Overview

• Rhodes announced on social media that both his knees are destroyed and surgeons will perform replacements on August 21.
• The injury stems from his loss of the AEW TNT Championship to Kyle Fletcher in a brutal street fight on AEW Collision that featured a screwdriver attack and earned a five-star rating from Dave Meltzer.
• Rhodes’ absence leaves his AEW TNT title in Fletcher’s hands and bolsters Fletcher’s heel momentum.
• The wrestler still holds ROH World Tag Team and Six-Man Tag Team Championships, creating uncertainty in those divisions during his lengthy recovery.
• Rhodes’ resurgence from his groundbreaking Goldust character in WWE to his emotional AEW TNT run highlighted his career longevity and deepened the ripple effects of his enforced hiatus.