But before that, we have a special episode of WWE SmackDown airing live from San Juan, Puerto Rico, and appearing live at the show will be the man taking on Brock Lesnar tomorrow night, "The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes What will Rhodes have to say just 24 hours before trying to get his revenge on Lesnar?
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Heading into the two-night extravaganza, everyone was convinced they had the main event outcome down pat: Cody Rhodes would topple Roman Reigns, ending his reign as the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion and heralding a new era in WWE.
Well, spoiler alert: that didn't happen Reigns held onto his title, triumphing over Rhodes through an array of[...]
With their battle for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship on every fan's mind, Champion Roman Reigns and challenger Cody Rhodes will have one final chance to go face-to-face and try to get inside their opponent's head before their potentially era-changing battle on Sunday night.
Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes will face off one more time tonight on SmackDown[...]
Everything appears to be full-steam ahead for Royal Rumble winner Cody Rhodes as he is just one week away from the biggest match of his entire career when he will challenge Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns for his title at WrestleMania in Los Angeles Rhodes will not only be looking to become the first man in his family[...]
The main event of next month's WrestleMania is set with Royal Rumble winner Cody Rhodes challenging WWE Undisputed Universal Champion Roman Reigns for the company's biggest prize Reigns has held the gold for a historic 914 days and clearly sees himself as all but invincible Still, at WrestleMania, he will be facing an opponent in Rhodes is not only[...]
With the Elimination Chamber PPV in the record books (literally) and all focus turned to WrestleMania, the question going into WWE Raw last night was: would the fans turn on Cody Rhodes because Sami Zayn lost to Roman Reigns in Saturday's main event? Well, good news for Cody: he's just as popular as he was[...]
Conventional wisdom says that Cody Rhodes will be the person to dethrone Roman Reigns at WrestleMania, winning the belt his father never could and cementing himself as the top babyface in WWE But Cody Rhodes doesn't even want to fight Reigns on the grandest stage of them all… at least according to Cody Rhodes[...]
Last night, Cody Rhodes won the men's Royal Rumble match, putting him on course to challenge Roman Reigns at WrestleMania and potentially achieve the goal that has eluded his illustrious family: winning the WWE Championship Discussing the win and his return to WWE in a post-Rumble media scrum, first of all, Cody offered a huge[...]
In a highly predictable, yet still acceptable, outcome, Cody Rhodes entered the 2023 Men's Royal Rumble at number thirty and won the match Cody's win will mark the renewed start of his quest to win the championship his father never could, as well as to prove himself to be the best wrestler in the world,[...]
Let's talk about what to expect from the show tonight.
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Men's Royal Rumble Match
Everyone is expecting Cody Rhodes, who is returning after a long time away to heal from a torn pec, to win the Royal Rumble and go on to challenge and dethrone Roman Reigns at WrestleMania At least, that seemed[...]
Why am I still talking, let's get to the reveals.
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The biggest reveal is that there is an Ultimates Cody Rhodes coming, and preorders will run for one full week starting today at noon on Mattel Creations He comes in what is pictured, including his entrance[...]
For WWE Superstar & "The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes, this week has been one of good news and not-so-surprising but still bad news For those of you who need a recap, Rhodes suffered a tear to his pectoral ahead of his cage match against Seth Rollins during this past weekend's WWE "Hell in a Cell"[...]
Not content with competing inside Hell in a Cell with a torn pec, Cody Rhodes tried to enter himself in the Money in the Bank ladder match on WWE Raw Cody Rhodes has already proven there's nothing he won't do to win the love of wrestling fans, and at Hell in a Cell last weekend,[...]
Last night, when we learned that Cody Rhodes had a torn pec but would wrestle in the main event match of Hell in a Cell in the titular match against Seth Rollins, we said, and we quote:
If Rhodes really is injured, then it's hard to imagine it being a good idea for him to compete[...]
If you saw the excellent Hell In A Cell match between Seth "Freakin" Rollins and "The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes last night, then you know that the bout's most jaw-dropping moment came at the start when Rhodes removed his jacket to reveal the grotesque bruises covering the entire right side of his chest and right arm, the result of[...]
