AEW Dark: Elevation 7/11/2022 Episode 71

AEW Dark: Elevation 7/11/2022 Episode 71

Emi Sakura vs Paris Van Dale

This is the first time I've seen Emi in a long time. Emi grabs her by the hair early and throws her. PVD has some horrible green gear on. Emi does a bad paradise lock on her and sits on her back. She then pretends to drink tea and the ref plays along with it like an idiot. PVD hits chest forearms and facebusters her. PVD bulldogs her for 2.

Emi bites her hand and does a spinning neckbreaker. Emi crossbodies her in the corner then does a pyramid driver into a spinning backbreaker over the knee.

This wasn't good and I don't know why Emi is with the company.

Dante Martin vs JD Drake

JD throws and shoulders him down early. Dante kips up and hops on his back. Dante backflips off of his back and twisting springboard armdrags him. Dante the dropkicks him. Dante goes for a dive, JD walks out and Dante follows. JD then throws him into the ropes from the outside and lariats him. JD slams and headbutts him.

Dante is chopped and fires up out of the corner. He is then kicked and takes a wild release saito suplex. JD chinlocks him. Dante dives on him in the corner and JD catches him with a slam. JD misses a uranage. They play around on the buckles then Dante top rope crossbodies him. Dante flips off the bottom rope and JD flying kicks him. Dante springboards off the bottom rope with a dropkick then Dante does his double jump springboard moonsault to win.

This wasn't bad early, but Dante's flips just got silly here after a while.

Julia Hart vs JC

JC's kind of cute though she could lose a few pounds. Julia yells "boo" and she falls over early. Julia chokes her and pushes the ref then JC hits some chest clubs. JC hits a nice forearm then Julia hits something like a superkick. Julia then climbs on her chest and chokes and pounds on her. Julia then does an elevated rings of saturn and wins in a quick squash.

Ethan Page vs Colin Delaney

Getting old is tough. Colin used to be a tiny dude with long hair and is now bigger with less hair. Colin waistlocks him and hits an armdrag. Colin hits another one then Page eye pokes him and shoulders him over. Page pounds on him and does a jumping stomp. Page then knocks him over with a forearm and running forearms him. Page then pounds on him. Page delay suplexes him.

Page misses a corner splash then Colin hits chops and forearms. Page elbows him out then Colin eye pokes him. Colin then cutters him off the 2nd rope for 2. Page hits an iconoslam and a razor's edge for the win.

This was just a squash with Page using heel tactics. This didn't do much for either guy.

Anna Jay vs Shawna Reed

Anthony Ogogo is on commentary here. Reed bangs her head off the mat then Anna does the same. Anna puts her leg over Reed's arm and kicks her, then is whipped into the bottom rope. Reed hits chest forearms then takes back elbows. Anna flying forearms her then running spin kicks her in the corner. Anna then rolls into a face kick in the corner.

Anna kicks her in the gut then spins her into a grounded sleeper for the quick win.

This was a waste of time that didn't do anything for anybody.

The Factory (QT Marshall and Aaron Solo) vs Best Friends (Chuck Taylor and Trent Beretta)

Oh wow, 2 of my least favorite AEW wrestles here in Chuck Taylor and QT. I'm sure I will love this. Chuck rolls up Solo out of an armdrag and rolls it into a single leg crab. Trent and QT get in and Trent flapjacks QT. QT gets beaten up by the faces then the faces do a double back elbow into a double elbow drop. Best Friend's dosey-do and then suplex QT onto Solo. Solo stops their hugging spot thankfully.

QT bangs Trent's head off the middle buckle then Nick Comoroto bangs Trent's head off the apron outside. Solo knee drops Trent and QT cheapshots Chuck on the apron. Trent hits a big lariat on QT. QT holds up Trent in a backdrop and Solo neckbreakers Trent. The Factory then hugs. Trent dropkicks off of Solo and tornado ddt's QT.

Chuck gets the hot tag in, facekicks Solo then hits a knee on QT. Chuck then tope con hilo's both opponents outside. Solo takes a soul foot into a half nelson suplex. Solo handsprings into the ropes and hits a back enzugiri on Trent. Trent does some twisting crossbody off the 2nd buckle and is caught with a cutter. Nick throws Chuck into the post outside then Trent takes an enzugiri into a piledriver for 2. Solo goes up top and Chuck pushes him off the top. Nick grabs Chuck but Chuck pushes him into the post. QT misses a plancha then Solo takes a peach sunrise + top rope double stomp combo for the Best Friends win.

This wasn't that interesting. Lots of interference here. 

Overall thoughts: This show was pretty much a waste of time. They had a bunch of short squashes and a couple of matches with some underneath guys that weren't great.