Cody Rhodes sustains injury during WWE Elimination Chamber angle

Originally posted on F4WOnline.com | By Josh Nason | Last updated Mar 4, 2025 9:47 AM ET

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While the big news coming out of Saturday’s WWE Elimination Chamber was the heel turn of John Cena, there’s another development involving the victim in the chaos: undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes.

On the post-Raw edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer said he heard Rhodes was injured, suffering a busted eardrum and a black eye in the attack from Cena, rapper Travis Scott and The Rock.

Bryan Alvarez speculated it was Scott that caused the injury. Clips shared on social media of the beatdown angle show Scott throwing a hard slap to Rhodes’ left ear.

Report: Travis Scott busted Cody Rhodes’ eardrum on this slap & gave him a black eye

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Rhodes is set to appear on SmackDown this Friday to address the attack, prompted by Rhodes turning down Rock’s offer to be “his champion.” Rhodes will defend his title against Cena at next month’s WrestleMania 41 following Cena’s Elimination Chamber victory that gave him the title shot.

It will be their first singles match since January 2013 and just their fourth overall. Cena will be gunning for his first World title run since 2017 while Rhodes is closing in on his first full year holding the title.

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