AEW Dark Episode #76 2/23/2021
Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2021/02/aew-dark-episode-75-2162021.html
This is another episode of Dark that I had not done, probably because it was over 2 hours long with 17 matches. Yes, 17 matches.
This is another episode of Dark that I had not done, probably because it was over 2 hours long with 17 matches. Yes, 17 matches.
Brian Cage (w/Hook) vs. John Skyler
Cage shoulders down John to start. John hits a superkick and a dropkick but Cage comes back with a spinning lariat. Cage then powerbombs him and drillclaws him for the quick win in a total waste of time.
Lee Johnson with Arn Anderson vs Serpentico with Luther
Lee hits a nice dropkick early then he gorilla presses him and slams him. Lee double legs him and pounds him after a slap. Serp then drapes Lee's neck over the top rope and superkicks him.
Serp does his usual springboard double stomp on Lee for 2 and whips Lee hard into the buckles. Serp then flurries on Lee. Lee hits some clotheslines and a neckbreaker. Lee then hits a nasty fisherman's neckbreaker on the knee for 2. Lee hits a nice spinning blue thunder bomb out of nowhere and wins it.
Serp got too much in here on Lee to really be believable.
Eddie Kingston vs JD Drake
They trade chops to start then Eddie slaps and headbutts him. JD hits a terrible enzugiri to the shoulder then hits a nice chop and punch in the corner. Eddie shoulder tackles him off the 2nd rope. They trade more chops and Eddie eye pokes him.
They trade more shots and Eddie drops him with a headbutt. Eddie comes off the 2nd rope and eats JD's fist. JD uranage's him and vader bomb's him for 2. JD hits his flying boot and cannonball's Eddie hard. JD misses a top rope moonsault and is pinned after a uraken.
Very fun hard hitting match here that was probably the best match I've ever seen on Dark.
Leyla Hirsch vs Brooke Havok
Brooke flying headscissors her then flipping neckbreakers her. Leyla hits a delayed suplex then ties her up in the ropes for some lariats. Brooke goes for a flipping neckbreaker but Leyla turns it into a pin attempt. Brooke goes for a crossbody but Leyla just lets her crash instead.
Brooke's kneepad breaks and Leyla german suplexes her. Leyla then hiptosses her into an armbar for the quick win.
Brooke flying headscissors her then flipping neckbreakers her. Leyla hits a delayed suplex then ties her up in the ropes for some lariats. Brooke goes for a flipping neckbreaker but Leyla turns it into a pin attempt. Brooke goes for a crossbody but Leyla just lets her crash instead.
Brooke's kneepad breaks and Leyla german suplexes her. Leyla then hiptosses her into an armbar for the quick win.
Angel Fashion & VSK vs. Jurassic Express (Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus)
Austin Gunn is seen dancing on a chair to JB's theme. JB immediately headscissors VSK out. JB rolls with Angel backwards then german's him after a Luchasaurus flip. JB then holds up VSK for a spinning Luchasaurus kick. Angel eats double kicks then VSK is backdrop flipped into a JB sitout powerbomb for a quick win.
Austin Gunn is seen dancing on a chair to JB's theme. JB immediately headscissors VSK out. JB rolls with Angel backwards then german's him after a Luchasaurus flip. JB then holds up VSK for a spinning Luchasaurus kick. Angel eats double kicks then VSK is backdrop flipped into a JB sitout powerbomb for a quick win.
QT Marshall (w/Nick Comoroto) vs. JJ Garrett
JJ did a little pose to start. They mat wrestle and QT hits a nice shoulder. QT hits a delayed verticle suplex but JJ comes back with a release german. JJ then drops an elbow on the back of QT's neck.
JJ does a nice frogsplash off the bottom rope and QT fights back with a hard chest slap. QT hits a nice punch and JJ gives him a nice forearm back. JJ then cannonballs him into the corner.
JJ did an inverted flip onto back off the buckles and took some nice punches from QT. QT then popped him up for a nice forearm and hit a cutter for the win. This was actually a pretty good back and forth match with both guys being stiff with each other.
