{"id":143230,"date":"2022-07-21T09:42:43","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T14:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=143230"},"modified":"2022-07-21T09:42:43","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T14:42:43","slug":"cody-rhodes-wins-espy-award-for-best-wwe-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/07\/21\/cody-rhodes-wins-espy-award-for-best-wwe-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"Cody Rhodes wins ESPY Award for best WWE moment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-607624399\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Cody Rhodes and his return to the WWE at WrestleMania 38 won the ESPY Award for best WWE moment. The announcement was made during Wednesday&#8217;s broadcast of the ESPY Awards on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank You <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WWE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@espn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ESPYS2022?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ESPYS2022<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fnGoKgRIMk\">https:\/\/t.co\/fnGoKgRIMk<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P3eIYOyibL\">pic.twitter.com\/P3eIYOyibL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CodyRhodes\/status\/1549970563442962432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Cody returned to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1549951151403155457\">WWE<\/a> after being away from the company since 2016. He was the surprise opponent for Seth Rollins at WrestleMania 38 and was victorious in that match.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congratulations to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CodyRhodes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CodyRhodes<\/a> for winning the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPYS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ESPYS<\/a> WWE Moment of the Year for his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WrestleMania?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WrestleMania<\/a> return!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tK4pw5pbfG\">https:\/\/t.co\/tK4pw5pbfG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aINJzw90wJ\">pic.twitter.com\/aINJzw90wJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1549951151403155457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Cody Rhodes has been away from WWE since the Hell in a Cell PPV event. He is rehabbing after undergoing surgery to repair a torn pectoral muscle, which he injured while weight training.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EXCLUSIVE: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CodyRhodes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CodyRhodes<\/a> reflects on winning the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ESPYS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ESPYS<\/a> award for WWE Moment of the Year. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uwlPVXvSZz\">pic.twitter.com\/uwlPVXvSZz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1549962488342626310?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Rhodes is a former WWE Intercontinental Champion and WWE Tag Team Champion. He is a former AEW Executive Vice President and held the TNT Championship during his time with that company.<\/p>\n<p>There is no timetable as to when Rhodes will make his in-ring return.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/07\/21\/edge-reportedly-will-use-old-gimmick-upon-return-to-wwe\/\">Edge reportedly will use old gimmick upon return to WWE<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-4167134473\"><div id=\"pwtor-2343475989\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Cody Rhodes and his return to the WWE at WrestleMania 38 won the ESPY Award for best WWE moment. The announcement was made during Wednesday&#8217;s broadcast of the ESPY Awards on ESPN. Thank You @WWE <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/07\/21\/cody-rhodes-wins-espy-award-for-best-wwe-moment\/\" title=\"Cody Rhodes wins ESPY Award for best WWE moment\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":143231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[2169,6782,71],"class_list":["post-143230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prowrestlingnews","category-news_wwe","tag-cody-rhodes","tag-espy-awards","tag-wwe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2022\/07\/Cody-Rhodes-ESPY.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143230"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143232,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143230\/revisions\/143232"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}