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– Excalibur and Taz welcome us to a “casual Tuesday” edition of a packed Dark. Taz and Excalibur are “go go go” as we go to our first match of the night at Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, FL with no fans.
Thunder Rosa vs. Zeda Zhang
A bit of chain wrestling to start off. Rosa pushes off Zhang off a waistlock and talks some trash. Rosa hits a kick to the mid-section and then a lariat. Rosa follows up with a series of chops. Zhang ducks a lariat and hits a knee lift and then a ripcord knee lift. Rosa counters a third attempt into a roll up and then a shotgun dropkick off the kick out. Rosa carries Zhang and sends her shoulder first into the corner.
Rosa with a stampede into the corner and hits a second one into a powerslam for a two count. Rosa captures Zhang’s arm and firesin elbows. Rosa rolls into a pin for a two count. Rosa follows up with a lariat. She then hits a running lariat then a leaping double knee strike followed up by a running dropkick. Rosa hits a butterfly suplex for another two count. Rosa calling for the end as she taps out Zhang with the Peruvian necktie.
Winner: Thunder Rosa via submission
Skyler Moore vs. Red Velvet
Red Velvet and Moore going back and forth exchanging wristlocks. Moore talking trash as Red Velvet hits a forearm, roll up into an arm drag followed up by a leg lariat. Moore given time to recover as she catches Red Velvet with a few knee lifts. Hammer throw into the corner into a powerslam for a one count. Moore gets Red Velvet in the corner and hits a few chops. Red Velvet ducks a third strike and hits stomps in the corner and rakes her boot in Moore’s face.
Moore responds with a forearm as Red Velvet follows with one of her own into a flatliner. She hits a lariat, back elbow, drop toe hold into a double knee strike on the middle rope. She then hits a kick to the mid-section and sets up Moore for the Final Slice for the victory.
Winner: Red Velvet via pinfall
Adrian Alanis & Liam Gray vs. 2.0 (Jeff Parker & Matt Lee)
Parker and Alanis start off this tag match as Alanis tries to go after the hair, but Parker responds by applying a hammerlock, but Alanis reaches the ropes. Parker has a front headlock and tries for a tag, but Alanis counters into a northern lights suplex. Parker collects himself as Lee blind tags in and Alanis gets sent into his knee. Gray gets dropped as Lee hits a release German suplex. Lee stomping Lee in the corner.
Lee hits a chop and hammer throws Alanis in the opposite corner. Parker tags in and hits a right hand and then a knee strike. Lee tags in as 2.0 hit a slingshot into an elevated elbow drop. Lee taunts Alanis as he tags in Parker. Parker looking at Gray as Alanis finds an opening. Gray tags in and takes out 2.0. Gray going up top and hits a Swanton on the two of them. Gray hits a leaping kick for a one count. Alanis tags in tries to apply a headlock, but Lee pushes him into Gray. Lee hits a backdrop as 2.0 hit a running knee combo into a hotshot up top for the win.
Winners: 2.0 (Jeff Parker & Matt Lee) via pinfall
Bear Country (Bear Boulder & Bear Bronson) vs. Chaos Project (Luther & Serpentico)
Bronson and Serpentico start off this tag match as Serpentico tries to keep his distance from Bear Country. Serpentico trying to tag out to Luther, but Bronson cuts him off. Serpentico avoids a corner splash and hits a flurry of strikes. Bronson unfazed as he catches Serpentico with a powerslam. Bronson points to Boulder as he sends Serpentico to the corner and tags in Boulder. Boulder hits a splash in the corner and sends Serpentico to Bronson for a back elbow.
Boulder hits a splash on Serpentico then a sideslam on Luther. Bronson tags in and takes out Luther as Serpentico is dropped with a back body drop. Serpentico avoids Bronson in the corner, but Bronson drops Serpentico with an elbow sending him outside. Bronson lays Serpentico on the guardrail and chops his chest. Back in the ring, as Luther trips up Bronson as the referee was checking up on Serpentico. Luther then throws Serpentico into Bronson on the outside.
