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AEW Dark Elevation results: Daniel Garcia, Kris Statlander, Ruby Soho

Posted on by Juan C. Reneo

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.

‘Captain’ Shawn Dean signs contract with AEW

Posted on by Joseph Currier

AEW Dark regular “Captain” Shawn Dean is now officially a signed member of the promotion’s roster.

AEW president and CEO Tony Khan posted a tweet on Friday announcing that Dean has signed with AEW. “Thank you for your service to the USA, @ShawnDean773, + thank you for everything you’ve done for @AEW to help us thrive through the pandemic,” Khan tweeted. “Your consistent hard work, positivity + reliability have made you so valuable to #AEW; now it’s my honor to officially welcome you aboard!”

Dean, who is a veteran of the United States Navy, has regularly appeared on AEW Dark since making his AEW debut in March 2020. He’s also wrestled on Dynamite twice.

Dean and Carlie Bravo are part of a tag team called The Infantry in AEW. Bravo is a veteran of the United States Marines.

Dean wrote about signing with AEW: 

Words can’t describe how much this means to me…I gave up sooooo much in pursuit of a dream to become a professional wrestler. I knew it would pay off. And with the support from my wife, kids, family, and friends I was able to stay the course and make MY dream a reality….This is only half the battle…time to continue the course and keep going for more. Thank you all for everything! @tonyrkhan and the entire @allelitewrestling thank you for accepting me into the family! #Salute #HitEmWithTheDeal #ImWithAEW

AEW Dark results: Best Friends vs. Lee Johnson & Musa

Posted on by Ethan Renner

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Tony Schiavone and Cody were the broadcast team. Schiavone opened the show by saying that they had three matches for us this week. In fact, there were only two matches. 

Jimmy Havoc defeated Shawn Dean

This was little more than a squash, going just under four minutes. Dean is another QT Marshall student. He looked fine here. 

A collar and elbow tie-up led to a stalemate. Dean offered a handshake and Havoc accepted. 

Each targeted the other’s left arm. Both hit Japanese-style arm drags. Havoc dodged a charge into the corner, then suplexed Dean into the buckle. 

Havoc hit a ripcord lariat and tried some small joint manipulation by going after Dean’s fingers. Dean forced a rope break. 

The finish saw Havoc hit an implant DDT and pin Dean. 

Havoc ended up with a bloody mouth somehow near the finish. 

Best Friends (Chuck Taylor & Trent) defeated Lee Johnson & Musa 

This was a perfectly fine tag match. 

We have seen a lot of Johnson of late. He has good upside. Musa moves well but doesn’t stand out beyond that. 

Taylor and Musa began. They did a basic sequence of tackles, drop-downs, leapfrogs, and the like. Taylor hit a basement dropkick. Both tagged out. 

Trent and Johnson got tags. Trent hit some forearm strikes. Johnson took a flip bump off a lariat. Trent hit a rope-assisted Northern Lights suplex for a near fall. 

Musa and Taylor tagged back in. Musa hit a nice rolling dropkick. Trent came back with a plancha to Musa. Trent speared Johnson on the floor. Back inside, Taylor hit soul food on Musa. Best Friends hugged. 

The finish saw Trent set up Musa for their version of Strong Zero. Taylor hit the move off the top, and Trent pinned Musa to get the win.