Now that we’ve had a few days to recover from The Rock beating Cody Rhodes bloody on the March 25 episode of WWE Raw, there’s one part of the chaos that night that hasn’t been officially revealed: What did The Rock say to Cody during the first segment of the show?
To set the scene, recall that instead of getting on the microphone when he made his unadvertised appearance, The Rock joined Rhodes in the ring and whispered something to him. He left smiling while Cody looked like he saw a ghost.
(It wasn’t the first time this happened either, as The Rock also said something to Rhodes that the audience couldn’t hear on the Feb. 2 edition of SmackDown, one of the moments that set the entire Rock-Rhodes-Roman Reigns-Seth Rollins storyline into motion.)
WWE backstage interviewer Jackie Redmond asked The Rock what he said but was redirected to ask Rhodes. When she did, Cody noted that it wasn’t something he wanted to repeat out loud but called it a promise The Rock couldn’t keep.
As it turns out, that might not have been true. Bryan Alvarez of Wrestling Observer Radio said this week that The Rock promised to make Rhodes bleed … which is of course exactly what happened during the show’s dramatic final segment.
Well, that and The Rock saying “look at you now” and variations of that a lot of times while laying the smack down on the American Nightmare.
Not only did The Rock potentially do exactly what he told Rhodes he would, but he was also carrying out on his vow to “Mama Rhodes” that Cody’s blood would end up on his belt. Whether he’ll find Cody’s mom and sing part of “You’re Welcome” to her remains to be seen.
It’s possible that Rhodes could be looking for some payback on the April 1 episode of Raw, where The Rock is already scheduled to appear. If not, Cody will certainly have his chance to fire back when he and Rollins team to take on The Rock and Reigns on night 1 of WrestleMania 40, which goes down on Saturday, April 6.
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