Cody Rhodes and Joey Styles didn’t let their respective injuries affect their ability to entertain the World Series Wrestling crowd in Sydney, Australia over the weekend. Cody is currently dealing with a torn meniscus in his knee. He’s rehabbing it at the moment, but will still compete against Jay Lethal for the Ring Of Honor World Title on December 14th. He will also still compete at Wrestle Kingdom 13 this January, before getting surgery later that month.
As for Ryan, he’s dealing with a torn left pectoral muscle that will require surgery. Despite not being able to compete inside the ring for World Series Wrestling, both Ryan and Cody held meet and greets. They also worked together in several segments over the weekend. On Friday, Cody defended his IWGP United States Title against Ryan in a staring contest. However, Brandi Rhodes distracted Ryan and cost him the match.
Then, on Saturday, Cody successfully defended the IWGP US Title against Ryan in a rock, paper, scissors match. Finally, yesterday, Cody again defended the US Title against Ryan in a thumb war. Ryan tried everything he could to best “The American Nightmare,” including shoving a lollipop in Rhodes’ mouth. In the end, Rhodes was victorious and retained the strap. Check out the video here:
My third and final attempt to win the IWGP US Title vs. @CodyRhodes during this @WSWWrestlingAUS tour. This time it was a thumb war in Sydney. pic.twitter.com/LWnQ1hwAq8
— Joey Ryan (@JoeyRyanOnline) November 26, 2018
