AEW Dynamite – 7/22/2026: 3 Things We Hated And 3 We Loved
One episode of "Collision" stands between the AEW faithful and Redemption in Montreal. The final "Dynamite" before the PPV saw two titles defended, dissension amongst the Don Callis Family, and a surprise Mick Foley appearance. You can read all about it over on the 7/22/2026 AEW Dynamite results page.
It was a mixed bag of a Wednesday. There was lots of good, especially from the in-ring action, but some of the storytelling was off-kilter, and the rushed nature of the PPV build hamstrung much of the show. If you want to keep the conversation going, the comments section will be ready and waiting, as always.
I think that Cope & Christian vs. PAC & Claudio Castagnoli is going to be a very good match but nothing in the build has convinced me it's anything more than a "Dynamite" main event, and the backstage assault this week did nothing to assuage my fears.
I feel like I just watched Cope and Christian in a feud with a cocky heel team who would attack them at random. It's getting tired. It deflated the program for the brief moments it occurred.
It kinda feels like Cope and Christian are sitting at the top of the tag division, with their boots on the throats of any other tag team. Ever since their feud with FTR, they've faced strictly non-entities, and a team including the oft-loser PAC is more of the same. The real crime is that Christian and Castagnoli are doing some of the best work of their careers when their not tied to tag partners. Castagnoli's CMLL run was phenomenal and Christian's run as "The Patriarch" cleared the path for his reunion with Cope. Both men could be doing something better, but instead they'll be killing time at the PPV.
The July 22 episode of "AEW Dynamite" kicked off in style as Kevin Knight successfully defended his AEW TNT Championship for a record tenth time against Darby Allin, and as you can probably imagine, this one de
