AEW Dark Elevation results: Keith Lee & Dustin Rhodes in action

It’s Monday night and you know what that means: AEW Dark Elevation from Winnipeg’s Canada Life Centre with Matt Menard and Paul Wight on the call.

Skye Blue defeated TFA

TFA attacked Blue before the match started, which seems to happen to her a lot. If you were wondering what TFA stands for, it’s Taryn From Accounting.

TFA had some of the crowd behind her, being from Canada and all, and went for a couple of quick pins that Blue kicked out of. Blue rolled her up and then hit a few elbows and followed with a high crossbody for a two count. Blue kicked out of a side slam-esque move out of a shoulder carry, landed a kick, and hit her running sunset flip bomb for the win. She moves on to take on Toni Storm Wednesday on Dynamite.

Jake Hager defeated Adam Knight

Hager was joined by Angelo Parker and, of course, had his purple hat on. Hager made sure to connect on a belly-to-back suplex before he took it off. Knight hit a wraparound on Hager and a lariat off the ropes that stunned him. Hager came back with his own lariat followed by his running middle rope splash for the win.

Emi Sakura defeated Zoe Sager

Fun fact: Sager is the LPW Grand Champion out of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She was taking on the queen here tonight and it didn’t go very well. Sakura toyed with Sager early on with hair pulls, back rakes and chops, but Sager still kicked out of a pin attempt. Sakura quickly got her up for a tiger driver, but Sager fought out. After absorbing a dropkick off the top rope, Sakura kicked out and then hit a neckbreaker off a counter. She followed it up with a crossbody in the corner and a submission hold you have to see to believe:

Brandon Cutler defeated Jason Geiger

Cutler got a big reaction from the Canadian crowd, probably because he is  miraculously undefeated on Dark Elevation this year. (He may be 1-0 but still undefeated.) Geiger showed off some technical wrestling early with a vertical suplex and a kneebar, but Cutler found the ropes. Cutler was in the corner trying to fix his shoes as Menard and Wight suggested that he might be pumping them up. Impossible since he’s wearing Jordan 1’s, but I digress. 

Cutler hit a couple of elbows, some dance moves, and an airplane spin that made him dizzier than Geiger. When he hit a second airplane spin, they both fell onto each other. Geiger turned the pin into a rear naked choke, but Cutler flipped over into a pinning combination for the win to extend his winning streak to 2-0 on Elevation.

The Firm (Ethan Page, Isiah Kassidy & Matt Hardy) (w/ Stokely Hathaway) defeated Massive Damage, Mo Jabari & Sebastian Wolfe

Man, I love The Firm. The music hit for a big pop, but Page had to shut it off, as always. He tried to get the crowd on his side with his Canadian gear. Somebody yelled shut up, so Page called him an assh*le and handed the mic over to Kassidy. Menard sounded like he feared for his life thinking Kassidy was about to moan. He led the crowd in some moans and they went to the ring.

Kassidy got things going with Jabari and some great wrestling. Hardy then got to deal with Wolfe, who actually got the upper hand on Hardy until the Three Courses of Deletion started in the turnbuckles. Next, both Page and Hardy hit elbows off the middle rope. Damage distracted Kassidy while he was hitting shots in the corner, so Page got the hot tag and ran wild on all three men. After Jabari kicked out at two, each team was in the ring and The Firm hit a triple Side Effect followed up by an Ego’s Edge for the win.

Hathaway was out there the whole time but looked miserable, nervous and out of it. After the match, he got in the ring and locked in a rear naked choke on Jabari. He takes on Hook in a no DQ match on Wednesday.

Top Flight defeated Michael Allen Richard Clark & Shaun Moore

Yeah, you read that right. This guy has four names which is very unique if you ask me. Turns out Wight was bleeding at the desk at the start of this match, so I’m not sure what happened there. But for the actual wrestling, Darius Martin took most of the match like usual and looked good. Clark and Moore double-teamed Darius but he moved under for the hot tag to Dante who ran wild with help from his brother, ending the match with his between-the-legs frog splash. 

ROH Women’s Champion Athena defeated Taylor Rising in a Proving Ground match

Athena headbutted Rising immediately take her out. She disposed Rising to the outside and threw her into the new, harder barricade but Rising threw Athena into the steel steps. Athena was not happy, so she hit Rising with an Alabama Slam on the concrete floor. Back in the ring, Rising actually hit Athena with a few kicks and a pedigree for a near fall that actually got me. But, Athena quickly hit her double knees and then locked in the crossface for the win. After the match, Athena threw Rising over the top rope and then threw her face straight into the belt. 

Dustin Rhodes & Keith Lee defeated Jessie V & Levi Night

This is the new team’s second match together after beating Parker Boudreaux & Swerve Strickland on Rampage a few weeks back. They showed off some great teamwork early on. Both V and Night got the worst of it from both men. Lee never even left his feet, not even on a belly-to-belly suplex. They finished off Night quickly for the win.

Dark Order (Alex Reynolds & John Silver) defeated Varsity Athletes (Ari Daivari & Tony Nese) (w/ Mark Sterling)

Daivari and Nese got UFC-style comedic entrances from Sterling. He used the mic time to make fun of the Winnipeg Jets and their absence of retired numbers. He pointed out that Nese is a better athlete than Jets winger Blake Wheeler. No offense to Wheeler, but he’s probably right.

Nese and Daivari attacked Dark Order before the bell rang. Silver fought out early, but referee Rick Knox was easily distracted by Sterling. The athletes used the opportunity to lay their boots to Silver. Silver fought back and tagged Reynolds who hit both men on the outside and tried to pin Daivari before Nese broke it up. After Dark Order disposed of Daivari, they connected on their stunner/German suplex/float-over combo onto Nese for the win.