Cody Rhodes has revealed that he’s injured following the actions of The Bloodline on SmackDown.
The primary occasion of the June twenty first version of SmackDown noticed Cody Rhodes tackle Solo Sikoa in singles motion. Nevertheless, the match ended early when Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa launched an assault on The American Nightmare.
Kevin Owens and Randy Orton tried to make the save, just for Jacob Fatu to make his much-anticipated debut as a part of The Bloodline. The previous MLW Champion dropped Owens on the metal stairs and speared Orton by means of a barricade earlier than turning his consideration to Rhodes.
The struggle spilled again to the surface the place Fatu hit Cody with a headbutt and laid him out on the commentary desk earlier than climbing to the highest and hitting a Superfly Splash onto the inclined Undisputed WWE Champion. The Bloodline then stood tall to shut the present.
Cody Rhodes Addresses Bloodline Assault At WWE Stay Occasion
At a reside occasion on June twenty second in Bloomington, Illinois, Rhodes defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to retain the gold earlier than addressing the viewers and providing an replace on his standing. The star admitted that Fatu’s assault had left him with two damaged ribs, however he refused the supply to take day off to get well.
“Slightly scoop for you Bloomington, final evening I did break two of my ribs. And the thought [backstage] was ‘Nicely, you may take off Bloomington, you may take off Kalamazoo. You may even take off subsequent Friday the place the story started in 1978, New York Metropolis’ And my reply to that was emphatically, 100% ‘Hell No!’”
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