{"id":614056,"date":"2026-04-19T08:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T08:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/614056\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T08:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T08:07:10","slug":"cody-rhodes-suffers-eye-injury-at-wwe-wrestlemania-42","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/614056\/","title":{"rendered":"Cody Rhodes suffers eye injury at WWE WrestleMania 42"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\/news\/wwe\/cody-rhodes-retains-wwe-title-wrestlemania-42-randy-orton\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\/news\/wwe\/cody-rhodes-retains-wwe-title-wrestlemania-42-randy-orton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">successfully defending his title<\/a> at WWE WrestleMania 42, Cody Rhodes did not escape the match scratch-free.<\/p>\n<p>In the main event of the night in Las Vegas, Nevada, Randy Orton and Rhodes took each other to their limits. While both men had their skulls busted open and sported a crimson mask, Rhodes somehow fought back and stood against all adversities to retain his title.<\/p>\n<p>However, his celebration did not last long as Orton ended the night by hitting Rhodes with a brutal Punt Kick.<\/p>\n<p>Later during the WWE WrestleMania 42 post-show, Joe Tessitore announced that Rhodes suffered an eye injury, which was being tended to by the doctors. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WWE\/status\/2045693211918676040\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WWE\/status\/2045693211918676040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The clip soon went viral on X<\/a> (formerly known as Twitter). Rhodes\u2019 face looked bloodied and bruised as his left eye also appeared swollen shut.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Rosenberg also noted that Rhodes could be in concussion protocol for three days after taking the Punt Kick. There are currently no other updates on Rhodes\u2019 injury.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"preferred-source-link\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Google-CTA.jpg\" alt=\"Google Icon\" class=\"google-icon\"\/><br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\/author\/shounak\/\" title=\"Shounak Chakrabarti\" class=\"gms-profile-image\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776586030_272_7d825ce4b22c2909b7f52ea86446a4673237c8ac6b25a5afd8afa5e04fcc060d.png\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" alt=\"Shounak Chakrabarti\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                Shounak Chakrabarti<\/p>\n<p>Shounak Chakrabarti is an experienced sports journalist with a lifelong passion for athletics and storytelling. He holds a Master\u2019s Degree in International Journalism from the University of Leeds and joined F4WOnline in 2025.<br \/>Shounak takes particular interest in soccer, closely following top clubs like Real Madrid and Arsenal. Beyond sports, he enjoys fiction writing, photography, gaming, and cinema.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\/news\/wwe\/aj-lee-opens-up-on-her-future-after-wwe-wrestlemania-42\/?utm_source=navigation-previous&amp;utm_medium=internal\" class=\"gms-prev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">previous story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite successfully defending his title at WWE WrestleMania 42, Cody Rhodes did not escape the match scratch-free. In&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":453720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-614056","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}