Cody Rhodes claims to be working hurt.
At a WWE event in Bloomington, Illinois on June 22, 2024, Cody Rhodes defended his WWE Championship against Shinsuke Nakamura in the main event of the show. After he successfully vanquished his old foe, Rhodes addressed the Bloomington audience and gave them some "breaking news" straight from his mouth before they could hear it from anyone else.
Cody would claim that he suffered two broken ribs during the June 21 SmackDown and said that WWE wanted to give him the night off from competing in Bloomington, the night off from competing in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and even the night off from the June 28 WWE Friday Night SmackDown in Madison Square Garden. However, a fighting champion, Cody's answer was an emphatic, "Hell no."
Cody Rhodes wrestled at the most recent WWE event with tape on his ribs and told the live crowd that two of his ribs were broken courtesy of the attack by the debuting Jacob Fatu pic.twitter.com/8kFtcuCqze
— Robert DeFelice (@dudefelice) June 23, 2024
Here is a longer video of Cody Rhodes claiming to have suffered two broken ribs on the June 21 episode of WWE SmackDown where he was assaulted by Jacob Fatu. Cody claimed that WWE wanted to give him time off, including next Friday's SmackDown in MSG but he said, "Hell No." https://t.co/wKj58gmudZ
— Robert DeFelice (@dudefelice) June 23, 2024
During the June 21 episode of SmackDown, Rhodes was assaulted by the debuting Jacob Fatu, the latest addition to Solo Sikoa's Bloodline. The attack culminated with a diving splash onto Cody who crashed through the announce table.
Fightful will provide more updates on Cody Rhodes' condition as more updates are known.
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