10/8/19 AEW Dark Recap

Tony Schiavone is the host for AEW Dark.

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Match #1 – Singles Match: CIMA vs. Darby Allin
CIMA delivers double knees in the corner, but Allin comes back with a forearm and then sends CIMA to the floor with an arm drag. Allin takes CIMA out with a suicide dive, and then delivers another. Allin connects with a third suicide dive and tosses CIMA back into the ring. Allin goes for the Coffin Drop, but CIMA counters with a power bomb. CIMA slams Allin into the corner and delivers a dropkick. CIMA goes for a cover, but Allin kicks out. CIMA locks in a 3-in-1 submission, but Allin makes it to the ropes. CIMA keeps Allin grounded and goes up top, but Allin cuts him off. Allin hangs CIMA in the tree of woe and delivers a series of headbutts. Allin charges into CIMA twice in the corner and then works over his knee. Allin tosses CIMA into the corner and charges, but CIMA counters with a knee strike. CIMA delivers a chop and a DDT and goes for the cover, but Allin kicks out. They exchange chops and then Allin delivers rights and lefts to the midsection. Allin delivers a Stunner and goes for the cover, but CIMA kicks out.
Allin goes for the Coffin Drop again, but CIMA counters with his knees. CIMA slams Allin to the mat and then delivers a Michinoku Driver. CIMA goes for the cover, but Allin kicks out. CIMA delivers a meteora to the back of Allin’s head and goes for the cover, but Allin kicks out again. CIMA goes up top and goes for double knees, but Allin moves and slams CIMA to the mat. Allin goes for the cover, but CIMA kicks out. Allin goes up top and finally connects with the Coffin Drop and gets the pin fall.
Winner: Darby Allin

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Allin will take on Jimmy Havoc on tomorrow’s Dynamite, and the winner will challenge Chris Jericho for the AEW World Championship on the October 16th episode of Dynamite.

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Match #2 – Eight-Man Tag Team Match: TheHybrid2 (Angelico and Jack Evans) and Lucha Brothers (Pentagon Jr. and Rey Fenix) vs. Best Friends (Chuck Taylor and Trent Beretta) and Private Party (Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen) (w/Orange Cassidy)
Pentagon and Kassidy are left in the ring for a bit before Fenix gets into the ring and the Lucha Brothers double-kick Kassidy. Angelico tags in and delivers a series of lefts to Kassidy. Kassidy comes back with elbow strikes, but Evans gets involved and kicks Kassidy in the face. Angelico goes for the cover, but Taylor breaks it up. Fenix tags in, but Kassidy drops him with an enzuigiri. Evans and Angelico double-team Kassidy in the ring and then Evans officially tags in. Kassidy counters and sends Angelico into Evans, but Angelico comes back with a double sledge. Taylor tags in and drops Angelico with a few clotheslines. Taylor delivers Sliced Bread and Beretta gets involved. Evans gets into the ring and drops Taylor and Beretta with a double back elbow. Taylor and Beretta comes back and takes Evans down and Taylor clotheslines him to the floor. The Lucha Brothers takes Best Friends out with kicks and then Quen takes out the Lucha Brothers. All eight men get on the floor and then Orange Cassidy gets involved.
Angelico drops Cassidy with a right hand and Taylor and Beretta send Angelico into the ring. Angelico sends Taylor back to the floor and then Angelico flips Evans onto Beretta. Private Party get involved and Quen sends Evans to the floor with a dropkick. Quen drops Angelico with a DDT, but the Lucha brothers double team Quen and send him to the floor. Taylor drops the Lucha Brothers with a double dropkick and then he and Beretta hug and suicide dive onto the Lucha Brothers and Hybrid2. Beretta and Pentagon get into the ring and Cassidy takes everyone else out with a dive from the top. Taylor and Beretta double team Pentagon and go for Strong Zero, but Fenix gets involved and saves Pentagon. Pentagon and Fenix double team Taylor and then lay him out with a stomp/pine driver combo and Pentagon gets the pin fall.
Winners: Lucha Brothers and TheHybrid2

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Private Party will take on The Young Bucks in the opening round of the AEW World Tag Team Championship Tournament tomorrow night on Dynamite.

