AEW Rampage/Dark: Elevation *SPOILERS* + Owen tournament participant injured and replaced

[Comrade Khan]

According to WON:

Hikaru Shida was announced to be injured and is being replaced by Kris Stratlander. No word if its a shoot or kayfabe injury.

And all our brackets are ruined

 

[Brandon Blaze]

Well, fuck yeah the whole thing(our brackets) is washed now.

Spoiler: Spoiler from last night

Which most probably already busted anyway, thanks Jeff Hardy

 

[Comrade Khan]

Yep lol . I think 4th picked her to win too. Im bummed but id have kris win in and challenge jade

 

[Chris]

Here's the rest of the spoilers bc I'm too lazy to make a new thread and it doesn't look like anything too unexpected happened

Spoiler

AEW Dark Elevation:

• Bear Bronson defeated Brandon Cutler
• Brody King defeated Alex Reynolds
• Emi Sakura and Nyla Rose defeated Anna Jay and Yuka Sakazaki
• The Gunn Club and The Acclaimed defeated Zack Clayton, Bryce Donovan, Lucas Chase, and GKM. Anthony Ogogo was on commentary for this match.
• Evil Uno and 10 defeated VSK and Eric James
• Mercedes Martinez defeated Trish Adora to retain the ROH Women’s World Championship. Martinez won with a dragon sleeper.

AEW Rampage:

• Death Triangle (PAC, Penta El 0M and Rey Fenix) defeated The Butcher, The Blade, and Marq Quen. The House of Black confronted Death Triangle.
• Shawn Spears defeated Bear Boulder. After the match, Spears beat up Boulder with a steel chair.
• Ruby Soho defeated Riho in a Owen Hart Foundation tournament quarterfinal match.
• Tony Schiavone interviewed TBS Champion Jade Cargill, Kiera Hogan, and Red Velvet. Schiavone announced that Kris Statlander will be replacing an injured Hikaru Shida against Red Velvet next Friday on Rampage.
• Scorpio Sky defeated Frankie Kazarian to retain the TNT Championship. Despite Sky telling Dan Lambert and Ethan Page to not get involved, Lambert distracted the referee and Page hit Kazarian with the TNT title. After the match, Sky revealed he was in on the plan and struck Kazarian with the belt again. Sammy Guevara and Tay Conti, who were at ringside, ran off Lambert & Men of the Year.

Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland defeated Chaos Project in a dark match close out the tapings.

One VERY interesting match on Elevation tho

 

[Alexa]

Romero Dragon Sleeper...why can nobody ever get that right

 

[Comrade Khan]

Romero Dragon Sleeper...why can nobody ever get that right

its too bad too, great sub.

I think the dragon sleeper may be low key my favorite submission

 

[Alexa]

its too bad too, great sub.

I think the dragon sleeper may be low key my favorite submission

It is, and Dragon sleeper isn't a bad favorite submission. It is simple, but you can mod it beyond belief

Post Edit: Remember when the Undertaker used it a finisher for a cup of coffee?

 

[Comrade Khan]

It is, and Dragon sleeper isn't a bad favorite submission. It is simple, but you can mod it beyond belief

Post Edit: Remember when the Undertaker used it a finisher for a cup of coffee?

oh was The Hell's Gate thing a Dragon Sleeper mod? cool

 

[Alexa]

oh was The Hell's Gate thing a Dragon Sleeper mod? cool

Nah, Hell's Gate is a Gogoplata. He used a Standing Dragon Sleeper for a bit called Takin Care of Business when he was Biker Taker

 

[Cwalker]

oh was The Hell's Gate thing a Dragon Sleeper mod? cool

Nah he was using the Dragon Sleeper in like 02. Called it the TCB: Takin’ Care of Business

 

[Comrade Khan]

Nah he was using the Dragon Sleeper in like 02. Called it the TCB: Takin’ Care of Business

Oh damn. Thats cool (terrible name aside)

 

[Comrade Khan]

After my time 4 sure i def only saw him do last ride as AB Taker

 

[Cwalker]

Yeah I think he used it for only like a month. If you blink, you missed it lol

 

[Comrade Khan]

Does someone do a reverse DDT into a double leg hook dragon sleeper? because that just seems like an easy combo

 

[Chris]

We did that 02 watch awhile back and yeah it was only for a few weeks, so short I didn't even remember he named the move. Was cool tho