SmackDown Live Live SmackDown Discussion thread, March 7th 2025: Cody Rhodes returns to SmackDown after John Cena's vicious betrayal

[Shane]

Cody won the title in Philly with John Cena by his side.

Now 10 months later he’s back in the same city to talk about how John turned his back on him.

Deep.

 

[Ricky Smarks]

Man this is one of Cody's best promos in awhile, or maybe the liquor is just hitting but I am invested af

He knows how to turn the dial up when we got the bigger matches. I don’t think this is better than some of the stuff he was doing last mania season but it’s definitely up there.

 

[Ricky Smarks]

nah they're advertised 99.9% of the time and they weren't so

Damn. I missed the era of when we didn’t know who was gonna show up.

 

[Shane]

No dude. Rock isn’t here either

 

[O-Blaze]

Cody won the title in Philly with John Cena by his side.

Now 10 months later he’s back in the same city to talk about how John turned his back on him.

Deep.

Wrestling is magical isn't it?

 

[Ricky Smarks]

No dude. Rock isn’t here either

So we do a hot angle and then we don’t do anything for a whole week OK. Shame.

 

[Barry Poppins]

I really hope Cody wins at Mania

 

[DameDollar]

Man I can't wait for Carmelo to break out and really be a star

 

[Chris]

Great fucking promo, sold the Cena heel turn, made it personal with the live crowd, then sold the match itself

 

[Chris]

Also buried Cena's response before he said it to make sure he stayed cooler lol what a pro

 

[Ricky Smarks]

I’m glad I don’t pay attention to these whose advertised things though because like I like the feeling of just hearing the music hit and not knowing they were gonna be here.

 

[R-Troop]

lol Orton telling Melo he's playing Elden Ring

 

[O-Blaze]

Orton mentioned Elden Ring lmao

 

[DameDollar]

"Fortnite's for kids. I was playing Elden Ring" lmfao

 

[Ricky Smarks]

I really hope Cody wins at Mania

You and me, brother.