Cody Rhodes gives his verdict on Dustin Rhodes' AEW alliance with The Von Erichs
Dustin Rhodes recently made history with The Von Erichs by winning a championship at AEW Battle of The Belts. Cody Rhodes was defending his Undisputed WWE Championship that same night and is now weighing in on the big generational alliance.
The Natural linked up with Ross and Marshall Von Erich in ROH and earned a shot at the vacant World Six-Man Tag Team Championship by defeating The Dark Order. Thereafter, the sons of WWE Hall of Famers defeated The Undisputed Kingdom at AEW Battle of The Belts XI on Saturday, July 27. This was also a big night for The American Nightmare as he was wrapping up his first Japanese tour as champion, retaining over AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura in Tokyo, and receiving a special surprise.
Cody recently spoke with Sports Illustrated and gave an endorsement to the third-generation Von Erichs teaming with his second-generation brother. He also revealed how much he looked up to their father, Kevin Von Erich.
"Dustin doing the spot with the Von Erichs was so cool. I have such a love for the Von Erichs. I don’t think Kevin knows this, but I studied Kevin, I watched Kevin, I was so fascinated by Kevin Von Erich. To see his kids and Dustin, it was very touching," Cody Rhodes said.
Rhodes and The Von Erichs have teamed up twice since winning gold on AEW television. They retained over Jacked Jameson and The Iron Savages at the July 28 ROH tapings, then worked Brian Cage and Gates of Agony to a draw at tapings held this weekend. Cage and GoA are former two-time ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions.
AEW President Tony Khan announces big title match
AEW and ROH are back at Esports Stadium in Arlington, TX this weekend for the Collision and ROH TV residency. The tapings will continue today with another set of HonorClub television tapings.
Tony Khan took to X (fka Twitter) to announce that All Elite Wrestling star, Mark Briscoe will defend the ROH World Championship against The Beast Mortos. The former Black Taurus earned the shot for pinning the champion on the July 31 edition of Dynamite in a 6-Man Tag Team Match, which saw The Conglomeration (Briscoe, Orange Cassidy, and Tomohiro Ishii) face Mortos, RUSH & Roderick Strong.
AEW will then hit the Chartway Arena in Norfolk, Virginia for Wednesday's Dynamite and Rampage tapings, and back to Esports Stadium in Arlington for next week's Collision. The company then heads to the UK for Dynamite, Collision, and All In.