By Jake Barnett, ProWrestling.net Co-Senior Staffer (@jakebarnett)
AEW Dynamite (Episode 354)
Boston, Massachusetts, at MGM Music Hall
Simulcast live July 15, 2026, on TBS and HBO Max
A video recap of the highlights from last week’s Beach Break edition of Dynamite was shown at the top fo the show. Excalibur announced a Kenny Omega title celebration, along with a trios main event of Willy Nightingale, Hyan, Maya World vs. Mercedes Mone and Divine Dominion. Also, Andrade can earn a title shot against Mark Davis if he defeats Jake Doyle later in the show. The opening match will be Cope and Cage vs. The Death Riders members Wheeler Yuta and Daniel Garcia.
Backstage, Will Ospreay worked out with The Death Riders. Jon Moxley walked up and told him that the hard work is mostly done, but now mistakes can cost him everything. He told Ospreay that he earned it, and he can’t hesitate when the opportunities present themselves. Moxley told him that hard decisions will eventually be required, but he has to pull the trigger no matter who the target is.
In the arena, Adam Copeland and Christian Cage made their ring entrances, followed by Wheeler Yuta and Daniel Garcia. Renee Paquette appeared at ringside and recapped a conversation with Adam Copeland where he described the Death Riders as pieces of shit. A picture in picture promo then aired where Copeland and Christian issued a challenge to the Death Riders for jumping them on Collision two weeks ago.
1. Adam Copeland and Christian Cage vs. Wheeler Yuta and Daniel Garcia: Copeland and Yuta started the match. They battled back and forth a bit, and Copeland got the better of it. Cage and Garcia tagged in, and Christian flipped him a double bird. Copeland tagged in and they performed a double hip toss on Garcia. Copeland and Garcia traded chops and slaps to the chest. Yuta and Garcia used a ref distraction to pull Copeland into the ring apron and beat him down on the floor while Cage fumed from the apron…[c]
Garcia continued to control the match with a sleeper on Copeland. After a moment, Copeland fired back with a powerslam and crawled for a tag, but Yuta tagged in first and cut him off. They both ended up on the turnbuckle in the corner, but Copeland fought free and jumped over Yuta to make a hot tag to Christian Cage. He landed some punches in the corner and an inverted DDT for a two count. Cage then tripped a charging Garcia onto Yuta on the ground.
He then made a cover on Yuta after a diving headbut for a near fall. Everybody got back in the ring and brawled. Copeland took Garcia back out to the ramp with a lariat. Yuta delivered a German Suplex to Christian for a close near fall. Garcia and Yuta delivered rapid fire lariats to Cage in the corner and celebrated. Yuta tore at the turnbuckle pad, so Cage decided to kick Garcia in the balls. Cage and Copeland delivered a double team Spear on Yuta and got the win.
Adam Copeland and Christian Cage defeated Wheeler Yuta and Daniel Garcia at 11:58
After the match, The Young Bucks were shown in the crowd and had a stare down with Copeland and Christian. The Dogs then appeared with Claudio Castagnoli and started a beatdown of Copeland and Cage. The Bang Bang Gang made their way out to even the odds. Finlay lined up to take a shot at Cage with a shillelagh, but Jay White managed to steal it from him. Christian and Copeland then argued about White, but cooler heads prevailed. Copeland and Christian left with their Championships.
Footage was shown of Hikaru Shida defeating Harley Cameron, who is apparently out of action indefinitely as a result. Shida will face Queen Aminata for the TBS Championship on Collision. We also saw footage of Mark Davis defeating Speedball Mike Bailey. Jake Doyle will face Andrade El Idolo up next. A vignette aired for Andrade where he called himself a man of destiny.
Backstage, Andrade was interviewed by Renee Paquette. He said his destiny was to become AEW World Champion, and if he has to take every title away from the Don Callis family to get there, he will. Andrade then revealed that he had a ring box with the Dynamite Diamond Ring. Renee asked if he got it from Will Ospreay, and Andrade responded with “How you know?”
My Take: A decent opening match, but nothing particularly memorable. I still can’t get terribly invested in The Dogs and Bang Bang Gang chasing the tag titles. Hopefully they can win me over.
The Conglomeration were interviewed backstage. They were talking about the Trios titles when The Demand showed up and said they weren’t there to fight, but wanted to challenge them for the Trios Titles. Blake Christian and Lee Johnson attacked The Conglomeration from behind and Ricochet mocked them for falling into his trap. He said he promised The Demand wouldn’t attack them, but these guys weren’t in The Demand…yet.
In the arena, Jake Doyle made his ring entrance, followed by Andrade.
2. Andrade El Idolo vs. Jake Doyle: Doyle drove Andrade off the ring entrance as he got into the ring and sent him awkwardly to the floor. Doyle continued the assault in the ring and landed a big splash in the corner, along with some punches to the ribs. Andrade fired back with some strikes of his own and a flying hurracarrana from the apron to the floor. He then took time to snap a photo with a woman at ringside. Doyle fired back by tripping Andrade on the ropes, and then they traded heavy strikes heading into the break…[c]
Doyle landed several shoulder tackles as the show returned, but Andrade fired back on the fourth with a kick. Andrade then delivered a flying forearm that took Doyle off his feet. He then fired up the crowd, but got cut off by a body block from Doyle. Andrade avoided a charging Doyle in the corner, and then delivered a moonsault onto him out on the floor. Doyle fired back with a Liger Bomb for a near fall. Andrade then landed the The Amigos suplexes for a two count.
He followed up with a double knee strike in the corner for another near fall. Andrade went to the top rope, but got intercepted in the air by an elbow strike. Doyle then delivered a heavy elbow strike for a close near fall. Andrade fired back with a Dio De Los Meurtos Elbow and The DM for the win.
Andrade defeated Jake Doyle at 12:11
After the match, Mark Davis walked to ringside and threatened Andrade, but he pulled out the Dynamite Diamond Ring and scared him off. A video package then aired that recapped Kenny Omega’s AEW World Championship win last week on Dynamite. Kenny’s Championship Celebration is up next…[c]
My Take: A well worked match, but there’s really no good reason for Andrade to need 12 minutes to put away Jake Doyle in a match where the outcome was never in question.
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