SITD 7/28/21: Johnson earns TNT Title Match, NXT UK Tag Team Title Match

John Siino reviews this week’s editions of AEW Dark, AEW Dark: Elevation, NXT UK, NWA Powerrr, 205 Live, NJPW Strong, Ring of Honor, and Main Event in under 15 minutes on Shot In The Dark.

This week on AEW Dark: Elevation, The Lucha Brothers reunite to take on The Dark Order, Jade Cargill and Smart Mark Sterling make an appearance and talk about the state of BBQ in Texas and James Darnell (the Elite GM Invitational Champion) chooses Lee Johnson’s opponent as he is set to earn a TNT Championship match against Miro at the Homecoming Dynamite.

NJPW Strong sees the semi-finals of the Tag Team Turbulence as Brody King & Chris Dickinson of Violence Unlimited take on the West Coast Wrecking Crew and The Good Brothers take on Ren Narita & Yuji Nagata. Also, ‘Filthy’ Tom Lawlor defends the Strong Openweight Championship against Satoshi Kojima.

On NXT UK, Triple H, Shawn Michaels & William Regal start the show discussing the state of WALTER-Ilja Dragunov, Jinny calls out Aoife Valkyrie and Pretty Deadly defend the NXT UK Tag Team Championship against Subculture.

PLUS, Siino discusses the GCW Homecoming shows as well as the upcoming IMPACT Wrestling Homecoming special.

Also, Joey Janela and Sonny Kiss reunite on AEW Dark, Round One of the Champions Series starts on NWA Powerrr, Jake Atlas vs. Ari Sterling on 205 Live, PCO vs. Sledge on ROH, we have our first on the road show on Main Event and more!

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