It’s Tuesday and you know what that means. Ricky Starks joined Excalibur and Taz on commentary for the first few matches.
The show kicked off with a vignette with Darby Allin promoting his TNT title defense against Jungle Boy tomorrow night. Allin’s promo had a heelish bent to it.
Joey Janela (w/ Sonny Kiss) defeated Will Allday (5:32)
Allday looked good here, hitting a tope suicida on the floor but later missed a senton bomb. Janela went for a brainbuster, but Allday reversed into a brainbuster of his own. Allday also hit a top rope frankensteiner, but whiffed on a moonsault press. Janela hit a death valley driver for the win.
Dark started out with a Darby Allin video package cutting a promo to Jungle Boy. Allin told Jungle Boy that he wants him to show up Wednesday and that he has to turn that switch and fight him. Allin closed the video by saying if he wants to win the championship to turn that switch…
Briar’s Take:
A nice video package that was refreshing to open up Dark for a change. It would be nice if AEW used Dark more to hype up their Wednesday shows, even if it’s a video package like this.
Excalibur then welcomed us to Dark and was joined on commentary by Taz and special guest Ricky Starks…
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SCU (Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian) defeated Jay Lyon & Midas Black (3:21)
Lyon and Black made their debut on Monday. Honestly, no one should be working both these shows in the same week.
Kazarian destroyed Black with some chops in the corner and you could hear Lyon shout “Hey! That’s my friend!” which made me chuckle. It was the usual SCU formula of Kazarian dominating and Daniels getting the tag and losing the advantage. Lyon hit a somersault senton on Daniels through a hoop held by Black. (Note they have a lion tamer/circus gimmick.) SCU came back and finished Lyons with the Best Meltzer Ever to keep their winning streak alive.
AEW Dark recap (Apr. 13, 2021): Red Velvet speared Jade Cargill
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AEW Dark featured Red Velvet spearing Jade Cargill, Ricky Starks helping Brian Cage get his moves in, and State Farm sponsoring the main event between Alex Reynolds and Ryan Nemeth.
The highlight of the show was Jade Cargill confronting Red Velvet, who responded with a spear through the ropes.
.@Thee Red Velvet isn t waiting until tomorrow night to get her hands on @Jade Cargill. Tune into AEW Dark Now - https://t.co/ErVfjTw9Ge
And DON T MISS Red Velvet v. Jade Wednesday 8/7c on #AEWDynamite on @tntdrama! pic.twitter.com/3tlAcAzkRO All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) April 13, 2021