After Dark Elevation - AEW Dark Elevation recap for September 27, 2021

Thunder Rosa beats Kayla Sparks.

The Dark Order (Alex "3" Reynolds, John "4" Silver, Alan "5" Angels and Preston "10" Vance) beat TJ Crawford, Eric James, Kevin Tibbs and Dean Alexander with the full nelson from 10.

Paul Wight beats CPA, VSK and RSP in a three-on-one handicap match. During the match, The Gunn Club (Billy, Austin and Colten Gunn) show up and watch from the stage.

We hear from Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D, Jamie Hayer and Rebel in footage from last week. Britt says Ruby Soho thought that she was a big shot until she beat her after her "two minutes in the ring." She says that she has made history with her recent main event matches.

We hear from MJF in footage from last week, who says that Queens in New York City is "a rat-infested dump" and that Plainview, Long Island, New York is his real hometown, then dares the locker room to stop him as no one has been able to. MJF says that AEW is nothing with him, and that they can bringing him people that "came from VKM."

We hear from Bryan Danielson in footage from last week. Danielson says he feels alive after facing the best guy in AEW, saying he wanted to come in hot. While he did not win, he says that professional wrestling is a wonderful thing and that while he is grateful for all the opp. He says it was his hardest match as there was so much fun even in the pain, and that he missed going to the ring and giving all that he had, and while he has been away from the ring since April, he has been gone from going full bore even longer. He mentions Kenny Omega not wanting a rematch, then says he will go through the locker room to get to the AEW World Championship.

In backstage footage from last Friday's Rampage, The Men of the Year (Scorpio Sky and "All Ego" Ethan Page) are interviewed. Page says he grew up idolizing Chris Jericho, and tonight, he and America's Top Team embarassed him. Page says he and Scorpio are proud of this and plan to celebrate. Scorpio Sky says he did not want to go this far, but if anyone wants to step up to the plate, they can take their shot and will have to go through his dead body, starting with Jericho, who made AEW what it is today. He says that Jericho took it too far and wouldn't step aside, and now, it is their time.

We see some interviews from before Grand Slam from Eddie Kingston, Homicide, Brian Pillman Jr., Oritz, Anthony Bowens and "Platinum" Max Caster. We also see Max Caster's anti-Tony Khan rap, both the rehearsal and the final performance, before Anthony Bowens wants to know why Tony Khan won't answer their open rap challenge. Tony Khan shows up and says that while he has written a lot of wrestling cards, he has never written a rap song and will not start today. He then brings out Lil Uzi Vert, thratens to suspend Bowens and Caster for thirty days, then brings out The Varisty Blonds, who level them on the ramp to the point that are sent running to the back. Tony Khan then hypes up the crowd.

Paul Wight talks about how he joined AEW to be part of something that is changing and growing, and that he is seeing the ebb and flow of what is happening in professional wrestling, and that while New York City is a tough environment to do a show for, AEW was able to get it done. He says that the talent in AEW is hungry to define the company and make their mark in the world, and says that the word is out and that anyone who is drawn to top-tier wrestling will be drawn to AEW, and hope that AEW gets to do more shows in New York City.