Abadon vs. Skye Blue on AEW Dark: Elevation
Paul Wight admitted that he was scared of Abadon, and that's a considerably big revelation coming from one of the giants in AEW.
Wight sold Abadon's character like a true veteran, and it might have been his best work on commentary thus far. Anyway, we moved to the match, and Abadon stalked her prey.
She executed a spinning backbreaker across the thigh, and she continued to try and choke her opponent out. Abadon missed a splash in the corner and ate a pump kick and a back spring elbow.
Abadon pulled her own hair out and ran through for a lariat, followed by a German suplex.
She hit the double knees to Blue's collar bone before executing the snapmare. While Blue did get in some offense, Abadon was just too strong, and AEW's most twisted entity finished the AEW Dark: Elevation match with the Cemetery Driver.
Result: Abadon def. Skye Blue on AEW Dark: Elevation
Grade: C
Orange Cassidy vs. Prince Kai on AEW Dark: Elevation
Prince Kai had a special note that he handed to Justin Roberts and the wrestler received a glorious in-ring introduction.
Orange Cassidy stood behind Kai while the Prince showboated and soaked in the atmosphere.
Kai turned around, and Cassidy hit the Beach Break for the win. Wait, what? That's it? The match lasted for nine seconds! Just nine!
Result: Orange Cassidy def. Prince Kai on AEW Dark: Elevation
Grade: D
Private Party (w/ Matt Hardy) vs. Alex Reynolds & Colt Cabana (w/ -1) on AEW Dark
-1 was out with a camera recording for Sammy Guevara's vlog. All men involved in the match faced off in the middle of the ring before the start.
Reynolds got isolated by Private Party. Isiah Kassidy showboated, and it cost him control of the match as Alex hit a shoulder block and a follow-up dropkick.
The referee ejected the Dark Order members after they got in Kassidy's face near ringside. Matt Hardy looked happy with the referee's decision, and Paul Wight was sarcastically annoyed at the commentary table.
Cabana continued the match, and he used his experience to take Quen to the mat. Reynolds got the tag, and he sent Quen over the top with a clothesline. The Dark Order member hit a tope suicida before rolling his opponent back into the ring.
Matt Hardy pulled Reynolds down and backed him up into the steel guard railing. The referee, as you might have expected, didn't catch Hardy's intervention.
Kassidy and Quen took control and punished Reynolds. They made quick tags, listened to Matt Hardy's instructions, and wore Reynolds down in their corner. Tag team wrestling 101.
Reynolds reversed a suplex and hit a vicious knee lift to the chin. Alex finally tagged Colt Cabana, and "Boom Boom" hit an incredible hurricanrana. How did a man his size pull that off?
Cabana moved on from his tremendous athletic feat and got a near fall from a Superman Splash on Quen. He hit a knife-edge chop and a forearm shot on Marq.
Quen hit an enziguri but got caught in the fireman's carry position. Private Party missed the silly string as Alexander pulled Kassidy off the apron.
Quen hit a Pele kick-like move on Reynolds before going up top for a 450 splash. Cabana kicked out at two. Colt landed a forearm shot, but he was hurting.
Reynolds came in for a spinning discus elbow. He then executed an assisted flipping neckbreaker on Quen.
Cabana went for the pin on Quen, but the Private Party member was not the legal man.
Kassidy, the actual legal competitor from the Private Party's end, rushed in and rolled up a clueless Cabana for the three-count on AEW Dark: Elevation.
Result: Private Party def. Alex Reynolds & Colt Cabana on AEW Dark
Grade: B+
Reynolds argued that the tag had been made, but Private Party got the win in the books.