AEW Dark: Elevation

*AEW Dark: Elevation*
AEW Dark: Elevation
	AEW Dark: Elevation logo
Genre	Professional wrestling
Created by	Tony Khan
Starring	AEW roster and independent wrestlers
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	112 (list of episodes)
Production
Camera setup	Multicamera setup
Running time	90–120 minutes
Production company	All Elite Wrestling
Original release
Network	YouTube
Release	March 15, 2021 –; April 24, 2023
Related
	AEW Dynamite; AEW Collision; AEW Rampage; AEW Battle of the Belts; AEW Dark; Ring of Honor Wrestling;

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.

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, 2021 (2021-03-15) – July 19, 2021 (2021-07-19)
Tony Schiavone, Paul Wight and Eddie Kingston	July 26, 2021 (2021-07-26) – October 4, 2021 (2021-10-04)
Tony Schiavone and Eddie Kingston	August 9, 2021 (2021-08-09)
Tony Schiavone, Mark Henry and Eddie Kingston	September 27, 2021 (2021-09-27) December 6, 2021 (2021-12-06) December 20, 2021 (2021-12-20) – December 27, 2021 (2021-12-27)
Tony Schiavone, Paul Wight and Mark Henry	October 11, 2021 (2021-10-11) – December 13, 2021 (2021-12-13) January 24, 2022 (2022-01-24) – June 6, 2022 (2022-06-06)
Excalibur, Paul Wight and Mark Henry	November 8, 2021 (2021-11-08) February 14, 2022 (2022-02-14) March 28, 2022 (2022-03-28) April 25, 2022 (2022-04-25)
Excalibur, Paul Wight, Mark Henry and Eddie Kingston	November 29, 2021 (2021-11-29)
Tony Schiavone, Paul Wight, Mark Henry and Eddie Kingston	January 3, 2022 (2022-01-03) – January 10, 2022 (2022-01-10)
Excalibur and Mark Henry	January 17, 2022 (2022-01-17) June 13, 2022 (2022-06-13)
Paul Wight and Mark Henry	March 7, 2022 (2022-03-07) – March 14, 2022 (2022-03-14) May 2, 2022 (2022-05-02) – May 9, 2022 (2022-05-09) May 23, 2022 (2022-05-23) – May 30, 2022 (2022-05-30)
Excalibur and Tony Schiavone	March 21, 2022 (2022-03-21) April 24, 2023 (2023-04-24)
Excalibur and Paul Wight	April 18, 2022 (2022-04-18)
Tony Schiavone, Paul Wight, Mark Henry and Anthony Ogogo	May 16, 2022 (2022-05-16)
Excalibur, Mark Henry and Anthony Ogogo	June 20, 2022 (2022-06-20) – June 27, 2022 (2022-06-27)
Tony Schiavone and Mark Henry	July 4, 2022 (2022-07-04) August 1, 2022 (2022-08-01) – August 8, 2022 (2022-08-08)
Tony Schiavone and Caprice Coleman	July 11, 2022 (2022-07-11)
Excalibur, Mark Henry and Caprice Coleman	July 18, 2022 (2022-07-18) – July 25, 2022 (2022-07-25)
Excalibur and Matt Menard	August 15, 2022 (2022-08-15) – September 12, 2022 (2022-09-12)
Tony Schiavone and Matt Menard	September 3, 2022 (2022-09-03) April 3, 2023 (2023-04-03)
Ian Riccaboni and Matt Menard	September 19, 2022 (2022-09-19) – September 26, 2022 (2022-09-26)
Ian Riccaboni and Paul Wight	October 3, 2022 (2022-10-03) November 7, 2022 (2022-11-07)
Ian Riccaboni, Paul Wight and Matt Menard	October 10, 2022 (2022-10-10) – October 17, 2022 (2022-10-17) November 21, 2022 (2022-11-21) – November 28, 2022 (2022-11-28) January 23, 2023 (2023-01-23)
Ian Riccaboni, Matt Menard and José the Assistant	October 24, 2022 (2022-10-24)
Tony Schiavone, Paul Wight and Matt Menard	October 31, 2022 (2022-10-31) December 5, 2022 (2022-12-05) – December 12, 2022 (2022-12-12)
Paul Wight and Matt Menard	November 14, 2022 (2022-11-14) December 19, 2022 (2022-12-19) – April 17, 2023 (2023-04-17)

Ring announcers

Ring announcers	Dates
Justin Roberts	March 15, 2021 (2021-03-15) – October 17, 2022 (2022-10-17)
Dasha Gonzalez	August 19, 2021 (2021-08-19) June 20, 2022 (2022-06-20) – June 27, 2022 (2022-06-27) September 19, 2022 (2022-09-19) October 10, 2022 (2022-10-10) October 24, 2022 (2022-10-24) – April 24, 2023 (2023-04-24)