{"id":100132,"date":"2021-09-09T05:59:42","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T09:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=100132"},"modified":"2021-09-09T05:59:42","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T09:59:42","slug":"cody-rhodes-return-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/09\/09\/cody-rhodes-return-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Cody Rhodes Return Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On last night&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/09\/08\/aew-dynamite-results-9-8-21\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>AEW Dynamite<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; the first to feature all of<strong> CM Punk<\/strong>,<strong> Bryan Danielson<\/strong>, <strong>Ruby Soho<\/strong> and <strong>Adam Cole<\/strong> &#8211; you may have missed amidst the action that a big match was announced for an upcoming show. At AEW <strong><em>Grand Slam<\/em><\/strong>, on September 22nd, <strong>Cody Rhodes<\/strong> will return to face <strong>Malakai Black<\/strong> at Arthur Ashe Stadium, NY.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWRampage?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEWRampage<\/a> this Friday on TNT, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWDynamite?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEWDynamite<\/a> LIVE next Wednesday in NJ &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CodyRhodes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@CodyRhodes<\/a> returns to take on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MalakaiBlack?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#MalakaiBlack<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWDynamite?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEWDynamite<\/a> Grand Slam on Sept. 22 at Arthur Ashe Stadium &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UN1cNj1kQq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/UN1cNj1kQq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tune in NOW to watch <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWDynamite?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEWDynamite<\/a> LIVE on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tntdrama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@tntdrama<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jEt4F0Seua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/jEt4F0Seua<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEW\/status\/1435782301640712192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Cody Rhodes Return<\/h3>\n<p>Cody has been out of action since the August 4th edition of AEW Dynamite. The landscape of AEW has changed dramatically in that time, with big signings coming in and shaking the promotion to its core. Additionally, in Cody&#8217;s time away from the ring, Malakai &#8211; the star who put Cody on the shelf (within storyline, as he was actually away to film new reality TV series, <em>Rhodes to the Top<\/em>) &#8211; has been destroying the <strong>Nightmare Factory<\/strong> and just last night, he took out Cody&#8217;s brother, <strong>Dustin Rhodes<\/strong>. With the big return now officially confirmed, Cody will now be seeking to enact revenge on a man who, quite simply, dominated Cody in his last match. Malakai still has Cody&#8217;s wrestling boot &#8211; symbolism designed to show Malakai&#8217;s dominance over the Nightmare Factory and, more specifically, Cody.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All Elite Wrestling<\/strong> is as hot as it has ever been right now and it is unclear where Cody fits in post-Malakai feud. Cody is still viewed as a big star within the company and is, of course, a key player behind the scenes. In a company now brimmed to the max with top babyface stars, Cody might need to do something nightmarish to stand out amongst the pack once more.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>More from LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.\u00a0 You can catch AEW Dynamite Wednesday nights at 8 PM ET on TNT and AEW Dark: Elevation (Monday nights) and AEW: Dark (Tuesday nights) at 7 PM ET on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCFN4JkGP_bVhAdBsoV9xftA\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On last night&#8217;s AEW Dynamite &#8211; the first to feature all of CM Punk, Bryan Danielson, Ruby Soho and Adam Cole &#8211; you may have missed amidst the action that a big match was announced for an upcoming show. At AEW Grand Slam, on September 22nd, Cody Rhodes will return to face Malakai Black at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2482,"featured_media":100134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4677,6],"tags":[84,1634,140,98,5032,7827,7975,423,7980],"class_list":["post-100132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aew","category-north-america","tag-adam-cole","tag-bryan-danielson","tag-cm-punk","tag-cody-rhodes","tag-dustin-rhodes","tag-malakai-black","tag-ruby-soho","tag-the-elite","tag-the-nightmare-factory"],"modified_by":"Niklas George","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2482"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}