AEW Dark: Elevation Episode 7 4/26/2021

AEW Dark: Elevation Episode 7 4/26/2021

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2021/04/aew-dark-elevation-episode-6-4192021.html

Chuck Taylor w/ Trent? vs. Rey Fenix w/ Penta El Zero Miedo

They go to the mat to start and roll a bit. Rey hits some chops and Chuck comes back with forearms. Rey hits a dropkick and both he and Penta stare down Trent outside.

Rey moonsaults off the 2nd rope and tries a german, but Chuck gets out and hits his own release german. Chuck hits a falcon arrow that Tony calls a powerbomb. Rey bounces of the ropes and hurricanrana's him into the buckles, then rolls into a cutter for 2. Rey slingshots in and rolls over Chuck's back, then he walks up the ropes and is pulled down into a soul foot.

Alex comes out and Orange Cassidy follows. Penta then sneaks a kick in on OC then Trent comes out too and they have to be broken up. Rey then rolls Chuck up out of nowhere and wins it. Uh, okay, this match wasn't that good. Both are faces and they just didn't mesh on top of the finish being odd.

Ryan Nemeth vs. Ryzin

Ryan takes him down then slaps him in the back of the head. they both pull at each other's hair/ears then Ryzin pokes Ryan in the eye. Drake and Cezar get involved and Ryzin is tripped.

Ryan does his headstand hammerlock and corner spears him. Ryan's head is against the middle buckle and Ryzin kicks the ropes. Ryzin goes up top and Avalon grabs at his foot and Ryzin really overshoots a swanton that Ryan got his knees up for. Ryan then hit his neckbreaker for the win. Ryan's a pretty good pick-up with a good look and some charisma.

Orange Cassidy vs Dean Alexander

Dean has a fur coat and glasses on. He throws the fur at OC. Big Show said he could have saved him money and shaved his back instead. OC throws his coat at Dean. OC gets pushed down and puts his hands in his pocket on the mat and Dean does nothing about it even though he is completely exposed. Pockets then hits the orange punch and wins it. Awful.

Avalon, Nemeth and Cezar talk about Ryan's win. JD arrives late and is in a see-thru flower shirt. Avalon tells him to spin around and takes out one of the buttons. JD says it will stya undone when they go to the club. They all put their pinky fingers in together to close the segment.

The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens & Max Caster) vs. The Skulk (Liam Gray & Adrian Alanis)

Max did a Jake Paul vs Ben Askren reference. Bowens cut him off at the end like usual. Bowens really stomps on Gray to start and Grey hits a nice dropkick. Acclaimed hit a double team and Max pounds on Gray.

Gray takes a double suplex and Bwoens hits him with some elbows. Max gets caught in a perfectplex and Alanis does a hot tag with a spinebuster on Max. He then does a sling blade over the knee onto Bowens.

Gray takes a hard bump off the top after Alanis is pushed into him, then Bowens spinning forearms Alanis. Max drops the elbow off the top onto Alanis and wins it, then Max does his stupid hand kissing taunt after.

Not a bad showing for the Acclaimed and Alanis could maybe be worked with.

Alex Reynolds talks to 5 in the back. He said they are in the same group but he's not 5. 5 does John Silver impersonations. They weren't really on the same page and 5 wasn't paying attention as they said they would give Page and Sky something to cry about.

Nick Comoroto w/ The Factory vs. VSK

VSK hasn't been seen for a bit. VSK dropkicks him to start but is slammed hard twice. VSK tries to fight back with forearms and a dropkick but takes a hard clothesline. Nick gorilla presses him into a slam to win in a quick squash. Nick then does it again after.

We get a feature on Leila Hirsch. She talked about being adopted from Russia and said she has always been good in sports. She said she discovred wrestling at the age of 14 and decided to get in. She said she went into amateur wrestling as she thought that is how you get in. She said her time in Stardom got cut short due to the pandemic. She said she is here to win.

Leyla Hirsch & Ryo Mizunami vs. Amber Nova & Diamanté

Leyla takes down and rolls Amber around. Dia eye rakes Ryo early and chokes her. Ryo runs her over with a shoulder. Amber and Dia try to whip the two into each other but they get out of it. Nova does her headscissors into the buckles on Leila and takes a Karelin's lift.

Ryo gets in and hits some shoulders on both opponents then double spears them. Ryo hits Nova with her machine gun chops and Hirsch pendulum knee's Nova in the corner. Leyla uses Ryo to get up to the top rope then sentons Nova. Dia does a standing sliced bread on Leyla but it's only for 2. Leyla then fireman's carries Nova and armbars her for the win.

After the match, Dia goes after Leyla but Ryo kicks her off. This was fine but shorter than it could have been.

Scorpio Sky and Ethan Page are interviewed. They are arguing over their tag team name. Sky says they should be called "Ethan Page and Scorpio Sky". Page says "Scorpio Sky and Ethan Page". Why would two ego guys want the other person to have their name first in this? Sky says Page is his best friend and a tag team specialist. Page says good luck to the Dark Order on keeping up with them.

Tesha Price vs Kris Statlander

Kris does the stupid boop on the ref. Kris tries to boop her and Price screams over it. Kris hits a nice bodyslam and german suplexes Price into the buckles. Tesha takes a reverse STO over the knee then a package tombstone for the Kris win. Tesha's coming up with a screaming gimmick and Kris' booping stuff is dumb.

Scorpio Sky & Ethan Page vs. The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds & Alan “5” Angels)

-1 is not here. Sky walks over Alex early then Alex brags after he evades him. Alex does a nice roll into a pin and armdrags him. The D-O double teams both opponents. 5 splashes Sky against the ropes then Alex does a baseball slide kick. 5 then hits a nice dropkick on Page.

5 works on Page's leg a little and Page slams 5. Page gets his razor's edge reversed and 5 fights back against Sky later. 5 hits him with a nice forearm and a spinning lariat. Alex gets the hot tag in and facekicks Sky off the apron. He then tope's Sky on the outside.

Alex hits a spinning punch on Page then cravate-plex's him. Page took a pop-up knee from Alex then a standing sliced bread from 5. Sky threw out Alex. 5 took a razor's edge soon after from Page and Page got the win. This felt like it went longer than it needed to and I didn't really get into it.

Matt Sydal vs Joey Janela

They trade holds early for some reason.  Sydal puts Joey in 2 different bow and arrows then is backdropped. Joey is tripped and takes a corkscrew standing moonsault. They fight on the apron and Sydal is suplexed on the apron.

Joey pounds on Sydal a bit before sydal hits a spin kick. Sydal running double knee's Joey in the corner then Sydal meteora's him from the top for 2. They then double clothesline each other. They trade chops and Joey gives him a right hook. Sydal then flips for a clothesline. Sydal reverses a suplex into a spike hurricanrana.

Sydal comes off the 2nd rope and is caught with a death valley driver. Joey goes for a top rope elbow but Sydal gets his knees up. He then hits a lightning spiral and wins it. This was a bad indy match.