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In April of 2024, Cody Rhodes finished his “Story” at WrestleMania 40. After a year and a half of fighting the good fight against The Bloodline, Brock Lesnar, Shinsuke Nakamura, and through 29 other performers twice in the Royal Rumble, Rhodes was able to best Roman Reigns with a little help from The Undertaker, John […]

An HBCU marching band is set to perform alongside WWE Champion Cody Rhodes at WWE’s Bad Blood Premium Live Event in Atlanta, Georgia in October. The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff’s Marching Musical Machine of the Mid-South announced on their social media accounts that they’d be performing at the event. “Oh nothing… just expanding […]

After sharing the ring in a segment designed to not only hype up their tag team match against The Bloodline but also highlight the potential tension between the duo at Bad Blood, Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes were advertised for a special segment on SmackDown, where they would talk turkey in the home of the […]

WWE in 2024 is a very different place than at any point in the promotion’s history, and not just because Cody Rhodes finally became the Undisputed Universal Champion. The promotion is not only very popular with its wrestlers but in free agency at large, with big-name free agents like Giulia, Stephanie Vaquer, the Lucha Brothers, […]

After watching Paul “Triple H” Levesque take the ring to welcome fans to Friday Night SmackDown, its first show back on network television after spending a few years on Fox, fans got down to their main event, which actually went on first: Cody Rhodes versus Solo Sikoa for the WWE Championship inside a steel cage. […]

The WWE power couple of Cody and Brandi Rhodes are celebrating their 11th anniversary. The latter took to X, formerly Twitter, to share her gratitude for her husband. “Happy 11 years of marriage to the love of my life,” Brandi’s post began. “My partner, best friend, greatest love, and biggest supporter. No one compares to […]

When Cody Rhodes took the ring against Solo Sikoa in the main event of SummerSlam, it felt like a big deal. Sure, the build-up to their fateful showdown wasn’t what you would call expansive, as the “Street Champ” was a mere footnote in his larger feud with Roman Reigns, The Rock, and The Bloodline as […]

With Bash in Berlin officially in the rearview mirror, Cody Rhodes can finally turn his attention away from a friendly feud with Kevin Owens to his biggest task at hand, Solo Sikoa and The Bloodline. On paper, it makes sense, right? Sikoa called next last month regardless of how the Bash shook out, and while […]

While Cody Rhodes is on top of the WWE Universe at the moment, holding the promotion’s top title, the WWE Championship, while effectively serving as the face of the company, there’s one question fans want to know more than any other: what the heck happened at the end of his AEW run? On paper, it […]

Ever since the Original Tribal Chief, Roman Reigns, returned to WWE, Cody Rhodes has felt like a second fiddle. The Undisputed WWE Champion revealed his feelings on the matter. During the Bash in Berlin press conference, Rhodes was asked if he is insecure about his spot atop the WWE card with Reigns coming back. He […]

After what feels like years of anticipation, Mr. McMahon, the Netflix feature documentary series from The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, Zara Duffy, and director Chris Smith, has officially been slated to be released on September 25th, just ahead of WWE Bad Blood the following weekend. Now, for fans in the know, this news has been a […]

After securing a win in the opening match of Bash in Berlin, beating Kevin Owens in a match that had more to do with the ties of friendship than anything particularly compelling in the ring, fans of WWE around the globe had one question in mind: who will Cody Rhodes wrestle next. Now sure, working […]

On Thursday, the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Marching Musical Machine of the Mid-South delivered a flawless rendition of WWE Champion Cody Rhodes’ “Kingdom” theme. The HBCU performance happened during UAPB’s 70-0 loss to Arkansas in Week 1 of the college football season. While the game did get out of hand, the band’s amazing […]

Cody Rhodes has been a member of the WWE Universe – in this run – since 2022, when he made his return at WrestleMania 38 in a surprise match against Seth Rollins. Since that fateful day in August of 2022, Rhodes has wrestled in one of the most compelling Hell in a Cell matches of […]

When it comes to the founding of AEW, some of the most important names in the oral history of the promotion have to be Cody Rhodes, Chris Jericho, the Young Bucks, Kenny Omega, Tony Khan, and… Kevin Owens? What? One of those things is not like the others, as even TK has taken a bump […]

The first ever Bash in Berlin WWE PLE has a stacked match card, including Gunther taking on Randy Orton, Damian Priest and Rhea Ripley vs. Dominik Mysterio and Liv Mordan, and CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre in a strap match. Unlike most B-level WWE PLEs, Bash in Berlin has high stakes and hot feuds. The […]

When Grayson Waller hyped up his very special episode of The Grayson Waller Effect on social media, few expected that his show would have a little bit of everything, from an appearance of his advertised guest, Cody Rhodes, to a surprise appearance by Kevin Owens, and even… AEW wrestler Chris Jericho? Yes, you read that […]

With Cody Rhodes set to wrestle his friend Kevin Owens at Bash in Berlin as a sort of favor for always having his back, more than a few fans have had one question in particular about the “American Nightmare’s” future schedule: why not give a similar shot to Randy Orton? On paper, it makes sense, […]

After promising a show filled to the brim with shocks, twists, and surprises, the one big surprise “debut” – re-debut? – of SummerSlam didn’t come from a free agent-signee from Japan, CMLL, or even AEW, but instead a certified WWE Hall of Famer who hasn’t worked a match since 2000: the “Enforcer” Arn Anderson. Now, […]

While Cody Rhodes’ WWE Championship victory over Roman Reigns at WrestleMania XL was euphoric, it has a big issue. It all comes back to the Bloodline, the faction led by Reigns during his dominant run as champion. Not only is Reigns’ looming presence felt, but the return of the Final Boss, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, […]

