Cody Rhodes Avoids Fracture After Heinous WWE Attack

WWE have provided a medical update on Cody Rhodes after the WWE Champion was stretchered from the ring at Saturday Night’s Main Event.

After Cody Rhodes teamed up with Roman Reigns at Bad Blood, Kevin Owens attacked The American Nightmare in the parking lot and the rivalry has only increased in intensity. This all led to a match between the pair at the rebooted Saturday Night’s Main Event.

When Rhodes and Owens met at Bash In Berlin, Owens fought against his killer instinct, which eventually cost him the match and the Undisputed WWE Championship, so he was determined to make sure that didn’t happen twice. At Saturday Night’s Main Event, Owens was much more ruthless, but in the end, he was undone by Rhodes and a steel chair.

The match reached its controversial conclusion when Kevin Owens pushed Rhodes into the referee knocking them down. Owens then hit a Stunner, which led to a second referee running in, but the champion kicked out. Rhodes began to fight back but accidentally hit the second referee, leaving them on the canvas as well.

Owens grabbed a chair and returned to the ring but Rhodes dodged a wild swing before connecting with a Cody Cutter. Rhodes then hit a Cross Rhodes on the chair before throwing it from the ring and pinning Owens to retain the title.

Kevin Owens Lays Out Cody Rhodes

After the match, Kevin Owens dropped Cody Rhodes with a package piledriver leaving him lying in the ring. Backstage Owens ended up in a shoving match with Triple H who was less than happy at what took place. This all comes after Kevin Owens put Randy Orton on the injured list with a vicious piledriver after their friendship also fell apart.

Now WWE has given an update on Rhodes’ condition on its website after he was stretchered from the arena. The update – which is strictly part of the storyline – revealed that Rhodes had avoided a fracture:

Earlier today it was confirmed that Cody Rhodes suffered cervical swelling and was kept overnight at a local hospital for observation. While X-Rays were negative for a fracture, Rhodes has been officially diagnosed with axial compression of the cervical spine, as well as a cervical strain with spasm.

It remains to be seen if WWE will keep Cody Rhodes out of action for any length of time after the attack.