AEW Dark

AEW Dark was a professional wrestling web television program that was produced by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and aired on their YouTube channel.
The program featured dark matches taped before and after the preceding episode of AEW Dynamite, as well as feature segments highlighting the previous week's Dynamite and interviews with AEW personalities.
==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. During the media scrum following this event, AEW President and Chief Executive Officer Tony Khan stated that the dark matches would become available to view on video in some form. On October 5, AEW Executive Vice President and wrestler Cody Rhodes announced a sister program to Dynamite called AEW Dark, which would be the home of AEW's dark matches. On October 8, the program began airing on Tuesdays at 8pm Eastern Time (ET) on AEW's YouTube channel. During the week of a pay-per-view (PPV), however, Dark would air on Friday as the go-home show; this continued until May 2021 for that year's Double or Nothing PPV. Unlike the dark matches of other wrestling promotions, which generally do not affect storylines, these matches on Dark are part of AEW's storylines and count towards the wrestlers' match statistics.
During the November 5 episode, Tony Schiavone announced AEW Spanish commentator Dasha Gonzalez would be his co-host going forward. Schiavone and Gonzalez hosted segments on Dark from the "AEW Control Center," highlighting matches and storylines within AEW. On December 31, AEW aired a special episode called AEW Dark - 2019 Year in Review, featuring highlights of the show from the past year.
On February 24, 2021, AEW announced that a new spinoff of Dark would premiere on Monday, March 15 titled Dark: Elevation. This is the promotion's third program, after Dynamite and Dark, and airs on Monday nights at 7pm ET, also on AEW's YouTube channel. With the premiere of Rampage in August 2021, which also airs on TNT, 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. Rampage airs in the 10pm ET slot on Fridays and replaced Dark as the go-home show for pay-per-views.
On August 27, 2021, it was revealed that Dark would begin being taped at its own set within Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida at Soundstage 21, while Dark: Elevation would continue to be taped in conjunction with Dynamite. The first set of tapings for Dark at Universal Studios began on September 11, 2021. AEW plans to do Darks tapings about once a month, recording four shows per taping with each show lasting about 90 minutes. During the weeks that Rampage airs live, AEW will tape Dark in conjunction with Rampage.
==Roster==
AEW Dark featured both AEW contracted wrestlers and various independent wrestlers.
===Commentators===
Commentators 	Dates
Jim Ross and Excalibur 	–
Excalibur and Taz 	– – April 25, 2023
Excalibur and MJF 	
Excalibur, Goldenboy, Arn Anderson, and Chuck Taylor 	
Excalibur and Dustin Rhodes 	
Excalibur and Shawn Spears 	
Excalibur and Nyla Rose 	
Excalibur, Chuck Taylor, Orange Cassidy, and Britt Baker	
Excalibur, Vickie Guerrero, and Joey Janela 	
Excalibur and Colt Cabana 	
Excalibur and Chuck Taylor 	
Excalibur and Dave Brown 	
Jim Ross, Tony Schiavone, and Excalibur 	
Tony Schiavone and Cody 	–
Tony Schiavone and Jimmy Havoc 	
Tony Schiavone and Taz 	–
Tony Schiavone, Taz, and Veda Scott 	–
Excalibur, Taz, and Veda Scott 	–
Excalibur, Taz, and Ricky Starks 	– –
Excalibur, Taz, and Anthony Ogogo 	– – –
===Ring announcers===
Ring announcers	Dates
Justin Roberts 	– – March 4, 2023 <BR> Rampage-based shows.
Dasha Gonzalez 	– – April 25, 2023 <BR> Studio-based shows.
==External links==
*All Elite Wrestling on YouTube
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