{"id":91863,"date":"2021-05-18T16:55:48","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T20:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=91863"},"modified":"2021-05-18T16:58:25","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T20:58:25","slug":"preview-aew-dark-preview-5-18-21-varsity-blondes-in-singles-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/05\/18\/preview-aew-dark-preview-5-18-21-varsity-blondes-in-singles-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: AEW Dark Preview (5\/18\/21) \u2013 Varsity Blondes in Singles Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>AEW Dark<\/em> has a stacked card for tonight&#8217;s show at 7 PM on the official All Elite Wrestling YouTube channel. Here&#8217;s a preview of the announced matches, including a series of indie debuts.<\/p>\n<h2>Full AEW Dark Card<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Diamante vs. Kris Statlander (w\/ Best Friends &amp; Orange Cassidy)<\/li>\n<li>Matt Sydal (w\/ Mike Sydal) vs. Marty Casaus<\/li>\n<li>Luther vs. Brian Pillman Jr. (w\/ Julia Hart)<\/li>\n<li>Griff Garrison (w\/ Brian Pillman Jr. &amp; Julia Hart) vs. Deonn Rusman<\/li>\n<li>Royce Isaacs vs. Ren Narita<\/li>\n<li>The Nightmare Family&#8217;s Lee Johnson (w\/ Cody Rhodes) vs. Fuego Del Sol<\/li>\n<li>Dean Alexander vs. Team Taz&#8217;s Powerhouse Hobbs (w\/ Hook)<\/li>\n<li>Cezar Bononi (w\/ The Wingmen) vs. Marko Stunt<\/li>\n<li>Chuck Taylor (w\/ Orange Cassidy, Trent?, &amp; Kris Statlander) vs. Aaron Rourke<\/li>\n<li>Dante Martin vs. Falco<\/li>\n<li>Dark Order&#8217;s Evil Uno &amp; Colt Cabana vs. Tamilian Vineesh &amp;Duncan Mitchel<\/li>\n<li>Kal Jak vs. Danny Limelight<\/li>\n<li>Reka Tahaka vs. Nyla Rose (w\/ Vickie Guerrero)<\/li>\n<li>Nick Comoroto (w\/ The Factory) vs. Adrian Alanis<\/li>\n<li>Sonny Kiss (w\/ Joey Janela) vs. Serpentico (w\/ Luther)<\/li>\n<li>Vary Morales vs. Angelico<\/li>\n<li>Vertvixen &amp; Jazmin Allure vs. Big Swole &amp; Red Velvet (w\/ KiLynn King)<\/li>\n<li>Ryzin vs. Dark Order&#8217;s 10<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TONIGHT 7\/6c on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWDark?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEWDark<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lBSV4sbfpB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/lBSV4sbfpB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DiamanteLAX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@DiamanteLAX<\/a> v. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/callmekrisstat?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@callmekrisstat<\/a> <br \/>&#8211; Matt Sydal will appear<br \/>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VarsityBlonds?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#VarsityBlonds<\/a> are in rare singles action:<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FlyinBrianJr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@FlyinBrianJr<\/a> v. @KillLutherKill  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/griffgarrison1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@griffgarrison1<\/a> v. Deonn Rusman <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r1nvvVq2tE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/r1nvvVq2tE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEW\/status\/1394634389443825666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Varsity Blondes in Singles Action<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEW\/status\/1394724466874146817\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tomorrow night, on <em><strong>AEW <\/strong><\/em><strong>Dynamite<\/strong><\/a>, <strong>The Varsity Blondes<\/strong> get a shot at <strong>The Young Bucks<\/strong> and the AEW World Tag Team Championship. Tonight, on AEW Dark, they get ready when <strong>Brian Pillman Jr.<\/strong> takes on <strong>Luther<\/strong>, while <strong>Griff Garrison<\/strong> faces the debuting <strong>Deonn Rusman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Fuego Del Sol Fighting for an AEW Spot<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The self-proclaimed &#8220;Master of the Tornado DDT,&#8221; <strong>Fuego Del Sol<\/strong>, cut a promo detailing what&#8217;s at stake for him in tonight&#8217;s match. He spent the past year in AEW as an enhancement talent but still hasn&#8217;t been signed to the company. He&#8217;s looking to impress when he takes on <strong>The Nightmare Family<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>Lee Johnson<\/strong> tonight.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>More Talent Debuts on AEW Dark<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>AEW Dark has been the place to see indie and international talent debut for the company, and tonight&#8217;s no different. Indie stars like <strong>Aaron Rourke<\/strong>,<strong> Tamilian Vineesh<\/strong>, <strong>Duncan Mitchell,<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Kal Jak<\/strong>\u00a0will debut tonight. Also making his in-ring debut tonight is <strong>NJPW<\/strong> Young Lion <strong>Ren Narita<\/strong>. Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/05\/18\/aaron-rourke-aew-debut-dark\/\" target=\"_self\">the breakdown of the talent by Alex Richards<\/a> for all the details.<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.\u00a0 You can catch AEW Dynamite Wednesday nights at 8 PM ET on TNT and AEW Dark: Elevation (Monday nights) and AEW: Dark (Tuesday nights) at 7 PM ET on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCFN4JkGP_bVhAdBsoV9xftA\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Looking to talk wrestling, pro football, or any number of sports? Head on over to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/boards\/index.php\" target=\"_self\">LWOS Boards<\/a>\u00a0to engage in conversation with fellow fans<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AEW Dark has a stacked card for tonight&#8217;s show at 7 PM on the official All Elite Wrestling YouTube channel. Here&#8217;s a preview of the announced matches, including a series of indie debuts. Full AEW Dark Card Diamante vs. Kris Statlander (w\/ Best Friends &amp; Orange Cassidy) Matt Sydal (w\/ Mike Sydal) vs. Marty Casaus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3801,"featured_media":91916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4677,6,2192],"tags":[5729,1917,3561,6584,6853,6532,5986,5908,1907],"class_list":["post-91863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aew","category-north-america","category-wrestling","tag-aew-dark","tag-brian-pillman-jr","tag-fuego-del-sol","tag-griff-garrison","tag-kal-jak","tag-lee-johnson","tag-luther","tag-nightmare-family","tag-ren-narita"],"modified_by":"Robbie Sutter","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3801"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}