#FAKENEWS: Top 5 Rumors About Cody Rhodes Losing The ROH World Championship

Cody Rhodes lost the ROH World Championship, which means one thing. Peacocks are running wild, brother!

Okay, it actually means a lot of things! But it also means that the internet will be buzzing with potential “reasons” and “backstage news” on why this took place. Basically, speculation and imagination will run rampant in the name of clicks and ad revenue!

But why wait and let them have all the fun! While we encourage you to “Always Use Your Head,” we also know you’re smart enough to know a good time when you see one.

That’s why we here at The Chairshot are proud to preset our Top 5 Fake Rumors About Cody Rhodes Losing The ROH World Championship!

5. Cody Rhodes was upset over that new ROH World Championship

Earlier this week, ROH debuted a brand new design for its world championship, thanks to the fine folks at Wildcat Belts. While it was mostly met with praise, one thing was easily forgotten…

CODY’S RING!

How can you not replace the belt with the ring if it doesn’t match the belt??? I mean, it’s like M&Ms eating M&Ms in the commercials—it’s not natural!

So the fake rumor here is that Cody wanted to drop the title because he was pissed that he bought a ring and those scoundrels in Baltimore went and got a new belt, totally undermining his bad ass ring.

4. Cody Rhodes has a degenerative condition that not only puts his career at risk, it also causes hair to lose pigment

It was quite a surprise when Cody Rhodes showed up at Final Battle with stark white hair. That can only be explained with two words: degenerative condition.

Obviously Cody Rhodes has a condition that will cut his career short (like he can only wrestle for 6 more weeks and that’s it), and it’s so rare that it also caused his hair to lose all of its color overnight.

Look at @CodyRhodes hair #FinalBattle pic.twitter.com/7JkljliUIE

— Italo Santana (@BulletClubItal) December 16, 2017

Damn, that sucks for Cody.

3. ROH saw that Triple H pinned Jinder Mahal in India and wanted to (quite literally) show New York that they can have the wrong guy lose, too!

If you thought Matt Hardy was the only one waging The Great War, you were sadly mistaken. Ring Of Honor has lined up their allied forces (New Japan, CMLL, and a bunch of kids wearing Bullet Club shirts) and are headed right for Stamford!

Live from India @TripleH dancing with @JinderMahal and @SinghBrosWWE
He twerked wit The New Day, he makes Bollywood in India… With a pedigree just after… pic.twitter.com/4EDLjH2U43

— FrenchNygma (@FrenchNygma) December 9, 2017

The first shot was fired tonight, when ROH set out to prove that they can make the entire internet confused over a decision better than WWE can when they had Cody Rhodes lose at the height of his Bullet Club fandom, easily surpassing having part-timer Triple H pin Jinder Mahal clean in Mother-India.

2. Cody Rhodes signed with WWE

He’ll clearly be Number 30 in the Royal Rumble in Philly. It’s basically Money In The Bank at this point.

Cody, your inner Stardust is coming out again! pic.twitter.com/uHCRIvpPxH

— Phil Jaffe (@PhilJaffe) December 15, 2017

Wait, did we just confuse our Big 4/5 pay-per-view events? Methinks we did!

Honorable Mentions (Because five just wasn’t enough)

• Cody Rhodes is a lifelong Dalton Castle fan, and if you had the secret decoder ring you’d have seen that “Lose the ROH World Championship to Dalton Castle at Final Battle at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City” was absolutely on the “Cody List.”
• Viral meningitis
• He was becoming a bigger star than Goldust, and we simply cannot have that, now can we?
• The other idea was a time limit draw, and we all saw how well THAT went over in 2009.

1. Dammit because Brandi Rhodes said so

Listen, it should be obvious by now who really wears the pants in the Rhodes household.

That’s right, it’s Cody. Because Brandi Rhodes prefers skirts, and she looks damn fine in ‘em! She also makes the decisions, and she felt like Ring Of Honor was holding them down. I mean, she’s a bona fide star now! She’s on WAGS Atlanta on the E! Network, which is totally better than being on Arrow on the CW.

If you search #WAGSAtlanta wrestling is what you're gonna see. LOVE IT!! ❤️ And if yesterday wasn't enough…another announcement TONIGHT! pic.twitter.com/S1r8XCN5xq

— Brandi Rhodes (@TheBrandiRhodes) November 3, 2017

Seriously, Stephen Amell is nothing when compared to Niche Caldwell!

Obviously we are having some fun here, but that is why we watch wrestling. I’m sure there’s an amazing plan in place, and it will all be great.

Regardless, please remember one thing when the “news reports” start coming out about Cody’s loss: Always Use Your Head!