WWE Champion Cody Rhodes has looked back at Elimination Chamber, where he was assaulted by The Rock, John Cena and Travis Scott.
After Rhodes rejected the offer to side with The Rock, The Final Boss gave the signal for John Cena to turn heel, marking the first time in over 2 decades that Cena turned to the dark side. After Cena fired the first shot, Rhodes was attacked by the trio, which included a slap by Scott.
Scott’s involvement was criticised by fans. Along with the rapper not being a trained wrestler, footage from the slap appeared that it caused Rhodes an injury, with follow-up reports claiming that Scott caused Rhodes to suffer a black eye and burst eardrum. However, according to the WWE Champion, Scott did not cause that much damage.
Cody Rhodes Says Natalya Slapped Him Harder Than Travis Scott Did
Speaking with Chris Van Vliet, Rhodes denied that he was injured by Scott and recalled 2 slaps that connected harder, one being from Hardcore Holly, and the other being from Nattie Neidhart:
“Travis Scott did not hurt me. It looks like he hurt me. I took a photo with Travis Scott at the OBB studio event, and I never saw that photo. I like Travis Scott. I think it’s safe to say at this point, I like Travis Scott. I like that he lended us his time and that we had moments with him. I mean, he took a Cross Rhodes. Most people just remember the slap, and I’m going to be on this side of history with it. I know it wasn’t everyone’s favorite thing. That is not the hardest I’ve ever been slapped. That’s number three. That’s number three. I’ll give you the list of slaps. Number two, Bob Holly in London. He says, ‘Fire up out there, kid.’ I don’t want to say something nefarious that gets anyone in trouble. I think someone told him to try and knock me out, because the way he slapped me was trying to knock a man out, it didn’t. I have a decent little jaw. So I took said slap. The number one might shock you, but I felt it in both of my heels. I felt it in my feet. I had to plant my feet. It was so hard. Nattie Neidhart hit me. It felt like an MLB batter swinging the bat, and I walked into it. She leveled me. So Nattie is one, Hardcore Holly two, Travis Scott, I’d say maybe three.”
When it was brought up that Rhodes suffered a black eye at the Premium Live Event, Rhodes responded that it was The Rock and Cena who gave him the black eye:
“I’m gonna say that John Cena and The Rock gave me the black eye, and Travis Scott was there as well. So the three of them gave me the black eye and the perforated eardrum. Also, it runs. If you get anything up here, right? So if I like, dot you up here, it’s gonna run. Some people are quick healers too. I’m like, a real yellowy, gross healer, where it just takes forever. So, yeah, it was not the worst slap I ever got, and he took a great Cross Rhodes.”
Also in the interview, Rhodes addressed receiving more negative reactions from fans in recent months and how he is dealing with being a more polarising WWE star:
“That’s the thing. I’m honored by it. I’m honored by the passion of both sides of the coin. What I would like to do and to honor those who are so excited and those who are so not, however you’d put it, is I want to make sure that I’m not gotten to by it. I think with everything I’ve been through and everything in the business, you hear people say you got thick skin. I can definitely say I have thick skin now, because I used to not have thick skin.”
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