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Jora Johl vs. Axel Rico on AEW Dark
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Axel Rico made his AEW debut tonight, and the Puerto Rican wrestler got under Jora Johl's skin during the opening seconds of their contest. The action spilled over to the ringside area as Jora Johl slammed him back-first into the apron.
Jora hit the buckle bomb back in the ring, followed by a nasty rib-breaker. The Indian star looked focused as he methodically broke his opponent down.
Rico landed a shotgun dropkick but got rocked with a vicious pump kick out of nowhere from Jora Johl, who capitalized quickly and picked up the win.
Result: Jora Johl def. Axel Rico on AEW Dark
Grade: B
Chaos Project vs. Alan "5" Angels & 10 on AEW Dark
Serpentico flipped the finger off to Angels as the match kicked off with a few exciting moments.
The Dark Order member secured multiple pinfall attempts early on and got Serpentico down with a dropkick. Luther called out Preston Vance and started a 'ten' chant. Luther, however, rejected Serpentico's tag and urged his partner to fight the "Dark Order's Strongest Member" instead.
Vance barely moved from Serpentico's chop, and he went on to toss him across the ring twice.
Angels got the tag and delivered a dropkick-fallaway slam combo with Vance on Serpentico. Luther finally got into the ring, and he expectedly used his partner as a weapon.
All hell broke loose as Angels went crashing into the steel steps on the outside. Alan Angels proceeded to take a beating from Chaos Project as the Dark Order member struggled to tag out to 10.
Angels executed an incredible blue thunder bomb counter and crawled his way towards Vance for the hot tag. 10 went on a pump kick party before taking Luther out with a spinebuster.
Angels wiped Luther out with a spear while Vance also hit a spear on Serpentico. 10 got the win for his team with the Full Nelson submission.
Result: Alan "5" Angels & 10 def. Chaos Project
Grade: B+
Anthony Bowens cut a promo about the origins of his theme song, and the segment aired before the main event of the night.
Anthony Bowens (w/ Max Caster) vs. Fuego Del Sol on AEW Dark
Caster tried to get into Fuego Del Sol's head with a few bars before his partner's match.
Fuego Del Sol took the fight to Bowens to begin the main event. The Luchador sent Bowens outside with a dropkick, followed by a tornillo from the top rope.
Max Caster had to jump on the apron, which allowed Bowens to seize the opportunity to call the shots in the match. Anthony drove Del Sol's back into the apron and got his opponent back into the ring.
Del Sol countered with an abdominal stretch, but Bowens reversed it with an airplane spin facebuster. Fuego got back to his feet and rattled Bowens with a step-up enziguri, followed by a dropkick.
Fuego hit three heel kicks and a shooting star press for a near fall. Caster distracted Fuego, and Anthony Bowens took advantage with a brutal knee strike. The Acclaimed member picked up the win with a modified DDT off the ropes.
Result: Anthony Bowens def. Fuego Del Sol on AEW Dark
Grade: B+
You can check out the full AEW Dark episode above, and don't forget to leave your reviews in the comments section below.
