A big update for Cody Rhodes just came out, so we’ll see what’s new there.
We’ll also check out some more stories with Scarlett, what’s going on with Drew McIntyre,
and more
Let’s start things off with the latest update for Cody Rhodes
Cody has been out of action with a torn pec since early June
It’s a very common injury that plenty of WWE superstars have dealt with in the past
Superstars like John Cena came back from this injury in four months.
Elias came back in five months.
So the average recovery time is right there around that five to seven month window
Cody Rhodes is just about the enter the sixth month of his recovery, so he’s definitely
inching extremely close to a return
Cody’s wife, Brandi Rhodes, recently appeared on the Ten Count podcast and had this to say
about Cody’s status right now in rehab, quote:
“He needs to wrestle.
It's in his blood.
It's part of his makeup.
But now, he's been great through all of this.
All of the work that he's been doing to get back has been really good.
I was really just impressed with how he looks now.
He doesn't look like anything happened which is crazy because he had major surgery.
So he looks like the same Cody to me.
The muscle mass is all there, you know, he looks ready to me, but I'm not a doctor."
End Quote
So according to Brandi, Cody Rhodes’ muscle mass and the entire area that was affected
is right back to normal as if nothing ever happened
She thinks he’s ready, but like she also said, she’s not a doctor, so she can’t
say that for certain, but it’s still a good sign that he appears to be back normal
Even if Cody Rhodes is cleared to compete in the coming weeks, it’s still very unlikely
for him to just immediately pop back up on WWE television
Especially since we are so close to Royal Rumble season, the logical and expected thing
is for WWE to hold out on his return and use it for the Royal Rumble match
Even during the summer time, Cody Rhodes teased that the royal rumble is definitely where
he wants to make his return at
And it really is a perfect match because that’s what the Royal Rumble has been about.
That’s one of the fan favorite elements of the Royal Rumble match, literally anyone
can show up
So getting that Cody Rhodes return sometime during the 2023 men’s Royal Rumble match
will definitely be one of the biggest highlights of the night
What seems to be a little up in the air is Cody’s role at Wrestlemania
If he wins the Royal Rumble and Roman Reigns is still the undisputed champion, that should
Cody versus Roman official for night two of Wrestlemania 39
But the only tricky part is that there’s still some buzz for The Rock returning for
Roman Reigns as well
There’s a lot of fan theories out there, some fans even said that Roman should have
one match on each of the two nights of Wrestlemania.
so that he can face both The Rock and Cody Rhodes in back to back nights
Others think that if Roman versus The Rock is happening, then maybe Cody Rhodes versus
Seth Rollins on the Wrestlemania stage could happen again
If WWE splits the world titles, maybe Seth versus Cody could be for the WWE title, while
Roman still has the universal title
The only issue with that matchup is that Seth Rollins is currently turning babyface on WWE
television
newly turned massive babyface going up against returning massive babyface is something you
usually don’t see, so that could be an issue
So no one is quite sure on Cody Rhodes’ Wrestlemania plans yet, but it looks like
what is pretty much locked in is a Royal Rumble return for Cody Rhodes
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Sheamus’ team is gearing up to face Roman and The Bloodline at Wargames
But before that happened, some fans did pick up on a few character breaking moments for
some of the superstars involved here
The first character breaking moment came backstage during the Bloodline’s backstage segment
After leaving the camera shot, Sami Zayn re-entered the segment while the Usos were talking and
he does his handshake with Jimmy Uso, promising to talk to him later about what they were
talking about
And Sami was able to successfully break Jey Uso again.
Jey had to turn his face and hide his laughter from the camera
So there’s definitely something about Sami Zayn that makes Jey Uso really lose control
and start laughing, which is great because little moments like that really does make
the segments more memorable
And the other character breaking moment came during the closing moments of the show, where
Roman Reigns came out to save The Bloodline
The microphone was able to pick up Drew McIntyre asking Solo Sikoa if Roman was out yet
Drew was stomping on Solo Sikoa in the back corner of the ring post.
So Drew had his back turned towards the ramp, while Solo had a perfect view of the ramp
So that’s why McIntyre was asking Solo for the cue on when Roman was coming out
Obviously, the audience wasn’t meant to hear Drew and Solo talking, but since the
camera was right there, Drew’s voice came right through
So it was just a fun little moment that the fans caught during the broadcast
This is being recorded well before War Games, so we’ll see what happens there with that
match
Obviously with Roman Reigns’ pin-fall streak approaching three years on December 19th,
maybe there’s a low chance of Roman actually getting pinned and eliminated in this match
But maybe Sheamus’ team still does put up a good fight against The Bloodline and comes
close to beating them, but The Bloodline should no doubt be the favorites to win the match
And then we’ll have to see who will be Roman’s next opponent heading into Royal Rumble season
He currently has a lot of story developing with Sheamus and Kevin Owens
Sheamus is even being looked at as the leader for that War Games team
so maybe Sheamus could step up and challenge Roman Reigns after Survivor Series
That definitely would be a fresh new opponent for Roman Reigns and the early story seeds
are already in place, so it makes sense
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WWE has started to tease another big return to the ring recently on Smackdown, and that’s
Scarlett’s return
Scarlett has wrestled in multiple different promotions across the world.
Even teaming up with Karrion Kross for lots of mixed tag teams matches throughout those
promotions
Scarlett even wrestled on Raw against Nia Jax in 2016
But ever since Scarlett actually signed with WWE full time, she hasn’t wrestled much
of anything for them at all
She was just a manger for Karrion Kross in NXT, and still serves as his manager on Smackdown
But she’s not just any regular manager.
Scarlett has a lot of mystery to her character and is very intriguing
She doesn’t talk much, but still has that evil and dark aura around her character
we haven’t been able to see how her character translates as an actual competitor, but we
could be getting close
Emma has now been paired with Madcap Moss, who was just taken out by Karrion Kross and
Scarlett
So could they be setting up a mixed tag team match here for Kross and Scarlett versus Emma
and Moss?
Or maybe they do let Scarlett compete by herself and have a Scarlett versus Emma singles match
Either way, it looks like Scarlett’s return to the WWE ring could be getting closer and
closer
Especially if they’re going to start using Kross and Scarlett as a mixed tag team, that
does open the door for a lot of potential Dream matches that they fans have been asking
for
So it’s going to be really interesting to see how that plays out, but what are your
thoughts on all of today’s stories?
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