AEW Dark Elevation Results – January 2, 2023
Hikaru Shida vs. Tyra Russamee
Tyra Russamee asks for a test of strength then stomps on Hikaru Shida’s foot. Shida catches a kick, then backs Russamee into a corner and lands a slap. Russamee avoids a 10 punch but eats a kick then avoids a dropkick. Some kicks to the back from Russamee then a hip attack. Shida lands a right hand as Russamee is on the top rope then she follows up with the 10 punch and a follow up Meteora. Russamee counters a Falcon Arrow with a small package for 2. Shida lands a Sliding D for a 2 count then follows up with the Katana gets the win.
Winner: Hikaru Shida
Mark Sterling talks as his team heads to the ring for our next match. He claims Tony Nese isn’t sweating after a thousand sit ups and Josh Woods just wrestled two guys in the back then he thinks the fat people of Denver can’t even get up a flight of stairs. He wanted the best Colorado had to offer, but apparently all they’ve got is this team.
Tag Team Match
Varsity Athletes vs. The Pillars Of Density
Hunter Grey & Tony Nese start us off then they lock up and Nese pauses to pose. Grey just lets him do it. Another lock up, Nese grabs a side headlock but Grey counters into a big mat return. Nese fires up with strikes now, then a hip tosses and Nese gets a rope break to set up a cheap shot from Josh Woods.
Woods tags in but runs into a back elbow before hitting a leg capture back suplex. Nese tags back in and kicks Grey in the body. Woods wants Nese to do the thing and Woods hits a back body drop then tags in Paul Titan. Titan with some headbutts then a boot. Woods tags back in and kicks Titan in the head.
Butterfly suplex from Woods and Grey has to break up the pin. Nese with the Macho Man hot shot, then Woods follows up with a release German suplex onto Grey. Back kick from Nese then a knee from Woods. The Angle Slam into a neckbreaker connects for the win.
Winners: Varsity Athletes
Tag Team Match
The Firm vs. Manny Lemons & Atiba
Isiah Kassidy & Manny Lemons start us off they hit the ropes then Kassidy hits some arm drags and a neckbreaker. Matt Hardy tags in, and Lemons takes some double team offense. Corner offense from Hardy but he misses a charge and Lemons lands some strikes and tags in Atiba.
Hardy with some elbows to drop Atiba, Lemons tags back in but misses an elbow and Kassidy tags in to hit a springboard crossbody. Kassidy with running strikes then some punches in the corner but Atiba distracts Kassidy and Lemon fights free. Atiba tags in and they work to isolate Kassidy with some double team work.
Kassidy fights back and hits a jumping flatliner then tags in Hardy. Hardy runs wild for a bit hits a Side Effect on Atiba but Lemons breaks up the pin. Kassidy attacks Lemons, setting up some Poetry In Motion then Lemons gets ejected. Hardy puts Atiba on the top rope hits the Splash Mountain to set up a Swanton Bomb from Kassidy gets the win for The Firm.
Winners: The Firm
Marina Shafir vs. Lillith Grimm
Quick kick from Marina Shafir then some leg kicks while she & Nyla Rose jaw jack at each other. More kicks from Shafir, then some gator rolls but Lillith Grimm fights up and lands a shoulder block. Shafir who hits a mat return then some strikes and a judo throw. Grimm uses the ropes to break their contact but Shafir just lands another kick then a spinebuster. Some strikes from Shafir then locks in Greedy to get the submission win.
Winner By Submission: Marina Shafir
In the back Kassidy & Hardy celebrate with more sexual jokes from Kassidy. Hardy says he & Kassidy look great together, and feels like 2023 will be the year of Hardy Party. Ethan Page interrupts this, and objects to them deciding to come out of the baby face tunnel. Page reminds them to look at their contracts, Hardy says Page is right and says they wont do it again. Hardy says they want to focus on the future, Page is a little unsure about his sincerity but Hardy thinks they have a good thing going and he wants to make it work. Page feels like a jerk, and says this is great then lets them finish the interview without him. Kassidy questions what Hardy is doing, Hardy just winks at him.
Athena vs. Gypsy Mac
Gypsy Mac tries a top wrist lock but Athena just clobbers her with an elbow. Some stomps from Athena then another elbow. Mac avoids a corner rush but winds up on the apron and eats a knee. Kicks from Athena then she bangs Mac’s head into the ring post. Athena starts enjoying the count out but Mac gets back in the ring and tries a school boy for 1.
Elbows from Mac, but Athena cuts her off with a knee and rolls through on a Sunset Flip attempt to land another elbow. Shotgun drop kick from Athena, then an abbreviated gordbuster and a head kick. Superkick from Athena then locks in the Crossface gets the tap out win.
Winner By Submission: Athena
After the match Athena slams Mac on the floor then face plants her on the ROH Women’s Title.
Trios Match
Dark Order vs. Chaos Project & Ryan Nemeth
Ryan Nemeth & Alex Reynolds start us off, Nemeth hits a mat return then does the hip swivel. Reynolds hits a dropkick then Nemeth backs him into the corner and tags in Luther. Serpentico then tags in and they cheap shot John Silver & Evil Uno. Reynolds tosses Nemeth then moves so Luther squashes Serpentico. Dark Order fire up and Serpentico takes a triple team face buster.