Max Caster (w/Anthony Bowens) vs. Marko Stunt
Max made fun of Stunt's height. This is a silly match as there is just no way in any world that Stunt could even compete with Max. Stunt hits a headscissors and a dropkick then dives on the back of Max's neck. Stunt tries a crossbody from the top but is gorilla pressed and dropped on his neck onto the top rope. Max then hits a high backdrop and stretches him.
Max stood on his head while Bowens made funny faces. Marko got thrown on a sliced bread attempt and then spin kicked him in the face and hit a running SSP. Marko was up top and got superplexed. Max then hit his top rope elbow and won it. This was a total joke and the idea of Max being affected at all by anything Marko did was embarassing.
Max then did his stupid hand licking taunt after.
JJ did a little pose to start. They mat wrestle and QT hits a nice shoulder. QT hits a delayed verticle suplex but JJ comes back with a release german. JJ then drops an elbow on the back of QT's neck.
JJ does a nice frogsplash off the bottom rope and QT fights back with a hard chest slap. QT hits a nice punch and JJ gives him a nice forearm back. JJ then cannonballs him into the corner.
JJ did an inverted flip onto back off the buckles and took some nice punches from QT. QT then popped him up for a nice forearm and hit a cutter for the win. This was actually a pretty good back and forth match with both guys being stiff with each other.
Max Caster (w/Anthony Bowens) vs. Marko Stunt
Max made fun of Stunt's height. This is a silly match as there is just no way in any world that Stunt could even compete with Max. Stunt hits a headscissors and a dropkick then dives on the back of Max's neck. Stunt tries a crossbody from the top but is gorilla pressed and dropped on his neck onto the top rope. Max then hits a high backdrop and stretches him.
Max stood on his head while Bowens made funny faces. Marko got thrown on a sliced bread attempt and then spin kicked him in the face and hit a running SSP. Marko was up top and got superplexed. Max then hit his top rope elbow and won it. This was a total joke and the idea of Max being affected at all by anything Marko did was embarassing.
Max then did his stupid hand licking taunt after.
Chris Peaks & Louie Valle vs. The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds & John Silver)
AEW midgets division action here.
Taz calls this team "Peaks and Valleys". Peaks is dropped after a couple of euro uppercuts, then Alex dropkicks him. The D-O hooks both legs of Peaks and flips him backwards on a roll through. Alex's head is on the middle rope and Valle facekicks it.
Alex fights off both opponents but is tripped into a knee. Alex takes a couple of dropkicks in the corner and a cannonball. Silvers get in and clotheslines his opponents and does a high back body drop on Peaks. He then throws Valle into Peaks. Silver samoan drops both oppponents at the same time then the D-O hits their forwarding flipping DDT for the win. I just couldn't get past how small Valley and Peaks were here. I liked the D-O's double leg roll here but I didn't like Silver cosplaying a giant who throws people around.
AEW midgets division action here.
Taz calls this team "Peaks and Valleys". Peaks is dropped after a couple of euro uppercuts, then Alex dropkicks him. The D-O hooks both legs of Peaks and flips him backwards on a roll through. Alex's head is on the middle rope and Valle facekicks it.
Alex fights off both opponents but is tripped into a knee. Alex takes a couple of dropkicks in the corner and a cannonball. Silvers get in and clotheslines his opponents and does a high back body drop on Peaks. He then throws Valle into Peaks. Silver samoan drops both oppponents at the same time then the D-O hits their forwarding flipping DDT for the win. I just couldn't get past how small Valley and Peaks were here. I liked the D-O's double leg roll here but I didn't like Silver cosplaying a giant who throws people around.
Kip Sabian with Penelope Ford vs Fuego del Sol
Sol leapfrogs but Kip goes under and pulls him down. Sol jumps off the bottom rope with a headscissors and dropkicks him. Sol gets flipped into the buckles.
Kip running chest kicks Sol and sol comes back with an asain moonsault. Sol then flatliners him for 2. Sol gets popped up into a knee and then Kip punches him. Kip then hits a reverse sit-out F-U and wins it in a squash that went longer than it needed to.
