Cody Rhodes makes major announcement ahead of WWE SmackDown
Cody Rhodes has made a major announcement ahead of tonight's edition of WWE SmackDown. The American Nightmare will be kicking off this week's episode of the blue brand in Omaha, Nebraska.
The veteran took to his Instagram story ahead of tonight's SmackDown to share some interesting news. He is currently signed as a Prime Athlete and made an announcement about the beverage ahead of SmackDown.
Rhodes noted that a new Prime bottle with the company's logo on it was on sale now at Walmart, and you can check out the video by clicking here.
"Hello, this is the Undisputed WWE Champion, also Prime Athlete, The American Nightmare Cody Rhodes. If you haven't heard, WWE and Prime are teaming up once again. Take a look, this is the brand new WWE Prime Hydration bottle, it is on sale now. Check it out at your nearest Walmart. Let's say the thing: drink Prime," he said.
The Bloodline attacked Cody Rhodes at the conclusion of last week's episode of SmackDown and put Randy Orton through the announce table as well. Rhodes will be defending his title against Solo Sikoa next month at SummerSlam.
WWE veteran criticizes Cody Rhodes' actions on SmackDown
Wrestling legend Dutch Mantell was unhappy with Cody Rhodes' choice to get in the ring with The Bloodline alone last Friday night on SmackDown.
During the latest episode of Sportskeeda Wrestling's Smack Talk show, the 74-year-old questioned why Rhodes would try to battle The Bloodline on his own. Mantell added that the champion didn't earn any sympathy from him during the attack from The Bloodline last week.
"Cody lost me. He's gonna stand there and pull his jacket off with four guys there. Everybody knew what was coming. Them beating the cr*p out of him didn't get him a lot of sympathy. He got his own a*s whipped because of his own ignorance. You're gonna stand there and fight four of them then he gets what he gets." [4:34 onwards]
You can check out the video below:
The Bloodline has been targeting Cody Rhodes since his victory over AJ Styles at Clash at the Castle. It will be interesting to see how the 39-year-old responds to the heel faction during the opening segment of tonight's SmackDown.