If not The backlash surrounding Pat McAfee’s involvementRumors about Cody Rhodes vs. Randy Orton’s WrestleMania 42 match could have been a shot Orton landed on Rhodes that could have legitimately been tied to Rhodes’ face. Months later, the wounds have not fully healed. Arguing the point “Insight with Chris Van Vliet” Rhodes admitted there were still repercussions The broken orbital bone he received during the match, whether it was from Orton’s kick or an earlier hit.
“I think we were skating with a little bit of an orbital fracture, and I think I’m mad at myself for doing that because it’s affected my work since,” Rhodes said. “(It) slowed down a lot … you know what I mean (my peripheral vision). Yes, to some extent, a little. And I feel like it’s… you can’t go out there, QB1, and say you’re in your prime and you’re the best you’ve ever been if you’re dealing with something that’s even remotely like that. I passed through the forest and appeared the next night.
Rhodes may be upset with himself for dealing with these negative effects, but that hasn’t stopped him from continuing, including: against Orton in a Last Man Standing match at WWE Crown Jewel next month. Rhodes admitted he was “toxic” when it came to serious injuries, but admitted he wasn’t about to budge from his mindset, even as he begged others not to use him as an example.
“I’m letting you know, it’s not good,” Rhodes said. “If you’re a young wrestler, don’t do it. Don’t do it. Live to fight someday. I just can’t. Something about me can’t help but want to go. I don’t know what it is. I love it too much. Maybe it’s the ego, I don’t know. But I just can’t. So yeah, it was unpleasant.”
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