The Dark Order

All Elite Wrestling (2019–present)

On May 25, 2019, at Double or Nothing, Uno and Grayson were repackaged and made their surprise debut as The Dark Order.^[3] After Best Friends (Chuck Taylor and Trent) defeated Angélico and Jack Evans, Uno and Grayson appeared ringside after the lights went out, and attacked everyone alongside their masked henchmen (referred to as "creepers").^[4] On July 13, at Fight for the Fallen, they made their AEW in-ring debut in a three-way tag team match defeating Angélico, Evans and Jurassic Express (Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus), advancing to All Out for an opportunity at a first round bye in the AEW World Tag Team Championship tournament.^[5] On August 31, at All Out, they defeated Best Friends to receive a first round buy-in for the AEW World Tag Team Championship tournament.^[6] They were unsuccessful in the tournament, losing to eventual winners SoCal Uncensored on the October 23 episode of Dynamite.^[7]

On November 20, the first of a series of Dark Order vignettes began airing, and in doing so, introduced the spokesman for the stable,^[8] who communicated to Alex Reynolds through a hotel television.^[9] Then, John Silver and Alex Reynolds joined the Dark Order.^[10] On the January 1, 2020, episode of Dynamite, "The Exalted One" was revealed as the title of the Dark Order's mysterious off-screen leader.^[11]

The stable's first feud was with SoCal Uncensored, and saw the Order try to recruit Christopher Daniels following his loss to Sammy Guevara.^[12] During the following weeks, The Dark Order faced SoCal Uncensored^[13][14][15] including a victory at Revolution, where Uno and Grayson defeated Kazarian and Scorpio Sky in a tag team match.^[16] On the March 18, 2020, episode of Dynamite, Mr. Brodie Lee made his AEW debut and was revealed as The Exalted One and the leader of The Dark Order, beating up Daniels and Kazarian.^[17] Then, Lee would have several squashes against other wrestlers. Also, on the April 22, 2020, episode of Dynamite, Preston Vance joined the stable as 10.^[18] On June 5, it was revealed that Alan Angels had been recruited as a new member of the Dark Order under the moniker of 5. He would later debut on the June 9, 2020, episode of AEW Dark.

In May, Colt Cabana began a losing streak as Brodie Lee tried to recruit him into The Dark Order. On the June 10 episode of Dynamite, after Cabana lost to Sammy Guevara, Lee came out to help Cabana to his feet and once again offer him a spot in the Dark Order. Later on in the night, Cabana was seen heading into Lee's office.^[19] The following week, Cabana was handed an envelope by Lee that stated they will team together against Joey Janela and Sonny Kiss. At the same time, Brodie Lee extended a hand to Anna Jay after her loss to Abadon. Cabana and Lee would defeat Janela and Kiss after Cabana got the pin on Janela.^[20] Over the next few weeks, Cabana would begin a winning streak teaming with members of the Dark Order as he was slowly recruited into the group over time.^[21] Anna Jay would later make her first appearance alongside the Dark Order on the July 29 episode of Dynamite.^[22] On the August 22 edition of Dynamite, Brodie Lee defeated Cody for the AEW TNT Championship and later gave him back the shattered pieces of the prototype TNT title.^[23] On the following episode of Dynamite, after a victory celebration, the Dark Order extended an invitation to Tay Conti to join the group.^[24] At All Out on September 5, Lee, Cabana, Evil Uno and Grayson were defeated by Matt Cardona, Scorpio Sky, Dustin Rhodes and Q. T. Marshall in an eight-man tag team match.^[25] Lee lost the TNT Championship back to Cody on the October 7 episode of Dynamite.^[26] The Dark Order would then more heavily pursue the recruitment of Hangman Page, whom they had made advances towards previously.^[27]

In the days prior to Brodie Lee's death on December 26, 2020,^[28] his older son, Brodie Jr., nicknamed "Negative 1", was signed to All Elite Wrestling and became a member of his father's faction at the age of 8, with AEW stating that he can start to perform for the company when he becomes an adult if he so wishes.^[29] The December 30 episode of AEW Dynamite, known as the "Brodie Lee Celebration of Life", featured Dark Order members winning every match.^[30] Following this, Dark Order transitioned into babyfaces as they continued their storyline involving Hangman Page where Silver and Reynolds teamed with Page on several occasions while also still trying to recruit him into the group.^[31][32][33] However, on the January 20, 2021, episode of Dynamite, Page would politely rebuff their offer, as he felt that he did not work well in groups.^[34] At the Revolution event on March 7, Page defeated Matt Hardy; the Dark Order subsequently came down to the ring to celebrate with him.^[35] At Fight for the Fallen, Page teamed with the Dark Order to face Omega, the Young Bucks and The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson) in a 10-man tag team elimination match, where if Page and the Dark Order won, they would receive matches for the world and tag team championships, respectively.^[36] Page and the Dark Order were defeated, with Page being the last man eliminated on his team.^[37]

On the June 15, 2023, episode of ROH TV, where The Dark Order had been appearing most frequently in 2023, John Silver confirmed that Stu Grayson had left the group and joined a rival faction, The Righteous with Vinny Marseglia.^[38]

Independent circuit (2019)

Following Double or Nothing, Uno and Grayson were booked for some independent shows, usually against AEW contracted wrestlers, before the premiere of AEW Dynamite in October 2019. This began at Pro Wrestling Guerilla's Sixteen, on July 26, marking their first appearance in the company since 2013, when they were known as the Super Smash Brothers. They defeated Best Friends (Chuck Taylor and Trent) by disqualification, when Trent hit a low blow in retaliation for the Dark Order doing the same when the referee was down.^[39] On August 7, at an Oriental Wrestling Entertainment (OWE) show in Toronto, they defeated Strong Hearts (El Lindaman and T-Hawk).^[40] The next day, they appeared at a Progress Wrestling show in the same city, but were defeated by Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis), in a three-way match, also involving The Butcher and The Blade (Andy Williams and Pepper Parks).^[41]

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Member	Number	Portrait	Tenure	Ref
Evil Uno	1		May 25, 2019 – present
Alex Reynolds	3		December 18, 2019 – present
John Silver	4		December 18, 2019 – present
Brodie Lee Jr. (-1)	L		December 22, 2020 – present[note 1]

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