Cody Rhodes heading to Evolve, NXT debut, NBA star’s dad prefers RAW to watching son
Here are a few early news notes today regarding WWE and an ex-WWE star:
– Cody Rhodes has announced he will be working with Evolve on their 8/19 iPPV in Joppa, MD. Rhodes’ non-compete with WWE ends that day. Interestingly, Evolve has been also working with WWE in recent months in building up competitors for the global cruiserweight classic tournament.
– WWE announced this morning that Andrade Cien Almas (the former La Sombra and Manny Andrade) will face the “Perfect 10” Tye Dillinger at this Wednesday’s TakeOver event. After working NXT house shows for months, this likely means Almas will also debut to a national audience at the next television tapings. They are hoping he transitions into becoming a Hispanic star.
The TV lineup for the show as it stands now:
- NXT Champion Samoa Joe vs. Finn Balor in a cage match
- Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Austin Aries — possible that the next title challenger is the winner
- NXT Tag Champions American Alpha (Jason Jordan & Chad Gable) vs. The Revival (Scott Dawson & Dash Wilder)
- NXT Women’s Champion Asuka vs. Nia Jax
- Andrade Almas vs. Tye Dillinger
– Robert Murillo tweeted us a link to an SI story about Klay Thompson’s father choosing to watch RAW this past Mondayinstead of his son in Game 7 of the NBA Western Conference semifinals.