicks off in the ring.
Jeff made his on-screen debut on last Wednesday’s Dynamite, running out to make the save for Matt as he was being beaten down by Private Party, Butcher & The Blade and Andrade El Idolo. Sting and Darby Allin initially ran out to help with Jeff making his surprise debut after.
The Hardys then appeared on last Friday’s Rampage after the Allin vs. Marq Quen match to help even the odds again. AEW also looks to also be teasing a future match between the Hardys and Allin & Sting.
The Hardys teamed up for the first time since April 2019 last Saturday as they defeated the SAT at a Big Time Wrestling show.
This will be Jeff’s first televised match since a late-November 2021 SmackDown tag team match. He was released by WWE in December, days after he walked out of a six-man tag team match on a house show.
Here’s the current lineup for tonight:
AEW Women’s Champion Britt Baker vs. Thunder Rosa in a steel cage title match
AEW World Champion Hangman Page & AEW Tag Team Champions Jurassic Express vs. Adam Cole & reDRagon
TNT Champion Scorpio Sky vs. Wardlow in a title match
Bryan Danielson & Jon Moxley vs. Chuck Taylor & Wheeler Yuta
It’s Monday and you know what that means: an eight-match AEW Dark: Elevation taped last Wednesday at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, with Excalibur, Mark Henry and Paul Wight on the call.
Red Velvet, Tay Conti and Anna Jay defeated Freya States, Angelica Risk and Arie Alexander
Even with States clearly being the strongest member of her team, Velvet, Conti and Jay isolated her for a good portion of the match. In the end, Jay got the Queenslayer on Alexander to get the submission win for her team.
2point0, Daniel Garcia & Gunn Club (w/ Billy Gunn) defeated Dean Alexander, Dominic Garrini, Chico Adams, Ariel Levy & Kevin Ku
This was the AEW debut for former MLW roster members Garrini and Ku, known as Violence Is Forever. The heels easily dominated this ten-man with Garcia getting the submission with a scorpion deathlock on Adams for the win.
The Bunny defeated Kaitland Alexis
This was the AEW debut for Alexis. This was a squash match with Bunny hitting Down the Rabbit Hole to improve her record to31-20.
Andrade, Private Party and The Butcher & The Blade defeated Shawn Dean, Carlie Bravo, Jameson Ryan, Baron Black and Chandler Hopkins
AHFO controlled this match from the start and there was nothing their opponents could do to turn things in their favor. Dean did get a great hot tag and even planted Isiah Kassidy with an impressive DDT. Andrade used his El Idolo hammerlock DDT to help Kassidy get the pin on Bravo.
This was Butcher’s first in-ring action since last November following a torn biceps.
After the match, Matt Hardy appeared on the ramp and looked happy for what just happened. He had been disappointed with Private Party’s recent outings prior to Andrade coming on board.
Ruby Soho defeated Haley J
This was Haley J’s debut. Soho dominated early with several corner kicks, but one poke to her eye complicated things. However, the No Future kick ended it for Soho, upping her record to 16-4.
Lance Archer defeated Joey O’Reilly
This was O’Reilly’s debut and he got destroyed by Archer who won the match by ref stoppage. This was Archer’s first match (and win) after falling short to Hangman Page in their recent brutal Texas Death Match they had.
Nyla Rose, Leyla Hirsch and Emi Sakura (w/ Vickie Guerrero) defeated Skye Blue, A.Q.A and Kiera Hogan
The experience of Sakura, the power of Rose and the grappling from them were the deciding factors of this match. This was another good showing for Blue, especially when she was paired up with Sakura and Hirsch. Hirsch hit a running knee strike on Blue to get the win for her team.
This was A.Q.A’s second match in AEW after her debut two weeks ago against TBS Champion Jade Cargill.
