Cody Rhodes shares moment with former AEW wrestlers on WWE NXT
On WWE NXT last night, Cody Rhodes shared the screen with some former AEW colleagues.
Rhodes stopped by NXT for an appearance on the Battleground fallout edition of the show. He announced that, next week, there will be a 25-man battle royal to determine a new number one contender for NXT Champion Trick Williams. The winner challenges Williams at NXT Heatwave on Sunday, July 7.
Later in the night, Rhodes encountered fellow former AEW wrestlers Shawn Spears, Ethan Page, and Lexis King (Brian Pillman Jr.) in a backstage segment. Spears, Page, and King each stated their intention to win next week’s battle royal.
“Seems like you guys are…in a good place,” Rhodes said to them.
The list of battle royal participants has not been announced. Rhodes said that some of the entrants may be from “different locker rooms,” potentially teasing that TNA wrestlers could be involved. A collaboration between WWE and TNA saw Jordynne Grace, the TNA Knockouts Champion, compete at Battleground. She lost to NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez.
“You may know some of them, but some of them might be from different locker rooms,” Rhodes told Williams.
Williams defeated Page to retain the NXT Championship in the main event of Battleground.
Also on NXT last night, Rhodes presented a special gift to Jacy Jayne, giving her his old “Dashing” Cody Rhodes face mask. Jayne is recovering from a broken nose.
Rhodes will be defending his Undisputed WWE Championship against AJ Styles in an “I Quit” match at WWE Clash at the Castle in Scotland this Saturday.
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