Heel Turn: Darby Allin defends AEW title, Cody Rhodes speaks out and more you missed in pro wrestling

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It was a big week in pro wrestling.

WWE "Raw" and "SmackDown" both set for their next storylines after WrestleMania 42, seen some call-ups come through and neared some official matches for Backlash, which is set for May 9.

All Elite Wrestling continued to motor toward its Double or Nothing pay-per-view, which takes place on May 24. Darby Allin was in action while some championships were on the line through the week.

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Darby Allin competes in the ring during "AEW Collision" on Oct. 3, 2024, at the Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio. (Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire)

Darby Allin stunned the pro wrestling world nearly two weeks ago when he defeated Maxwell Jacob Friedman to win the AEW World Championship. There were only a few days for celebration before Allin had to defend his title on "AEW Dynamite" on Wednesday.

Allin faced off against Tommaso Ciampa for the title. It was a brutal match that saw Ciampa get busted open and deliver a hard-hitting drop to Allin from the middle rope onto the floor. Allin used multiple submission maneuvers to eventually get Ciampa to tap out.

"Last night, I encountered my wrestling soulmate," Ciampa wrote on Instagram on Thursday. "I have a hunch we will be doing this many more times over the next decade.

"Mark my words: it might not be this month… it might not be this year… hell, it might not even be 2027…. but there will come a time when I hold that AEW World Title."

Allin didn’t have much time to celebrate as another