AEW Dark Elevation results: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Aaron Solo

This nine-match AEW Dark: Elevation was filmed last week in Indianapolis before Dynamite. Tony Schiavone, Paul Wight, and “Daddy Magic” Matt Menard were on the call — a perfect team in my humble opinion.

Hagane Shinno defeated Nick Comoroto (w/ Aaron Solo)

This was Shinno’s second appearance on AEW TV and he had quite the test. The match started with each man throwing Comoroto’s lollipop stick at each other. Nothing Shinno could do worked on getting Comoroto down. A massive clothesline made Shinno do a full 360 in the air, but when Comoroto went for another slam, Shinno dragged his shoulder to the ground and got the surprise pin. Comoroto and Solo attacked Shinno after the match.

Marina Shafir & Nyla Rose (w/ Vickie Guerrero) defeated Alice Crowley & Kitty LaFleur

LaFleur looked like she was straight out of the ’70s and ’80s. She was dominated for the entire match until she found a way to get LaFleur in…just in time for Shafir and Rose to hit a double-team neckbreaker for the win.

Kiera Hogan defeated Nikki Victory

Hogan is officially done with Jade Cargill, which seems to be a good thing because she hasn’t lost since June. Victory, who is a Dark regular, got a lot more offense in than I expected. Hogan set her up in the corner and hit two running knees and a slide into Victory’s face for a near fall. Schiavone mentioned that Menard should dye his hair blue like Hogan, which I would love. Hogan connected on a variation of a belly-to-back suplex and dropped Victory right on her neck for a win.

Top Flight (Dante Martin & Darius Martin) defeated Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd

Magnum and Floyd called themselves The Outrunners which is their name on the indies. They are from OVW like most of the other enhancement talent on this show. Top Flight was handling them well until Magnum and Floyd tried a switcheroo like they were the Bella Twins. It ended up working, but Top Flight still shut them down and won with a Dante Martin moonsault off the top rope. The cherry on top was Darius doing a tope under the moonsault and then Dante blowing a kiss to the camera during the pin. 

You have to see it to believe it (second GIF below):

– Lexy Nair was in the back with Ethan Page, Matt Hardy and Private Party. Page informed them that their match tonight was off because Marq Quen had ice on his shoulder. He said he had a whole other shoulder and he’ll be fine. Isiah Kassidy made a masturbation joke and that really set Page off. He kept threatening the trio with fines and teasing the “Broken” Matt Hardy gimmick coming back. Hardy just kinda screamed and apologized and that was that.

Emi Sakura defeated Madison Rayne

It’s quite interesting to see a former Impact Knockouts Champion lose for the fourth straight time on Dark: Elevation, but that’s where we’re at. Sakura did her normal Tea Time spot and later, when Rayne was getting back into things, Sakura raked her eyes right in front of the ref and rolled her up for the win.

Lee Moriarty (w/ W. Morrissey) defeated Serpentico (w/ Luther)

Schiavone started the match by reminding us that on the outside of the ring was not Uncle Festus, but actually Luther. Speaking of Luther, he was screaming at W. Morrissey during this entire match in his screeching voice. This was all about Moriarty dominating Serpentico to the point of him nearly passing out. Moriarty locked in the Border City Stretch to get the win.

The Embassy (Bishop Kaun, Brian Cage & Toa Liona) defeated Dan Adams, Facade & Star Rider

This entire match was just The Embassy using their size, except for when Adams came in. The crowd popped big for the man known as “Dan the Dad” on the indies. But no one in this match was enough for The Embassy as they hit the assisted powerbomb onto Rider for the win. After the match, ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champions Dalton Castle & The Boys came out onto the stage, presumably to set up a title match for ROH Final Battle.

Kip Sabian (w/ Penelope Ford) defeated Alex Reynolds (w/ John Silver)

This is the third time we’ve seen this match in the last two months and this was the rubber match. They started out hot with Reynolds getting revenge for being attacked before the last match started. A lot of commentary was about menacing Ford looked on the outside.

Sabian looked really good here. He was on top for most of the match but it was back and forth for the most part. They both were on the top rope when Sabian started biting Reynolds on his face to set up a double stomp for a near fall. Reynolds got back in with a few roll-ups and a sit-down piledriver, but Ford jumped on the apron and mocked Reynolds with the “10” referencing Preston Vance. This set up the torture rack slam by Sabian for the win.

Konosuke Takeshita defeated Aaron Solo

This was Takeshita’s third match for AEW since he moved to America and signed a full-time contract. This was full of interference and heel tactics. Don Callis was again out in the middle of the match to “scout” the new AEW star. The commentary team was condemning him for doing so and not focusing on the Elite’s Best-of-7 series. I know he’s a heel, but it’s not like he’s interfering or anything. 

Takeshita rolled away from Solo’s double knees attempt and hit a beautiful blue angel bomb for a near fall. Solo tried to roll him up after, but Takeshita rolled out and deadlifted him in the air for a German suplex with a bridge for the win. Takeshita looked to the outside at Callis, confused about why he was out there again.