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WWE Champion Cody Rhodes Attacked After SmackDown Goes Off Air

As Cody Rhodes weighs The Rock's once in a lifetime offer, another member of The Bloodline is more interested in injuring the WWE Champion.
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Cody Rhodes has had quite the week.

The American Nightmare is currently weighing the decision of his life and the clock is ticking down to when he owes The Final Boss an answer. The Rock has offered the world to the WWE Champion in exchange for his soul. Meantime, another member of the Bloodline is still out for a pound of flesh - literally.

Friday night's episode of SmackDown closed with The Final Boss making his final plea to Cody Rhodes, along with gifting him a Raptor pick-up truck and a custom made "Cody's Soul" weight belt with the date of his father's passing engraved across the back.

Ever the professional, the conflicted WWE Champion addressed the Toronto crowd after the show went off the air. He was in the process of giving away one of his own weight belts before Solo Sikoa jumped him from behind. Shout out to @RIPLEYCVLT who captured the video above.

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The former Tribal Chief attempted to take out Rhodes with a steel chair, but the American Nightmare blasted him with a superkick and a Cross Rhodes to send him fleeing from the ring side area.

Cody Rhodes will be at Elimination Chamber tonight at the Rogers Centre. He'll either have to embrace The Rock and accept his offer, or face unfathomable consequences if he turns him down.

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Rick Ucchino
RICK UCCHINO

Rick Ucchino is the Assistant Editor & Content Coordinator for The Takedown on SI. He also works full-time for 700WLW Radio in Cincinnati, Ohio as a local news and sports anchor, in addition to his time covering the Cincinnati Bengals for Sirius XM. Rick has been on the professional wrestling beat since 2019, having provided coverage for a number of outlets, including Fightful, SB Nation’s Cageside Seats and the Bleav Podcast Network. With an educational background in theater, creative writing and journalism, Rick focuses primarily on the storytelling aspect of pro wrestling, but he’s no stranger to the squared circle himself. He had the privilege of training with former WWE & WCW cruiserweight Jimmy Wang Yang for nearly two years and retired early due to back issues with a perfect 1-0 record in singles competition. Rick is a married father of two incredibly adorable children, who are budding pro wrestling fans themselves. Much to the chagrin of their mother. You can reach Rick at rwucchino@gmail.com

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