When WWE brings back Bad Blood in 2024, there could be a lot of “surprises,” per Cody Rhodes. Metro Boomin has already collaborated with the company to promote the returning PLE. Variety reported on a new clip promoting the 2024 Bad Blood PLE with Rhodes and Metro. They both spoke about what Atlanta meant to […]

Now that Roman Reigns made his return to WWE, he has saved SmackDown. The blue brand was floundering despite new WWE Champion Cody Rhode and the rise of the new Tribal Chief, Solo Sikoa. At the 2024 SummerSlam event, Reigns cost Sikoa the match after months of the new Tribal Chief antagonizing the OG. It […]

With SummerSlam officially in the rear-view mirror and The Bloodline occupied with Roman Reigns, at least for now, Cody Rhodes needs to find a new opponent for his WWE Championship ahead of Bash at Berlin, WWE’s new German PLE coming to fans on the final day of August. After Kevin Owens provided the save for […]

While there are plenty of positive storylines going around the professional wrestling world at the moment, from Roman Reigns’ big return at SummerSlam to help Cody Rhodes versus Solo Sikoa, to Bryan Danielson’s forthcoming AEW Championship versus Career match in the main event of All In, the one that has stood out like a sore […]

When Joe Burrow walked out onto the practice field for the Cincinnati Bengals earlier this summer sporting bleached blonde hair slicked back ever so slightly, he immediately drew comparisons to the “American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes, the current holder of the WWE Championship and the all-around face of professional wrestling in America. On paper, the comps […]

After the first six matches on the SummerSlam card came and went without any real surprises, with the booking decisions drawing more headlines than the “surprise debuts” that really only came down to Machine Gun Kelly, fans buckled in for the main event match between Cody Rhodes and Solo Sikoa, as nearly anything could have […]

The 2024 WWE SummerSlam event saw the epic return of Roman Reigns. The Original Tribal Chief cost his former enforcer, Solo Sikoa, his match against Cody Rhodes. Additionally, four new champions were crowned: Bron Breakker, LA Knight, Nia Jax, and Gunther. Full 2024 SummerSlam results SummerSlam featured the most twists and turns out of any […]

When Roman Reigns made his triumphant return at SummerSlam, earning the sort of babyface reaction Vince McMahon tried and failed to garner for years, fans had a few seconds to wonder who he was there to deal with, Solo Sikoa or Cody Rhodes. Now granted, that answer came a few seconds later, as Reigns hit […]

Folks, the “Tribal Chief” Roman Reigns has returned to the WWE Universe. Yes, Cody Rhodes wrestled a huge match against Solo Sikoa, yes, the new Bloodline showed up to help uneven the odds only for some of the “American Nightmare’s” pals, Kevin Owens and Randy Orton – plus an assist from Arn Anderson – to […]

After weeks and weeks of anticipation, SummerSlam is officially here, and fans have takes on who they want to see appear and return on the Cleveland-based show. A Roman Reigns return? Yes, book it and set things up for a Bloodline-Bloodline WarGames match in November. The Rock? Sure, bring him along, too. Joe Hendry? The […]

After bouncing around the WWE Universe over the past few months, taking part in a few side quests during the promotion’s lesser summertime PLEs, Cody Rhodes has finally returned to the task at hand: fully defeating The Bloodline once and for all. That’s right, after taking the loss to Solo Sikoa, Tama Tonga, and Jacob […]

With SummerSlam rapidly approaching, Cody Rhodes has decided to hit the campaign trail hard to get as many eyes on Cleveland Browns Stadium as possible, only this time, he didn’t just go to the typical wrestling or even sports publications to get the word out but instead went Sneaker Shopping with Complex. Hanging out with […]

Just when you thought the Cody Rhodes-Joe Burrow saga had reached its climax, with the “American Nightmare” demanding his NFL doppelganger to “Finish the Story” this season, the Cincinnati Bengals quarterback has finally addressed the situation head-on in a very interesting way. Asked by a fan while signing autographs on the sideline if he was […]

With the main event of SummerSlam more or less set, Cody Rhodes and Solo Sikoa have nothing more to do but set the stage for the show, ratcheting up the drama while hopefully selling a few more tickets to the somehow not-sold-out show at Cleveland Browns Stadium. Fortunately, WWE has the “American Nightmare” on the […]

When Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow showed up at training camp to hopefully lead his team back to the Super Bowl sporting a new bleached-blond look, more than a few fans were left with the same thought: oh snap, he looks like WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. Now granted, Rhodes isn’t the first prominent figure in […]

When discussing the success of his current run in WWE, Cody Rhodes routinely points to his long-time friend and mentor John Cena, who he turns to when he needs help or advice, going so far as to suggest that his current run is actually doing numbers that “The Face That Runs the Place” could only […]

When Cody Rhodes left WWE, it was to reject the big machine that rejected him and ultimately prove that he was the sort of performer worthy of a strong main-event push. Now granted, Rhodes did have quite a bit of success in WWE before he was ultimately granted his release, including a runs with the […]

After securing one of the biggest wins in wrestling history by dethroning Roman Reigns as the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion, Cody Rhodes was given one final chance to engage with the OG Bloodline on the RAW after WrestleMania 40, standing face-to-face with the “Final Boss” for one final in-ring discussion, at least for now. Since […]

When Cody Rhodes left AEW in January of 2022 for what would eventually become his shining return to WWE at WrestleMania 38, it changed his perception among professional wrestling fans forever. Sure, Rhodes will forever go down as a multi-time TNT Champion and a face of early AEW, but he only wrestled for the big […]