AEW Dark Elevation results: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Ari Daivari

This week’s scorching hot AEW Dark: Elevation action was taped prior to last Wednesday’s Dynamite in Chicago with Ian Riccaboni, Paul Wight and Matt Menard on the call.

The Bunny (w/ Penelope Ford) defeated Blair Onyx

This was Onyx’s fourth AEW outing and she is still looking for her first win. The Bunny won a quick one after hitting Down The Rabbit Hole which Wight noted that he knew someone that did that in the past…himself. This was Bunny’s first singles match since March and just her second match overall since April.

Brandon Cutler defeated Man Scout

The Man Scout was more interested in reading his Boy Scouts book than getting into the action, reading the book while criss-crossing across the ring. As you might imagine, this was all comedy, punctuated by Wight and Menard speculating why the Scout didn’t bring a hardcover book to the ring. Wight said it’s because the younger generation is soft and those from his era would have brought a brick. Cutler picked up the win after rolling up the Scout after both were wobbyling following an airplane spin.

Nyla Rose & Marina Shafir defeated Emi Sakura & Maki Itoh

Sakura’s Dark run with a variety of tag team partners has now come to her facing former tag team partners. This was Rose’s first match since losing to TBS Jade Cargill at Full Gear while Shafir continued to wrestle in bare feet. Wight pronounced her name “Schaefer” at two points. 

The dynamic between Shafir and Itoh was something to behold as were Itoh’s punches. After things broke down, Rose pinned Sakura after a Beast Bomb and after a short main roster run, it’s apparently back to the Dark shows for tag team matches.

Konosuke Takeshita defeated Ari Daivari

None of the other Trustbusters accompanied Daivari. Come to think of it, we haven’t seen Parker Boudreaux in quite some time. I digress.

Don Callis made his way out to ringside to scout the match which was assumed to be for Takeshita. Takeshita looked impressive as always, picking up the win off a roll-through German suplex with a bridge. Daivari was a good dance partner as well.

– Kip Sabian did a filmed promo talking to “Alex” talking about a recent match they had and despite them being good wrestlers, but they are nothing alike. He wants to go for round three. The issue here? If you don’t watch these shows, you would have no idea he was referring to Alex Reynolds of the Dark Order.

Lee Moriarty defeated Robert Anthony

This was Moriarty’s first outing since his loss to FTW Champion Hook a few weeks back. This was Anthony’s 10th AEW outing and he was cheered in front of his hometown fans. He also got a lot of offense in, nearly submitting Moriarty with a surfboard. In the end, Moriarty got the submission win with a crossface.

Jay Lethal & Satnam Singh (w/ Sonjay Dutt) defeated Joe Alonzo & GPA

This was the first AEW outing for Lethal since Full Gear and just Singh’s third match since October. Remember when they were teasing Lethal splitting with Singh and Dutt? Lethal got the win after Singh chokeslammed Alonso off Lethal’s shoulders in an impressive spot. It appears we’re getting some combo of the TNA alumni against AEW Tag Team Champions The Acclaimed. Why? Good question.

– Ethan Page was talking to Lexy Nair when Matt Hardy and Private Party were leaving. They were set to take off to prepare for a match Tuesday when Page said they were booked for a match tonight instead. Mark Sterling and Daivari walked into the frame and said Hardy owes them $50,000 that he took from Daivari to give Page because he used the Twist of Fate. Page then said Daivari can use the Twist of Fate to help make amends.

Best Friends & Rocky Romero defeated Davey Bang, Freedom Ramsey & Yabo

Yabo is a wrestling clown who was going to give Romero a balloon before he took all the air out and laughed. Dastardly! He later started juggling while Chuck Taylor was hurt in the corner and started throwing the balls at Taylor. Evil!

Beretta later grabbed his red nose and delivered a German suplex to send him packing. Taylor and Beretta hit the Soul Food/half and half suplex before hitting their finisher on Bang for the win.

Athena defeated Laynie Luck

This was Athena’s first match since her storyline suspension following her shove of referee Aubrey Edwards last Friday. She laid out Luck with a forearm at the onset and it was on from there with Athena continuing her hard-hitting offense. After some action on the outside, Athena won a squash with a crossface. After the match, she continued her attack on Luck and appears ready to challenge ROH Women’s Champion Mercedes Martinez at next month’s Final Battle once it’s announced.

Matt Hardy & Private Party defeated Chaos Project & Isaiah Moore

There wasn’t much here of note. Hardy hit a DDT/neckbreaker on Moore and Serpentico at one point, leading to some more triple team offense as referee Rick Knox doesn’t follow rules. Hardy hit an Ego’s Edge followed by an Isiah Kassidy swanton and Marq Quen 450 splash for the win.

Afterward, Daivari, Sterling, Josh Woods and Tony Nese came out. Daivari then issued a challenge for a trios match for next week and wanted to hear his music but Hardy’s music played instead.

Eddie Kingston & Ortiz defeated The Factory (Nick Comoroto & Aaron Solo)

I remain baffled as to why Kingston is on the Dark shows more often than not. This is his first match since defeating Jun Akiyama on the Full Gear pre-show and the first tag match since Akiyama and Takeshita defeated Kingston and Ortiz on the pre-Full Gear Rampage.

This was mercifully short and featured Ortiz getting beat up by The Factory for the majority of it. Kingston got the hot tag and delivered a bevy of chops to both Factory members. After tagging out to Ortiz, The Factory took control again and we were right back to the beginning.

After a Kingston DDT on Solo, Ortiz got a win with a unique pin technique to get the victory and end this week’s show.