Cody Rhodes technically just made his first appearance on Raw in a long time, so we’ll
see what he had to say.
We’ll also check out some big news for Scarlett, Sasha Banks, and much more
Let’s start things of with Cody Rhodes
Cody made a recent appearance on WWE television during the 2022 recap edition of Raw
Cody Rhodes provided a health update and laid out some of his 2023 goals
The interview touched on his rivalry with Seth Rollins
Cody said that even though he doesn’t see eye to eye with Seth Rollins, he still acknowledges
Seth as a top three wrestler in the world
Cody even addressed the rumors of having a fourth match with Seth Rollins
Cody said that after having those three wins against Seth, competing against him for the
fourth time isn’t really something that’s on his radar
So Cody’s interview there seems to dismiss the popular rumors and reports that Seth Rollins
versus Cody Rhodes would resume once Cody came back
And that report did make sense because Seth Rollins was responsible for fully taking out
Cody Rhodes the night after Hell In A Cell, but according to Cody Rhodes himself, he’s
moving on from Seth Rollins
Cody also mentioned that the WWE championship is still his goal for 2023
WWE has not fully confirmed Cody’s status for the 2023 Royal Rumble match, but everyone
fully anticipates Cody Rhodes to make his big return during the 2023 Royal Rumble match
itself
Cody Rhodes is even being listed as the odds-on favorite to win the entire Royal Match as
well
And if Cody is successful and wins the Royal Rumble match, the next question to ask is:
who will he actually face at Wrestlemania 39?
The automatic assumption is obviously Roman Reigns, but like we’ve been seeing a lot
in the recent reports, a lot can still happen between now and Wrestlemania
There’s rumors of the the WWE world titles possibly being split up before Wrestlemania
And those reports that we covered about Seth Rollins versus Cody Rhodes for the WWE championship
even being a possibility for Wrestlemania 39
So even though Cody did say that Seth isn’t on his radar, who knows if these two superstars
could actually step foot in the ring with each other at Wrestlemania 39 with the WWE
championship being on the line
It’ll be the perfect opportunity for Cody Rhodes to finish off Seth Rollins once and
for all, and also accomplish his goal of becoming WWE champion all at one time
So even though Cody verbally announced that he has no interest in facing Seth Rollins
again, there’s still definitely a couple of scenarios that could force the two of them
into the ring with each other for a fourth time
obviously, there’s no advertised return date for Cody Rhodes, but everyone has the
Royal Rumble date circled on their calendar’s because that’s where everyone still expects
to see his return take place at
So we’ll have to wait until Royal Rumble to see if Cody Rhodes makes his return during
that match and then see where they take him from there
Will he end up colliding with Roman Reigns or Seth Rollins at Wrestlemania 39?
Both opponents are huge possibilities for Cody Rhodes in 2023
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The rumors for the last few weeks has been that Sasha Banks will make her return to pro
wrestling in the very first few days of 2023
We’ve been going over all the latest rumors of Sasha’s appearance for Wrestle Kingdom
17 and how she recently landed in Japan
Well Sasha Banks is adding more fuel to the fire with some very vague tweets that could
be related to her future in the ring
Sasha took to Twitter to post the following message, quote:
“One of my biggest dreams came true today” End quote
Very vague tweet that could be referring to pretty much anything, but given the time of
the tweet and amidst all of the New Japan rumors, fans feel like Sasha was referring
to that situation right there
Like Sasha has said many times before in years past that her career goal when she was first
making a name for herself in the independent wrestling scene was to catch the attention
of New Japan Pro Wrestling and sign with them
But WWE was the company that ended up calling her first, so she went with WWE
But telling by Sasha’s comments, if she had both deals on the table early on in her
career, it sounds like she would’ve signed with New Japan straight from the start because
that was obviously her number one landing spot
So for her to say that her biggest dream came true recently, many fans speculate that she
could be referring to inking some sort of deal with New Japan Pro Wrestling, something
that she dreamed of from the very start of her professional wrestling career
She had her time and great success in WWE, but now she’ll be living out her original
wrestling dream that she always envisioned for herself
So that’s what everyone believes her tweet is referring to, judging by the Wrestle Kingdom
17 event, we should find out if that fan speculation is true or not in the coming days
There’s still a lot of buzz and speculation about Sasha Banks going over to AEW as well
and how that’s still a big possibility that’s on the table
So be on the lookout for Sasha Banks naming some appearances for New Japan Pro Wrestling,
and quite possibly AEW down the line as well
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It looks like another big debut could be happening soon on Smackdown from Scarlett
Scarlett technically has one official televised match for WWE and that came in 2016 when she
was used simply as an enhancement talent for Nia Jax
Then when Scarlett officially signed with WWE a few years after that, she never really
competed in the ring
Scarlett had competed in Impact Wrestling and other promotions across the world so everyone
was aware that the capability was there, but for whatever reason, WWE never used her in
the ring and kept her as a manager to Karrion Kross
Which is still a great role for Scarlett, as everyone knows, Scarlett does absolute
wonders for Karrion Kross’ overall presentation
Just look at the run that Kross had by himself on Raw compared to the recent run on Smackdown
with Scarlett…
everyone would pick the version with Scarlett as being the best WWE version of Karrion Kross
But everyone is still waiting to see if Scarlett is every going to step inside the WWE ring
again
Well the surprising news is that Scarlett has been wrestling alongside Karrion Kross,
but only at recent WWE live events
But considering how Smackdown has been showing a storyline between Scarlett and Emma that
has been brewing up, many fans expect Scarlett to step foot in the ring again to face off
against Emma
It’ll be her first official WWE televised match in WWE in nearly 7 years, so quite the
big gap there for Scarlett’s matches in WWE
So maybe these current live events are just testing Scarlett’s abilities out and they’ll
bring everything over to Smackdown for that big Scarlett vs Emma match
As far as things go with Karrion Kross, he’s still relevant and making an impact on Smackdown
Kross made his big unexpected return in August 2022 and instantly put some of the top stars
on notice
He took out Drew McIntyre right in front of Roman Reigns and Scarlett placed hourglass
right in front of Roman
So it was the perfect reintroduction to Karrion Kross and Scarlett
And then from there on Kross picked up a win over Drew McIntyre during their feud
Kross also had a great moment where he exchanged some great words with Rey Mysterio, which
was also meant to tease a feud there
And he also has his issues with Madcap Moss and Emma, which could also eventually lead
to a mixed tag team match of Kross and Scarlett versus Moss and Emma
If Kross and Scarlett are going to be competing in mixed tag team matches more often, that
could also be big news for that dream match of Alexa Bliss and Bray Wyatt versus Karrion
Kross and Scarlett, that match also becomes a big possibility over on Smackdown as well
So there’s a lot to look forward to there in Karrion Kross and Scarlett’s story
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