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After learning alongside the rest of the country about the horrible mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson decided to use his substantial celebrity to help uplift the community’s spirits, announcing he would attend the school’s first football game in October… one day before WWE Bad Blood 50 miles down […]

From CM Punk and Drew McIntyre’s Hell in a Cell match to Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes‘ team-up, the WWE has a stacked match card for Bad Blood. WWE Bad Blood match card Below is the full match card for the 2024 WWE Bad Blood PLE. The event starts at 6 pm ET/3 pm PT. […]

With CM Punk set to wrestle the most important match of his WWE return at Bad Blood in a Hell in the Cell battle against Drew McIntyre, fans, pundits, and even the “Best in the World” alike are taking a trip down memory lane to evaluate his comeback journey through the promotion. Discussing how his […]

In case you somehow haven’t heard, Seth Rollins made his triumphant return to Monday Night RAW during its main event Last Monster Standing match, with “The Visionary” stomping out “Big” Bronson Reed in revenge for his previous Tsunami-induced attack that wrote him off of television since August. Now granted, Rollins’ return shouldn’t have come as […]

Cody Rhodes aims to main event the WWE’s forthcoming WrestleMania 41 in Las Vegas for a third straight year — but will it be against Roman Reigns or Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson? During an interview on The Pat McAfee Show, Rhodes teased Bad Blood, the WWE’s next PLE. He teased that there would be “big […]

Ahead of Cody Rhodes teaming up with his biggest WWE rival, Roman Reigns, at Bad Blood against the Bloodline, the American Nightmare clarified his status with the Original Tribal Chief. Appearing on The Pat McAfee Show, Rhodes revealed he and Reigns did not shake hands during their recent Georgia Tech visit. Granted, they came to […]

When TKO let it be known that WWE was going to run fewer house shows in 2025, it left fans conflicted about the development, from fans in smaller markets all the way up to Cody Rhodes, the top star in the WWE Universe. While Rhodes doesn’t need to appear on every house show per se, […]

While stopping by the Superstar Crossover to talk WWE, hype of his title reign, and maybe get a few more eyes on Bad Blood this weekend in Atlanta, Cody Rhodes was met with a blast from the past – literally – when his former TNT Championship rival Darby Allin asked him a fairly straightforward question […]

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 […]