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When Cody Rhodes left AEW to try his hand at WWE once more, it served as the ultimate test case of how Tony Khan’s company had changed the industry forever. After AEW effectively served as a safe space for creatively frustrated wrestlers who wanted to test their own ideas on a national stage, away from […]

After watching Cody Rhodes deliver another big-time win on “Road to WrestleMania,” this time in a three-Cross Rhodes-assisted victory over Ludwig Kaiser, Paul Heyman and Solo Sikoa came out to the ring in the hopes of (sarcastically) celebrating Rhodes’ accomplishments. Running through his accomplishments in the match with a special second-ring announcement after the win, […]

Cody Rhodes is set to challenge Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns in what is being hyped up as one of the most significant main events in WrestleMania history. Since Rhodes’ return to WWE last year, fans have thought he would be the man to dethrone Roman Reigns. After returning to WWE, Rhodes has vowed […]

When Cody Rhodes and John Cena shared the stage on the first episode of RAW of the month of March, it felt special. Sure, Cena isn’t the same wrestler he once was, and he technically isn’t even an active wrestler at this point, as he only wrestled one match in 2022, but watching the man […]

When Roman Reigns takes the ring against Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania 39, it will be for all of the marbles… literally. After over 900 days as champion, Reigns will put his, and The Bloodline’s legacy on the line in the April 2nd main event; win and he inches even closer to 1,000 days with the […]

After hinting at his arrival since the opening segment, when he arrived in St. Louis in an SUV with Solo Sikoa and Paul Heyman, Roman Reigns finally took the ring in the main event of the penultimate edition of Monday Night RAW to lay out a message to Cody Rhodes about why he would retain […]

On June 23rd, 2019, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn defeated The New Day, Big E and Xavier Woods, at Stomping Grounds. Why, you may ask, is that relevant? Well, because it marked the last time Owens and Zayn shared the ring on WWE programming as friends for the better part of four years, save a […]

Though technically a RAW wrestler, because Cody Rhodes is booked for a match with “The Tribal Chief,” Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 39, WWE has been rather lax as to where “The American Nightmare” wrestles as of late, especially when it can help to move along a storyline. On Friday Night SmackDown, Rhodes made his way […]

When Cody Rhodes opened up SmackDown by walking down to the ring with a microphone in hand, fans knew they were in for a treat, but in an interesting twist of fate that paid off later, this time, “The American Nightmare” didn’t want to solely talk about himself. Sure, Rhodes still did a fair bit […]

This upcoming WrestleMania will tell us a lot about the future of both of WWE’s world championships. Roman Reigns has held both the WWE and Universal Championships for almost a year. I also can’t fail to mention that he’s held onto the Universal Championship for over 920 days. Roman Reigns is on the run of […]

After watching Cody Rhodes cut a wicked promo demanding Roman Reign acknowledge him as a legitimate challenge for the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion, Paul Heyman took it upon himself to book a segment with Cathy Kelley on RAW to warn “The American Nightmare” about flying too close to the sun. “We’ve got a problem, as […]

When Cody Rhodes was booked for a match with LA Knight on RAW as a sort of tune-up ahead of WrestleMania 39, fans knew they were in for a treat, but goodness gracious, who could have expected what was about to come? Working a very fun match against the Los Angeles-based Superstar who somehow doesn’t […]

While Dusty Rhodes has been a featured part of the feud between his son Cody and Roman Reigns, the man some have suggested is the son “The American Dream” wished he had, did you know that the elder Rhodes actually suggested that his son leave WWE long before the start of AEW? It’s true, as […]

Cody Rhodes is the WWE’s ultimate showman. With WrestleMania 39 officially three weeks away, Cody Rhodes’ one-man mission to unseat Roman Reigns as the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion has been heating up, with the Royal Rumble winner appearing on SmackDown with increasing frequency in an attempt to really drum up excitement for the “Premium Live […]

After welcoming The Usos back to SmackDown, with the tag team of Jimmy and Jey officially reunited after some internal tension spurned on by Sami Zayn’s defection at Extreme Rules, Paul Heyman was approached by Kayla Braxton to discuss his Roman Reigns’ forthcoming match with Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania 39. Though clearly distraught about the […]

After securing his first-ever AEW Pay-Per-View victory at Revolution, Ricky Starks was riding high. He’d beaten Chris Jericho for the second time in 2023 – a feat no one else had accomplished – got his hug with Tony Khan, and boldly declared that he was ready to compete for championship gold, and could even see […]

When Cody Rhodes made his way from RAW to SmackDown to have his first-ever face-to-face encounter with Roman Reigns since returning to WWE at WrestleMania 38, it felt like a big deal. Sure, Rhodes had spoken ad nauseum about the prospects of wrestling “The Tribal Chief” at WrestleMania 39 to pretty much any and every […]

When Cody Rhodes boldly declared that he would be making his way to Washington D.C. to step into Roman Reigns’ house on SmackDown, fans knew they were in for a show. Though Rhodes has been on a pretty darn impressive media run hyping up his match with “The Tribal Chief” just about anywhere there’s a […]

When Paul Heyman boldly declared that Roman Reigns was the son Dusty Rhodes always wanted in a masterclass of a promo against “The American Nightmare,” Cody Rhodes on WWE RAW, it felt like your standard, run-of-the-mill insult. Sure, the elder Rhodes trained Reigns before he became an international Superstar during his time in developmental, but […]

Though it’s almost been a year since Cody Rhodes made his re-debut in WWE at WrestleMania 38, stories continue to come out about his time in AEW, some of them good, some of them bad, some of them representing “what if” scenarios that fans will unfortunately never get a definitive answer to one way or […]

