AEW Dark: Elevation

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AEW Dark: Elevation
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Genre Professional wrestling
Created by Tony Khan
Starring AEW roster and independent wrestlers
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes112 (list of episodes)
Production
Camera setup Multicamera setup
Running time90–120 minutes
Production company All Elite Wrestling
Original release
Network YouTube
ReleaseMarch 15, 2021 (2021-03-15) 
April 24, 2023 (2023-04-24)
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AEW Dark: Elevation, also known as Dark: Elevation or simply Elevation, is an American professional wrestling streaming television program that was produced by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW), running from March 15, 2021, to April 24, 2023, on AEW's YouTube channel. The program was a spinoff of Dark that featured matches taped before and after the preceding episode of AEW's flagship program, Dynamite , with a focus on up and rising talent on the AEW roster, as well as wrestlers from the independent circuit. Both Dark and Elevation were canceled due to the addition of AEW's television program, Collision .

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History

On October 2, 2019, All Elite Wrestling's (AEW) flagship program, Dynamite , premiered on TNT. During the event, there were four dark matches, two before and two after the live broadcast. [1] A program entitled Dark , which began airing on AEW's YouTube channel on Tuesday, October 8, would showcase these dark matches. Unlike the dark matches of other wrestling promotions, which generally do not affect storylines, the matches featured on Dark were part of AEW's storylines and counted towards the wrestlers' match statistics. [2] [3] [4]

On February 24, 2021, AEW announced that a new spinoff of Dark would premiere on Monday, March 15 titled AEW Dark: Elevation. The promotion's third weekly program, it was announced that it would stream on Monday nights at 7pm Eastern Time on AEW's YouTube channel. It was also announced that Elevation would feature the promotion's established and rising stars, as well as top wrestlers from the independent circuit. Like Dark, matches on the new program maintained storyline continuity and match statistics with AEW's other programming. Wrestling veteran Paul Wight, formerly known as the Big Show in WWE, was announced to be doing commentary for Elevation alongside Tony Schiavone after he was signed. This was later changed to be Matt Menard. [5] [6] With the premiere of Rampage on August 13, 2021, AEW President and Chief Executive Officer Tony Khan said that Dynamite and Rampage would be AEW's core properties, while their YouTube shows, Dark and Elevation, would be their peripheral properties, essentially their developmental shows. [7]

Elevation aired its last episode on April 24, 2023. Both it and Dark were canceled in preparation for the addition of AEW's television program, Collision , which premiered on TNT in June 2023. This was due to an amended deal with AEW's broadcast partner Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), in which all of AEW's programs would air exclusively on WBD's channels. [8] [9] It was also reported that Rampage would begin showcasing younger wrestlers, essentially becoming what Dark and Elevation were for the company. [10]

Roster

Commentators

Commentators Dates
Tony Schiavone and Paul Wight March 15, 2021July 19, 2021
Tony Schiavone, Paul Wight and Eddie Kingston July 26, 2021October 4, 2021
Tony Schiavone and Eddie KingstonAugust 9, 2021
Tony Schiavone, Mark Henry and Eddie KingstonSeptember 27, 2021
December 6, 2021
December 20, 2021December 27, 2021
Tony Schiavone, Paul Wight and Mark HenryOctober 11, 2021December 13, 2021
January 24, 2022June 6, 2022
Excalibur, Paul Wight and Mark HenryNovember 8, 2021
February 14, 2022
March 28, 2022
April 25, 2022
Excalibur, Paul Wight, Mark Henry and Eddie KingstonNovember 29, 2021
Tony Schiavone, Paul Wight, Mark Henry and Eddie KingstonJanuary 3, 2022January 10, 2022
Excalibur and Mark HenryJanuary 17, 2022
June 13, 2022
Paul Wight and Mark HenryMarch 7, 2022March 14, 2022
May 2, 2022May 9, 2022
May 23, 2022May 30, 2022
Excalibur and Tony SchiavoneMarch 21, 2022
April 24, 2023
Excalibur and Paul WightApril 18, 2022
Tony Schiavone, Paul Wight, Mark Henry and Anthony Ogogo May 16, 2022
Excalibur, Mark Henry and Anthony OgogoJune 20, 2022June 27, 2022
Tony Schiavone and Mark HenryJuly 4, 2022
August 1, 2022August 8, 2022
Tony Schiavone and Caprice Coleman July 11, 2022
Excalibur, Mark Henry and Caprice ColemanJuly 18, 2022July 25, 2022
Excalibur and Matt Menard August 15, 2022September 12, 2022
Tony Schiavone and Matt MenardSeptember 3, 2022
April 3, 2023
Ian Riccaboni and Matt MenardSeptember 19, 2022September 26, 2022
Ian Riccaboni and Paul WightOctober 3, 2022
November 7, 2022
Ian Riccaboni, Paul Wight and Matt MenardOctober 10, 2022October 17, 2022
November 21, 2022November 28, 2022
January 23, 2023
Ian Riccaboni, Matt Menard and José the Assistant October 24, 2022
Tony Schiavone, Paul Wight and Matt MenardOctober 31, 2022
December 5, 2022December 12, 2022
Paul Wight and Matt MenardNovember 14, 2022
December 19, 2022April 17, 2023

Ring announcers

Ring announcers Dates
Justin Roberts March 15, 2021October 17, 2022
Dasha Gonzalez August 19, 2021
June 20, 2022June 27, 2022
September 19, 2022
October 10, 2022
October 24, 2022April 24, 2023

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