Serpentico tries to drag Bronson back in the ring but can’t. Serpentico goes back to the ring to tag in Luther who goes to work on Bronson. Luther prevents a tag out as he tags in Serpentico. Serpentico is exhausted, so Luther suplexes him onto Bronson. Serpentico covers but only gets a two count. Serpentico rakes Bronson’s face. Luther tags in and keeps up the pressure. Luther tags in Serpentico and hits an assisted leg drop. Serpentico covers but another two count for him.
Serpentico hits a series of strikes and tags in Luther. Serpentico going up top as Luther slams him down. Luther covers, but Bronson kicks out again. Bronson tries to fight off Chaos Project. Bronson gets his feet up and as Serpentico pinning Luther, so he splashes them. Boulder tags in and drops Chaos Project. He gives them a bodyslam each, cover on Luher, but Serpentico breaks it up.
Bear Country have Serpentico surrounded. Boulder sends Serpentico into Luther, picks up Luther from the corner and hits a double powerslam! Bear Country setting up Luther for their finish as Boulder lifts up Bronson on his shoulders and slams him down on Luther for the win.
Winners: Bear Country via pinfall
Darby Allin vs. Invictus Khash
New video wall for Allin! Allin gets himself ready in the corner as he and Khash are at an impasse on the lock-up. Allin with a hammerlock as Khash tries to escape but fails to do so. Allin avoids the back elbow in the corner as he transitions into a wristlock. Khash counters into a top wristlock. Allin now working a cravat, but Khash rolls through and goes back into wrist control. Khash now going at Allin’s hair, but Allin maintains control of the wrist and goes for a cradle pin for two.
Allin now hitting a series of arm drags. Khash hangs onto the ropes and gets in control as he hits a backbreaker. Khash hits some big blows. He then hammer throws Allin into the corner and hits a snap suplex for a one count. Khash looking for a crossface, but Allin gets up and gets off an O’Connor Roll for two as he and Khash trade pins. Allin gets off Last Suffer for the win.
Winner: Darby Allin via pinfall
QT Marshall (w/Aaron Solo & Nick Comoroto) vs. Alan “5” Angels (w/ Dark Order)
Marshall gets off a quick slam as he mocks Dark Order. 5 responds with a forearm as he rocks Marshall with a flurry of strikes. 5 elevates off the corner, but Marshall hits a forearm. 5 counters a hip toss, but Marshall brushes off a dropkick and goes into pressuring 5. 5 gets off a series of strikes of his own as he hits elevated punches in the corner. He flips out and a drop toe hold sends Marshall to the middle rope.
Marshall avoids It’s Gonna Suck as he takes time to collect himself. 5 dropkicks Marshall back outside and hits a tope suciida! 5 is distracted by Comoroto allowing Marshall to slam him on the guardrail. 5 avoids the elbow, but Solo distracts 5 allowing Marshall to maintain control. 5 trying to build momentum, but he runs into a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker for a two count. Marshall hits a crossface blow while holding 5 on the middle rope.
5 flips out of a back suplex and hits an enzuigiri. 5 hits It’s Gonna Suck on the middle rope. 5 with a heel kick, but Marshall catches him into a backbreaker / flatliner combo, cover, but 5 kicks out at two. Marshall sets up 5 up top. 5 fighting out of it as Marshall looks for a superplex. Marshall sent down as 5 hits a diving crossbody.
He follows up with a tijeras, a few strikes, but Marshall looking for a German suplex, but 5 counters and hits a running knee strike. 5 goes up top hits a moonsault, cover 1-2-no! Marshall retreats to the ropes. 5 sent to the apron as he hits a Gamengiri and tries to springboard in, but Marshall catches him and gets him up for a Liger Bomb, cover 1-2-no! Marshall takes off his elbow pads as he calls for the Diamond Cutter.
5 counters it and hits a kick to the side of the head! 5 going back up top again as he tries for another moonsault, but Solo gets up on the apron. Marshall intercepts as Colt Cabana and 10 deal with The Factory. 5 is still stuck in the corner as Marshall meets him up top. Marshall looking for a super powerbomb, but 5 blocking it and hits a Spanish Fly, cover 1-2-no!
