{"id":96574,"date":"2021-07-20T17:00:43","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T21:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=96574"},"modified":"2021-07-22T15:12:42","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T19:12:42","slug":"aew-dark-promise-braxton-debuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/07\/20\/aew-dark-promise-braxton-debuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: AEW Dark (7\/21\/21) &#8211; Promise Braxton Debuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AEW <em>Dark <\/em>features seven matches this week, including action with Dustin Rhodes, Big Swole, and the debuting Promise Braxton. Here&#8217;s a rundown of the announced lineup:<\/p>\n<h3>AEW Dark Card (7\/21\/21) &#8211; Thunder Rosa, Wardlow, The Acclaimed in Action<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dark Order\u2019s Alan \u201c5\u201d Angels &amp; 10, &amp; The Varsity Blonds (Brian Pillman Jr. &amp; Griff Garrison, w\/ Julia Hart) vs. The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens &amp; Max Caster) &amp; Private Party (Isiah Kassidy &amp; Marq Quen)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ryan Mantell vs. The Blade (w\/ The Bunny)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/11\/08\/indie-watch-promise-braxton\/\" target=\"_self\">Promise Braxton <\/a>vs. Abadon<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KiLynn King vs. Thunder Rosa<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chad Lennex (w\/ Dustin Rhodes) vs. Wardlow<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bunny (w\/ The Blade) vs. Big Swole<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aaron Solo (w\/ The Factory) vs. Dustin Rhodes<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>AEW Debut for Promise Braxton on <em>Dark<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AQA vs Promise Braxton [FULL MATCH] Reality Of Wrestling\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c1iTlW88e3w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AEW <em>Dark <\/em>continues to be the place for new talent to make their debuts, and tonight that debuting talent is Promise Braxton. Braxton, who is currently the Diamonds Division Champion in Booker T\u2019s<strong> Reality of Wrestling<\/strong> promotion, has been working the US indie scene since 2017. Most recently, Braxton successfully defended her title against indie star <strong>Laynie Luck<\/strong> at ROW\u2019s all-women\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/07\/02\/reality-of-wrestling-diamonds-are-forever\/\" target=\"_self\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diamonds are Forever <\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">show. Tonight she makes her AEW debut against Abadon, who has been tearing through opponents for the past several months.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Reality of Wrestling continues to be a pipeline for young talent into All Elite Wrestling. In addition to Braxton, another ROW star in Ryan &#8220;Moonshine&#8221; Mantell has been appearing on AEW <em>Dark lately<\/em>, and tonight he&#8217;ll be taking on The Blade. Other ROW stars who have appeared in AEW include <strong>Kylie Rae<\/strong>, <strong>Hyan<\/strong>, and <strong>Will Allday<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tomorrow night kids!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWDark?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEWDark<\/a> <br \/>See ya there! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEW?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@AEW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QSwEieB7zs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/QSwEieB7zs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dustin Rhodes (@dustinrhodes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dustinrhodes\/status\/1416968431925088259?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Aaron Solo vs. Dustin Rhodes<\/h3>\n<p>While the bloody feud between QT Marshall and Cody Rhodes seems to have come to an end following the South Beach Strap Match at <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allelitewrestling.com\/post\/aew-dynamite-results-for-july-7-2021\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Road Rager<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>The Factory will be looking for some measure of revenge tonight on AEW\u00a0<em>Dark\u00a0<\/em>when Aaron Solo takes on Cody&#8217;s big brother, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/espn\/story\/_\/id\/13060411\/dusty-rhodes-connected-fans-no-other-pro-wrestling-superstar\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dustin Rhodes<\/a>.<\/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 features seven matches this week, including action with Dustin Rhodes, Big Swole, and the debuting Promise Braxton. 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