These matches were taped last Wednesday in Charlotte, NC.
Wheeler Yuta, Orange Cassidy & Chuck Taylor (w/ Kris Statlander) defeated Cezar Bononi, Ryan Nemeth & JD Drake (w/ Peter Avalon) (7:51)
Big pop for the Best Friends.
Yuta spent the middle portion of the match selling for the heel team. Bononi wrestled at a deliberate pace, but was impressive slamming Yuta across the ring. Nemeth hit him with the hangman’s neckbreaker, but Yuta escaped and sent the other Wingmen to the floor. After Yuta hit an enziguri on Nemeth, he got the tag to Taylor. Cassidy got the tag in and worked with Nemeth with his hands in his pockets. Nemeth kept trying to go for his neckbreaker, but Cassidy kept escaping.with his hands in his pockets, spinning out to hit Nemeth with his high impact shin kicks. A shotgun dropkick took Nemeth down.
AEW Dark recap (Aug. 3, 2021): 100 is a big number!
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Congratulations on 100 episodes of Dark
TONIGHT on #AEWDark100:
Turner Networks (WarnerMedia) seems to quite pleased with their partnership AEW thus far in ratings and revenue. I don’t even think “PizzaGate” is going to have any long term negative ramifications that’s how strong their relationship is. From that strength AEW gained enough momentum to spin a subsidiary show off the success of Dynamite, having it last that long, and it too spun off a secondary show. Congratulations on reaching this milestone AEW, but let’s get on to what happened on Tuesday. Our commentary team was Excalibur and Taz, and they were joined by Ricky Starks for the opening match.
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Update 11:15 AM ET: Ricky Starks responded to this article on Twitter and denied that he had a knee injury. As seen below, Starks wrote, “Inaccurate. Nothing wrong with my knees”
Inaccurate. Nothing wrong with my knees
Below is the original report:
As previously reported, AEW star Ricky Starks suffered a fractured neck. The injury occurred after Starks landed on his head after a release German Suplex during a match with Hangman Page on the April 21st episode of Dynamite.
On the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, Bryan Alvarez revealed that Starks also suffered a knee injury. He noted that AEW medical officials were looking at Starks’ knee when they saw that he also fractured his neck.
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AEW star Ricky Starks has reportedly suffered a broken neck.
Starks reportedly suffered the fractured neck during the April 21 Dynamite loss to Hangman Page, according to Voices of Wrestling. The injury reportedly occurred when Starks landed on his head from a release German suplex.
Starks is expected to miss around 3 months of in-ring action, but is also expected to continue to appear on AEW TV in some capacity. Doctors reportedly believe that Starks’ neck will heal without needing surgery.
It’s interesting to note that Starks has wrestled since the match with Page. He and Powerhouse Hobbs defeated Brick Aldridge and Aaron Frye at the AEW Dark tapings the night after the match with Page.
AEW Dark recap (May 4, 2021): Leyla Hirsch picks up signature win
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Episode 87 of
AEW Dark featured Leyla Hirsch earning a signature win, Dante Martin on a hot streak, and Lance Archer hossing it up with Luther.
When the
Dark lineup was announced, there was one match in particular that I was looking forward to. That would be Leyla Hirsch versus Diamante. Both have unique styles backed up by fierce intensity. This bout was set up last week during
Dark: Elevation when Diamante displayed poor sportsmanship after losing a tag match to Hirsch and Ryo Mizunami.
The two competitors tussled on the mat to start. Diamante escaped a rear waist lock with a back elbow and countered into a cazadora stunner. Hirsch rallied with two German suplexes, a running knee, corner smashes, and a side suplex. Diamante still had enough juice to kick out of the cover. Fisticuffs were engaged with both wrestlers swinging wildly. Hirsch used a trip to take down Diamante then transition in