5 shows off the Dark Order sign as he looks for the Wing Snapper. Marshall hits a back elbow to counter. Marshall takes off 5’s mask! 5 with a small package for a two count. 5 looks to put his mask back on, but Marshall hits the Diamond Cutter for the win.
Winner: QT Marshall via pinfall
Hikuleo vs. Thad Brown
Hikuleo with a quick boot to start off. Hikuleo slams Brown head first into the corner. Hikuleo then slams Brown onto the middle turnbuckle in the corner. Hikuleo looking for a chokeslam, but Brown avoids it. He gets elevated into the apron. Brown rolls back in using Hikuleo. Hikuleo counters a springboard attempt and hits a massive lariat. Hikuleo hits a strong kick followed up by a Falcon Arrow for the win.
Winner: Hikuleo via pinfall
Nyla Rose (w/Vickie Guerrero) vs. Valentina Rossi
Rose hits a back elbow off the waistlock and slams Rossi by the hair. She then hits a bodyslam into a leg drop. Rose sets up Rossi on the middle rope and wrenches her knee to her back. The ref breaks it up as Guerrero gets off a slap. Rose unfazed by the kick, but Rossi tries for a Dragon Sleeper. Rose sends her to the corner. Rossi gets a boot up, but Rose blocks it and slams her knee down as Rossi gets chokeslammed while holding her knee. Rose hits the Beast Bomb for the win.
Winner: Nyla Rose via pinfall
Fuego Del Sol vs. Daniel Garcia
Garcia starts off with a quick takedown as he talks trash to Fuego. Fuego catches Garcia with a knee strike into a standing Shooting Star for a one count. Garcia catches Fuego with a couple chops. Fuego avoids the drop down and calls for the tornado DDT, but Garcia pushes him off and hits a big boot. Garcia then hits a knee into the mid-section. He follows with an uppercut into the pin for a two count.
Garcia steps on Fuego’s arm as he tries to reach the corner. Garcia with a snapmare into a kick to the back for a two count. Garcia working an armbar, but Fuego escapes with a kick into a rana. Fuego hits an uppercut in the corner and then a corner spear. Garcia explodes out and hits a shotgun dropkick. Fuego reverses a suplex and hits a fisherman’s buster. Garcia reverses the tornado DDT and twists Fuego’s arms and legs, and Fuego gives up.
Winner: Daniel Garcia via submission
Penelope Ford vs. Sahara Seven
Ford reverses Seven in the corner as Seven tried to back down Ford. Seven talking some trash as she warns Ford not to go at her hair. Ford with a Matrix duck into a Stunner. Ford sends Seven to the middle rope as she chokes her out working the five count. Ford with a snapmare into a kick to the back. Ford hammers in forearms.
Seven reverses a fireman’s carry and hits a neckbreaker. She hits a corner splash but misses the hip attack. Ford rakes Seven’s throat on the top rope and walks the arpon. She traps Seven on the ropes and hits a series of kicks. Ford then slams Seven throat first on the ropes, cover but only a two count.
Ford with a hammer throw as she hits a handspring back elbow followed up by a boot into a German Suplex for another two count. Seven catches Ford with a forearm and then another, but Ford catches her with a pump kick. Ford applies an Indian Deathlock, and Seven taps out.
Winner: Penelope Ford via submission
Ripper Zbyszko & Seth Gargis vs. The Pinnacle (Shawn Spears & Wardlow)
Zbyszko and Spears start off this tag match as Spears feints a quick start. Spears gaining control early on as he hits an elbow to the back of Zbyszko. Zbyszko catches Spears with a kick to the mid-section. Spears escapes as Gargis tags in. Spears keeps his eyes on Zbyszko as he tags in Wardlow. Wardlow and Gargis stare each other down as they are at a standstill on the lock up.
Wardlow brushes off a shoulder tackle and hits a huge one of his own on Gargis. Wardlow then biels Gargis across the ring. Zbyszko tags himself in, but Wardlow biels him across to his corner. Spears tags in and hits a flurry of knee strikes with his exposed knee. Wardlow drops Gargis as Spears hits the C4 for the win.
