Below are some top WWE & AEW news stories of the day:
– NXT wrestler Odyssey Jones was drafted to RAW in May, but he hasn’t made his official WWE main roster debut yet.
According to PWInsider, he is backstage at tonight’s RAW.
He was backstage at last week’s SmackDown as well, where he worked a dark match against Cameron Grimes. This was his first match in 3 months and he lost to Grimes.
– The “American Nightmare: Becoming Cody Rhodes” documentary will premiere on Peacock on July 31st.
During the official trailer, Kevin Owens said the following while talking about Cody’s return to WWE in 2022:
“Vince McMahon flew to his house to get him back. Not many people can say they did that.”
Below is the complete trailer:
Unfiltered. Unedited. Untouchable. Witness @CodyRhodes become the American Nightmare.
American Nightmare: #BecomingCodyRhodes premieres July 31 on Peacock. pic.twitter.com/iHboe8mr8Z
— Peacock (@peacock) July 17, 2023
– At AEW Battle of the Belts VII this past Saturday, Orange Cassidy defeated Lance Archer via count-out to retain the AEW International Championship.
This was Cassidy’s 26th consecutive successful title defense, which is now a new AEW record.
Previous record was held by Jade Cargill, who made 25 consecutive successful title defenses with the TBS Women’s Championship.
Cassidy has been the AEW International Champion (fka the AEW All-Atlantic Champion) for over 270 days now.
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