After a successful defense against AJ Styles at Backlash, Cody Rhodes already has a new challenger for his Undisputed WWE Championship. Logan Paul will challenge Rhodes for the title at WWE King & Queen of the Ring in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, May 25.
Cody Rhodes & Logan Paul will make their King & Queen of the Ring bout official on next Friday’s WWE SmackDown with a contract signing. Rhodes, the Undisputed WWE Champion, and Paul, the WWE United States Champion, will square off in Saudi Arabia at King & Queen of the Ring on Saturday, May 25 as announced during this week’s SmackDown.
It’s time for this week’s WWE SmackDown results, in a nutshell, as the quest for King and Queen of the Ring continues! Lots of qualifying to get into, so let’s get into it!
When Cody Rhodes finally finished his story by defeating Roman Reigns at WrestleMania XL, he looked forward to starting a new chapter. However, on the episode of Raw after WrestleMania, The Rock came out and indicated that their story was far from over.
Two-time WWE Hall-of-Famer Kevin Nash says fans need to stop the recent Cody Rhodes heel talk, and he has one pretty good and logical reason why. In April at WrestleMania 40, Cody Rhodes finally finished the story.
The American Nightmare Cody Rhodes successfully defended his WWE Undisputed Championship against AJ Styles at the WWE Backlash PLE. While speaking in the post-show press conference, Cody Rhodes shared the significance behind successfully defending his title.
WWE were not only booking The Rock Vs Roman Reigns but WrestleMania 40 and now we learn who was supposed to win and an absurd fallout idea. By now, we all know what happened on the Road to WrestleMania.
Tonight’s ‘go-home’ edition of Friday Night SmackDown was taped ahead of time as BackLash is scheduled to take place tomorrow at 12:30 pm ET/9:30 am PT in the US and live from the LDLC Arena in Lyon-Decines, France.
A new report claims many in WWE were resentful of The Rock making his return to the company to take a major spot at WrestleMania 40, in what some feel was an attempt to score a career win after recent business failures.
After finishing his story, Cody Rhodes is focused on a new goal for his career. Rhodes told the Cheap Heat podcast that his long-term goal in WWE is to become "the most profitable talent" the company has ever had.
For multiple reasons, Cody Rhodes could never root against AEW. Rhodes was one of the founding fathers of AEW, working as both a wrestler and executive vice president of the Tony Khan-owned company.
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