AEW Dark Results (May 25th, 2021) - Star picks up first win,  Popular tag team breaking up, Scary spot, Cody Rhodes, and more

Angelico vs. Ryzin on AEW Dark

Angelico vs. Ryzin.

It was all Ryzin Country in Jacksonville tonight as the AEW Dark audience chanted the eccentric wrestler's name before the match.

Angelico's fantastic technical skills helped him get the advantage for a few seconds. Ryzin mocked Angelico by doing his dance, and it was easily the best moment of the night.

Ryzin lost all control of the contest following a hilarious slip in the corner. Angelico grounded Ryzin with an ankle lock and showed off his diverse submission repertoire with a Navarro Special.

Angelico walked into two clotheslines and a high-angle falling powerslam. Ryzin, however, was feeling the effects of the Navarro Special as his knees gave up on him. Angelico finished the match with the Navarro Deathroll.

Result: Angelico def. Ryzin on AEW Dark

Grade: C

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Janela spoke about his AEW Dark victory in an interview with Alex Marvez.

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Julia Hart (w/ Varsity Blonds) vs. Tesha Price on AEW Dark

Hart vs. Price.

Price clobbered Hart with short-arm clotheslines and elbow strikes to begin the match. Hart put the brakes on Price with a shoulder tackle, two arm drags, and a hip toss.

Price whipped Hart across the ring and followed her with a few more of those powerful elbow strikes. Price took Hart off her feet with a running back elbow strike.

Both women traded blows in the ring, and Hart managed to drop Tesha with a clothesline, three round kicks, a stiff back elbow strike, and a cartwheel splash.

Hart got a near fall from a standing moonsault. Julia rocked Price with a brutal kick, and she picked up the win with the splitting leg drop.

Result: Julia Hart def. Tesha Price on AEW Dark

Grade: B

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Hart was pumped up following her first win in AEW as she celebrated with Griff Garrison and Brian Pillman Jr. after the match. While Julia Hart is still quite green in the ring, the 19-year-old will only get better, and AEW officials seem to be behind the cheerleader.

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AEW Dark Main Event: Sonny Kiss (w/ Joey Janela) vs. Brian Cage (w/ Hook)

Sonny Kiss used some innovative evasive techniques to confuse Brian Cage early on in the AEW Dark main event.

Kiss took The Machine off his feet with an excellent dropkick. Cage stopped Kiss with a destructive clothesline. The FTW champion sent Sonny into the steel ring post, where he locked in the Boston Crab while sitting on top of the top turnbuckle.

Kiss kicked off the comeback with a step-up hurricanrana and a dropkick. Kiss wiped Cage out with a tope suicida, but Sonny missed the splash in the ring.

Cage was rocked with a roundhouse kick, followed by a springboard crossbody that got Sonny a two-count. Kiss missed the ripcord clothesline, but Cage didn't miss the mark with his kick and a follow-up swinging neckbreaker.

Sonny escaped the Drill Claw attempt with a waist lock. Cage transitioned to deliver the sit-out waterwheel drop for a near fall.

Kiss avoided the discus clothesline and knocked Cage out with a knee strike to the face. Sonny went to the top and hit the splitting leg drop. The FTW champ kicked out at two.

Cage hit a vicious knee strike in response, and the Weapon X to win the AEW Dark main event match.

Result: Brian Cage def. Sonny Kiss on AEW Dark

Grade: A

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Hook attacked Sonny Kiss after the match, and Janela surprisingly did not enter the ring to save his partner. Hook executed a Russian leg sweep and locked in a submission hold on Kiss.

Joey Janela walked away to the back with hands on his face as Cage told Hook to break the hold. Janela left Kiss to the jackals, and it could mark the end of the longtime tag team.

The differences between Janela and Kiss have been known for a while. However, a feud between the two looks set to be one of the angles moving forward.

Janela would later take to Twitter to claim that he had a migraine attack, which prevented him from getting involved in the post-match segment.

You can watch the full AEW Dark episode above.