“Easy to find, hard to beat” – Those were Cody Rhodes’ words before he dropped the mic on SmackDown. One of his real-life best friends confronted him in a huge WWE debut, setting up a massive match.
This week on SmackDown, Cody Rhodes would make a huge announcement – just a couple of weeks removed from his WWE Title match at WrestleMania 42, where he defeated Randy Orton, The American Nightmare was medically cleared. So it begged the question – What is next for him? Or rather, who is next for him? It seemed like, based on the ending of WrestleMania 42, that we would be seeing Rhodes go up against Randy Orton again. It seems ironic that Rhodes took the punt, yet it is Orton who has yet to show his face on WWE television.
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Either way, Cody Rhodes was quickly cut off by Ricky Saints, the former AEW star and NXT Champion, who was advertised to be making his debut on May 1st anyway. The newest addition of SmackDown came out and made his intentions clear to his real-life best friend. He told Cody that he was there to start a revolution and to change the entire way things are structured. He is gunning for Cody’s spot, and that set up a huge match in the main event of SmackDown.
For those who don’t know, when Ricky Saints debuted in AEW (where he was Ricky Starks), he had his first match against the then-TNT Champion, Cody Rhodes. As we know, Saints’ AEW run didn’t work out as he was effectively frozen out. However, it turned out to be a great thing in hindsight as he would sign for WWE and become a big star in NXT.
He was one of NXT’s key names, and now he is set to make a huge splash on SmackDown.
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Edited by Rohit Nath