AEW Dynamite – 10/22/2025: 3 Things We Loved And 3 We Hated

The road to AEW Full Gear has begun, and it began in San Antonio, TX, where “AEW Dynamite” brought a night of wild action. With the dust settled and the results written, it’s time to break down what worked and what didn’t from the October 22 broadcast.

There was plenty of good and there was plenty of bad, and the Wrestling Inc. Staff has done their best to flesh out what was what. There were tremendous highs, like much of the title action throughout the night, or Mercedes Mone’s ever-intensifying feud with her puppet doppelganger. There were also woeful lows, like the fact that there are a number of feuds sticking around past their WrestleDream expiration date, or the overwhelming sense that everyone is twelve now.

As usual, we will not be stepping on the toes of the results page, but instead coming straight from the heart, straight from the gut, straight off the dome, and whatever off-the-cuff synonym you can think of. So without further ado, the good, the bad, and the downright ugly from Wednesday’s show.

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