Winners: The Pinnacle (Shawn Spears & Wardlow) via pinfall
Jay Freddie & Marcus Kross vs. The Hybrid2 (Angelico & Jack Evans)
Freddie and Evans start off this tag team match. Freddie with a quick shoulder tackle and then an arm drag and a snap suplex for a quick count. Kross tags in and hits a dropkick. A stomp into an elbow drop for another quick count. Angelico gets a kick off, and Evans hits a corkscrew kick. Evans drops Freddie as he hits clubbing blows. Angelico tags in as TH2 hits a backbreaker / neckbreaker combo. Angelico hits a flatliner for a two count.
Angelico with a leg choke, but Kross reaches the ropes to break the hold. Evans tags in as TH2 hit a stomp sideslam combo. Evans drops Freddie with a roundhouse kick. Evans sends Kross to the corner. Kross hits a back elbow then another off the middle rope. Freddie tags in and hits a shotgun dorpkick. Angelico tags in, but Freddie hits a dragon screw on him. Freddie then hits a bulldog / lariat combo on TH2. Freddie telling Kross to go up top, but Evans cuts them off. Evans hits a Sasuke Special on Kross. Angelico with an upkick into the Navarro Deathroll as Freddie taps out.
Winners: The Hybrid2 (Angelico & Jack Evans) via submission
Lucha Brothers (Penta El Zero Miedo & Rey Fenix) (w/Alex Abrahantes) vs. The Wingmen (Cezar Bononi & JD Drake) (w/ “Pretty” Peter Avalon)
Penta and Drake starting out as they stare each other down. Penta gives Drake the “Zero Miedo” as they’re at a standstill on shoulder tackles, but Fenix blind tags in and hits a high crossbody. The Lucha Bros. hit stereo superkicks as he takes in his work before a cover for a one count. Drake hits a chop. Fenix gets a boot up, hits a chop, works the ropes into an arm drag. Drake responds with a Claymore kick for a two count.
Bononi tags in and keeps up the pressure. Fenix tries to fight out, but Bononi cuts him off as The Wingmen hit a Manhattan Drop / high boot combo for a two count. Fenix with a few chops. Drake runs into a Gamengiri. Lucha Bros. hit a combo dropkick on Drake’s bottom. Bononi breaks it up as Fenix is outside. Bononi with a pumphandle into a cannonball senton, cover, but Fenix breaks it up. Fenix slingshots in and hits a hook kick. Fenix hits a Gamengiri as he tried for a Vader Bomb. Lucha Bros. hit stereo superkick on Bononi. Penta hits a diving foot stomp, and Fenix hits a frog splash for the win.
Winners: Lucha Brothers (Penta El Zero Miedo & Rey Fenix) via pinfall
Tay Conti vs. Robyn Renegade
Conti and Renegade going counter for counter to start. Renegade slaps Conti in the face and talks trash. Conti hits a slap and lights up Renegade. Conti then slaps Renegade on the chest while in a Dragon Sleeper position. Renegade sends Conti in the corner, but Conti reverses and springboards in for a sunset flip pin for two. Conti tries for a pump kick, but Renegade counters and hits a double knee strike and hits a flurry of strikes.
Renegade in full mount as she slams Conti on the back of her head, cover but only a two count. Renegade applying a half-nelson. Conti escapes, but Renegade grabs the hair. Conti counters into a monkey flip followed up by a series of judo throws. Conti whips Renegade into the ropes and hits a lariat. Conti hits a pump kick followed up by a boot into another one. Conti rolls through and hits the DD-Tay for the win.
Winners: Tay Conti via pinfall
Chuck Taylor & Wheeler Yuta vs. Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) (w/Angelico, Jack Evans & Jora Johl)
Yuta and Kassidy start off this tag team match with some chain wrestling. Kassidy wants a timeout as Yuta shows off his technical skills. He hits a dropkick for a one count. He tags in Taylor as they combine for a lariat into the back into a single-leg crab. Quen breaks it up as Evans distracted Yuta and the ref. Quen tags in as he hits a Gamengiri on Taylor. He then hits a high crossbody as he looks to cut the ring in half.
