Cody Rhodes broke his silence following a major WWE announcement today on social media. The American Nightmare will be defending his Undisputed WWE Championship against Drew McIntyre at Saturday Night's Main Event this weekend in Salt Lake City, Utah.The company released a video today to promote WrestleMania 42 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The video featured Triple H, Paul Heyman, Roman Reigns, Cody Rhodes, CM Punk, and Brock Lesnar, and promoted that 2-day combo tickets for the PLE were on sale. Ahead of the release of the promo today, the company had been sharing cryptic teases in recent weeks.Cody Rhodes broke his silence following the release of the promo and seemingly teased a major match at The Show of Shows. He noted that it was time to "run it back," which could be referring to WrestleMania being in Las Vegas for the second year in a row, or he may be facing a familiar foe at the PLE next year."Time to run it back 🎰 WrestleMania 42 returns April 18 & 19 — be there LIVE for the sequel!" he wrote. View this post on Instagram Instagram PostRhodes captured the Undisputed WWE Championship from John Cena at SummerSlam 2025. He successfully defended the title against Drew McIntyre last month at Wrestlepalooza. He will have to do so again this weekend at Saturday Night's Main Event to retain his championship.Vince Russo claims Cody Rhodes was supposed to face a major WWE star at SNMEWrestling legend Vince Russo recently claimed that Cody Rhodes was supposed to defend his title against someone else besides Drew McIntyre this weekend.Speaking on Sportskeeda Wrestling's Writing with Russo show, the legend claimed that Rhodes was supposed to battle Jacob Fatu at SNME. However, Fatu had to undergo a dental procedure, and the match was postponed."There was supposed to be a match between him and Jacob Fatu, but Jacob Fatu, I think, needs some type of serious dental work or something, so he's going to be out for a while. So he's on the shelf, so Drew's back in the spot," Russo said.Wrestle Features @WrestleFeaturesLINKBodySlam has learned that Jacob Fatu is dealing with a non-wrestling-related injury that’s expected to keep him out of action for a very extended period, possibly “well into 2026”. (Bodyslam+ via Patreon)It will be fascinating to see if Rhodes can defeat McIntyre at Saturday Night's Main Event to retain the Undisputed WWE Championship.
Cody Rhodes reacts after WWE finally reveals the result of recent cryptic teases
Cody Rhodes broke his silence following a major WWE announcement today on social media. The American Nightmare will be defending his Undisputed WWE Championship against Drew McIntyre at Saturday Night's Main Event this weekend in Salt Lake City, Utah.The company released a video today to promote WrestleMania 42 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The video featured Triple H, Paul Heyman, Roman Reigns, Cody Rhodes, CM Punk, and Brock Lesnar, and promoted that 2-day combo tickets for the PLE were on sale. Ahead of the release of the promo today, the company had been sharing cryptic teases in recent weeks.Cody Rhodes broke his silence following the release of the promo and seemingly teased a major match at The Show of Shows. He noted that it was time to "run it back," which could be referring to WrestleMania being in Las Vegas for the second year in a row, or he may be facing a familiar foe at the PLE next year."Time to run it back 🎰 WrestleMania 42 returns April 18 & 19 — be there LIVE for the sequel!" he wrote. View this post on Instagram Instagram PostRhodes captured the Undisputed WWE Championship from John Cena at SummerSlam 2025. He successfully defended the title against Drew McIntyre last month at Wrestlepalooza. He will have to do so again this weekend at Saturday Night's Main Event to retain his championship.Vince Russo claims Cody Rhodes was supposed to face a major WWE star at SNMEWrestling legend Vince Russo recently claimed that Cody Rhodes was supposed to defend his title against someone else besides Drew McIntyre this weekend.Speaking on Sportskeeda Wrestling's Writing with Russo show, the legend claimed that Rhodes was supposed to battle Jacob Fatu at SNME. However, Fatu had to undergo a dental procedure, and the match was postponed."There was supposed to be a match between him and Jacob Fatu, but Jacob Fatu, I think, needs some type of serious dental work or something, so he's going to be out for a while. So he's on the shelf, so Drew's back in the spot," Russo said.Wrestle Features @WrestleFeaturesLINKBodySlam has learned that Jacob Fatu is dealing with a non-wrestling-related injury that’s expected to keep him out of action for a very extended period, possibly “well into 2026”. (Bodyslam+ via Patreon)It will be fascinating to see if Rhodes can defeat McIntyre at Saturday Night's Main Event to retain the Undisputed WWE Championship.
