''AEW Dark: Elevation'', also known as ''Dark: Elevation'' or simply ''Elevation'', is an American

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program that was produced by the American promotion

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(AEW), running from March 15, 2021, to April 24, 2023, on AEW's

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channel. The program was a spinoff of ''

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'' that featured matches taped before and after the preceding episode of AEW's flagship program, ''

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'', with a focus on up and rising talent on the AEW roster, as well as wrestlers from the

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. Both ''Dark'' and ''Elevation'' were canceled due to the addition of AEW's television program, ''

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''.

History

On October 2, 2019,

's (AEW) flagship program, ''

'', premiered on

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. During the event, there were four

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, two before and two after the live broadcast. A program entitled ''

'', which began airing on AEW's

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. 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

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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

. Like ''Dark'', matches on the new program maintained storyline continuity and match statistics with AEW's other programming. Wrestling veteran

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, formerly known as the Big Show in

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, was announced to be doing commentary for ''Elevation'' alongside

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after he was signed. This was later changed to be

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. With the premiere of '' Rampage'' on August 13, 2021, AEW President and

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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

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shows. ''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, ''

'', which premiered on TNT in June 2023. This was due to an amended deal with AEW's broadcast partner

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(WBD), in which all of AEW's programs would air exclusively on WBD's channels. It was also reported that ''Rampage'' would begin showcasing younger wrestlers, essentially becoming what ''Dark'' and ''Elevation'' were for the company.

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