Cody Rhodes Posts Injury Update, Austin Aries – WWE MSG Replacement Revealed, How Is James Ellsworth Dealing with His Suspension?

July 6, 2017

Austin Aries WWE MSG Replacement Revealed

Cedric Alexander will be replacing Austin Aries at the WWE MSG event coming up this Friday night. Alexander will face Neville for the Cruiserweight Title, and below is the updated event card:

-Roman Reigns vs. Bray Wyatt

-Dean Ambrose vs. WWE Intercontinental Champion The Miz

-The Hardys vs. RAW Tag Team Champions Cesaro & Sheamus

-AJ Styles vs. WWE United States Champion Kevin Owens

-Cedric Alexander vs. WWE Cruiserweight Champion Neville

-Seth Rollins vs. Samoa Joe

-Dolph Ziggler vs. Shinsuke Nakamura in his MSG debut

-Karl Anderson vs. Finn Balor in his MSG debut

-R-Truth vs. Goldust

-RAW Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss, Nia Jax & Alicia Fox vs. Bayley, Sasha Banks & Mickie James

Cody Rhodes Posts Injury Update

Following a reported injury sustained after his G1 Climax Special match against Okada last weekend, Cody Rhodes posted the following injury update:

Good news: the delayed MRI on my shoulder was essentially “negative”

-grade A separation

-no surgery

-no time off

— Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) July 6, 2017

How Is James Ellsworth Dealing with His Suspension?

After being suspended for 30 days by Smackdown Live GM Daniel Bryan, James Ellsworth Tweeted the following:

Legit, @CarmellaWWE is my homegirl, gonna miss her these next few weeks, she worked hard to earn #MITB can’t let goat face take it from her pic.twitter.com/mOzMY3Cpqa

— James Ellsworth (@realellsworth) July 6, 2017

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.