Cody Rhodes' Injury

CM Punk, who had just beaten Adam Page for the AEW championship May 29, suffered an undisclosed injury on the June 1 show at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif.

Wednesday's episode of Dynamite in Independence, Mo., will open with a battle royal, with the winner of that match going on to face Jon Moxley in the show’s main event. Danielson, who has formed a tag team with Moxley, would have been among the favorites if he would be able to be in the Battle Royal. Scorpio Sky, the TNT champion, noted a muscle injury in his right leg early in his match with Dante Martin on Friday led to the leg being almost useless in the match. It is too early to know when Punk would be able to return, as he’s not had the surgery, but the hope is it would be before the end of the year. WWE’s event also topped a $1 million gate on Sunday with more than 12,000 paid, and the Rhodes vs. In fact, it was the highest attended television taping show in pro wrestling in the U.S. this year. Forbidden Door will likely top both of those shows for paid attendance, as it was also a sellout just minutes after tickets were put on sale. But as much as that match will be etched in the memories of everyone who saw it, Sunday’s match is likely to be similarly remembered. Then again, it hardly made sense to wrestle more than 24 minutes on a completely torn pec while in what had to be incredible pain with his entire right side of his chest and much of his right arm badly bruised. It’s hard to call this the greatest match of Rhodes’s career, as his 2019 match with older brother Dustin was uniquely emotional. The decision was made by owner Tony Khan not to have Punk vacate the title. For Punk, his injury led to the creation of an AEW interim championship. At the start of Sunday’s pay-per-view, WWE did announce the injury, claiming Rhodes had a partial tear from a brawl on Raw with Rollins on Monday, and then tore the muscle completely off the bone while lifting weights late in the week.