{"id":92283,"date":"2021-05-23T12:00:34","date_gmt":"2021-05-23T16:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=92283"},"modified":"2021-05-23T07:30:30","modified_gmt":"2021-05-23T11:30:30","slug":"preview-aew-dark-elevation-5-24-21-the-forbidden-door-opens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/05\/23\/preview-aew-dark-elevation-5-24-21-the-forbidden-door-opens\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: AEW Dark Elevation (5\/24\/21) &#8211; &#8220;The Forbidden Door&#8221; Opens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Only days away from\u00a0<strong>Double or Nothing<\/strong>, AEW has no shortage of explosive matches to serve up to fans in preparation for the big event. &#8220;The Forbidden Door&#8221; is once again opening up en route to\u00a0<strong>Dark: Elevation<\/strong> as\u00a0<strong>New Japan Pro Wrestling<\/strong> (<strong>NJPW<\/strong>) stars will be in action on this week&#8217;s program and it is only <em>one<\/em> aspect of the show you do not want to miss. In addition to that, we will be treated to four main events on this week&#8217;s show. A handful of grudge matches, as well as first-time meetings, will definitely spice up <strong>Elevation<\/strong> come Monday night. Let&#8217;s start the wrestling week right as All Elite Wrestling once again brings you <strong>AEW Dark: Elevation<\/strong>. Monday is the day, YouTube is the place. Let&#8217;s get the ball rolling and run it down.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This MONDAY on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWDark?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEWDark<\/a> Elevation at 7\/6c &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hJo8R1oJr9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/hJo8R1oJr9<\/a> <br \/>&#8211; 1 of 4 Main Event: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficialEGO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@OfficialEGO<\/a> \ud83c\udd9a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DarkOrder?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#DarkOrder<\/a>&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YTAlexReynolds?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@YTAlexReynolds<\/a><br \/>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abadon_AEW?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@abadon_AEW<\/a> \ud83c\udd9a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Miss_LeilaGrey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Miss_LeilaGrey<\/a><br \/>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BigShottyLee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@BigShottyLee<\/a> Johnson \ud83c\udd9a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DanielGarcia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#DanielGarcia<\/a><br \/>&#8211; @TayConti_  \ud83c\udd9a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/QueenAminata?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#QueenAminata<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/seyltYsAro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/seyltYsAro<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEW\/status\/1396288545095028737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Full Match Card:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Lee Johnson vs. Daniel Garcia<\/li>\n<li>QT Marshall (w\/The Factory) vs. Robo<\/li>\n<li>Nyla Rose (w\/Vickie Guerrero) vs. Robyn Renegade<\/li>\n<li>Thunder Rosa vs. Ashley D&#8217;amboise<\/li>\n<li>Tay Conti vs. Queen Aminata<\/li>\n<li>Leila Grey vs. Abadon<\/li>\n<li>Matt Hardy (w\/H.F.O.) vs. Fuego Del Sol<\/li>\n<li>Mike Sydal (w\/Matt Sydal) vs. Penta El Zerio Miedo (w\/Alex Abrahantes)<\/li>\n<li>Royce Isaacs vs. Ren Narita<\/li>\n<li>JD Drake (w\/The Wingmen) vs. Rocky Romero<\/li>\n<li>Scorpio Sky (w\/Ethan Page) vs. Dark Order&#8217;s Alan &#8220;5&#8221; Angels<\/li>\n<li>Ethan Page (w\/Scorpio Sky) vs. Dark Order&#8217;s Alex Reynolds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Brazilian Beatdown?<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92288\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/Conti-vs-Aminata.jpg\" alt=\"AEW Elevation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/Conti-vs-Aminata.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/Conti-vs-Aminata-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Everyone&#8217;s favorite Brazilian martial artist is once again in action. <strong>Tay Conti<\/strong> continues her ascent back to the top as she battles\u00a0<strong>Queen Aminata<\/strong> who is making her Dark: Elevation debut this week. Conti has continued to set the wrestling world ablaze with immense wrestling prowess and her vast improvement in the squared circle. A veteran of only five short years, Conti has shown such brilliance, tenacity and, awareness inside the ring that most veterans could only dream of in a career. She is definitely on the right track to stardom and possibly a Women&#8217;s Championship reign in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>Queen Aminata has shown flashes of brilliance much like Conti. Although she has a long way to go she is definitely one to keep an eye out for as time passes. Will Aminata pull off a major win or will Tay Conti continue to do what she does best and that&#8217;s racking up the W&#8217;s?<\/p>\n<h2>The Forbidden Door is opening for AEW Dark: Elevation<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/NIAdMaD.jpg\" alt=\"Rocky Romero vs JD Drake at AEW Dark: Elevation\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: All Elite Wrestling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>NJPW<\/strong> and indie veteran\u00a0<strong>Rocky Romero<\/strong> will be making his AEW debut on this week&#8217;s Elevation against the &#8220;Blue Collar Badass&#8221;\u00a0<strong>JD Drake.<\/strong> He won&#8217;t be alone in this excursion as a young lion and protege of <strong>Yuji Nagata <\/strong>will also be competing on AEW soil for the first time.\u00a0<strong>Ren Narita<\/strong> will battle Elevation mainstay\u00a0<strong>Royce Isaacs<\/strong>. This is very exciting for wrestling fans around the world as the blooming relationship between <strong>AEW<\/strong> and NJPW continues to grow as they exchange talent and further this partnership.<\/p>\n<p>Romero is a decorated professional wrestler winning titles in <strong>CMLL<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>NWA<\/strong>, and,\u00a0<strong>ROH<\/strong> to name a few. As well as being the leader and manager of one of\u00a0NJPW&#8217;s bright young tag teams of\u00a0<strong>Sho<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Yoh<\/strong> also collectively known as <strong>Roppongi 3K<\/strong>. Narita on the other hand is one of the young lions of NJPW sent on an excursion to further ply his trade. He has been very impressive, to say the least in his short time in the professional wrestling industry. And there&#8217;s not a doubt in anyone&#8217;s mind that he will make massive amounts of waves soon enough. Saying these two contests will be exciting is an understatement. It&#8217;s AEW versus NJPW; who will come out on top? Be sure to set those alarms to find out Monday night on Dark: Elevation.<\/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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only days away from\u00a0Double or Nothing, AEW has no shortage of explosive matches to serve up to fans in preparation for the big event. &#8220;The Forbidden Door&#8221; is once again opening up en route to\u00a0Dark: Elevation as\u00a0New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) stars will be in action on this week&#8217;s program and it is only one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3735,"featured_media":92288,"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":[4677,6975,14,6,2192],"tags":[7520],"class_list":["post-92283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aew","category-international-wrestling","category-njpw","category-north-america","category-wrestling","tag-aew-dark-elevation"],"modified_by":"Niklas George","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92283","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\/3735"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}