As Cody Rhodes inches closer and closer to his forthcoming match at WrestleMania 39, the WWE champion-in-waiting has already started to talk about his future prospects in the promotion once his current feud comes to an end. Rhodes has mentioned that he wants WWE to bring back the Winged Eagle belt, wants to be a […]

When Byron Saxton announced before RAW that Cody Rhodes was going to work a match with Chad Gable, it drew near-universal praise from WWE fans from around the world. Sure, Gable is pretty firmly in the lower mid-card at this point, but he’s still one of the best pure workers in WWE, as is evidenced […]

Sami Zayn, without question, is the hottest talent in the WWE at the moment. Over nine months after first pleading his case to be of help to Tribal Chief Roman Reigns and the Bloodline, Zayn’s stock went soaring through the roof after he refused to attack a defenseless Kevin Owens with a steel chair during […]

The decision to book Sami Zayn for a nine-minute match against Baron Corbin didn’t sit well with wrestling journalist extraordinaire Dave Meltzer, as he discussed on Wrestling Observer Radio. Now granted, the match wasn’t bad per se, there were no egregious spots or strange booking decisions, but the decision to allow Corbin to work over […]

Cody Rhodes made his triumphant return to WWE at last year’s WrestleMania. After spending time in the indies and making a name for himself in some of the biggest wrestling promotions in the world, Rhodes decided it was time to return home. In the six years Cody Rhodes was gone from WWE, he completely reinvented […]

Well, here it goes, folks. The Cody Rhodes-Roman Reigns saga is underway, and it’s already started off with some bangs. During the last episode of Monday Night RAW, Rhodes was interrupted by Reigns’ manager Paul Heyman. In a fierce and impassioned speech, the neck brace-wearing Heyman berated Rhodes and all but told him he didn’t […]

With Sami Zayn officially out of the way after dropping a genuinely disappointing match to Roman Reigns at the 2023 WWE Elimination Chamber, Cody Rhodes is the last line of defense standing between “The Tribal Chief” and 1,000 days as champion. Walking down to the ring in order to cut one of his much-anticipated promos, […]

Despite being the proud holder of the reigning “Match of the Year” for his efforts against Will Ospreay, Kenny Omega hasn’t sniffed a serious feud with MJF or otherwise for a singles championship now that he’s back and cleared to wrestle in AEW once more. What gives? Is NJPW going to be the home of […]

Though the WWE Universe currently has all eyes on the Elimination Chamber in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Cody Rhodes still has his eyes on WrestleMania 39, as he’s one of only two WWE Superstars with a guaranteed main event spot on the “Show of Shows.” Sitting down for an interview with Ariel Helwani about WrestleMania 39, […]

Though WrestleMania 39 is more than a month away, Cody Rhodes has already turned his eyes to the future to a degree and has discussed, at least a little bit, some of the matches he’d like to work on once he becomes the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion. One of those feuds is against GUNTHER, the […]

WrestleMania is where professional wrestlers bring out all of the stops to cement their legacies into WWE history. Fans have seen shocking debuts, musicians performing their favorite superstar’s songs, and even a tank and Terminators for good measure too, and as the shows get bigger, so too will the efforts of wrestlers to stand out. […]

“The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes has made a significant impact in WWE since returning at WrestleMania last year. It was a feel-good moment for Rhodes, who was returning to the company he left in 2016. This moment was also exciting for fans. Rhodes was the first big star to leave AEW and jump ship to […]

Though he was long gone from AEW at the time, having already re-debuted in WWE at WrestleMania 38 and even wrestled his now-signature Hell in a Cell match against Seth Rollins, more than a few fans wanted to know what Cody Rhodes, the blue-eyed revolutionary who helped to spearhead All In nearly half a decade […]

As the WWE fans were preparing to change the channel during a Baron Corbin interview, who but Sami Zayn emerged from the crowd to demand an audience with Cody Rhodes on RAW. When “The American Nightmare” emerged from the back, greeting Zayn with his signature greeting, “so what do you want to talk about?” everyone’s […]

After interrupting Paul Heyman’s SmackDown-opening segment with a barrier-jumping promo that got seemingly the entire WWE Universe behind him and then having a word with Jey Uso back by the busses that maybe signifies that The Bloodline isn’t as tightly knit as Roman Reigns would like, Megan Morant of the SmackDown LowDown caught up with […]

As Cody Rhodes continues his one-man media tour ahead of his match with Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 39, it was only a matter of time before the second-generation WWE Superstar brought up John Cena, the defining superstar of the last generation who effectively handed off the baton to the “Tribal Chief” over the past half-decade. […]

At this point, Roman Reigns’ legacy as one of the greatest champions in WWE history is more or less cemented, right? He’s held the Universal title for longer than anyone else, with his current reign nearly 700 days longer than any other wrestler in history, according to Cagematch, and his 26 successful defenses becoming more […]

While Tony Khan doesn’t always plaster his face on television in the same way as other professional wrestling promoters, at his heart, he’s a showman. The second-generation sports owner has built up a true contender to WWE in AEW, has broken through the “forbidden door” – under case – to bring inter-brand wrestling to the […]

On paper, it makes sense that Cody Rhodes is a big fan of Paul Heyman. Both spearheaded alternatives to WWE that capitalized on being the “cool” promotion at the time, both have a deep, near-encyclopedic knowledge of the professional wrestling business, and both are scheduled to appear in the main event of WrestleMania 39, with […]