From Universal Studios in Orlando FL, it's AEW Dark.

Match 1

Anna Jay beat Reka Tahaka by submission with the QUEEN SLAYER

We go backstage to Tony Schiavone who is with Wardlow and Shawn Spears. Schiavone asks Wardlow what we can expect. Spears butts in and says that we can expect Total Domination, Spears says that he likes what Wardlow's been doing but calls the amount of powerbombs Wardlow does excessive. Wardlow butts in and says he thinks the chair shots are excessive and Spears says hes the chairman. Wardlow starts to talk about the accountabilla-buddy thing and Spears tells him he's right and that Spears wont be ringside tonight. Wardlow promises that there will be a POWERBOMB SYMPHONY.

AEW debuts on TBS in one weeks time on Jan 5th live from NEWARK NJ.

Match 2

The Blade pinned Toa Liona  

AEW presents Battle of the Belts from Charlotte NC on Jan 8th on TBS.

Match 3

Wardlow beat Casnova with a series of powerbombs

We go backstage to Tony Schiavone who is with Anthony Greene. Greene says that this is the point where he's supposed to sell people on the Alternative. Greene says that Dark is a proving ground for young talent, Greene says that he's stood toe to toe with the likes of FTR and Adam Cole, and promises that tonight h's going to prove the PREMIER ASSWIPE WRONG.

Match 4

Diamante pinned Shawna Reed with the BULLHORN DROPKICK

Match 5

Tony Nese vs Anthony Greene

Nese and Greene lock up, and Nese gets a waistlock takedown on Greene. Greene goes behind Nese and gets him in a full nelson and gets him to a little hip hop wave action. Nese escapes and catches Greene with a big kick to the gut and a series of forearms. Greene ducks a clothesline and lands a big headscissors sending Nese to the floor, followed by a big suicide dive. Greene lands a series of shots and sends Nese back in to the ring, but Nese drapes the ring skirt over the head of Greene and lands a big baseball slide dropkick. Nese works over Greene for a bit and the two exchange near falls. Greene comes back and lands a big side slam in to a pancake on Nese. Greene goes for a sunset flip but Nese rolls through and lands a big spin kick on a seated Greene. Nese goes for the running knee in the corner but Greene counters with a big superkick. Greene tries to go off the ropes but Nese hooks him and lands a German Suplex in to the corner, followed by a running knee to the face in the corner for the win.

Winner Tony Nese

Match 6

The Bunny pinned Kilynn King with DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE

Match 7

Bear Country-Bronson and Boulder vs The Acclaimed-Max Caster and Anthony Bowens

Bowens gets the microphone and tries to mouth off to Bear Country but gets choke slammed for his efforts by Boulder. Caster tries to escape but Bronson catches him and Bear Country ping pong him around until Caster rolls to the floor. Boulder tries to chokeslam Caster on to the stage but Bowens charges and ends up getting back dropped on top of the stage. Boulder climbs on to the entrance stage and tosses Bowens off on top of Caster. Caster tries to throw Bolder in to the steps but Boulder stops himself, but Bowens dropkicks the stairs in to the knee of Boulder, and then avoids a cannonballing Bronson who goes head firsrt in to the steps. Caster rolls Boulder back in and lands a big crossbody off the top rope for a near fall. Bowens comes in and lands a series of shots and we get a double suplex from the Acclaimed. Caster locks in a chinlock but Bronson escapes, Bronson goes for a tag and Caster tries to pull him back but eats a clothesline but Caster is able to make the tag. Bowens tries to knock Boulder off the apron but eats a shot to the face, followed by a big back body drop from Bronson who makes the tag out.

Boulder comes in and lands a series of clotheslines on the Acclaimed. The Acclaimed double team Boulder but Boulder blows through a double shot and lands a double elevated flatliner on the Acclaimed. Bear Country go for the BEAR BOMB on Caster but Boulders knee gives out on him and he cant complete the move. Acclaimed go for a double team on Bronson but Bronson blows through and lands a double clothesline. Bear Country go for another double team but again the knee gives way and Caster is able to pull Bronson to the floor. Bowens lands a running clip to the knee and gets a roll up and scores the win.

