Brian Cage Plans to Carry ‘Body Guy Championship’ to AEW Every Week After Mr. Nevada State Bodybuilding Win

Brian Cage is blending his athletic pursuits outside the ring with his AEW appearances, and he’s making it a regular thing. In a recent sit-down with Chris Van Vliet, Cage revealed that he won the Mr. Nevada State bodybuilding competition and has since been working to establish what he’s calling the ‘Body Guy Championship’ — a title he intends to bring with him to AEW programming on a weekly basis.

Rather than simply displaying the trophy and medal that came with the bodybuilding victory, Cage opted to create something more fitting for a professional wrestler — a championship belt to represent his physique-focused accolade. The move is very on-brand for Cage, who has built his entire persona around being one of the most physically imposing athletes in professional wrestling. Standing at 6-foot-1 and walking around at well over 250 pounds of muscle, Cage has long leaned into the ‘human suplex machine’ image, so formalizing his status as a legitimate competitive bodybuilder with title hardware seems like a natural extension of that identity.

The idea of a wrestler bringing a non-sanctioned personal championship to television isn’t entirely new, but Cage’s version carries real-world legitimacy behind it given the actual competition win. Whether AEW leans into it as an on-screen character element or it simply becomes part of Cage’s entrance presentation remains to be seen, but his stated intention is clear — the Body Guy Championship will be a fixture in his AEW appearances going forward.

It’s a fun wrinkle for a performer always looking to remind audiences exactly what he’s working with.