#11. Thunder Rosa vs. Lindsay Snow (Debutant) on AEW Dark
The usual lock-up began the AEW Dark match. Thunder Rosa's roll-ups and arm drags were as clean as they come.
Snow used her strength to send Rosa to the corner. The AEW debutant stomped on Rosa before following it up with a gut-wrench suplex.
Rosa responded with a powerful dropkick for a two-count. Both women were on the mat, and Snow unleashed some vicious ground and pound. Rosa reversed into the rear naked sleeper hold. Snow got up to a vertical base with Rosa on her back. She sent Thunder Rosa crashing into the corner.
Snow came running in but got tripped face-first into the middle turnbuckle.
Rosa got in a few brutal dropkicks and a two-count with a lateral press. Rosa went up to the top rope, but Snow followed her with an enziguri. Rosa used her quick hands as she attacked the body before going for a spinning back fist.
Rosa finished the match with the Thunder Driver on AEW Dark.
Result: Thunder Rosa def. Lindsay Snow on AEW Dark
Grade: B
A Peter Avalon segment aired next.
#12. Co-Main Event: Big Swole vs. Kylynn King on AEW Dark
The collar-elbow tie-up spilled out to the outside as both women were unwilling to let go. They got back in before the ten count and engaged in a war of words.
They tried to one-up each other before Swole went for the Dirty Dancing, but King bailed. King sent Swole head-first into the steel ring post on the outside.
Back in the ring, King got a one-count from the basement dropkick. King tried to keep Swole down with a headlock.
Swole got back up and drove her knees into the spine and rib cage of King. The back-and-forth exchanges in this match were pretty solid as Swole countered with a slick Cazadora-flatliner combo. Swole locked in the Cloverleaf, and King tapped.
Result: Big Swole def. Kylynn King on AEW Dark
Grade: B
Darby Allin came out to the ring with the TNT title, and he invited Ricky Starks to come to the ring. Starks left the commentary table to head towards the ring, and Brian Cage joined him.
Cody came from the back with his headset on and a chair in his hand. The former TNT Champion attacked Cage with the chair, and Taz's men retreated as Cody and Allin stood tall in the ring. The segment ended with Cody's theme song. Cody and Darby will team up to face Starks and Cage on Dynamite.
#13. Main Event: Jack Evans (w/ Angelico) vs. Christopher Daniels (w/ Frankie Kazarian) on AEW Dark
Evans got the waist lock on Daniels to begin the match. Both men engaged in an intricate series of exchanges and counters in the early goings of the contest.
Daniels dropped Evans with an exploder suplex. He followed it with a hanging vertical suplex for a two-count. Daniels was on song as he got another two-count from a backdrop. Evans got back into the match with a corkscrew kick from the top.
Evans connected with another kick for a two-count before droving his knee into Daniels' face. Evans then scoop slammed Daniels to the mat before locking in the kimura. Evans sent Daniels to the outside.
Back in the ring, Daniels delivered the Blue Thunder Powerbomb. The veteran connected with a few clotheslines as Evans was unable to withstand the storm. Daniels got a near fall with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker.
Evans reversed the Angel's Wings into a back body drop. Jack got a near fall with a standing sky twister press, and both men were eventually down with the double clothesline.
The referee began the count as they got back to their feet. The kicks and elbow strikes were exchanged. Daniels rocked Evans with a palm strike. The Fallen Angel trapped Evans in a koji clutch. A few quick near falls were exchanged before Daniels peppered Evans with a few jabs.
Evans stole the victory with an incredible backslide into the bridge pin. He kept Daniels' feet on the mat by pushing the calves down with his own feet. That was great!
Result: Jack Evans, def. Christopher Daniels on AEW Dark
Grade: B+
This week's AEW Dark had more good matches than most other weeks, which was a much-needed development. The women also got to shine under the spotlight, and they thankfully delivered. All in all, another solid AEW Dark is in the books, and you can watch the full episode above.