Spoiler On Next Challenger For Claudio Castagnoli's ROH World Title

Next week will see Claudio put the ROH Title on the line against...

Aug 19, 2022 August 19th, 2022

The next person to challenge for Claudio Castagnoli's ROH World Title will be Dustin Rhodes.

This match will take place on the 26 August edition of AEW Rampage, and the bout will be set up on tonight's outing for AEW's weekly Friday night show. Of course, this week's Rampage was taped from the Charleston Coliseum on Wednesday night following Dynamite.

As per WrestlingHeadlines, tonight's Rampage will open with Castagnoli putting out an open challenge for next Friday. The man who answers said challenge, is Dustin Rhodes. This will be the Natural's first match since the competing in the Royal Rampage on the 1 July episode of Rampage. Next week's Rampage will be taped next Wednesday from Cleveland's Wolstein Center.

This will be Claudio's second defence of the ROH Title, following his phenomenal bout against Konosuke Takeshita at AEW Battle of the Belts III earlier this month.

Elsewhere, tonight's Rampage will feature:

- AEW Tag Team Champions Keith Lee & Swerve Strickland vs. Private Party

- A backstage segment involving Powerhouse Hobbs and the Factory

- FTW Champion Hook vs. Zack Clayton

- Buddy Matthews vs. Serpentico

- Athena vs. Penelope Ford

- Trent Beretta, Chuck Taylor & Orange Cassidy vs. Ari Daivari, Parker Boudreaux & Slim J

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