— Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) January 10, 2018
It appears we have the date of the long talked about self-financed Cody Rhodes and Young Bucks promoted live event. All three began pushing the date 9/1 with the term "I'm All In" today on social media, leading fans to a Twitter account using the same name, so that appears to be the target date for the event.
A few wrestling news sites (Including this one) had previously reported the trio were targeting the Chicago area for the event, which would be especially eventful is the trio could get former WWE champion CM Punk on board. Punk has not shown any interest in professional wrestling since departing WWE in 2014, but Matt Jackson has noted that Punk made it clear if he was ever interested in doing something, it would be related to the Young Bucks.
What is interesting about the 9/1 date is that it would likely preclude the expected involvement of WWE's Daniel Bryan, who's current deal is slated to expire later that month. However, it would not prevent any announcement of a second date promoting a return with Bryan appearing, potentially returing with a huge draw for show number two.
The goal behind the event is to draw an independent crowd in the area of 10,000, an idea that was sparked when The Wrestling Observer's Dave Meltzer stated he did not believe it could be done, leading Rhodes to say he wanted to take on that challenge.
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