Willie Mack AEW debut part of eight-match Dark: Elevation lineup
AEW has announced the lineup for this week’s Dark: Elevation.
Former Impact and NWA wrestler Willie Mack will make his promotional debut on the show when he faces The Embassy’s Brian Cage.
A three-way tag team match involving The Butcher & The Blade, Top Flight, and Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta is also set to air on the show.
Athena will face Zeda Zhang in an ROH Women’s title eliminator match as well.
AEW Dark: Elevation airs Monday at 7 p.m. Eastern time on YouTube. This week’s show was filmed on Wednesday, January 11, 2023, from the KIA Forum in Los Angeles, California.
The announced lineup is as follows:
- Brian Cage w/ Prince Nana vs. Willie Mack
- Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta vs. Top Flight (Dante & Darius Martin) vs. The Butcher & The Blade w/ The Bunny
- Emi Sakura, Nyla Rose, & Marina Shafir w/ Vickie Guerrero vs. Johnnie Robbie, Vipress, & Zyra
- The Dark Order’s Alex Reynolds, John Silver, & Evil Uno vs. Nick Ruiz, Zack Clayton, & Ari Daivari
- ROH Women’s Champion Athena vs. Zeda Zhang in a title-eliminator bout
- Daniel Garcia vs. Kevin Blackwood
- Preston Vance & Rush vs. Misterioso & Diego Valens
- Ethan Page, Isiah Kassidy, Matt Hardy, & Brandon Cutler vs. Luther, Serpentico, Peter Avalon, & Ryan Nemeth
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