Private Party hit an elevated dropkick in the corner for a two count. Taylor building some distance as he hits Soul Food and tags in Yuta as Yuta takes out Quen. Kassidy cuts him off, but Yuta springboards off the corner and hits a shotgun dropkick. Kassidy hits an enzuigiri, but Yuta responds with a German suplex, bridge for a two count. Quen runs in but goes flying outside. Yuta with an elbow up, but Kassidy distracts the ref allowing Quen to hang onto Yuta’s leg. Kassidy dumps Yuta to the floor.
Quen tags in as he keeps up the pressure on Yuta. Quen dumps Yuta outside as he sends him into into the guardrail as Kassidy gets an extra shot in while the ref is distracted. Kassidy tags in and lays in boots, cover but only a one count. Quen tags in, and Kassidy applies a full nelson. Yuta with a back body drop on Quen as he escapes and tags in Taylor. Taylor with a flurry of lariats on Private Party.
Taylor sent to the corner as Private Party look for a combo move, but Taylor hits an exploder on Quen into Kassidy. Yuta tags in off the lariat from Taylor. Chokeslam / splash, cover 1-2-no as Kassidy breaks it up. Yuta going for a flying Octopus hold on Quen, but Quen reaches the ropes.
Taylor tags in as Yuta fails in trying to tag out Kassidy and gets sent face first in the corner post. Quen escapes Taylor as Private Party hit Silly String. Kassidy takes out Yuta. Quen also takes out Yuta on the outside. Kassidy hits the Swanton Bomb, cover 1-2-no! Quen tags in and tries for a Shooting Star but misses and lands on his feet. Taylor hits a rising knee strike. Kassidy gets dropped. Evans cuts off a tope suicida as Angelico distracts the ref. Quen rolls up Yuta, and Kassidy hangs onto Yuta’s legs for the win.
Winners: Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) via pinfall
– Post-match: Quen low blows Yuta as they look for more damage, but Orange Cassidy and Kris Statlander are there for the save.
Dark Order (Colt Cabana, Evil Uno & Stu Grayson) vs. David Ramos, Jake Manning & Joey Sweets
Grayson with a fast start to the match as Dark Order keep up the pace. Cabana drops Manning with a Boom Boom Drop, but Manning cuts him off. Cabana unfazed as he hits a head scissors as he finishes up the Boom Boom Drop. Ramos comes in hot off the tag, but Cabana still up. Uno tags in to provide an assist as Grayson tags in and hits a DDT. Sweets tags in and gets crushed with kicks. Cabana gets the assist for the Chicago Skyline, splash cover for the win.
Winners: Dark Order (Colt Cabana, Evil Uno & Stu Grayson) via pinfall
Dark Order (Alex Reynolds, John Silver & 10) vs. Arjun Singh, Dean Alexander & T.I.M.
Reynolds and T.I.M. start off this trios match as T.I.M. sends Reynolds into the corner off the lock-up and misses the sneak attack. He gets off a back elbow, but Reynolds gets him into a pop-up knee strike. T.I.M. hanging on the middle rope as Reynolds runs outside for a drive-by knee. 10 tags in as Alexander blind tags in. 10 drops the two of them. 10 hits a lariat in the corner followed up by another in the opposite corner. 10 catches Alexander and hits a fall-away slam. Singh and Silver tag in as Silver gets of a takedown.
Silver then gets off a flapjack followed up by kicks to the chest. Singh sends Silver to the corner, cover but only a one count. T.I.M. tags in and lands body shots. He distracts the ref allowing Alexander and Singh to get extra shots in. Silver dropping strikes of his own. He escapes a backslide and hits a combination of strikes. Alexander and Reynolds take in. Reynolds on fire as he hits a flurry of offense. 10 tags in as Reynolds hits a baseball slide dropkick on Singh. 10 hits a pumpkick on Alexander. 10 then catches Alexander with a spinesbuter. Silver and Reynolds hit their combo offense setting up 10 for the full nelson victory.
Winners: Dark Order (Alex Reynolds, John Silver & 10)
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