AEW Dark: Elevation #64 5/18/2022

AEW Dark: Elevation #64 5/18/2022

Ethan Page vs JD Griffey

JD does an MMA gimmick and is a little taller and thinner than Page. Page is on some steroids and looks bigger than usual, for the better. Page back elbows him  then JD comes back with a punch flurry. JD flying punches him then takes a nice iconoslam. Page mounts and pounds him. Jd hits a nice jumping knee then takes a big shoulder. Page then hits a razor's edge for the win.

This was the best thing I've seen Page in after some time and I liked this one. Page looked good here. JD also does some fun bumps and just moves differently than most wrestlers.

ROH Women's Title - Mercedez Martinez vs Hyan

I've never seen Hyan before and wanted to see what she was all about.

Hyan cartwheels out of a wristlock then MM lariats her. Hyan drops down and MM drops down and headlocks her in a cool spot. Hyan drops back to get out of a headlock then gets her armdragged blocked. Hyan armdrags her and hiptosses her. She hits a single leg dropkick then MM hits forearms and chops on her. MM spinebusters her for 2.

MM butterfly suplexes her twice then they botch something. MM pounds on her and pushes MM into the buckles. Hyan running knees her as she is down then falcon arrows her for 2. Hyan charges at her and gets rammed into the post. MM lariats her in the back of the head which Mark Henry pops for. MM then hits a running forearm to the back of the head then surfboard dragon sleepers her to win.

Hyan needs to drop some weight and needs some other work, but she wasn't a bad babyface here.

The Varsity Blondes vs The Butcher and The Blade

Butcher has sunglasses and a leather jacket on here and looks pretty cool. The Blondes haven't done squat lately and AEW has misued them. Griff hits a nice leapfrog and a hard boot to the face. Butcher runs him over then Griff flying shoulders him.

Brian gets in and hits some armdrags on Blade, then hits la magistral for 2. Griff holds up Blade for a Pillman dropkick. Mark and Big Show over whether Pillman has the hops or the bunnies then Blade spinning neckbreakers Brian. Mark then says B&B should be the villains in a Home Alone remake. Brian then takes a PK/diving lariat combo.

Butcher and Brian try to crossbody each other at the same time and collide hard in air. Griff gets the hot tag in and beats up on Blade. Griff hits his splash in the corner then high back body drops him. Griff then falcon arrows him for 2. Griff hits a stiff lariat on Blade then Brian hits a nice superkick on Butcher.

Brian accidentally superkicks his partner then Griff takes a powerbomb + neckbreaker combo. Butcher and Blade win.

This was a short but fun match with some stiff shots in it.

Lee Moriarty vs Alex Reynolds

Lee does a nice escape out of a headlock early then Alex shoulders him over. Alex hits a nice dropkick then counters his headlock with a backdrop. Lee back elbows him then hits an underhook suplex. He pounds on him with forearms then Alex hits some forearms on him. Alex running face kicks him then misses a moonsault. Lee bangs Alex's head off the mat and wins with a border city stretch in a surprise ending.

There wasn't too much to this. It was short and they didn't get to do much before it ended.

Mysterious Q vs Anthony Ogogo

Q wears a Hayabusa mask with no cover over the eyes. Ogogo headlock takeovers him then Ogogo hits some knees to the gut. Q comes back with a big body slam and a nice jumping elbow. Ogogo then lariats him.

Ogogo takes off a hand wrap then hits a nice overhead belly to belly. Ogogo lariats him and takes off the other hand wrap. Ogogo then pops him up and punches him. He puts the British flag over him and Ogogo wins by knockout.

This wasn't anything special and was a short squash. Q did okay in the few moves he got in.

Overall thoughts: I saw 5 of the 6 matches here: The men's tag wasn't bad and I liked the Page squash.