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AEW Dark Elevation Episode 99- 1/23/2023 (women's matches)

 By Mark Rodriguez

We get two cool matches this time as we see Skye Blue and Emi Sakura in action. We also see more of the current beef between Athena and Yuka Sakazaki.

First Match- Skye Blue vs Zoe Dubois

Both women grapple and Skye sends Zoe rolling along the mat. Zoe goes for a swing but Skye grabs her arm and gets her in an armdrag takeover. Skye runs towards the ropes, and flips over to the apron to avoid Zoe's strike. She then elbows her in the face. Skye climbs the ropes but Zoe tugs on them, making her stumble. With Skye dazed and up against the ropes, Zoe runs over and hits her with a high boot to the face. Zoe grabs her and hits her with an uppercut. Zoe hits Skye with a second uppercut and then gets into three consecutive rolling suplexes. She goes for the cover, but Skye is able to kick out.

Zoe gets Skye up against the ropes and presses her boot up against her throat. As she does this, she leans back as if she was a swan. Zoe grabs onto Skye, but her opponent starts hitting back. Skye then sends Zoe flying with a Tijeras. Skye runs at her with a flying knee strike and then rolls her into the mat with a snapmare. Skye goes for a kick that Zoe catches, but then Skye swings her other leg around and connects. Skye goes for the cover but Zoe kicks out. 

Zoe hits Skye and then grabs her legs, making her fall on her back. She tries to go for some sort of submission move with her legs but Skye kicks her back. Zoe runs at her and Skye hits her with a thrust kick to the face. Skye then grabs her in the SkyeFall and goes for the pin. Skye Blue wins the match that opens the show. 


Backstage altercation between Athena and Yuka Sakazaki

Lexi tries to interview Athena, who is too busy smacking people around demanding to know where Yuka Sakazaki is. Yuka is right behind her, waving at her before both women break into a fight. The backstage guys pull the women apart and try to hold them back.


Match 2- Emi Sakura vs Brooke Havok 


Brooke goes for a grapple but Emi dodges her and laughs. Not taking kindly to this, Brooke hits her with several forearm shots and then knocks her down with a dropkick. Brooke poses to the crowd as she's pumped up, but Emi grabs her by the hair and tosses her across the ring. Emi kicks Brooke around and then gets her on her lap so she can spank her. She does her 'tea time' pose, before raking her claws across Brooke's back.


Emi stomps onto Brooke's back as she's still trying to get back to her feet. Emi eggs Brooke on, and the graduate from the Nightmare Academy fires back with forearm shots. Emi tanks the shots and hits her with a harsh chop across the chest. Emi dares her to hit her again, and Brooke goes for another barrage of forearm shots. Emi responds with another violent chop. Brooke tries a third time, but this time when Emi goes for a big chop, Brooke ducks and grabs her with a jawbreaker. She then grabs her for a neckbreaker. Brooke goes a fancy variation of the DDT and then pins Emi. Emi kicks out.

Brooke grabs onto Emi, but the Queen rakes her nails across her back again. Emi takes control and plants Brooke with a facebuster. With Brooke up against the ropes, Emi starts hitting her with the 'We Will Rock You' chops and finishes with a flying crossbody splash. Emi then picks up Brooke and gives her a nice look at all four corners of the ring before slamming her down with a backbreaker.


Emi goes for the ropes and lands on Brooke with a Moonsault. She goes for the pin and wins the match. Emi sits on the ref's knee and poses for her victory.

My Opinions- 

Pretty decent episode when it came to the women's matches. Skye Blue and Emi Sakura are always fun to watch. It's also good to see Brooke pop up more often, so here's hoping that we see more of her. Zoe Dubois was also cool with her graceful movements. 

We got to see a few more minutes of Athena and Yuka's feud. We'll see if this will lead to a match at the next Ring of Honor PPV or an upcoming episode of Rampage.

Speaking of Rampage, the upcoming episode will have Emi Sakura finally be on TV as she faces Jamie Hayter for the a title elimination match. This means if Emi manages to pin the champ, she can challenge for the title directly. Either way, it's about time that Emi Sakura returns to TV.

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