CODY RHODES WINS THE ROH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Cody Rhodes as GFW Champion
On Friday night Cody Rhodes, son of the late great Dusty Rhodes, defeated Christopher Daniels to become the new ROH (Ring of Honor) World Champion according to WRESTLEZONE. Cody Rhodes is a former WWE Intercontinental Champion and WWE Tag-Team Champion. In May 2016, Cody Rhodes left the WWE and started wrestling on the independent circuit.
Now Cody Rhodes is the "American Nightmare" as a bad guy and next weekend on July 1st, he will face the IWGP (International Wrestling Grand Prix) champion, Kazuchika Okada. This will be the first time that the ROH World Champion and the IWGP Champion will face each other. Cody will be a great representative for ROH as he is a "classic" heel champion in the spirit of Tully Blanchard or Ric Flair.
SAMOA JOE WON'T WIN THE TITLE FROM BROCK LESNAR
SAMOA JOE AND ROMAN REIGNS
In July, Samoa Joe will face Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship at Great Balls of Fire Network event. I don't believe that Joe will win the Universal title since Roman Reigns just announced that he will face the winner of Lesnar and Joe at Summerslam. If the rumors are true as reported by Cageside Seats, then Reigns may win the title from Lesnar at Summerslam to increase ratings. Everyone knows that Roman Reigns is the chosen one in WWE, so as champion, he could have feuds with Braun Strowman, Seth Rollins, Finn Balor and Samoa Joe. If I were WWE, I would have Joe and Reigns face off for the Universal title at Wrestlemania 34. Joe could win the title from Reigns and that could be a great feud for both men.
IMPACT WRESTLING SHOULD BUILD A "ROCKY" STORY AT SLAMMIVERSARY
BOBBY LASHLEY, IMPACT WRESTLING CHAMPION
Impact Wrestling will present Slammiversary on July 2nd. Currently the main event is World Champion Bobby Lashley vs. GFW Champion Alberto El Patron (formerly Alberto Del Rio) in a title unification match. It should be a good match but I don't know if it will entice more people to watch Impact Wrestling.
If I were making matches I wouldn't bring up GFW titles since that promotion never got off the ground. I would have a battle royal at the Pay Per View and have the winner face Lashley in the main event. The winner would be a good guy who's never had a world title opportunity and who could be an underdog. The underdog could win and have a great celebration. I think that would be a better scenario than what they have planned but that's just my opinion.
These are just some of my thoughts on wrestling as a longtime wrestling fan.
Class Dismissed,
THE PROFESSOR
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