Cody Rhodes Pitched An Eyepatch Gimmick For His Eye Injury, Says Triple H Turned It Down
Cody Rhodes wanted to bring back the eyepatch.
Since being punted by Randy Orton at WrestleMania 42, Rhodes has been sporting a wicked eye injury/bruise. As it turns out, ‘The American Nightmare’ originally planned on bringing out an old gimmick to cover things up.
“I thought, ‘I’m gonna go to TV, I’m gonna go to Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown, I’m gonna do an eyepatch thing.’” Rhodes told ESPN Sportscenter in a new interview. “I thought that’d be cool. Wrestlers are always looking for something cool, let’s get a new action figure out of it. Eye patch Cody. Triple H told me absolutely not and there might be a shot on Unreal of me throwing that eye patch down backstage cause I had it, I was ready to go. But hey, it comes with the territory more than anything. I had no complaints. It’s just a little battle scar, that’s all.”
Rhodes previously wore an eyepatch in 2018 after suffering an eye injury in a bout with Kenny Omega.
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