Cody Rhodes

What does the future hold for WWE star Cody Rhodes after suffering a full pectoral muscle tear prior to Hell in a Cell?

Right after his Hell in a Cell match, Cody Rhodes cut an off-camera promo to address the WWE Universe. The American Nightmare told fans that the decision to work the match was his decision alone. Now, we will wait to see what the aftermath of this injury will be. Meltzer would go on to say that the injury was a “weightlifting injury,” not an in-ring one. Dave Meltzer reported this injury a few hours prior to the pay-per-view, saying that Rhodes hurt himself while doing some weight training. Despite Rhodes’ injury, the duo managed to have arguably the best match of the WWE event. What’s even more shocking is the fact that Rhodes continued with his match against Rollins in the pay-per-view.

Before the match, WWE announced Rhodes suffered a torn pectoral muscle injury last Monday and made the injury worse while he was training for the match. He ...

He addressed the crowd at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois, after the TV cameras were turned off. When the "American Nightmare" came to the ring and took off his jacket, fans saw the badly bruised right shoulder. He still managed to step into the ring against Rollins.

Cody Rhodes, whether you agree with his decision to wrestle injured or not, delivered a show of resilience and fortitude that will be talked about forever.

It feels like Edge has added to his Hall of Fame list of accomplishments by being the first in a long time to figure out that having a woman in your faction that the guys are not allowed to hit by WWE rules can help you win matches. It will be interesting to see what WWE does next with the Judgment Day because, unlike AEW, there are not a ton of factions – if any – for them to feud with. Theory won clean and Ali being a strong babyface only helped add to the crowd’s distain for him, so mission accomplished. Also it feels like WWE needs to cash in on how much Liv Morgan has improved other than her being the third wheel and losing – though his short stink with Balor and Styles did her some good. Bob Lashley may be in the best position to take over as Monday Night Raw’s top babyface with Rhodes likely to miss significant time and he may do so with at least Cedric Alexander by his side. All three of these women are over with the crowd and Asuka’s striking and style brought a refreshing element to what we have already seen from Lynch and Belair. The finish had Lynch hit a Manhandle slam on Asuka but Belair – who Becky has just tossed out of the ring — came back and pulled Lynch off to score the pin and retain the title. I hear the portion of fans that will say he shouldn’t have been out there and how could you have Rhodes with that serious of an injury earn a clean win over Seth Rollins – who continued his wardrobe savagery dressing in Dusty Rhodes polka dots? Was it uncomfortable to watch Rhodes take bumps at times and deliver those Cross-Rhodes? Yes. But Rhodes has always said, “Do the work” and tweeted for “the love of the game” prior to the match. He smartly waited until the very last moment to remove his jacket and got a dramatic gasp from the crowd when they saw his injury. And that’s exactly what they did, using keno sticks, sledge hammers, tables and bull ropes – a Rhodes family specialty — to write the final chapter. While Hell in a Cell lacked a game-changing moment or surprise that would have taken it to another level, it was a pay-per-view filled with some superb wrestling that’s starting become a pleasant regular occurrence for WWE.

The Hell in a Cell clash between Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins at Sunday's WWE Hell in a Cell pay-per-view event was easily the most anticipated match on the ...

However, that doesn't mean it can't still happen one of these weeks to write Rhodes off Raw for the time being. If that was the case, then Rhodes would make more sense than anyone to be the one who Edge targets upon Rhodes' return. Owens just wrapped up his rivalry with Ezekiel (beating him at Hell in a Cell) and will need a new foe for the summer. Owens shared the ring with Rhodes several times in 2016, but that was of course long before Rhodes evolved into the elite athlete he is today. Visit his website, WrestleRant, and subscribe to his YouTube channel for more wrestling-related content. Rhodes can come out on Monday's Raw and boast about beating Rollins with a fully-torn pectoral muscle when he's viciously attacked by Judgement Day out of nowhere. Rhodes for later down the line. The Undisputed WWE Universal Championship is what he should be gunning for, but a quick detour in the U.S. title picture wouldn't hurt. Now that he's decisively defeated Rollins on three separate occasions, it would only make sense for the top title to be in his sights sooner rather than later. Besides, Rhodes and Theory have unfinished business that should ultimately be revisited. Interestingly, in his first decade on WWE's main roster, Rhodes never held the United States title. What's smart is that they didn't immediately jump into his chase for the championship.

CM Punk, who had just beaten Adam Page for the AEW championship May 29, suffered an undisclosed injury on the June 1 show at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif.

