‘AEW Dark: Elevation – Episode 92.5’ Review
Welcome back to another review of AEW Dark: Elevation, this is a special (and short) bonus episode in the build-up to ROH: Final Battle 2022. We’ve got Tony Schiavone, Paul Wight, and Matt Menard on commentary [again], so let’s get into the review.
Match #1: The Kingdom (Matt Taven and Mike Bennett) def. Sal Muscat and Ativalu
My Thoughts: ROH stalwarts The Kingdom get a pre-PPV warm-up match. Well, I say warm-up match but you can’t really warm anything up when you’re squashing your opponents in a quick match, can you? I don’t know what it is about The Kingdom but the team really doesn’t resonate with me at all… Though Nerdly’s Kev is a big fan, so there’s that!
My Score: 1 out of 5
Match #2: Athena def. Madi Wrenkowski
My Thoughts: Another match, another squash! Good to see Madi Wrenkowski back on AEW programming and she at least managed to roll-up Athena – if only for a 1-count. Which, of course, makes this match a typical AEW quasi-squash match (trademark pending).
My Score: 1.5 out of 5
Match #3: Top Flight (Dante and Darius Martin) def. The Factory (Aaron Solo and Nick Comoroto)
My Thoughts: Much like the opening match featuring The Kingdom this was a warm-up match for Top Flight before their match AGAINST The Kingdom at Final Battle. And this was very much an actual match rather than a squash, even if Top Flight made The Factory look like chumps – which I’m not mad about!
My Score: 2.5 out of 5
Match #4: Juice Robinson def. Hagane Shinno
My Thoughts: I hate to keep repeating myself but it’s clearly the way this “bonus” episode of Elevation was booked… Yes, this felt like another warm-up match in preparation for ROH: Final Battle. This one was proceeded by a promo for Robinson’s match against Samoa Joe at the PPV and so was something of a showcase for Robinson. Though if you’ve never seen a Juice RObinson match, ever, you must have been living under a rock! Decent enough and nice to see Hagane Shinno get another match in AEW.
