{"id":550532,"date":"2026-03-28T14:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T14:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/550532\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T14:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T14:08:11","slug":"ass-kicker-cody-rhodes-returns-to-wwe-and-watches-jelly-roll-get-rkod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/550532\/","title":{"rendered":"Ass-kicker Cody Rhodes returns to WWE and watches Jelly Roll get RKO\u2019d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Randy Orton vs. Matt Cardona was booked on tonight\u2019s (Mar. 27) episode of SmackDown, one week after The Viper snapped Matt\u2019s left wrist in a vicious assault.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Cardona was aggressive and channeled his inner Cowboy Bob by blasting Orton with the cast on his broken wrist, but it didn\u2019t take long for Randy to dominate. He relentlessly targeted Cardona\u2019s injury in a variety of ways, toying with his victim. Meanwhile, WWE fans awaited the arrival of Cody Rhodes, who Jelly Roll said was on his way to the building.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Orton finally put Cardona out of his misery with an RKO for the three count. Cody\u2019s bus then arrived at the venue, just in time for a commercial break.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Cody stormed the ring after the break, peacefully getting by Nick Aldis and WWE\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cagesideseats.com\/wwe\/2022\/2\/26\/22951833\/wwe-smackdown-recap-reactions-feb-25-2022-brock-lesnar-roman-reigns-skid-mark-security-lol\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">skid mark security<\/a> by saying he was just there to talk. It turns out he was actually there to kick Randy Orton\u2019s ass. Rhodes immediately incited a not-so-exciting brawl that saw him lay in punch after punch on Orton, whose only offense came at the expense of the hapless security. That was until Grammy Award winner Jelly Roll showed up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Roll scolded both men for their behavior as officials kept the two WrestleMania opponents apart. The Viper then got the last laugh by dropping Jelly with an RKO. Orton left the ring with a smirk on his face, while Cody checked on the fallen celebrity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Earlier in the show, Randy told the mystery man he\u2019s been talking to on the phone that he\u2019ll see him \u201csoon.\u201d Now that ass-kicker Rhodes is back in WWE, perhaps the mystery man will have to show up next week to give Orton the edge over Cody again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">What did you think of Rhodes returning to punch the crap out of Orton, only for Roll to become his latest victim? Give me your reaction in the comments below, Cagesiders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Catch up on all the results from SmackDown in our live blog right <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cagesideseats.com\/wwe\/427822\/wwe-smackdown-results-live-discussion-mar-27-2026-kitty-vs-jelly\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Randy Orton vs. Matt Cardona was booked on tonight\u2019s (Mar. 27) episode of SmackDown, one week after The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550533,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[88,165350,4366,4367],"class_list":{"0":"post-550532","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-wrestlemania-42","10":"tag-wwe","11":"tag-wwe-smackdown"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}