Varsity Blonds vs. Shawn Dean and Carlie Bravo
Slow start here. Bravo takes some basic stuff early and pushes Pillman into Griff. Dean and Bravo slingshot elbow then slingshot legdrop Griff. Bravo runs into a Pillman superkick then is stomped in the corner by Pillman then Griff.
Pillman is slingshot flip senton'd onto Bravo and ground octopus stretches him. He then pulls on his nipple while he does this. Bravo then does the same and hiptosses him. Griff gets knocked into Pillman in the corner and Bravo makes the hot tag off of it.
Dean beats up on Griff with some corner dropkicks then ddt's him for 2. Bravo hits a sliced bread #2 then Dean splashes Griff off the top for 2. Bravo takes a gordbuster and a spinning forearm. He's then put in the powerbomb position and Pillman dropkicks from the top for the win. I liked Dean and Bravo getting a little offense in here and this was one of Pillman's better outings.
Kip running chest kicks Sol and sol comes back with an asain moonsault. Sol then flatliners him for 2. Sol gets popped up into a knee and then Kip punches him. Kip then hits a reverse sit-out F-U and wins it in a squash that went longer than it needed to.
Varsity Blonds vs. Shawn Dean and Carlie Bravo
Slow start here. Bravo takes some basic stuff early and pushes Pillman into Griff. Dean and Bravo slingshot elbow then slingshot legdrop Griff. Bravo runs into a Pillman superkick then is stomped in the corner by Pillman then Griff.
Pillman is slingshot flip senton'd onto Bravo and ground octopus stretches him. He then pulls on his nipple while he does this. Bravo then does the same and hiptosses him. Griff gets knocked into Pillman in the corner and Bravo makes the hot tag off of it.
Dean beats up on Griff with some corner dropkicks then ddt's him for 2. Bravo hits a sliced bread #2 then Dean splashes Griff off the top for 2. Bravo takes a gordbuster and a spinning forearm. He's then put in the powerbomb position and Pillman dropkicks from the top for the win. I liked Dean and Bravo getting a little offense in here and this was one of Pillman's better outings.
Aaron Solow vs. Ryan Nemeth
ryan does a nice firemans carry to start and awards himself a point. He then does it again and awards himself another point. Solow hits a spinrgboard armdrag then dropkicks him out. Back in and Ryan works the arm. Ryan headstand hammerlocks him.
Solow takes a hard ride into the buckles and Ryan does a disturbing strut. Solow comes back with clotheslines then Avalon and Bononi walk out to watch. Solow fallaway slams Ryan for 2. Ryan goes for his swivel and neckbreaker but Solow gets out and spin kicks him. Solow gets knocked off the top rope then Ryan wins it with a neckbreaker. Longer than it needed to be but so far, Ryan showed more character than anyone else on the show. Avalon and Bononi then helped Ryan beat up Solow after. QT and his students then made the save.
Ivelisse and Diamante vs. Miranda Alize and Renee Michelle
Renee cartwheels, armdrags then wristlock bridges Ivelisse. Renee hits some okay forearms and gets dropped. Alize armdrags Diamante and they blow a tilt-a-whirl. Ivelisse gets in and exploders Alize.
Alize gets thrown into Ive's boots, then takes some chops. Alize and Diamante trade forearms then Alize cutters her. Renee messes up something but hits a nice back roundhouse kick on Ive. Renee and Ive both bang each other's heads off the mat at the same time and Renee tags out.
Alize goes to nail Ive but just stops for some reason. She then talks trash to Diamanate but gets hit from behind. Alize then takes knees to the face from both opponents then is double head kicked for the women. As is customary with the women, there were some odd mess-up's here that hurt this, but Renee did a good job.
Top Flight vs Tony Vega and Steven Stetson
This is the show that never ends. Darius gets some armdrags and a slam on Vega early. He then tries to do a quick spin into a backslide, but it wasn't clean. Date top rope crossbodies both opponents and armdrags Vega.
Dante takes a knee in the back from Vega and gets mad, but then is backdroped by Stetson. Dante hits two hard forearms on Vega then Stetson hits him with a nice spinebuster. Darius is tagged in and cleans house. Vega accidentally elbow drops his own partner. Stetson gets his head trapped in front of top rope while standing on the 2nd rope and Dante dropkicks him in the face to win.
