After Cody Rhodes failed to win the ROH World title, it looked like the Championship will not be represented at the upcoming All In event, but things have changed.
After All In announced an Over Budget Battle Royal for their one-hour pre-show; the ROH Champion Jay Lethal suggested on Twitter that the winner of this bout should be given a title opportunity against him later in the show:
Tell you what, since I’m a fighting champ who believes in Opportunities for all. How about I give the winner a Shot at the ROH world title! https://t.co/oQkL39C7NF
— Jay Lethal (@TheLethalJay) August 7, 2018
Two hours later, the match was made official and now it’s confirmed that both the ROH and NWA World titles will be defended at the upcoming indie event:
Official! ROH World Champion Jay Lethal will defend his title against the winner of the Over Budget Battle Royale…#ZEROHOUR #ALLIN pic.twitter.com/MmGkeZ8H71
— All In (@ALL_IN_2018) August 7, 2018
NWA President Billy Corgan announced in May that the NWA World Championship will be defended at the upcoming All In event and Cody Rhodes will be the one to challenge for the title.
Then during an ROH event later in the month, it was revealed that if Rhodes is able to win the ROH World Championship before the show, then the announced match will be turned into a Winner Takes All bout with both the titles being on the line.
This had fans hyped up and many believed that we’ll see the ROH and NWA World Champion colliding each other for the first time in many years at the upcoming show.
Though Cody failed to capture the title on two separate occasions, and after he couldn’t win the Championship during the June 30th ROH tapings, it was confirmed that the upcoming bout will be for the NWA title only.