Winners The Acclaimed-Max Caster and Anthony Bowens. Nice little match between these two, hopefully a rematch down the line as these two teams continue their climb through the rankings in AEW.

Match 8

Skye Blue pinned Ashley D'Amboise  

Match 9

Wheeler Yuta and Orange Cassidy vs The Wingmen-Peter Avalon and Cezar Bononi

Wingmen attack Yuta and Cassidy before the bell. Avalon and Bononi double team Yuta  and Bononi lands a big twist powerbomb on Yuta. Avalon and Bononi go for more double teaming but Yuta escapes the grasp and makes the tag to Cassidy. Cassidy comes in and lands a series of shots. Cassidy goes for a wheelbarrow in to a DDT but Bononi blocks and goes for a suplex but Cassidy blocks and sends Bononi to the floor. Cassidy goes for a big dive but Bononi catches him and tosses him back in to the ring. Avalon whips Cassidy in to the ropes, but Yuta holds on to Cassidy who sends Avalon to the floor, and Cassidy and Yuta land double dives on both Avalon and Bononi on different sides of the ring.

Cassidy rolls Avalon back in to the ring and lands a big crossbody block off the ropes for a near fall. Avalon sends Cassidy in to the ropes but Cassidy comes back and lands a tilt a whirl in to a DDT on Avalon. Cassidy climbs the ropes but Avalon crotches him and goes for something but Yuta comes in and lands an Angle Slam variation on Avalon, and Cassidy basically falls off the top rope on top of Avalon but Bononi breaks up the pin attempt and tosses Yuta across the ring. Cassidy goes for STUN DOG MILLIONAIRE but gets countered and we get a chinlock/basement dropkick combination from Avalon and Bononi. Cassidy comes back, which brings out Ryan Nemeth but Chuck Taylor comes out to yank him off the apron, Avalon goes for the cheap win but Taylor yanks his feet off the ropes which leads to an attack from Bononi, but Yuta takes him out with a big crossbody to the floor, Cassidy amidst all this chaos on the outside of the ring lands the ORANGE PUNCH on Avalon for the win.

Winners Best Friends-Wheeler Yuta and Orange Cassidy.

Main Event

No Disqualification/No Count Out Match

Joey Janela w Kayla Rossi vs Sonny Kiss

Janela and Kiss have words as we get underway and Kiss hurls a trash can right at the face of Rossi knocking her out for the time being. Kiss goes after Janela with a series of shots in the corner. Janela fights back and lands a series of shots in a neutral corner. Janela whips Kiss in to the ropes and lands a big clothesline, but Kiss comes back and clotheslines Janela out of his boots and Janela rolls to the floor. Kiss lands a big slingshot frankensteiner to the floor to Janela and then tosses Janela in to the barricade and in to the apron. Kiss goes for a suplex on the steps, but Janela counters, but Kiss gets back to his feet and lands a nice handstand frankensteiner. Kiss puts a trash can lid on Janela and goes for a moonsault off the steps but misses.  

Janela and Rossi set up the steel steps and double powerbomb Kiss on top of them. Janela goes underneath the ring and sets them up. Janela goes for a super piledriver, but Kiss shoves him off the ropes on to the chairs to counter, followed by a big Tornado DDT on to the chairs. Kiss picks up Janela and lands a big TKO but Janela rolls out of the ring. Janela gets a table and a ladder and sets them both up in the ring and says he's going to send Kiss straight to hell. Kiss fights off bot Janela and Rossi and puts them both on the table and lands a big frog splash putting both Janela and Rossi through a table for a near fall. Kiss gets another table and sets it up and tries to drag it towards the staging area but Janela lands a big superkick and finishes the job. Kiss goes for a piledriver off the stage but Janela pulls the legs out from underneath. Janela hooks Kiss and lands the piledriver off the stage through the table on Kiss, and rolls him back in to the ring for the pin and the win.

Winner Joey Janela.  

That's it for me and this weeks AEW Dark but I will be back this weekend for Limitless Wrestling THE PRICE YOU PAY on Sunday, plus next weeks edition of AEW Dark.