Wednesday's episode of Dynamite in Independence, Mo., will open with a battle royal, with the winner of that match going on to face Jon Moxley in the show’s main event. Danielson, who has formed a tag team with Moxley, would have been among the favorites if he would be able to be in the Battle Royal. Scorpio Sky, the TNT champion, noted a muscle injury in his right leg early in his match with Dante Martin on Friday led to the leg being almost useless in the match. It is too early to know when Punk would be able to return, as he’s not had the surgery, but the hope is it would be before the end of the year. WWE’s event also topped a $1 million gate on Sunday with more than 12,000 paid, and the Rhodes vs. In fact, it was the highest attended television taping show in pro wrestling in the U.S. this year. Forbidden Door will likely top both of those shows for paid attendance, as it was also a sellout just minutes after tickets were put on sale. But as much as that match will be etched in the memories of everyone who saw it, Sunday’s match is likely to be similarly remembered. Then again, it hardly made sense to wrestle more than 24 minutes on a completely torn pec while in what had to be incredible pain with his entire right side of his chest and much of his right arm badly bruised. It’s hard to call this the greatest match of Rhodes’s career, as his 2019 match with older brother Dustin was uniquely emotional. The decision was made by owner Tony Khan not to have Punk vacate the title. For Punk, his injury led to the creation of an AEW interim championship. At the start of Sunday’s pay-per-view, WWE did announce the injury, claiming Rhodes had a partial tear from a brawl on Raw with Rollins on Monday, and then tore the muscle completely off the bone while lifting weights late in the week.

After his victory over Seth Rollins in the main event, Rhodes cut a promo that wasn't shown on the live broadcast. He said the decision to perform while injured ...

"You guys have believed in me and you didn't have to. No one convinced me with a torn pec to come out here. He said the decision to perform while injured was solely his call.

A major development on the Cody Rhodes, injury front. Rhodes is reportedly set for surgery, later this week.

Following the show, Rhodes addressed the fans in attendance letting them know it was his decision to wrestle and that he would give a further update on his injury tonight on “WWE Raw.” Cody Rhodes could be facing a lengthy layoff from the ring following his impressive Hell In A Cell performance due to his recent injury. While that sounded bad, fans did not truly grasp the extent of the injury until just before the match when Rhodes took off his entrance jacket and revealed massive bruising on the right side of his chest.

WWE star Cody Rhodes defeated Seth Rollins at "Hell In A Cell" after tearing his pectoral muscle over the weekend!

Cody Rhodes is built different ... the son of WWE Hall of Famer, Dusty, defeated Seth Rollins in a "Hell in a Cell" match after tearing his pectoral muscle earlier in the day. Cody even took a kendo stick right on the pec ... leaving him writhing in pain (maybe part of the show, maybe not). Still, the 36-year-old wrestling star proceeded to fight Seth ... inside, arguably, the most dangerous match in WWE history. WWE announced the news on its "Hell in a Cell" kickoff show ... saying Cody had his right pectoral tendon "completely torn off the bone while weight training." WWE Star Cody Rhodes Tears Pec Muscle ... Still Defeats Seth Rollins WWE Star Cody Rhodes Tears Pec, Still Defeats Seth Rollins At 'Hell In A Cell'

During WWE's 'Hell in a Cell,' Cody Rhodes wrestled with a pretty nasty injury. Following his victory, fans wondered if his bruise was real or fake.

It was solely my decision," Cody told the crowd via The Sportster. "You would have to literally kill me from staying away from this ring. Less than an hour before Hell in a Cell, the WWE confirmed his injury, stating that he completely tore right pectoral tendon. Seth targeted Cody's supposed injury many times throughout the match; as a result, many wondered: Is Cody Rhodes's injury real?

Bleacher Report catches you up on the latest news from WWE and AEW. Brandi Comments on Cody Wrestling Through Injury Advisable medical decision or not,...

Listen to Ring Rust Radio for all of the hot wrestling topics. AEW has generally had good luck with its stars staying healthy, allowing the company to tell elongated stories over several months (or years) without missing a beat. Danielson was conspicuously absent from AEW's California debut last week and missed a meet-and-greet with fans because of an undisclosed injury. “I would figure that’s SummerSlam [Becky Lynch vs Bianca Belair]. It was very clear that they were holding that match off for a while," Meltzer said. Included in those astounded: Rhodes' wife, Brandi, who said she will use the moment as a lesson for the couple's daughter. Not only did Cody wrestle essentially with one arm, he put on a banger with Seth Rollins and came away victorious.

Hell in a Cell match was legendary, but a little too dangerous for comfort.