Jay Lethal, Matt Sydal, Frankie Kazarian, Lee Johnson & Brock Anderson (w/ Arn Anderson) defeated Chaos Project and The Wingmen (Peter Avalon, Cezar Bononi & JD Drake) (w/ Ryan Nemeth)
Chaos Project and The Wingmen tried isolating and grounding Sydal, but his speed was enough for him to reach Kazarian. Nemeth tried to intervene in favor of the heels, but Arn Anderson took him out and prevented him from cheating. A combination of a spinebuster from Brock Anderson, a frog splash from Johnson and the Macho Man-esque elbow drop from Lethal on Serpentico was enough to pick up the win for the babyfaces.
Final Thoughts:
Something interesting on this week’s Dark: Elevation was the amount of multi-person matches: five to be exact. All felt quick and went directly to the point. The highlight of the episode was Archer just destroying his opponent and winning by ref stoppage.
It’s Monday and you know what that means: an eight-match AEW Dark: Elevation taped last Wednesday at the Entertainment & Sports Arena in Washington, DC. Tony Schiavone, Paul Wight and Mark Henry were on the call.
Leyla Hirsch defeated Brittany Blake
This was Blake’s debut. Hirsch (28-12) was rolling early, but Blake turned things around and had control until Hirsch countered a crossbody into a knee strike to end things.
Private Party (w/ Matt Hardy) defeated Action Andretti & Myles Hawkins
Private Party (27-17) isolated Hawkins and were on top until Andretti got a hot tag that was ended quickly. Marq Quen hit a shooting star press on Andretti to pick up the win.
For those interested, the commentary team once again explained Andrade’s 51% purchase of HFO, the faction name changing into AHFO and Matt Hardy remaining as CEO of the group. So, there you go.
Brandi Rhodes defeated Willow Nightingale
This was a good showcase for Nightingale who won the hearts of the crowd really quickly. Even still, Rhodes (14-3) won with a modified crossface.
Men of The Year (w/ Dan Lambert) defeated Logan Easton LaRoux & Mike Fowler
Scorpio Sky hit the TKO on LaRoux to win this squash. After the match, Lambert ordered Page to deliver Ego’s Edge to Fowler.
Red Velvet defeated Janai Kai
Kai’s gear paid homage to Bruce Lee’s iconic yellow/black jumpsuit from the movie Game of Death. Kai had a great showing, showcasing her Muay Thai-inspired kicks. Velvet (43-20) turned the tide with knee strikes and ended things with her new finisher (Just Desserts) for the win.
Ortiz & Santana defeated Breaux Keller & Goldy
This was the AEW debuts for both Keller and Goldy. They got in more offense than expected, but their advantage ended after Ortiz hit several clotheslines on Keller. Santana hit a devastating lariat on Keller to end the match and improve their record to 31-10. This was an important win ahead of their trios match with Chris Jericho against 2point0 and Daniel Garcia on Wednesday.
Ruby Soho & Thunder Rosa defeated Jordan Blade & Leva Bates
This was the AEW debut for Blade. Rosa won with the Peruvian necktie on Blade in a match that definitely took place.
Team Taz (Powerhouse Hobbs and FTW Champion Ricky Starks) defeated Lee Moriarty & Matt Sydal
Team Taz started out dominating thanks to Hobbs’ power. Starks and Hobbs isolated Moriarty for a while. Sydal got the hot tag and was able to turn things around, especially with his knee strikes and kicks. Sydal and Moriarty targeted Hobbs’ legs to slow him down, but it was not enough. Starks hit an assisted spear on Moriarty to pick up the win.
After the match, Starks cut a promo calling out Dante Martin. Martin came out and tried to clean house, but the numbers game was against him until Sydal and Moriarty evened the odds.
Final Thoughts:
Most matches served their goal of helping improve records for the AEW contracted stars. Both Kai and Nightingale had good showings and should definitely return for more matches. The main event between Team Taz vs. Sydal & Moriarty was the match of the night and worth giving it a watch.
