NASHVILLE, Tenn (GNP): Tensions among AEW’s top stars boiled over on the July 22 episode of Dynamite, the go-home show ahead of Sunday’s Redemption pay-per-view, as storylines for both Redemption and the marquee All In event at Wembley Stadium continued to intertwine.
In the show’s main event, AEW World Champion Kenny Omega teamed with Will Ospreay and Jon Moxley against the Callis Family trio of Brian Cage, Hechicero and Jake Doyle. Despite fighting on the same side, Omega repeatedly declined to tag in Moxley even as Ospreay urged him to work as a team, reflecting lingering distrust between the two men.
Moxley nonetheless played the role of team player throughout the bout, bailing Omega out of trouble on multiple occasions. The uneasy alliance nearly fractured when Omega’s V-Trigger struck Moxley as Hechicero ducked out of the way. Moxley shook off the incident and helped set up the finish, shoving Hechicero from the ropes before Omega and Ospreay combined on a Hidden Blade-V-Trigger sequence that allowed Omega to pin Hechicero for the win.
The post-match fallout carried the larger storyline forward. Omega attempted to smooth things over with Moxley regarding the errant strike, but Moxley shoved him, prompting Omega to shove back. Ospreay stepped in to defuse the situation, only to be shoved by Omega as well, drawing a shove in return from Ospreay.
The Young Bucks then arrived to back Omega, sparking a brawl with Moxley that pulled in Ospreay on Moxley’s side against the Bucks. The Callis Family joined the chaos, and Omega baited RPG Vice into a double V-Trigger before Kevin Knight, Omega’s challenger at Redemption, leapt into the fray to strike the champion, closing the broadcast standing tall with the World Championship in hand.
Omega is scheduled to defend his title against Knight at Redemption before an anticipated showdown with Ospreay at All In, with Moxley also positioned as a future opponent given the friction on display throughout the episode. The broadcast additionally featured record-setting action from Knight and continued dominance from Divine Dominion, alongside a segment involving Kyle Fletcher.
AEW’s booking strategy on this episode leaned into layered storytelling rather than a single-minded push toward Sunday’s card. By having Omega, Ospreay and Moxley share a locker room alliance that visibly strains under pressure, the promotion is doing double duty: building genuine stakes for Redemption while simultaneously seeding the larger, more commercially significant collision at All In.
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The choice to let tension originate from Omega rather than Moxley is a subtle but useful device; it keeps Moxley’s motivations grounded in competitiveness rather than malice, while giving Omega a more complicated, ambiguous character arc heading into a stadium main event against Ospreay.
The chain-reaction brawl closing the show, shoves escalating into a multi-faction scrum involving the Young Bucks, the Callis Family, and Knight, served as an efficient way to touch nearly every storyline on the card in a single sequence, a common tool in go-home shows working with limited runway before a pay-per-view. Knight’s late interjection was a clear signal that AEW does not want his challenge at Redemption dismissed as a foregone conclusion, even if the broader narrative gravity remains fixed on the eventual Omega-Ospreay confrontation at Wembley.
