Willie Mack AEW debut part of eight-match Dark: Elevation lineup

  • Ian Carey
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AEW has announced the lineup for this week’s Dark: Elevation.

Former Impact and NWA wrestler Willie Mack will make his promotional debut on the show when he faces The Embassy’s Brian Cage. 

A three-way tag team match involving The Butcher & The Blade, Top Flight, and Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta is also set to air on the show. 

Athena will face Zeda Zhang in an ROH Women’s title eliminator match as well. 

AEW Dark: Elevation airs Monday at 7 p.m. Eastern time on YouTube. This week’s show was filmed on Wednesday, January 11, 2023, from the KIA Forum in Los Angeles, California.

The announced lineup is as follows:

  • Brian Cage w/ Prince Nana vs. Willie Mack
  • Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta vs. Top Flight (Dante & Darius Martin) vs. The Butcher & The Blade w/ The Bunny
  • Emi Sakura, Nyla Rose, & Marina Shafir w/ Vickie Guerrero vs. Johnnie Robbie, Vipress, & Zyra
  • The Dark Order’s Alex Reynolds, John Silver, & Evil Uno vs. Nick Ruiz, Zack Clayton, & Ari Daivari
  • ROH Women’s Champion Athena vs. Zeda Zhang in a title-eliminator bout
  • Daniel Garcia vs. Kevin Blackwood
  • Preston Vance & Rush vs. Misterioso & Diego Valens
  • Ethan Page, Isiah Kassidy, Matt Hardy, & Brandon Cutler vs. Luther, Serpentico, Peter Avalon, & Ryan Nemeth