AEW TNT Champion Cody Rhodes has been pulled from the AEW Battle of the Belts card, so he will be unable to defend his title against Sammy Guevara at the show. Instead, Cody’s brother, Dustin will take his place and defend the interim TNT Championship against “The Spanish God” on Saturday night.
The company announced the news on the January 7 episode of AEW Rampage by stating that Cody isn’t medically cleared to compete. Due to the absence of “The American Nightmare”, Dustin will take his brother’s place in a match that is now for the AEW Interim TNT Championship. It’s currently unclear how long Cody will be out.
#CodyRhodes isn’t medically cleared for #AEWBOTB. Tomorrow we’ll have our 1st ever Interim TNT Title match: former champ @sammyguevara vs @dustinrhodes (15-3 overall, 7-2 singles since his only TNT Title shot vs. Mr. Brodie Lee in 2020) at Battle of the Belts on TNT 8pm ET/7pm CT pic.twitter.com/VzGMRbEtYd
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) January 8, 2022
The updated card for AEW Battle of the Belts is as follows:
- AEW Women’s World Championship: Britt Baker (c) vs. Riho
- AEW Interim TNT Championship: Dustin Rhodes vs. Sammy Guevara
- FTW Championship Match: Ricky Starks (c) vs. Matt Sydal
