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Thunder Rosa vs. Shawna Reed on AEW Dark: Elevation
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Thunder Rosa executed the standing switch and took Reed's back in the early stages of the AEW Dark: Elevation match.
Both women displayed excellent mat wrestling skills, and it was Rosa who won the sequence by breaking away and hitting a double shotgun dropkick.
Thunder Rosa connected with a few chops in the corner, and the crowd loved the sound of them. Reed pushed Rosa off and sunk her boots into the former NWA Women's Champion's guts in the corner.
Reed went for a quick one-count, and Wight appreciated her intent to win and not just wrestle. Rosa connected with a double knee strike over the top, followed by another shotgun dropkick in the corner.
She got a two-count from a double underhook suplex. Reed then made a comeback with a faceplant, followed by a modified armbar. Rosa, though, rolled out of the move and turned it into a pinning combination.
Rosa picked up the win with the Fire Thunder Driver on AEW Dark: Elevation.
Result: Thunder Rosa def. Shawna Reed on AEW Dark: Elevation
Grade: C+
Best Friends (w/ Orange Cassidy) vs. Kit Sackett & Hayden Backlund on AEW Dark: Elevation
Kit Sackett and Trent started the match. Trent hit a massive lariat, followed by two forearm shots and a back body suplex.
Backlund tagged himself into the match, but he ran into Best Friends' Sole Food.
Chuckie T and Trent hit two package piledrivers on Backlund for the win. Trent had Backlund in an aggressive pinfall, and Paul Wight highlighted a slight shift in the attitude of the Best Friends.
Result: Best Friends def. Kit Sackett & Hayden Backlund on AEW Dark: Elevation
Grade: D
Leyla Hirsch & Ryo Mizunami vs. Nyla Rose & Madi Wrenkowski (w/ Vickie Guerrero) on AEW Dark: Elevation
EXCUSE ME! Yes, as expected, Vickie Guerrero came out and told Justin Roberts to get out of 'her ring.'
Guerrero introduced her client and Madi Wrenkowski and ordered everyone to stand and applaud.
Madi and Leyla locked up and kicked off a furious sequence of hammerlocks and chokeholds. Wrenkowski created some separation and ran to tag Nyla.
Ryo and Rose now stood toe-to-toe as they both brawled in the center of the ring. Nyla overpowered Mizunami with a shoulder block, a body slam, and a leg drop.
Wrenkowski made a blind tag to Rose, and The Native Beast was annoyed as she was going for the pin. Wrenkowski stretched out Mizunami's arms, but the Joshi veteran escaped the submission move.
Ryo slowly gathered all her energy as she absorbed strikes and got more fired up. Mizunami hit more than a dozen chops and mocked Nyla Rose.
Ryo got a two-count on Madi with a lariat in the corner. Hirsch got the tag, and she hit a clothesline on Madi.
Mizunami and Leyla hit an assisted powerslam. They were not done as Ryo helped Leyla leap to the top and come back down for a senton on Madi.
Nyla had to intervene and break the pin. Rose and Wrenkowski executed a double suplex on Hirsch, and the heels were now on top of the proceedings. The match had an abrupt end as Leyla reversed a pump kick and locked in the armbar on Wrenkowski.
Mizunami stopped Nyla Rose from breaking the hold, and Wrenkowski tapped out on AEW Dark: Elevation.
Result: Leyla Hirsch & Ryo Mizunami def. Nyla Rose & Madi Wrenkowski on AEW Dark: Elevation
Grade: B