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Match #3 – Tag Team Match: Allie and Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. vs. Bea Priestley and Penelope Ford
Allie and Priestley start the match and Priestley gets a cheap shot on Baker. Allie drops Priestley with a neck-breaker and goes for the cover, but Priestley kicks out. Baker tags in and then Priestley tags in Ford. Baker takes Ford down and rolls her up for two. Baker gets another two count and then suplexes her to the mat. Baker goes for another quick cover, but Ford kicks out again. Baker delivers an elbow, but Ford sends her off the ropes. Priestley trips Baker up and Ford drops her to the mat. Ford slams Baker into the corner and delivers a handspring back elbow. Baker comes back with an elbow, but Ford connects with a Northern Lights suplex and goes for the cover, but Baker kicks out. Baker comes back with a forearm shot and Allie tags in. Allie delivers a back elbow in the corner and Baker delivers a knee strike. Allie delivers a sliding forearm and goes for the cover, but Ford kicks out. Allie delivers chops and right hands and then kicks Ford in the midsection. Allie delivers another sliding forearm, but Priestley kicks her in the face.
Ford stomps on Allie and slams her into the corner. Ford spears Allie and Priestley tags in. Priestley delivers a sledge from the top and then stomps on Allie’s arm. Priestley takes Allie to the corner and Ford tags in. Ford and Priestley double team Allie, but Allie fights back with elbows and forearms. Allie kicks Ford and goes for the tag, but Priestley pulls Baker to the floor. Allie trips Ford up and slams her to the mat. Allie goes for the hurricanrana, but Ford counters with a power bomb. Priestley and Baker tags in and Baker delivers a series of rights and then elbow strikes. Baker drops Priestley with a Slingblade and then delivers a swinging neck-breaker. Baker goes for the cover, but Priestley kicks out. Baker delivers shots in the corner, but Priestley comes back with a back suplex. Priestley goes for the cover, but Baker kicks out. Allie tags back in and grounds Priestley. Allie goes for the cover, but Ford breaks it up. Ford comes back and drops Allie, Baker drops Ford, and Priestley kicks Baker in the head.
Allie drops Priestley with a Death Valley Driver and goes for the cover, but Priestley kicks out. Priestley comes back with a jaw-breaker and Ford and Baker tags in. Baker drops Ford with a neck-breaker and then delivers a DDT. Baker goes for the cover, but Priestley breaks it up. Allie drops Priestley with a spear and then Baker drops Ford with a neck-breaker and applies a submission and Ford taps out.
Winners: Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. and Allie

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A recap of last Wednesday’s Dynamite is shown.

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Match #4 – Six-Man Tag Team Match: Jurassic Express (Jungle Boy, Luchasaurus, and Marko Stunt) vs. SCU (Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian, and Scorpio Sky)
Stunt and Daniels start the match. Stunt applies a side headlock, but Daniels sends him off the ropes and drops him with a shoulder tackle. Daniels kicks Stunt in the midsection, but Stunt comes back with a quick roll-up for two. Stunt stomps on Daniels’ back, but Daniels comes back and does the same to Stunt. Boy an Kazarian tag in and Kazarian gets a roll-up for two. Boy comes back with a pin of his own, but Kazarian gets free. They keep exchanging covers until Kazarian delivers a scoop slam and an elbow drop. Kazarian goes for another cover, but Boy kicks out. Sky tags in and he and Kazarian take Boy to the mat. Daniels tags in, but Lucha does as well and chops Daniels to the mat. Lucha kicks Daniels in the face and tags in Boy. Boy suplexes Daniels to the mat and goes for the cover, but Daniels kicks out. Stunt tags in and Boy slams him onto Daniels. Stunt goes for the cover, but Daniels kicks out. Stunt kicks Daniels in the face and dropkicks him in the corner. Boy tags in and delivers a Backstabber as Lucha kicks Daniels in the face.
Stunt delivers a senton and Boy goes for the cover, but Daniels kicks out at two. Boy applies a rear chin-lock, but Daniels gets free. Daniels slams Boy to the mat and Sky and Stunt tag in. Sky drops Stunt with a lariat, but Stunt comes back with a cross-body. Sky kust knocks him down and then drops Boy with a dropkick. Lucha gets into the ring and Sky delivers a few kicks. Sky stomps on Lucha’s back and Kazarian tags in. Kazarian and Sky double DDT Lucha and Kazarian goes for the cover, but Lucha kicks out. Lucha comes back and drops Kazarian with a few kicks and then kicks Daniels in the face as well. Lucha kicks Kazarian in the head and then slams Sky to the mat. Lucha drops Kazarian with a chokeslam and then hits s standing moonsault as Stunt and Boy take out Daniels and Sky on the floor. Lucha goes for the cover, but Kazarian kicks out. Stunt tags in and he kicks Kazarian in the face and Boy drops Kazarian to the mat. Lucha slams Kazarian to the mat and Stunt connects with a running Shooting Star Press.
Daniels and Sky get back into the ring and send Lucha to the floor and then Daniels delivers a knee strike and a gut-buster to Boy. Stunt takes out Sky, but Lucha pulls Daniels to the floor. Stunt rolls up Kazarian for two and then Daniels drops Lucha on the floor. Kazarian and Sky double team Stunt in the ring and Kazarian gets the pin fall.
Winners: SCU