Cody Rhodes Wrestles Through HORROR Injury At WWE Hell In A Cell 2022
Gruesome injury forces likely changes to match, but masterful performance steals show.
In what is sure to be one of the most-talked-about matches in WWE in some time, Cody Rhodes overcame a reported torn pectoral muscle to beat Seth Rollins in a Hell in a Cell match at Sunday's eponymous premium live event.
Rhodes' injury came to light in the hours before the show, with it being confirmed during WWE's kickoff show that he had sustained the injury while lifting weights. But Cody was determined to still perform, and he entered the cell nonetheless.
When Rhodes removed his jacket, he revealed a gruesome injury that left you wondering just how much he could actually do in the ring. The match started out tentatively enough, but after a while, Rollins was full-on exploiting the injury, whacking it with a kendo stick, whipping it with a weight belt, and slamming it into the cell. He buckle-bombed Cody through a table for a near-fall, nailed a stomp and even hit his own Cross-Rhodes.
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But Cody refused to stay down, using a bullrope and goading Rollins into tying himself to it as well. He hit multiple Cross-Rhodes moves, delivered a Pedigree, and finished Seth off with a sledgehammer to the face to sweep the trilogy. It was way more than what you could have expected after seeing the injury, as Rollins and Rhodes didn't just work around the torn pec, they incorporated it into the match flawlessly.
There was no immediate announcement in the aftermath of HIAC as to Cody's immediate future - whether he'd have surgery - but you can expect that to come as soon as Raw Monday night.