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Cody Rhodes Wanted Nick Fury Look For RAW After WrestleMania 42?
TL;DR
Cody Rhodes, recovering from an eye injury after WrestleMania 42, suggested using an eye patch for his appearance on RAW, but Triple H rejected the idea. Rhodes shared this during an interview on ESPN’s SportsCenter.
Key points
- Cody Rhodes is recovering from an eye injury.
- He sustained the injury during WrestleMania 42.
- Rhodes suggested wearing an eye patch for RAW.
- Triple H rejected Rhodes' eye patch idea.
- Rhodes shared this in an interview on ESPN’s SportsCenter.
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Cody Rhodes Wanted Nick Fury Look For RAW After WrestleMania 42?
Cody Rhodes is recovering from an eye injury sustained during his WWE WrestleMania 42 match against Randy Orton, and he had a creative idea for handling it on television that Triple H quickly vetoed.
Rhodes opened up about the injury and the backstage exchange during an interview on ESPN’s SportsCenter, and the conversation also touched on the possibility that his reaction to the decision was captured for the WWE: Unreal series.
“We tried a little makeup on the eye, but I think we determined there was no way to cover it up,” Rhodes said. “I’ll tell you something funny — I thought I was going to go to TV, go to Monday Night Raw, go to Friday Night SmackDown, and do an eye patch thing. I thought that would be cool.
“Wrestlers are always looking for something — maybe get a new action figure out of it, ‘Eye Patch Cody.’ Triple H told me absolutely not. There might even be a shot on Unreal of me throwing that eye patch down backstage, because I had it ready to go,” he added. “But hey, it comes with the territory more than anything. I had no complaints — it’s just a little battle scar.”
WWE announcer Joe Tessitore broke the news at the WrestleMania 42 post-show, confirming that Rhodes had suffered an eye injury during the match and was being treated by doctors. Images and videos showing Rhodes with a bloodied and bruised face and his left eye appearing swollen shut spread across social media almost immediately.
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What injury did Cody Rhodes sustain at WrestleMania 42?
Cody Rhodes sustained an eye injury during his match against Randy Orton at WrestleMania 42.
What creative idea did Cody Rhodes have for his RAW appearance?
Cody Rhodes wanted to wear an eye patch on RAW to handle his injury creatively, but Triple H vetoed the idea.
Where did Cody Rhodes discuss his injury and ideas for RAW?
Cody Rhodes discussed his injury and the rejected eye patch idea during an interview on ESPN’s SportsCenter.