{"id":114843,"date":"2022-07-26T12:15:08","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T16:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=114843"},"modified":"2022-07-26T12:15:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T16:15:08","slug":"aew-dark-all-atlantic-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/07\/26\/aew-dark-all-atlantic-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: AEW Dark (07\/26\/2022) \u2013 All-Atlantic Championship Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time for another episode of <strong>AEW Dark,<\/strong> and with nine matches set to take place, this one promises to be action-packed. <strong>Ari Daivari<\/strong> returns to the AEW ring and looks to score a win against <strong>Blake Christian.<\/strong> <strong>Dante Martin<\/strong> looks to rebound from a loss to <strong>Lee Moriarty<\/strong> as he takes on <strong>The Wingmen&#8217;s &#8220;Pretty&#8221; Peter Avalon<\/strong>. Our focus for tonight&#8217;s AEW Dark will be on the<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/06\/29\/aew-all-atlantic-championship\/\" target=\"_self\"> AEW All-Atlantic Championship<\/a> as <strong>Pac<\/strong> looks to defend against <strong>LJ Cleary.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On tonight\u2019s new episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWDark?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEWDark<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEW<\/a> All-Atlantic Champion <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BASTARDPAC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@BASTARDPAC<\/a> defends the title against <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LJ_Cleary?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@LJ_Cleary<\/a> at 7\/6c on <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lBSV4rTE11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/lBSV4rTE11<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YqPMYch054\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/YqPMYch054<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEW\/status\/1551930342763728896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Full AEW Dark Card (07\/26\/2022) &#8211; All-Atlantic Championship Defense<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Allie Recks vs. Kiera Hogan<\/li>\n<li>PAC vs. LJ Cleary<\/li>\n<li>Tracy Nyxx vs. Marina Shafir<\/li>\n<li>The Wingmen&#8217;s Ryan Nemeth vs. Dark Order&#8217;s Alex Reynolds<\/li>\n<li>Slim J vs. The Factory&#8217;s Blake Li<\/li>\n<li>J.A.S.&#8217;s &#8220;Cool Hand&#8221; Angelo Parker vs. Cameron Stewart<\/li>\n<li>Blake Christian vs. Ari Daivari<\/li>\n<li>Cole Karter vs. Mike Orlando<\/li>\n<li>Dante Martin vs. The Wingmen&#8217;s &#8220;Pretty&#8221; Peter Avalon<\/li>\n<li>Renee Michelle vs. Julia Hart<\/li>\n<li>AEW All-Atlantic Championship PAC (C) vs. LJ Cleary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>PAC Championship Defense<\/h3>\n<p>PAC continues to prove himself a fighting champion as he takes on LJ Cleary. For those unfamiliar with his work, Cleary has shown to be a promising prospect through his work with <strong>ICW, Phoenix Wrestling,<\/strong> and, most notably, <strong>OTT.<\/strong> This match will also have some historical significance, as Cleary will be the first Irish-born wrestler to challenge for an AEW championship.<\/p>\n<p>That said, I do not see him becoming the first Irish AEW Champion, at least not yet. PAC has been on a dominant run, having not lost a singles match since his encounter with <strong>Andrade El Idolo<\/strong> in September last year. Not to mention, this is the first time PAC has held AEW gold, and I don&#8217;t see him letting go of that strap anytime soon. Find out who walks out of AEW Dark with the AEW All-Atlantic Championship tonight on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world. As well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.\u00a0 You can catch AEW Dynamite Wednesday nights at 8 PM ET on TBS and AEW Dark: Elevation (Monday nights) and AEW: Dark (Tuesday nights) at 7 PM ET on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCFN4JkGP_bVhAdBsoV9xftA\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>. AEW Rampage airs on TNT at 10 PM EST every Friday night.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time for another episode of AEW Dark, and with nine matches set to take place, this one promises to be action-packed. Ari Daivari returns to the AEW ring and looks to score a win against Blake Christian. 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