In another, it isn’t that much of an extension of what he’d been doing that saw him slide out of AEW and back to WWE. Cody needs to be proving himself time and time again no matter the cost. Instead, Rolllins has now lost to Cody three straight times on PLEs, including when he only had one arm, and all the buzz and heat and appreciation for Cody was just in time for him to go on the shelf for up to half a year. In that sense, it’s sad that the reward for Cody’s last act of trying to prove what he is will only be followed by an extended absence. When Cody was tumbling away from the top of the AEW card and out of more and more fans’ affections, it was in the midst of his refusal to be a heel while doing all of the heel things. It’s Cody screaming for everyone to pay attention to how much this means to him and how much he loves wrestling and how badly he needs it, when it kind of feels like he just can’t stand the thought of not being the center of attention. Last night felt like him trying to lock down a place in the company that he locked down the moment he showed up at WrestleMania. Which makes the booking even stranger, because no matter what, Rhodes is going to be gone for a while now after surgery. It’s Rich Hill in his 40s screaming and yelling to show everyone in the stadium just how much he cares for the sake of showing everyone how much he cares. Which is weird, because he has been the center of attention since returning to New York. With Roman Reigns on an extended break, Rhodes is one of the biggest draws in the company right now. It would have been sensible for Rollins to go over with Rhodes out of the picture for a long time. This is what caused enough fans in AEW to turn on Rhodes even though he wouldn’t turn on them, the constant “Everyone should be saying, ‘Where’s Cody?’” booking that he put himself through when fans wanted to see others playing a more prominent role. It seemed inconceivable that the match would go on when word of his injury started to spread over Twitter in the afternoon, even less so when the details emerged. Whether Rhodes could have hurt something else compensating for what he didn’t have is up to him and how he handles it, and there hasn’t been any report that he did.

WWE will likely give a more concrete timetable once Rhodes undergoes the procedure. Recent wrestling history would give a rough timeline of 4-6 months, though ...

His arrival also came as a much-needed boost to the WWE roster, which has struggled in finding babyface talent that stays over with the crowd for an extended period. WWE will likely give a more concrete timetable once Rhodes undergoes the procedure. The American Nightmare battled through the gruesome injury to defeat Seth Rollins inside Hell in a Cell on Sunday, but he's expected to miss several months of action.

Cody Rhodes' torn pec became the biggest story of Hell in a Cell as soon as word got out that 'The American Nightmare' was dealing with an injury.

Finally, Sutterer said that while he wouldn't have advised Rhodes to wrestle, this was not a matter of another doctor being negligent. Sutterer explained that based on the way Cody's pec looked (the bruising, coloring and the fact that his right nipple was now lower than his left), all signs pointed to the injury to his pectoralis major being 100% real. Cody Rhodes' torn pec became the biggest story of Hell in a Cell as soon as word got out that "The American Nightmare" was dealing with an injury.

Rhodes teased recovering in time for Money in the Bank, but was attacked with a sledgehammer by Seth Rollins.

After a commercial break, Rhodes refused to get on a stretcher and walked to the back under his own power. Rhodes opened up the show and said the feud with Rollins was over. Rollins continued to attack Rhodes until he was separated by WWE officials.

After fawning a show of respect in the ring, Seth Rollins attacked Cody Rhodes with a sledge hammer on Monday's edition of WWE Raw.

Is this feud going to continue despite one of its members having a pec torn off the bone? Consider this is wrestling, a sport of gentlemen, that was that, right? The first segment of Monday night’s edition of Raw started out so well.

On the 6/6 episode of Monday Night RAW, Cody Rhodes addressed his future following his innury but was attacked by Seth Rollins.

#WWERaw The full extent of the injury wouldn’t be known until just hours before Rhodes and Rollins were set to square off at Hell In A Cell, WWE confirmed Rhodes completely tore his pectoral muscle off the bone, earlier in the week. Rollins would go as far as to hit his patented curb stomp onto Rhodes’ injured shoulder and chest area before unloading a shot with a sledgehammer onto the heavily bruised pectoral of ‘The American Nightmare’. “I still don’t like you but what you put yourself through last night, you earned my respect. I’m officially done with Seth Rollins.” While he enjoyed sharing the ring with the former WWE Champion, he’s putting ‘The Visionary’ in the rear-view mirror.

Cody Rhodes opened this week's Monday Night Raw with a promo celebrating his victory over Seth Rollins at Hell in a Cell, but roughly 20 mintues later he ...

That's the only way I can stay the best in the world. "I think I'm the best wrestler in the world," he continued. "We haven't crossed paths in the ring. Following a commercial break, Rhodes was seen rejecting the offer to be carried out on a stretcher and walked away under his own power. Cody Rhodes opened this week's Monday Night Raw with a promo celebrating his victory over Seth Rollins at Hell in a Cell, but roughly 20 mintues later he was knocked out with his torn pec likely in even worse shape. Rhodes then celebrated with fans, only for Rollins to whack him from behind with a sledgehammer on the entrance ramp.