Cody Rhodes has locked horns with a few of WWE’s greatest superstars, however rapper Travis Scott did extra injury to him than most. Rhodes was sporting a severe shiner after March’s Elimination Chamber, an harm brought on by a punch that included a burst eardrum from the music celebrity.
Rhodes performed the sufferer in one in all skilled wrestling’s most memorable villainous turns on the Chamber. John Cena attacked Rhodes, aligning with The Rock and Scott. Throughout the phase, Scott struck Rhodes at the back of the top with an open hand. The strike legitimately injured Rhodes, bursting his eardrum and giving him a black eye.
“I want I might let you know it wasn’t true as a result of I needed anybody else to have the credit score for that,” Rhodes stated throughout Thursday’s “Scorching Ones” look. “You’ve gotten The Rock within the ring. You’ve gotten Cena within the ring. However my man Travis, who, nothing however love for [him], has a giant outdated hand. So sure, it did bust my eardrum.”
Rhodes may need most popular somebody with The Rock’s or Cena’s aura to trigger a professional harm, however he is not upset with Scott. Rhodes acknowledges the significance of getting main celebrities concerned with WWE.
“If anybody ever wonders why I did not slap him, hit him with a Cross Rhodes, he is gracing us together with his presence,” Rhodes stated. “Wrestling proper now, once more, we’re getting all these enjoyable of us, however years in the past it wasn’t that straightforward. And now right here he comes.
“I would like you to return again, man. Our home is your home. You understand, possibly swing much less, however our home is your home. So yeah, no, Travis did do this, that is a reality.”
Rhodes and Scott spoke shortly after the incident. Netflix’s new docuseries “WWE: Unreal” captured a FaceTime dialog between the 2 events after Elimination Chamber the place Scott requested if Rhodes was alright.
“It is at all times loopy being in there,” Rhodes stated. “I do know you have been in entrance of the largest crowds. It is a nuts state of affairs on the market.”
“No, that was method totally different than something I’ve ever been in entrance of earlier than,” Scott replied. “I am hooked on it now.”
Scott made one subsequent WWE look, serving to Cena take the undisputed WWE championship from Rhodes at WrestleMania 41.