AEW Dynamite airs live from The Pinnacle in Nashville, Tennessee, on Wednesday, July 22, with a loaded card set just four days ahead of AEW Redemption in Montreal. The night’s centerpiece is an unlikely trios match pitting AEW World Champion Kenny Omega, Will Ospreay and AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley against the Don Callis Family’s Brian Cage, CMLL World Heavyweight Champion Hechicero and Jake Doyle.
The six-man showdown grew out of chaos during Omega’s AEW World Championship celebration, when TNT Champion Kevin Knight interrupted to secure his own Redemption title shot against Omega, then blasted the champion with a microphone. A brawl followed, with Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli rushing in to back up Ospreay and Omega. The pairing has raised eyebrows given Moxley and Ospreay’s Death Riders ties — enough that Omega’s longtime allies the Young Bucks have challenged Moxley and Ospreay to a match of their own at Redemption.
Before any of that plays out in Montreal, Knight defends the TNT Championship against Darby Allin, who has been chasing payback since Knight’s attack on him at Double or Nothing. Allin already got a measure of revenge by blindsiding Knight moments after he locked in his Redemption opportunity against Omega. Allin, a two-time TNT Champion with a record 214 combined days holding the title, has a mixed history with Knight — he was eliminated by Knight during the 2025 Continental Classic, but turned the tables by beating him for the AEW World Championship two months ago. Knight enters off a record ninth TNT Title defense against AR Fox, with a fresh AEW World Title shot on the line against Omega just days later.
Elsewhere, the AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship is on the line in a No Disqualification match, as Divine Dominion’s Lena Kross and Megan Bayne defend against Sisters of Sin’s Skye Blue and Julia Hart. The challengers, fresh off winning the Artist of STARDOM trios titles in Japan alongside Thekla, have been building tension with the champions since Divine Dominion attacked them at Beach Break — the same night Mercedes Moné aligned herself with the group by blindsiding Thekla and Willow Nightingale. Divine Dominion brings a 14-0 record and five successful defenses into a stipulation that favors the chaos-driven challengers.
Speaking of Thekla and Nightingale, the AEW Women’s World Champion and her Redemption challenger will meet face-to-face in Nashville ahead of Sunday’s title match. Nightingale earned the opportunity by winning the Casino Gauntlet in her surprise return from injury, only to be blindsided by Moné afterward — setting up a triangle that could extend beyond Redemption toward All In: London.
Jay White also returns to singles action for the first time in roughly 16 months, taking on Clark Connors of The Dogs as Bang Bang Gang’s rivalry with the faction continues. White has made no secret of wanting a shot at David Finlay, but must get through the physical Connors first.
With championship stakes stacked across nearly every segment, this Dynamite functions as the last major gut-check before Redemption — and the alliances being tested tonight, especially the awkward union of Omega, Ospreay and Moxley, could shape how much trust remains heading into Montreal.
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