Here are the results from the AEW Dark Tapings on Saturday afternoon at Universal Studios, Florida.
Before the show, Tony Khan addressed the crowd.
Match Number One: Kiera Hogan defeated Allie Recks
Match Number Two: Alex Reynolds (with 10 and -1) defeated Ryan Nemeth (with Peter Avalon)
Match Number Three: Marina Shafir defeated Tracy Nyxx
Match Number Four: Slim J defeated Blake Lee
Match Number Five: Cole Carter defeated Mike Orlando
Match Number Six: Dante Martin defeated Peter Avalon (with Ryan Nemeth)
Match Number Seven: Angelo Parker (with Matt Menard) defeated Cameron Stewart
After the match, Menard sent Stewart into the guardrails.
Match Number Eight: Ari Daivari (with Slim J) defeated Blake Christian.
After the match, Tony Schiavone interviewed Daivari and Schiavone mentioned that something was different about Daivari since he was going by Ari now. Daivari says that his trust kicked in on July 4th and he is the richest man in wrestling and has more money than Tony Khan. He says that he is scouting for talent.
Match Number Nine: Julia Hart defeated Renee Michelle
Match Number Ten: Lee Moriarty defeated Ren Jones
Match Number Eleven: Serena Deeb defeated Viva Van.
After the match, Deeb attacked Van.
Match Number Twelve: Ring of Honor World Champion Jonathan Gresham defeated Jordan Oasis
Match Number Thirteen: Ring of Honor Pure Champion Wheeler Yuta defeated Bryce Donovan.
After the match, Tony Schiavone interviewed Yuta and mentioned his interview with Daniel Garcia where Garcia called Yuta a Daniel Garcia cosplayer. Yuta said that since Garcia is a sports entertainer, he must be a cosplay wrestler. Yuta then mentions how Garcia will be on Sunday morning after their match at Death Before Dishonor.
Match Number Fourteen: Ring of Honor Women’s Champion Mercedes Martinez defeated J Rod.
After the match, Serena Deeb came out to the stage and had a stare down with Martinez and told her to hold the title tight because she will be losing it in five days.
Match Number Fifteen: Willow Nightingale defeated Harley Cameron.
Match Number Sixteen: Ari Daviari and Slim J defeated Tayshawn Price and Logan Cruz.
After the match, Tony Schiavone interviewed Ari and Slim. Tony asks if Daviari changed his name to sound like the character from Entourage and he went with Tony.
Match Number Seventeen: Diamante defeated Rocky Radley
Match Number Eighteen: The Acclaimed defeated Ryan Nemeth and Peter Avalon.
Before the match, Nemeth and Avalon cut a promo talking about how they are the kings of AEW Dark. They say they talked to Billy Gunn and he “assed” them to take care of the Acclaimed.
The Acclaimed come out and Caster raps about The Wingmen and ends by saying that if they had the Wingmen with them, they would ‘never get laid’.
Match Number Nineteen: Aaron Solo and Nick Comoroto defeated KC Rocker and Caleb Teninty
Match Number Twenty: Shawn Dean defeated Jonathan Hudson.
Match Number Twenty-One: Rebel defaeted Giselle Azure
Match Number Twenty-Two: Brock Anderson (with Arn Anderson) defeated Serpentico
After the match ended, Tony Khan came out to thank everyone for coming to the taping and mentioned the evening taping and said that some people who did not appear during this taping would appear at the second taping.
Notes from the Afternoon Taping
The taping started a little later than the scheduled 2 PM start time and ended shortly after 5 PM, the scheduled end time for the session.
It appeared that the first nine matches will be part of one episode and the other matches will be shown in different episodes.
The Wheeler Yuta match will air this week because Tony Schiavone interviewed him after the match and asked about his match against Daniel Garcia at Death Before Dishonor.
There were a lot of empty seats for the afternoon taping, but there were storms and rain throughout the day. The rain was heavier before the evening taping, so I do not know how it will affect the attendance for that taping.
They announced that the next AEW Dark Tapings at Universal Studios will be on August 21st.
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