If you watched Cody Rhodes vs. Kevin Owens at Royal Rumble and thought, “Yeah, that looked painful,”—you were absolutely right.
According to WWE correspondent Jackie Redmond, both Rhodes and Owens are in rough shape following their grueling Undisputed WWE Championship ladder match. And while Rhodes may have walked away with both the Undisputed Title and the Winged Eagle belt, he didn’t leave unscathed.
Jackie Redmond’s Injury Report:
📢 Kevin Owens? Battered, bruised, and likely questioning all his life choices.
📢 Cody Rhodes? Also dealing with multiple injuries, bad enough that he skipped the post-show press conference.
📢 Severity? Unknown—but enough to put his in-ring status “up in the air.”
📢 However, Rhodes is still expected to appear on this week’s SmackDown in Memphis. Owens’ status? Still unclear.
What’s Next?
With Jey Uso winning the Men’s Royal Rumble, he now has a title match at WrestleMania 41. Will he use it to challenge his former tag partner Cody Rhodes? Or will he go after WWE World Heavyweight Champion GUNTHER instead?
One thing’s for sure: Cody’s road to WrestleMania just got a whole lot rougher.