Cody Rhodes has locked horns with a few of WWE’s greatest superstars, however rapper Travis Scott did extra harm to him than most. Rhodes was sporting a severe shiner after March’s Elimination Chamber, an damage attributable to a punch that included a burst eardrum from the music celebrity.

Rhodes performed the sufferer in one in every of skilled wrestling’s most memorable villainous turns on the Chamber. John Cena attacked Rhodes, aligning with The Rock and Scott. Throughout the section, Scott struck Rhodes at the back of the top with an open hand. The strike legitimately injured Rhodes, bursting his eardrum and giving him a black eye.

“I want I might let you know it wasn’t true as a result of I wished anybody else to have the credit score for that,” Rhodes mentioned throughout Thursday’s “Sizzling Ones” look. “You may have The Rock within the ring. You may have Cena within the ring. However my man Travis, who, nothing however love for [him], has a giant outdated hand. So sure, it did bust my eardrum.”

Rhodes might need most popular somebody with The Rock’s or Cena’s aura to trigger a authentic damage, however he is not upset with Scott. Rhodes acknowledges the significance of getting main celebrities concerned with WWE.

“If anybody ever wonders why I did not slap him, hit him with a Cross Rhodes, he is gracing us along with his presence,” Rhodes mentioned. “Wrestling proper now, once more, we’re getting all these enjoyable of us, however years in the past it wasn’t that simple. And now right here he comes. 

“I would like you to come back again, man. Our home is your own home. You understand, possibly swing much less, however our home is your own home. So yeah, no, Travis did do this, that is a truth.” 

Rhodes and Scott spoke shortly after the incident. Netflix’s new docuseries “WWE: Unreal” captured a FaceTime dialog between the 2 events after Elimination Chamber the place Scott requested if Rhodes was alright.

“It is all the time loopy being in there,” Rhodes mentioned. “I do know you have been in entrance of the largest crowds. It is a nuts state of affairs on the market.”

“No, that was means totally different than something I’ve ever been in entrance of earlier than,” Scott replied. “I am hooked on it now.”

Scott made one subsequent WWE look, serving to Cena take the undisputed WWE championship from Rhodes at WrestleMania 41.