Cody Rhodes says Travis Scott ‘hit me with the power of a thousand suns’

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Cody Rhodes says he’s looking to give rapper Travis Scott a “receipt.”

Scott was part of the closing segment at WWE Elimination Chamber, where he joined The Rock and John Cena in an attack on Rhodes, delivering what appeared to be some stiff punches to the WWE Champion’s face. Rhodes suffered a busted eardrum and a black eye during the attack.

Speaking to Complex, Rhodes said he’s not mad, but will be looking for an opportunity to get one back on Scott.

Rhodes said:

“The next day after the incident, I told everyone, ‘He didn’t hit me.’ I didn’t realize there was a fan video circulating of him hitting me with the power of a thousand suns and the noise deafening. And then I had a Tommy Boy situation where the entire side of my face was black and blue and I kept saying, ‘Oh no, I’m good. I’m good.’ And then I had a little flutter in the eardrum because it popped. Again, I’m a weirdo, this is going to sound so strange, and I apologize to your viewers and your listeners, but man, that’s wrestling. You know what I’m saying? Beat me up. I’m going to beat you up. That’s wrestling. I am not mad so much, but I am looking, and my eyes are open for what we inevitably, what we’ll call a receipt. If Travis Scott ever makes his way back into the WWE frey, maybe there’s a receipt for Travis.”

At the Elimination Chamber post-show press conference, The Rock confirmed the plan is for Scott to wrestle in WWE.

“Yes, absolutely. That’s why we’re doing it. Long gaming. I love Travis. That’s my guy,” he said.

Rock also revealed he gave Scott some advice before the segment.

“He wanted to get, to steal a term, he wanted to get his hands bloody. I whispered to him as we were going out, ‘If you get your hands bloody, make it count. Make it count.’”

Dave Meltzer later reported in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that it was a slap from Scott that caused the injuries to Rhodes.

“That blow was apparently the one that legit broke Rhodes’ eardrum and left him with a black eye. As you can imagine, that got all kinds of heat backstage, with people noting that Scott shouldn’t have been out there nor put in that position in the first place. The one story is that Scott was told to make it look good but it was too good.”

Shortly after Elimination Chamber, AEW’s Swerve Strickland said Scott has been training at Booker T’s school for a potential WWE debut. On the Bootleg Kev podcast, Strickland shared his perspective on what happened at Elimination Chamber.

“That’s a very excited artist who finally got to do his dream,” he said. “That’s what happens when you get excited with someone who’s not in our industry.”

“Sometimes you want just the natural reaction from other people outside of wrestling. You want them to just be natural, just flow, and feel, because then it’ll feel real. But sometimes that stuff happens, and it’s like, ‘Ah, too far.’”