AEW Dark: Results, Grades, and Analysis for November 20, 2019

AEW Dark featured three tag team matches this week, with The Young Bucks facing Strong Hearts in the main event.

Tony Schiavone opened the show letting us know that this was the tag team edition of AEW Dark, and then went straight to the ring for the first match.

Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) (3-5) vs. The Best Friends (Chuck Taylor & Trent Beretta) (2-3) w/ Orange Cassidy

Quen started the match with Trent and offered him his necklace. Trent refused, so he threw it at Orange Cassidy. Orange picked it up and put it around his neck to a huge pop from the crowd. Trent dropped Quen with a shoulder block, and then blocked a tornado DDT and hit a Northern Lights suplex.

Chuck Taylor came in and started working over Quen with punches in the corner. Quen floated over and then hit a hurricanrana and a dropkick to tag out to Kassidy. Taylor tried to hit a moonsault on Kassidy, but Kassidy moved. Chuck landed on his feet and continued the assault before tagging out to Trent.

Kassidy hit a lucha armdrag out of a wheelbarrow and tagged out to Quen. Quen hit a dropkick that sent Trent to the floor. Chuck Taylor came in and the got hit with a Manhattan drop, and camel clutch into a double stomp by Private Party. They posed, and Orange joined with them. Trent and Chuck hit a suplex on Kassidy on the floor and started to work him over.

The Best Friends went for a double suplex again in the ring, but Kassidy fought out. They hit Sole Food and a half nelson suplex on Kassidy. The Best Friends hit a doomsday superplex on Kassidy for a two count. Trent tagged out to Chuck and he chopped Kassidy and tagged out to Trent.

Kassidy sent Trent flying into Chuck and the nhe flipped over Trent into a hurricanrana on Chuck before making the hot tag to Quen who ran all over the ring, hitting a series of dives. Quen hit a springboard crossbody on Trent for a two count. Quen hit a Pele kick on Trent and tagged out to Kassidy and then they hit a combination senton bomb and neckbreaker for a two count.

Trent hit Kassidy with a back suplex and tagged out to Chuck, but Chuck ate a pump kick. Chuck sent Kassidy to the apron. Chuck slid to the outside, and Kassidy went for a Asai moonsault, but Chuck moved. Kassidy landed on his feet, but Trent speared him. Quen went for a crossbody on Chuck, but Chuck caught him and slammed him on the floor.

This match kinda fell apart for a little bit, but Private Party was able to hit the Silly String. Quen went to dive on Trent, but Orange Cassidy stood in the way. Quen jumped over Cassidy and hit a flip dive on Trent. Quen hit a shooting star press on Trent. Private Party tried to hit Gin and Juice on Trent, but Trent dodged it and Quen was left hanging in the corner.

Chuck powerbombed Kassidy onto Queen, and did the hug in the middle of the ring with the Rainmaker camera work. They then hit Strong Zero on Kassidy, and got the win.

Result: The Best Friends (3-3)

Rating: **1/4 (2.25 stars)

This match was a mess in some ways, as Private Party is still very green. Chuck and Trent are experienced, but it all kind of felt off for a bit. Nothing was horrible, but there seemed to be no heat segment and the match was hard to get into.