AEW: AEW to Hold Collision Tapings on Aug. 23rd, Cody Rhodes on Reason for AEW Departure, Andrade El Idolo

AEW to Hold Set of Dynamite & Collision Tapings on August 23rd

AEW recently announced that they will be holding a set of AEW Dynamite and Collision television tapings on August 23rd in Duluth, Georgia.

The Dynamite tapings will be for that night’s live show while Collision will be tape afterwards for the August 26th show.

The current status for that night’s originally scheduled Rampage tapings was not given.

The final stop before #AEWAllIn will be in the Greater Atlanta area – Duluth, GA at @GS_District on Wednesday, August 23rd for #AEWDynamite LIVE & #AEWCollision under one roof on the same night!
Tickets are ON SALE NOW!

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— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) July 31, 2023

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Cody Rhodes Comments on His Reason for Leaving AEW

Peacock recently released their new documentary film based on Cody Rhodes titled American Nightmare: Becoming Cody Rhodes.

During the documentary, Rhodes gave his thoughts about his reason why he decided to leave AEW in February of 2022 for a return to WWE.

“This is my one request in this entire documentary. This one answer, I don’t want edited in any capacity. Don’t edit this part. I can’t tell you why I left AEW. I can’t, and I won’t, but I’ll tell you the reasons that were said that didn’t actually matter. I didn’t leave AEW because of money and I didn’t leave AEW because of other talents. I left AEW because of a personal issue. That’s it. The byproduct of leaving AEW is the opportunity to go for the biggest dream I ever had and the first dream I had in my life.”

In a follow-up segment on the documentary, WWE CCO Paul “Triple H” Levesque threw a little dig at AEW and their AEW World Championship belt for why Rhodes left the company.

“To then take that gamble again and say, ‘this is not what I wanted to be. I didn’t grow up dreaming of being the champion or the face of a secondary promotion. I wanted to be the WWE champion.”

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— @TheNextBlGTHlNG 🤞🏽 (@Luka_Donakick) July 31, 2023

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

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Andrade El Idolo Comments on Wanting Match with Malakai Black at AEW All In

Andrade El Idolo and House of Black have been feuding on AEW’s Collision brand for the past several weeks. Most recently Andrade managed to get his entrance mask back from House of Black following his ladder match victory over Buddy Matthews at this past Saturday’s Collision show.

In a recent tweet, Andrade stated that he is not done with House of Black and wants a match with Malakai Black at AEW’s upcoming All In event later this month at Wembley Stadium in London, England.

I want the next one!!! I would like to see you face to face at All In London because you are European and it is with your people.
🇲🇽 Mexico 💀vs 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🕋. @AEW #ALLIN #AEW #London

— “EL IDOLO” ANDRADE (@AndradeElIdolo) July 31, 2023