AEW Dark Results – June 30, 2020

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Dark
Date: June 30, 2020
Location: Daily’s Place, Jacksonville, Florida
Commentators: Taz, Excalibur

The road to Fyter Fest continues with a stop the night before and a bunch of squash matches. The show has trended a little bit in the shorter direction as of late and that is a good thing. With the shows being a bit shorter, the matches that we get have a little more impact. That’s a good thing for this show, which is still finding its footing. Let’s get to it.

We open in the back with Brandon Cutler and Peter Avalon laughing at each other, but Leva Bates tries to calm them down. The Young Bucks come in to say they’re teaching them something. They’ve been doing this for a decade and a half and they’ve never considered turning heel. Cutler disagrees and we get a Bucks book plug.

The announcers welcome us to the show in a hurry.

Max Caster vs. Shawn Spears

We get a quick weapons check and we’re ready to go. Feeling out process to start with Caster armdragging him down and doing a little dance as a result. Spears fires off some crossface shots to the head and trips him down, setting up a spinebuster. The C4 finishes Caster at 3:19.

Result: Shawn Spears b. Max Caster – C4 (3:19)

Post match Blanchard gives Spears the piece of metal for the loaded glove to Caster’s head.

Lance Archer vs. Pineapple Pete

Archer, with Jake Roberts, jumps Pete before the bell and nearly knocks Jake down. Pete hammers away to start and manages to dropkick Archer off the apron. With Joey Janela (who faces Archer at Fyter Fest) laughing at Archer, Roberts demands more focus. Archer pulls Pete outside for a chokeslam onto the apron, followed by a clothesline to the back of the head inside.

After some yelling at Janela, Archer hits a suplex and glares at Pete for daring to fight back. A splash out of the corner gives Archer two but Pete slips out of the Blackout. Pete’s headbutt doesn’t do much and it’s the Blackout into the EBD Claw to finally finish Pete off at 5:58.

Result: Lance Archer b. Pineapple Pete – EBD Claw (5:58)

Post match Archer stays on Pete until Janela makes the save with a leaf blower of all things.

Ricky Starks vs. Griff Garrison

Feeling out process to start with Starks slipping out of a suplex attempt and then blocking a hiptoss. Starks dropkicks him into the corner takes over in full. Garrison gets a boot up off the ropes but charges into an elbow to the face. A middle rope dropkick puts Garrison down again and a spear finishes him off at 4:03.

Result: Ricky Starks b. Griff Garrison – Spear (4:03)

Scorpio Sky vs. Brady Pierce

Sky has new music. A waistlock into a rollup gives Sky two to start and he goes up, only to have Pierce slap him in the face. That ticks Sky off and he hammers away, even standing on the bottom rope to get a better angle. La majistral gives Sky two but the TKO is blocked. Pierce hits a running knee in the corner for a delayed two and some right hands keep Sky in trouble. Sky is sent to the apron but comes right back with a slingshot cutter for the pin at 3:38.

Result: Scorpio Sky b. Brady Pierce – Slingshot cutter (3:38)

KiLynn King/Skyler Moore vs. Allie/Brandi Rhodes

Dustin Rhodes is here with Brandi and Allie, who are collectively known as the Nightmare Sisters. Brandi says not so fast because they are neither a team or related. Brandi drives King into the corner to start and snaps off an armdrag but Allie tags herself in. Some knees to the ribs keep King in trouble so Brandi tags herself in this time. The distraction lets King roll away and then drive Brandi into the corner.

It’s off to Moore, who is sent into King in a hurry. Moore is right back up to take Brandi down and take back over though and a World’s Strongest Slam gets two. As Allie tells Brandi to get her head in the game, Brandi grabs a Stunner and brings Allie back in for a bulldog. Allie lays Moore out with a Nightmare on Helm Street (and with a shoutout to QT Marshall) but tags Brandi in so she can get the win at 5:33.

Result: Allie/Brandi Rhodes b. KiLynn King/Skyler Moore – Nightmare on Helm Street to Moore (5:33)

Fuego del Sol/Low Rider vs. Butcher and Blade

Blade headlocks Fuego to start and then plants him down with ease. Butcher comes in for some double shoulders to take Fuego down, followed by a heck of a toss into the corner. Rider comes in and gets taken down as well (Taz: “Low Rider has a couple of flats!”). Blade chops the heck out of Rider in the corner and then steps on the back of his head.

A backdrop driver plants Rider again and you can hear the noise stop as Rider is checked on. He’s ok enough to roll over and make the tag to Fuego, who is taken into a Cloverleaf from Butcher. Rider kicks him in the head to no avail so Blade runs Rider over. A powerbomb into a Boston crab makes Fuego tap before the hold is even on at 4:13.

Result: Butcher and Blade b. Fuego del Sol/Low Rider – Boston crab to del Sol (4:13)

Young Bucks vs. Peter Avalon/Brandon Cutler

Leva Bates is here with Cutler and Avalon. Matt and Cutler lock up to start with Matt working on a wristlock. Nick comes in to stay on the arm but Cutler reverses into a wristlock of his own. Avalon isn’t interested in a tag but comes in after the Bucks knock the heck out of Cutler again. That means the Bucks beat up Avalon for a change, meaning it’s right back to Cutler, who is legdropped in the back of the head.

Cutler and Avalon get in another argument so the Bucks give them a minute and then hit a double dropkick to the floor. A Bates distraction doesn’t work as Matt spears Avalon down and slaps on a front facelock. Matt catapults Avalon into a kick to the head in the corner, setting up a running knee for two. A double clothesline puts Matt and Avalon down so the double tag brings in Cutler to clean house on Nick.

Cutler hits a double suicide dive and a high crossbody gets two on Matt. The argument is on again but they manage to kick the Bucks down and it’s a tornado DDT into a top rope elbow for another near fall on Matt. Nick is right back up though and starts cleaning house as he tends to do, including a superkick to knock Cutler off the apron. The BTE Trigger (knee to both sides of the head) finishes Avalon at 9:16.

Result: Young Bucks b. Peter Avalon/Brandon Cutler – BTE Trigger to Avalon (9:16)

A Fyter Fest Night One rundown ends the show.

 

Results
Shawn Spears b. Max Caster – C4
Lance Archer b. Pineapple Pete – EBD Claw
Ricky Starks b. Griff Garrison – Spear
Scorpio Sky b. Brady Pierce – Slingshot cutter
Allie/Brandi Rhodes b. KiLynn King/Skyler Moore – Nightmare on Helm Street to Moore
Butcher and Blade b. Fuego del Sol/Low Rider – Boston crab to del Sol
Young Bucks b. Brandon Cutler/Peter Avalon – BTE Trigger to Avalon

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