In the immortal words of Chris Hyatte: MY GOD! THEY RIP OFF EVERYTHING! Following the news that CM Punk will not relinquish the AEW Championship despite a broken foot, WWE has now announced that Cody Rhodes will compete in a Hell in a Cell match against Seth Rollins tonight despite his pectoral tendon being apparently[...]
Shortly before the start of WWE Raw, WWE announced that Cody Rhodes will challenge Austin Theory… sorry… Theory… for the United States Championship Rhodes defeated Seth Rollins at WrestleMania Backlash last night, though the win was less decisive than his win over Rollins at Wrestlemania Still, Rhodes expressed interest in moving on from Rollins in[...]
So where do we go from here? Let's take a look at what went down last night and what we can take away from it going forward.
What can we look forward to after last night's WrestleMania Backlash? Courtesy of WWE.
Cody Rhodes Is Raw's Top Dog, But He Isn't Done With Seth Rollins
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Cody Rhodes won his second match against Seth Rollins at WrestleMania Backlash last night, pinning Rollins with a little bit of tights-grabbing to score the victory Though less decisive than his first win over Rollins at WrestleMania, this puts Rhodes up 2-0 over Rollings, though the feud feels like it isn't quite done yet Meanwhile,[...]
After all the wrestlers who were fired by WWE and then literally stabbed Vince McMahon right in the back by signing with AEW, the former stars like CM Punk disrespecting the wrestling business and everything Vince McMahon has done for it by returning to the business but at AEW instead of WWE, Dynamite beating The[...]
Cody Rhodes will have his first match on Raw since returning to WWE tonight, facing The Miz It's unclear if this is the start of a new angle with Miz, or if the match will be used to set up something else for one or both men, or simply be a one-off while WWE tries[...]
Lacey Evans is all but guaranteed to be making her return to TV tonight after being out having a baby for the past year, so that should give the Women's Division a much-needed shake-up and possibly present a new challenger for SmackDown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair.
Also of note is Cody Rhodes is scheduled to wrestle a dark match[...]
Our line-up of news, opinions & commentary for this morning includes The CW's Batwoman fans sending a message to The CW, Cody Rhodes getting his WWE WrestleMania moments, and Cole Sprouse hinting that it's time to wrap The CW's Riverdale In addition, we look at a new AMC's Better Call Saul teaser that gets nostalgic,[...]
Yup, former AEW star & executive vice president Cody Rhodes made his official debut tonight (and to no one's surprise, he defeated Rollins because there was no way he was losing his first match… even in the WWE) after leaving his former wrestling home over failure to come to terms on a new contract[...]
Seth Rollins finally got his WrestleMania match, and all signs point to it being Cody Rhodes And now, the match is all but official You know what that means, right?!
ADRENALINE!
IN MY SOUL!
FINALLY IT'S CODE RH– WAIT!
Unfortunately, it looks like Cody won't actually be showing up to promote the match because Vince McMahon has booked Seth[...]
But even still, with WrestleMania season heating up, competition never stronger from AEW, and a founder of that competition suddenly and unexpectedly leaving the company and rumored to have a new deal with WWE, one might be tempted to think WWE would capitalize on the interest in that story by trotting Cody Rhodes out as[...]
Miz said he'll bring in a tag team partner to help even the odds, and it's possible that superstar in question is former AEW EVP Cody Rhodes.
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"When my hand goes up, your mouth shut," said The Miz "Oh yeah Legendary Rey Mysterio cheated his way to a victory with the[...]
This morning, the news shocked the world: Cody Rhodes has left AEW and is considering a return to WWE And The Chadster has just one thing to say about it: it's about time! Yes, it's true that Cody Rhodes has been very disrespectful to WWE since his departure First, he had the nerve to become[...]
Cody Rhodes, (former?)Executive Vice President, and Brandi Rhodes, (former?) Chief Brand Officer, have both announced their departure from AEW Both Rhodes family members posted statements on Twitter, with some reports indicating Cody could be headed back to WWE.
Cody Rhodes appears on AEW Dynamite [Photo: All Elite Wrestling]Cody Rhodes wrote:
I have loved my time at AEW.
Amazing[...]
Cody Rhodes may be the TNT Champion, an AEW executive, and a top star for the company, but if a report from Fightul's Sean Ross Sapp is to believed, he's also a free agent working for AEW without a contract Sapp reported the news on the subscriber-only Patreon service Fightful Select.
Cody Rhodes is a free[...]