Cody Rhodes has addressed his relationship with Travis Scott following their memorable interplay at WWE Elimination Chamber 2025, making it clear that there are not any laborious emotions between the 2.
Throughout an look on the most recent episode of Advanced’s Sneaker Purchasing, “The American Nightmare” mirrored on the controversial section that noticed Scott be part of The Rock and John Cena in attacking him after Cena’s stunning heel flip.
The section included Scott delivering a slap to Rhodes that left the then-WWE Champion with a noticeable black eye heading into WrestleMania 41.
Regardless of hypothesis about potential backstage warmth stemming from the incident, Rhodes insists there was by no means a difficulty between them.
When requested whether or not Travis Scott sneakers had been banned from his family following the incident, Rhodes laughed off the suggestion and revealed that his spouse, Brandi Rhodes, had continued carrying them.
“Nicely, the Travis Scott of all of it, the pair that Brandi did put on these, and I don’t assume she gave a rattling that he put the large old- I don’t even know what we’d name his hand. It was like a frying pan. He’s received a giant hand.”
Rhodes continued, expressing his curiosity in seeing the Grammy-nominated rapper make one other WWE look.
“And no, there was by no means any warmth. We love Travis Scott. I’d wish to see Travis Scott again doing one thing with WWE. He’s great, however they were- They had been, I feel, shunned slightly bit. Yeah, put them on ice for slightly bit. However they’re nice.”
Rhodes additionally shared a beforehand untold story from the night time of the assault, revealing that Scott went out of his manner to verify considered one of his private belongings was returned to him.
In keeping with Rhodes, Scott had left him a pair of sneakers following the section, nevertheless it was one thing else the rapper did backstage that earned his respect.
“I don’t know if I’ve ever stated this. He left a pair for me, after which the place I knew not solely I felt like we had been perhaps cool, but in addition I felt like perhaps we bonded as a wrestler.”
Rhodes recalled shedding his watch in the course of the beatdown, which befell in Toronto with fellow rapper Drake watching from ringside.
“The wrestler bond was after I’m getting beat up in Toronto and I’m bleeding like a caught pig after which Drake’s sitting within the entrance row watching. I by no means received to say hello to Drake, so hello to Drake, as a result of that was a bummer.”
As Rhodes defined, the watch apparently got here unfastened in the course of the bodily portion of the section involving Cena.
“So I used to be laying there getting my ass kicked, however my watch got here off. I feel John put it on his hand and he punched me with it and that was the entire thing.”
It was Scott who in the end recovered the watch and ensured that Rhodes acquired it whereas being handled backstage.
“I then went to the coaching room. They’re stitching me up and so they’re doing all these items. He’s the one who received the watch. Travis is the one who received the watch, put it in his pocket, and made certain it received again to me. That’s man stuff. That’s professional. So I at all times appreciated that vastly.”
Scott has not made one other WWE look since his involvement within the high-profile Elimination Chamber angle, though Rhodes made it clear that he would welcome the chance to work with him once more. Curiously sufficient, Travis Scott was reportedly coaching particularly for a WWE match, however issues by no means got here to fruition.
In the meantime, Cody Rhodes’ subsequent WWE look is scheduled to happen this Friday. “The American Nightmare” is marketed for a face-to-face confrontation with Randy Orton on the October 16 episode of WWE SmackDown on the Golden 1 Heart in Sacramento, CA.
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