Cody Rhodes Makes a Subtle Reference to the Great American Bash During AEW Fyter Fest

Cody Rhodes talked multiple times this week about how NXT had revived The Great American Bash (a [...]

By Connor Casey

Cody Rhodes talked multiple times this week about how NXT had revived The Great American Bash (a creation by his famous father Dusty Rhodes) as a brand to compete with AEW's Fyter Fest two-week event. Rhodes stated both in interviews and on Twitter that he wasn't mad with the tactic, but he did take a subtle shot when he arrived in the building for his match against Jake Hager. As several people, including Sportskeeda's Gary Cassidy, pointed out, Rhodes' shirt that night was the exact same as the classic logo fro the Great American Bash.

Take a closer look and see for yourself.

Rhodes successfully retained his title by rolling up Hager while trapped in a head-and-arm choke.

"The American Nightmare" discussed his feelings around the situation while on Busted Open Radio on Tuesday.

"I'm not going to get angry because it still brings up his name in a positive way,"It's a unique marketing thing and I'm not really upset about it," Rhodes said. "I know my sister thought it was strange that it was announced willy-nilly and last minute. In the strangest of ways, I would hope that they do something special with it."

"I think our show is better. I think our show it will be better in execution, but I hope they do something special with it because I hated what Michael Hayes did with Starrcade," he added "He took a creation of my Dad's and made it a live event because they weren't selling any tickets in North Carolina and he wanted to save his job."

Here are the results from Night One of Fyter Fest:

  • Jurassic Express def. MJF and Wardlow
  • AEW Women's Championship: Hikaru Shida def. Penelope Ford
  • AEW TNT Championship: Cody def. Jake Hager
  • Private Party def. Santana & Ortiz
  • AEW World Tag Team Championships: Kenny Omega & Hangman Page def. The Best Friends

AEW announced during the show that the planned AEW World Championship match between Jon Moxley and Brian Cage had been postponed to the July 15 episode due to coronavirus pandemic precautions.

Here is the updated card for Night Two:

  • AEW World Tag Team Championships: Kenny Omega & Hangman Page vs. Private Party
  • Chris Jericho vs. Orange Cassidy
  • FTR & The Young Bucks vs. The Butcher and The Blade and The Lucha Brothers
  • Lance Archer vs. Joey Janela
  • Nyla Rose vs. TBA
  • Colt Cabana, Brodie Lee and Stu Grayson vs. SCU
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