AEW Dark: Elevation Episode #77 8/22/2022
Anna Jay vs Nikki Victory
Anna
side headlocks her and shoulders her over. She stomps on her and
running euros her. Nikki gets some chest clubs in and is pounded on.
Anna running spinning high kicks her in the corner. Anna hits a sidekick
and wins with a grounded choke in a little over a minute.
This was a total waste of time that accomplished nothing. Nikki's decent looking.
Dante Martin vs Jackson Drake
Dante
offers to shake hands. Drake accepts and tries to nail him. Dante rolls
out of a shot, jumps over him and armdrags him. Drake pump kicks him
then fisherman suplexes him for 2. Dante suplexes him then running
forearms him. Dante flips from one apron corner to the other then top
rope crossbodies him for 2. Dante flips off the bottom rope then does a
half-nelson side slam and wins it.
This was another short and
pointless squash that didn't help either person. Dante's finisher was
unique and Drake got seriously busted open here somehow.
Serena Deeb vs Megan Meyers
MM
has some gothic thing going on with a mini skirt. Deeb full-nelsons her
and slaps her in the back of the head. MM rolls out of a wristlock then
Deeb escapes her wristlock. Deeb headlock side takeovers her then ties
up her legs and pulls on her mouth. Deeb slaps her around and MM comes
back with forearms. Deeb then lariats her and hits chops. Deeb puts one
of her legs over the middle rope and dragon screws the other leg. Deeb
then twisting neckbreakers her and puts her in the tequila sunrise to
win it.
Another quick squash. MM got to do a little here and looked okay doing it.
The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds, John Silver & Ten) (w/Evil Uno) vs. Alexander Apollo, D'Mone Solavino & RC Dupree
Silver
headlocks RC then shoulders him over. Silver gorilla presses him and
throws him neck first on the top rope. He then hits a running euro. RC
takes a double hiptoss, then they just throw him back instead of
dropping him. 10 hits a delayed suplex on RC and Apollo gets in. Apollo
is immediately lariated by Alex then Alex kind of M. Bison stomps his
back as he is bent over. Dmone pounds on Alex then RC runs into Alex's
boot. 10 comes in and lariats RC and Apollo then running chest kicks RC.
10 pump kicks RC and backdrops Apollo. 10 spinebusters Dmone. RC takes a
big sequence of moves from Silver and Alex and is whipped into a 10
spinning forearm.
Another quick one here which didn't do much for anyone. D'Mone maybe was involved in 2-3 moves tops.
Julia Hart vs Hayley Shadows
Hayley
looks like she could be hanging with the House of Black. Nobody moves
to start and Hart walks slowly into a face kick on her. Hart pounds on
her in the corner and makes evil faces. Hayley then pounds on her with
forearms. Hayley tries to go up and over but no one is there then Hart
criss-crosses her and lariats her.
Hart forward cartwheels into a
body press the running back elbows her. Hayley rolls her up for 2 then
is superkicked. Hart then does an interesting rings of saturn variation
and wins it.
The up and over part was weird, but Hayley looks
like maybe there is osmething there if she loses some weight. Hart's new
gimmick is at least something.
Andrea Guercio & Logan James vs. Josh Woods & Tony Nese (w/Mark Sterling)
Andrea's
definitely doing an italian gimmick. Nese poses early out of a
waistlock and kicks James in the knee. James is whipped hard into the
buckles then Nese slams him. Josh does a neat back body drop from the
side on James then running knees him. Andrea gets in and does some funny
looking kicks then is knee'd in the gut. Woods gutwrench bombs him for 2
as James breaks it up. James takes a stiff forearm from Nese and is
lariated over the top then Nese plancha's him. Josh and Nese do an
olympic slam + neckbreaker combo on Andrea and win it.
I'm really
not a fan of Josh's gear. It just doesn't fit what he's doing. The
finisher here was cool, but it was another shorter match.
I thought Dean had potential like 2 years ago. He still hasn't done squat since.
Pac wristlocks Jake then rolls and headflips out of his wristlock. He armdrags him and slams him. Penta dropkicks Jake low form the top and Jake does a nice sell for it. Penta sling blades Dean then Dead is sandwich superkicked by the Lucha Bros. Penta rolls Fenix onto Dean and Jake is thrown out. Grillo takes a rebound into a hook kick from Fenix. Pac hits gut kicks on Grillo and running side facekicks him. Penta package piledrivers Grillo and wins it.
This was yet again another short and pointless squash.
Emi Sakura & Maki Itoh vs Hikaru Shida & Skye Blue
Shida and Blue are attacked as they enter. Itoh hits one of them with a microphone then tries to do it to Shida. Shida punches her and hurts her hand on Itoh's head. Itoh misses the side headbutt then Blue hits a nice forearm on Emi. Emi mongolian chops Blue then hair throws her. Emi does her stupid we will rock you thing then crossbodies her in the corner. Itoh stomps on Blue and makes faces as she has her in the camel clutch position. She cranks back on the chinlock then Blue step up enzugiri's her.
Shida gets the hot tag in and runs over Itoh. Shida forearms her then corner punches her. Shida delay suplexes Itoh then Shida and Emi fight on the ropes. Itoh headbutts Shida in the back of the head then does her kokeshi falling headbutt. Emi hits knees on Shida and Shida forearms her. Emi running knees her then Shida axe kicks her and brazilian kicks her. Shida hurricanrana's her then Blue forearm flurries Itoh. Itoh no sells getting her head banged off the buckles then bangs her own head off them. Blue swinging kicks her from the mat and Itoh headbutts her.
Blue is dropped on Itoh's knee then Emi does an elevated spinning pedigree. Shida 2nd rope meteora's her then Blue hits a swinging neckbreaker. Emi lariats blue then is nailed by Shida. Emi backdrops Shida then Blue rolls up Emi. Blue accidentally superkicks her own partner then Itoh diving ddt's Shida. Emi tilt-a-whirl backbreakers Blue then Emi lifts her up like a pyramid driver and spins her for the win.
Shida hits Emi after and they grab each other by the hair. They butt heads and Emi motions that she wants her WAVE title.
This was a lot better than anything else on the show. It was quick and stiff and was the best Shida looked and even put Blue over some. Good stuff.
Overall thoughts: It was a one match show with the main event being decent and the rest being a total waste of time that helped nobody.
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