TF didn't do much at all here and the finish was lame.
There's a Bear Country match, but Sonny Kiss is in it, so I will be skipping that.
Ryzin and Baron Black vs Peter Avalon and Cezar Bononi
Cezar shoulders down Black early. Black surfboards Peter with a hammerlock hooked on his legs but Peter gets out. Ryzin splashes Peter in the corner and kicks the rope he was laying his face on.
Cezar gets in and takes back control. He does a cool reverse slam and Peter dropkicks Ryzin while he is down. Ryzin misses a 2nd rope moonsault then Peter does as well. Black get the hot tag and hits some clotheslines and an exploder on Peter. Cezar takes double shots on the apron from both opponents and Black hits an atomic drop into a backcracker on Peter.
Cezar chokeslams Ryzin onto Black then he drops Peter on Black's back for the win in a sloppy finish. At least Ryzin got a few moves in here.
KiLynn King vs. Tesha Price
Tesha headsprings out of a wristlock early and King headlocks her. Things slow down and Tesha punches King in the side of the head. Tesha yells at the ref to get away from her and runs at her with a back elbow. She then does a cartwheel into a high kick for 2. Tesha screams after this.
King hits a fallaway slam and there is one single extra on the one side. King german suplexes Price for 2 and Tesha hits a high kick for 2. King throws her int othe ropes then lariats her and slams her down chest first. This was slow, all of the extra's were gone so there was no crowd heat and this wasn't good.
SCU vs. Mike Sydal & Matt Sydal and The Hybrid2
Evans flips out of Mike's snapmare early. Daniels gets in and leg lariats Jack and Jack comes back with a backflip kick. Angelico takes a double team from SCU that ends in a double stomp to the back.
Kaz flips out of a wristlock and Matt does a nice roll into a pin attempt. Matt then hits a spinning heel kick to Kaz. Kaz is bridged across the top rope and Mike double stomps him from the top, then standing moonsaults him.
Kaz legsweeps Matt then Daniels does a moonsault crossbody onto Matt at the same time. Matt coms back with a spinning heel kick and tags in Mike. Mike limbo's out of a lariat then enzugiri's Jack for 2. Mike blows a spot and Angelico comes in to pound on Mike. Jack gets back in and enzugiri's Mike in the chest.
Angelico ties up both of Mike's legs and flips him over for a hold that is broken up. Matt gets the hot tag in and hits some knees and kicks, then a gotch tombstone on Jack. jJack indian deathlocks Matt and Angelico kicks Matt in the head. Kaz comes in and slingshot ddt's Jack. Everyone gets something in with Kaz slingshotting Jack in for a cutter. Kaz legdrops Angelico over the middle rope then Daniels hits the sit out moonsault to the outside. The Sydal's hit topes on their opponents and Daniels stops his flying space tiger drop. Kaz then hits a twisting facebuster and wins it. This wasn't really anyone's best work and with no crowd around, it didn't make this any better.
Overall thoughts: A long and brutal show filled with pointless squashes.
ryan does a nice firemans carry to start and awards himself a point. He then does it again and awards himself another point. Solow hits a spinrgboard armdrag then dropkicks him out. Back in and Ryan works the arm. Ryan headstand hammerlocks him.
Solow takes a hard ride into the buckles and Ryan does a disturbing strut. Solow comes back with clotheslines then Avalon and Bononi walk out to watch. Solow fallaway slams Ryan for 2. Ryan goes for his swivel and neckbreaker but Solow gets out and spin kicks him. Solow gets knocked off the top rope then Ryan wins it with a neckbreaker. Longer than it needed to be but so far, Ryan showed more character than anyone else on the show. Avalon and Bononi then helped Ryan beat up Solow after. QT and his students then made the save.
Ivelisse and Diamante vs. Miranda Alize and Renee Michelle
Renee cartwheels, armdrags then wristlock bridges Ivelisse. Renee hits some okay forearms and gets dropped. Alize armdrags Diamante and they blow a tilt-a-whirl. Ivelisse gets in and exploders Alize.
