Below are some top news stories of the day, involving Cody Rhodes and Adam Cole.
• Cody Rhodes finished the story at WrestleMania 40 by winning the WWE Championship, but his overall story is far from over. The American Nightmare remains a prominent figure in the main event scene, yet his ambitions aren’t limited to just pro wrestling.
Netflix has high hopes for WWE and is investing significantly for exclusive rights to RAW over the next decade. Among the top male talent they’re hoping to spotlight are Roman Reigns, Cody Rhodes and CM Punk.
Fightful Select reported that Cody and Netflix even discussed a potential movie role for him, though unfortunately, it didn’t come to fruition.
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• Adam Cole returned to in-ring action on last week’s episode of AEW Dynamite and defeated Buddy Matthews.
During the match, Matthews hit Cole with Seth Rollins’ Turnbuckle Powerbomb – Curb Stomp combination, and Cole kicked out at 1.
You can watch it below:
Fans weren’t happy with this. You can read some of their comments below:
“And he kicked out at 1? Wow the jealousy is real.”
“Damn 120 lbs Adam Cole kicked out of that.”
“Kick out at 1? No wonder everyone except virgin nerds laugh at this company.”
“Lol. I was watching and thought this is f**king sick. Buddy Matthews looks strong as f**k. Then he kicked out by 1 and it just ruined the moment. So stupid.”
“And it’s just been buried by a midget.”
“The fact he kicked out a 1 is pure disrespect to Rollins and his finisher… things like this is why people sh*t on AEW. The bad selling is unreal.”
