Speaking on "Busted Open Radio," WWE Hall of Famer Bully Ray took issue with the line, pointing out that it was McMahon who brought Rhodes back into the company in 2022. Not only that, but he was being heavily pushed under McMahon, who didn't step down as WWE CEO until months after Rhodes had returned at WWE WrestleMania 39.

Cody Rhodes stood tall over John Cena on WWE Raw after the two traded verbal shots on this week's WWE Raw in London. Cena once again opened the show to a chorus of boos from the WWE fans in attendance,

There were a lot of references to AEW yesterday during the opening segment of WWE RAW between Cody Rhodes and John Cena. For the third straight week, John Cena and Cody Rhodes opened WWE RAW. This week saw much more of a back and forth promo instead of the previous two weeks.