After Dark - AEW Dark recap for September 1, 2020

Shawn Spears beats Eddie Taurus. After the match, Tully Blanchard hands Spears a metal slug to place in his glove for one last punch on Taurus, then distracts the referee so that Spears can hit the .

Proud 'n Powerful (Santana and Ortiz) beat Faboo Andre and Ryzin. After the match, Ortiz says that Best Friends (Chuck Taylor and Trent) grew balls big enough to catch them slipping last week, then says they like that fight and that heart, as it will be that much sweeter when they beat Best Friends. Santana tells Trent to tell his mom Sue to stop calling him, that he is not coming to dinner and that the drawers he left from last night are a little gift from him to Trent's mom.

Allie beats Cassandra Golden.

Backstage, Dasha interviews Proud 'n Powerful (Santana and Ortiz). After Ortiz makes a "your mom" joke concerning Trent's mom Sue, Proud 'n Powerful get attacked by Best Friends (Chuck Taylor and Trent).

Frankie Kazarian beats Angelico after escaping the BT Bomb and hitting a reverse DDT.

Tony Schiavone interviews Brandi Rhodes. Brandi says that most people would be understandably upset at losing a tournament that was made for them to win, but she is not most people. However, she is perturbed that a trainee from The Nightmare Factory turned on her when her back was turned after listening to Brodie Lee. She says that while Brodie Lee may have told Anna Jay that she is pretty and talented, she says she has been pretty for a long time and "that don't mean shit anymore." She says that what matters is intelligence, and that doesn't seem to matter now that Anna Jay joined The Dark Order. Brandi does give her credit for going for her, then tells Anna Jay that if she is to come to the queen, she has best not miss. She tells Anna Jay to come out to play while she is facing forward, and if she misses, she will send her back to The Nightmare Factory where it belongs.

The Gunn Club (Billy and Austin Gunn) beats Donnie Primetime and Ryan Rembrandt.

Abadon beats Dani Jordyn by submission.

"Absolute" Ricky Starks beats Tony Donati.

Jurassic Express (Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus) beat Jon Cruz and David Ali.

Anna Jay beats Red Velvet with a rear naked choke.

"Superbad" Kip Sabian beats Shawn Dean.

Private Party (Marq Quen and Isiah Kassidy) beat The Initiative ("The Librarian" Peter Avalon and Brandon Cutler) with a La Magistral Cradle off the top rope from Isiah Kassidy to Brandon Cutler following a blind tag. After the match, Avalon attacks Cutler, then takes Cutler's D20 die and hits him in the head with it.