Uno tags in and chops on Serpentico for a bit. Serpentico tries to chop with Uno but that goes poorly for him. Uno gets tripped up and Serpentico superkicks him then everyone stomps on Uno on the outside. Nemeth tags back in then he tags in Luther. Luther with a suplex then tags in Serpentico and slams him onto Uno.
Nemeth tags in and Serpentico tries to suplex him onto Uno but he can’t lift him so Luther does it instead. All that gets a 2 count on Uno. Uno fires back with chops then Nemeth pokes him in the eye. Uno returns the eye poke and hits a Cutter to down both men. Both men go to the wrong corner then run around and tag out.
Silver & Serpentico are legal and Silver runs wild for a bit then a pump kick to Serpentico then a bridging German for 2 as Nemeth & Luther come in to break it up. Things break down for a bit before Serpentico gets hit with Ragnarok for the win.
Winners: Dark Order
Julia Hart vs. Leva Bates
Match begins with Julia Hart just stares down Leva Bates before Bates offers her a volume of Demon Slayer to a look of utter disdain from Hart. Hart face plants Bates and slams her into the mat a few times. Heartless lock and Bates taps out.
Winner By Submission: Julia Hart
Tag Team Match
Jeff Jarrett & Jay Lethal vs. Justin Andrews & Ryzin
Jeff Jarrett & Jay Lethal jumps Ryzin & Justin Andrews at the bell then Lethal slams Andrews around the ringside area as Jarrett does the strut in the ring. Clothesline from Jarrett then he tags in Lethal. Swinging neckbreaker from Lethal. Ryzin fights back finally then misses a moonsault. Jarrett tags back in and hits a Russian leg sweep.
Some stomps from Jarrett then he tags Lethal back in, Lethal struts and stomps then goes for the Figure Four but Ryzin keeps countering and tags out. Bit of a kick from Andrews then he punches Jarrett only to eat a superkick to the back of the head from Lethal before Lethal Injection & The Stroke combination connects & that gets the job done.
Winners: Jeff Jarrett & Jay Lethal
After the match Ryzin objects to the showboating of Jarrett & Satnam Singh kills him with a chokeslam.
Trios Match
House Of Black vs. Hagane Shinno,Dean Alexander & Rosario Grillo
Brody King & Hagane Shinno start us off then King lifts Shinno up and tosses him around but Shinno fights back with kicks only to get shoved away. Shinno hits the ropes and lands a kick but King chops him down and tags in Malakai Black. Black avoids a kick then lands a knee but runs into a dropkick and Shinno tags in Rosario Grillo.
Kick from Black then a leg sweep and Buddy Matthews tags in. Matthews with a double stomp to the arm then a boot to Dean Alexander for good measure. Arm attacks from Matthews but he runs into a kick and has to follow up with a pop up knee strike. King tags back in, and hits a cannonball senton in the corner but Alexander & Shinno break up the pin.
King runs wild on the floor, laying out Shinno & Alexander but Grillo avoids a charge and King posts himself. Shinno & Black both tag back in, Shinno with a flurry of strikes then an Asai moonsault to the floor to take out Matthews & King. Shinno now hits a dive onto Black.
Back in the ring Shinno goes up top, hits a dropkick for a 2 count. They start trading elbows and Black unloads with a flurry then hits a spinning back elbow only for Shinno to hit a wheel kick. King wipes out Shinno with a King Kong Lariat but Alexander saves Shinno from a Ganso Bomb only to eat a Black Mass from Black. Rosario Grillo flies into a punch from King before Matthews covers Grillo for the win.
Winners: House Of Black
Dark Card
Emi Sakura vs. Jada Stone
Jora Johl vs. Jarrett Diaz
Kiera Hogan vs. Kaci Lennox
Leon Ruffin vs. Ari Daivari
Tag Team Match
Varsity Athletes vs. Liam Gray & Adrian Alanis
Richard Adonis vs. Rohit Raju
Blake Christian vs. Sean Maluta
Shawn Dean vs. Ariel Dominguez
Tag Team Match
Dark Order vs. Level X
Brian Pillman Jr vs. Christopher Daniels
Tag Team Match
The Trustbusters vs. Ryzin & Cameron Stewart
Dak Draper vs. Ryan Nemeth
Tag Team Match
Top Flight vs. The Workhorsemen
Wednesday’s Dynamite
Ricky Starks vs. Chris Jericho
TNT Title Match
Samoa Joe (c) vs. Darby Allin
AEW World Tag Team Title Match
The Acclaimed (c) vs. Jeff Jarrett & Jay Lethal
Bryan Danielson vs. Tony Nese
Tag Team Match
The Baddies vs. Kiera Hogan & Skye Blue
Swerve Strickland vs. AR Fox
Battle Of The Belts 5 (Jan 6th)
All Atlantic Title Match
Orange Cassidy (c) vs. Kip Sabian
