Overview
- The July 1 San Diego taping delivered multiple decisive results, including Death Riders defeating NJPW’s Unbound Co and Andrade beating Brian Cage.
- Adam Copeland teamed with the Bang Bang Gang to beat Shane Taylor Promotions and was then attacked by The Dogs and the Death Riders, creating an immediate cross-faction confrontation to follow on AEW TV.
- Athena beat Stardom’s Rina to secure the #1 starting spot and Maya World beat Julia Hart to secure the #2 starting spot in the upcoming Women’s Casino Gauntlet.
- Thekla cut a promo while wearing the Starlight Kid mask and declared Stardom finished, and Matt Sydal was shown joining Scorpio Sky’s SkyFlight faction, shifting individual alignments.
- The show continued AEW’s post-Forbidden Door cross-promotion with NJPW, Stardom, and CMLL talent and put concrete qualifiers and attack angles in place that feed next week’s Dynamite and the July 26 Redemption build.