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AEW Dark Episode 149 (Women's Matches)

 By Mark Rodriguez

This week's Dark offers 3 women's matches and also the team up of Mercedes Martinez and Serena Deeb. They actually cut a promo this time as well. How will they get along this time?

Match 1- Ava Everett vs Kris Statlander


The match starts with Ava running into Kris, who shoulder bumps her down to the mat. As Ava gets back up, Kris run and knocks her back down. Kris picks her up and body slams her and follows up with a body splash. Kris goes for the pin but Ava kicks out. Kris picks her up for a delayed vertical suplex and then sends her crashing down.


Kris runs towards Ava but crashes into the turnbuckle since her opponent got out of the way. Ava takes this chance to land some hits on her. With Kris dazed, Ava tries to pick her up but she gets shoved into the ropes by her taller opponent. Kris runs towards Ava and hits her with an uppercut, then she bounces off the ropes and hits her with a running knee strike. 

Kris picks Ava up but she is able to gets out of her grasp. Ava throws a kick but Kris catches her foot and picks her up for a reverse body slam. Kris picks her up, spins around and slams her down, pinning her and getting the win. It seems that Kris has set her sights on current TBS champion Jade.

Match 2- Devlyn Macabre vs Diamante


Both women lock up and Diamante shoves Devlyn into the ropes. As the ref breaks it up, Diamante lands a sucker punch on her. Diamante then lays in the elbow strikes and an uppercut. Diamante bounces off the ropes and knocks her down. As she goes for the ropes again, this time Devlyn trips her and gets her in a headlock. Diamante gets to her feet and fights to regain control. She stomps on Devlyn's foot, picks her up and falls back, slamming her on the mat. 

With Devlyn up against the ropes, Diamante stomps on her and shoves her foot against her neck until the ref pulls her off. Diamante runs in and does a dropkick aimed at Devlyn's midsection. Diamante goes for the pin but her opponent kicks out. She then starts to throw punches on her until the ref breaks it up. 

Both women start trading punches until Diamante kicks her on the side. As Diamante charges towards her, Devlyn kicks her and makes her fall. She then kicks her on the side of the head. She goes for the pin but Diamante kicks out. As Diamante gets up against the ropes, Devlyn hits her with a running elbow and starts hitting her with chops. Devlyn gets Diamante up against another corner of the ring but this time Diamante raises her boot and kicks her away. Diamante grabs Devlyn for 2 rolling suplexes in a row. Devlyn slips from her grasp before she can get a third, but as she bounces off the ropes, Diamante grabs her and suplexes her anyway. Diamante grabs her with a crossface and makes her tap out, winning the match.



Match 3- Yaide & Anna Diaz vs Serena Deeb & Mercedez Martinez


Both women cut a promo before this match. They pretty much respect each other as wrestlers and all their accomplished in their careers, but they warn each other not to get in each other's way and not to cross each other. 

The match starts with Serena and Anna, but surprisingly the first thing Serena does is run out and sock Yaide off the apron. Anna runs at her and tries to kick her into the turnbuckle, but Deeb gets out of the way and over the ropes. Anna tries to hit her with her shoulder through the ropes and Deeb grabs her head. She then gets up and drops Anna with a neckbreaker against the ropes. 


Serena gets Anna's legs locked up and as Yaide comes to help her, Serena kicks her in the midsection. She then grabs and suplexes Yaide while her leg is still wrenched between Anna's, bringing the pain to both members of the tag team. Mercedes asks if she can get in now and Deeb tags her in. Mercedes runs over and knocks Anna down with a high knee strike. Yaide runs in and Mercedes grabs her and throws her with a release suplex. 

Mercedes picks up Anna and drops her on the ropes, letting her bounce off and fall on the mat. Mercedes then grabs Anna in the Brass City Sleeper and Yaide runs in to hit her. Mercedes ducks and Yaide runs into Deeb, who knocks her back. As Mercedes applies the Brass City Sleeper on Anna, Deeb gets Yaide in the Serenity Lock. Anna and Yaide tap out and Mercedes and Deeb win the match. Both of them still glare each other and Mercedes raises her RoH title, reminding Deeb it's someone she doesn't have.


My Thoughts-

We got some fun simple matches tonight, nothing too special, but it is fun for the live crowd to see Kris and Diamante perform. Kris got to take down her opponent with little trouble while Devlyn put up more of a fight against Diamante. I still want Diamante on TV.

The fun starts whenever Mercedes and Serena get to partner up, as they try to either show each other up or just act overall uneasy around each other. It also looks like Serena is now going to be doing this 'leglock/suplex' spot every match she's in. They do get to cut a promo on their current attitudes towards each other. I hope they keep going with this until Deeb eventually challenges for the RoH Women's Title.


While this is the last Dark and Dark Elevation episodes we'll see before AEW X NJPW Forbidden Door, we won't get to see the ones that went for this week's Dynamite and Rampage until next week. Toni Storm has a big match to challenge Thunder Rosa for the AEW Women's Title. We'll see how that plays out.

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