AEW: Darby Allin Appearance Set for Discovery Channel’s Shark Week 2025, “Superman” Themed Crossover Set for 7/2 AEW Dynamite 300 Show, MVP on Creative Process Behind The Hurt Syndicate’s Theme Song

Darby Allin Appearance Announced for Discovery Channel’s Shark Week 2025

Discovery Channel announced that Darby Allin will be making an appearance on their Caught! Sharks Strike Back show on July 24th as part of this year’s Shark Week themed week on their network.

It was also announced that a sneak peak of Allin’s appearance on the upcoming show will air during the July 23rd AEW Dynamite show.

Official show synopsis:

“Caught! Sharks Strike Back: This year has set a record for shark encounters captured on camera, from a hilarious moment when a shark slaps a fisherman in the face to the intense 10-minutes a great white stalked a kayaker… these are craziest moments of when sharks strike back.”

.@DarbyAllin is looking to take a bite out of #SharkWeek! Or, will it take a bite out of him?

Darby experiences an epic close encounter in Caught! Sharks Strike Back Thursday, July 24 on @discovery! Get a first look in AEW on Wednesday, July 23. pic.twitter.com/QOMkOwQeFP

— Shark Week (@SharkWeek) July 1, 2025

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“Superman” Themed Crossover Announced for Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite 300 Show

AEW recently announced that the cast of the upcoming new Superman film will be making a special guest appearance at Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite 300 show at the Toyota Arena in Ontario, California.

Before @Superman hits theaters July 11th, catch the cast of the new @JamesGunn film with some of our @AEW Stars on #AEWDynamite this Wednesday! pic.twitter.com/XtafNbLIl1

— AEW on TV (@AEWonTV) June 30, 2025

David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, and Nicholas Hoult were advertised to be appearing based on the promotional photos released.

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MVP Comments on Creative Process Behind The Hurt Syndicate’s Theme Song

A recent episode of the Marking Out with MVP & Dwayne Swayze podcast featured co-host MVP giving his thoughts about the creative process behind The Hurt Syndicate’s entrance theme song in AEW.

“When Bobby and I had made the decision and we knew we weren’t gonna re-sign with WWE, I had already reached out and I told Smoke DZA, ‘Hey man, it’s looking like me, Bobby, and Shelton are gonna get the band back together and we’re gonna go across the street.’ He’s like, ‘What?’ and I said ‘Yeah, keep that up under your hat. But if this works out and we all go over there, we going to need some new theme music.’ Smoke DZA was like, ‘Say less. I got you.’ He hit up Cartoon Beats and gave him an idea of what I was looking for with the beat. I guess you can say I kind of executive produced the beat a little bit because Cartoon would send the beat to Smoke, Smoke would shoot it to me, I would listen to it and I would say, ‘Okay, mute these, turn this up.’ We went back like three or four times until he got what I wanted sonically for our sound and I said, ‘Boom, that’s it right there.’ Smoke said, ‘You good with that?’ and I said, ‘That’s exactly what I want.’ So then it was up to Smoke DZA and Westside Gunn, I said, ‘You guys put your verse on it, shoot it back to me, I’ll put mine on it, and then we’ll take care the rest of it.’ Smoke said when they were recording it, Westside Gunn was the one with the, hey yo, we hurt people.”

MVP also gave his thoughts about Shelton Benjamin’s initial reaction when he first hear the new song for their group.

“When I heard it, I liked it right away. One of the funniest things, I sent it to Shelton Benjamin. Now, Shelton is like me, his music tastes are real eclectic and he even plays the bass guitar. He knows music, but he’s not a hip-hop head. When I played the song for him, he goes, ‘I don’t know about this song, man. Plus, that guy’s voice sounds weird.’ I said, ‘Dude, that voice is iconic, man.’ I said, ‘Dude, just trust me on this.’ He goes, ‘Hey, you’re the music guy, man. I trust you.’ We made the joint, we worked out the business with AEW so we could license it to them and everything. It’s just been a juggernaut, man. From the first time it hit, you could feel the momentum. Now, everywhere I go, we hurt people, we hurt people. After the show we did in Boston, there was a bunch of people waiting for the train on the platform and the whole crowd was singing we hurt people. Now when I take indie bookings, I come out to that song and everybody’s singing it. Westside Gunn and his genius, he had the vibe for that, he dropped the hook. Smoke has a great verse, I have a great verse, but the song is the hook. I want to say thank you to Cartoon Beats, to Smoke DZA, to Westside Gunn for once again coming through for a dope joint. I think it’s safe to say, we got the hottest [song in the game].”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com