Alize gets thrown into Ive's boots, then takes some chops. Alize and Diamante trade forearms then Alize cutters her. Renee messes up something but hits a nice back roundhouse kick on Ive. Renee and Ive both bang each other's heads off the mat at the same time and Renee tags out.
Alize goes to nail Ive but just stops for some reason. She then talks trash to Diamanate but gets hit from behind. Alize then takes knees to the face from both opponents then is double head kicked for the women. As is customary with the women, there were some odd mess-up's here that hurt this, but Renee did a good job.
Top Flight vs Tony Vega and Steven Stetson
This is the show that never ends. Darius gets some armdrags and a slam on Vega early. He then tries to do a quick spin into a backslide, but it wasn't clean. Date top rope crossbodies both opponents and armdrags Vega.
Dante takes a knee in the back from Vega and gets mad, but then is backdroped by Stetson. Dante hits two hard forearms on Vega then Stetson hits him with a nice spinebuster. Darius is tagged in and cleans house. Vega accidentally elbow drops his own partner. Stetson gets his head trapped in front of top rope while standing on the 2nd rope and Dante dropkicks him in the face to win.
TF didn't do much at all here and the finish was lame.
There's a Bear Country match, but Sonny Kiss is in it, so I will be skipping that.
Ryzin and Baron Black vs Peter Avalon and Cezar Bononi
Cezar shoulders down Black early. Black surfboards Peter with a hammerlock hooked on his legs but Peter gets out. Ryzin splashes Peter in the corner and kicks the rope he was laying his face on.
Cezar gets in and takes back control. He does a cool reverse slam and Peter dropkicks Ryzin while he is down. Ryzin misses a 2nd rope moonsault then Peter does as well. Black get the hot tag and hits some clotheslines and an exploder on Peter. Cezar takes double shots on the apron from both opponents and Black hits an atomic drop into a backcracker on Peter.
Cezar chokeslams Ryzin onto Black then he drops Peter on Black's back for the win in a sloppy finish. At least Ryzin got a few moves in here.
KiLynn King vs. Tesha Price
Tesha headsprings out of a wristlock early and King headlocks her. Things slow down and Tesha punches King in the side of the head. Tesha yells at the ref to get away from her and runs at her with a back elbow. She then does a cartwheel into a high kick for 2. Tesha screams after this.
King hits a fallaway slam and there is one single extra on the one side. King german suplexes Price for 2 and Tesha hits a high kick for 2. King throws her int othe ropes then lariats her and slams her down chest first. This was slow, all of the extra's were gone so there was no crowd heat and this wasn't good.
SCU vs. Mike Sydal & Matt Sydal and The Hybrid2
Evans flips out of Mike's snapmare early. Daniels gets in and leg lariats Jack and Jack comes back with a backflip kick. Angelico takes a double team from SCU that ends in a double stomp to the back.
Kaz flips out of a wristlock and Matt does a nice roll into a pin attempt. Matt then hits a spinning heel kick to Kaz. Kaz is bridged across the top rope and Mike double stomps him from the top, then standing moonsaults him.
Kaz legsweeps Matt then Daniels does a moonsault crossbody onto Matt at the same time. Matt coms back with a spinning heel kick and tags in Mike. Mike limbo's out of a lariat then enzugiri's Jack for 2. Mike blows a spot and Angelico comes in to pound on Mike. Jack gets back in and enzugiri's Mike in the chest.
Angelico ties up both of Mike's legs and flips him over for a hold that is broken up. Matt gets the hot tag in and hits some knees and kicks, then a gotch tombstone on Jack. jJack indian deathlocks Matt and Angelico kicks Matt in the head. Kaz comes in and slingshot ddt's Jack. Everyone gets something in with Kaz slingshotting Jack in for a cutter. Kaz legdrops Angelico over the middle rope then Daniels hits the sit out moonsault to the outside. The Sydal's hit topes on their opponents and Daniels stops his flying space tiger drop. Kaz then hits a twisting facebuster and wins it. This wasn't really anyone's best work and with no crowd around, it didn't make this any better.
Overall thoughts: A long and brutal show filled with pointless squashes.
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