Dustin Rhodes Out Of Action Until 2026 With Major Knee Injury

Dustin Rhodes dropped the TNT Championship on this week’s edition of AEW Collision, losing out to Kyle Fletcher after a brutal Chicago Street Fight to close out AEW’s residency at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, Illinois. Unfortunately for Rhodes, this may be his last match for a while. 

The now former TNT Champion took to social media to announce that he was in need of major invasive knee surgery, noting that he is in terrible pain and needed some time away from the ring.

“Sorry guys, feel like I failed my fans. Gonna be out for a while as Doc said I need a very invasive major surgery. MRI’s and cat scans this week, due to Kyle Fletcher. In any case, for the time I was the face of TNT was special to me. I will never take what I have for granted. I am in a terrible amount of pain and have a hole in my leg, but that won’t stop me from #KeepSteppin“

Fightful Select have followed up by revealing that Rhodes will be having a double knee surgery and will likely be out for the rest of the year, with a 2026 comeback being described as the “earliest result”. It was reported after his match with Fletcher that those in AEW were highly praising the bout.

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