AEW star Dustin Rhodes shares health update, why company's on hot streak

Dustin Rhodes was lifted onto the shoulders of his pro wrestling colleagues erstwhile helium won the vacated All Elite Wrestling (AEW) TNT Championship astatine All In, outlasting Sammy Guevara, Daniel Garcia and Kyle Fletcher.

But Rhodes’ reign lone lasted 19 days arsenic helium dropped the rubric to Fletcher connected July 31 and aboriginal revealed that helium needed treble genu replacement surgery. He was besides forced to vacate the Ring of Honor Six-Man and Ring of Honor World Tag Team Championships.

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Dustin Rhodes enters the ringing during the New Japan Pro-Wrestling - Wrestle Dynasty astatine Tokyo Dome connected Jan. 5, 2025, successful Tokyo, Japan. (Etsuo Hara/Getty Images)

As Rhodes nears the eight-month people since he’s been successful an AEW ring, helium suggested to Fox News Digital successful a caller interrogation that his instrumentality is close.

"I conscionable had treble genu replacements. So, they’re brand-new knees. They’re feeling beauteous good. It’s a small bushed contiguous from each the walking – this is specified a immense venue," helium said aft his dog, Beast, finished successful 3rd spot astatine a canine amusement contention successful the United Kingdom. "But astir apt 2 weeks, 3 weeks I’ll beryllium backmost – TBS, TNT, HBO Max."

Rhodes volition beryllium returning to an AEW that’s been connected occurrence since the commencement of the twelvemonth and is speeding into its Revolution pay-per-view.

Dustin Rhodes celebrates the AEW TNT Championship triumph astatine All In: Texas connected July 12, 2025. (Ricky Havlik/AEW)

AEW has solidified itself arsenic 1 of the apical promotions successful North America, fto unsocial the world, owed to the endowment connected the roster and the wrestling that goes connected successful the ring.

"I deliberation it’s the information that we’re conscionable not each entertainment," helium told Fox News Digital. "We are astir wrestling, astir putting connected the champion matches that we perchance can. It’s the alternate to WWE. I was with WWE for 24 years, and I’ve been with AEW for 7 now, going connected eight. I’m gonna decorativeness present and discontinue successful the adjacent mates of years. And past there’s inactive enactment down the scenes arsenic a producer.

"I emotion it. It’s great. My boss, Tony Khan, and Shad Khan, the proprietor of the Jacksonville Jaguars and Fulton Football Club implicit here, we’re doing amazing. We’re increasing twelvemonth by year. It’s wherever the champion wrestle. We bash person amusement segments but the bulk of it is conscionable each wrestling. That’s what’s antithetic than the WWE product."

Dustin Rhodes and Sammy Guevara observe the triumph during the New Japan Pro-Wrestling - Wrestle Dynasty astatine Tokyo Dome connected Jan. 5, 2025 successful Tokyo, Japan. (Etsuo Hara/Getty Images)

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