Cody Rhodes Busted Open

[InsomGTS]

I don't know if that was an intentional blade job or not, but it sure added to the moment. HiaC should have blood after this.

 

[The "Blueprint"]

I didn't catch Rhodes face, but there was blood everywhere. This did give Orton credibility to his whole "I'm psycho" gimmick and did give a preview of what may happen at Hell in a Cell. I'm certain Orton/Henry will have a better match than Cena/Punk/Del Rio, or at least I'm looking forward to it more. Cody Rhodes also may need a new mask, lol.

 

[XXJJ]

They actually edit out quite a bit. Orton used a chair too and gave 2 rko's. So I am assuming it was accidental. Or Orton and Cody did that on their own.

 

[SteelRevenge]

wasn`t bladed and it wasn`t scripted. It was Orton going too far and then continuing which made it look planned even though he was just throwing his co-workers well being out the window. And yes, most of it was edited out. . . . in RL it was nothing but blood all over the place.

 

[RD_21]

I had made a topic about it yesterday, but it got taken down in case it would attract more spoilers, here is the post like it was made.

To the mods: If a broad thing like this is considered a spoilers I am sorry, but I want to use that to create a new discussion and I really hope it would not be considered a spoilers. I asked some mods and one person told me it shouldn't be a spoiler so I will go ahead, if that's a mistake I am sorry.

For people who read the spoilers you already know and this thread is more directed at you anyway, for those of you who didn't read them don't fear I don't intend to REALLY spoil anything. When they were tapings Smackdown! it was reported that a wrestler was bleeding really bad, the trainer came down to clean him but he was still bleeding heavily.

HHH lately said about the PG era that they had to pull back on the edgy stuff after the attitude era to be able to do edgy thing again. Making the environement so clean that small things like ass being said on TV and other things like that would sound edgy.

Do you guys think that the WWE, knowing that people don't watch Smackdown! as much as Raw because it's Friday and people just read the spoilers instead of watching, are trying to lure people with blood on Smackdown! since it happens so rarely that people would want to watch just to see if WWE will let blood happen on their program.

Heck, even I feel like watching at least that segment to see if they allow blood and I am not even a guy who want blood back on TV that much, I have nothing against it in big PPV match like Hell in a Cell and things like that.But when you think about it, Hell in a Cell only has 2 weeks of build up, if there's blood on WWE TV it may bring people to order HIAC to see if there will be blood, because for a lot of people (myself included) the brutality of the Hell in a Cell just don't come across good without blood.Do you think it was an accident or that it was done on purpose? And do you think WWE could use "shady" technics like those to lure people?

 

[Sheabob]

i live in the uk and i watched smackdown on sky sports 3 late night smackdown aswel, and just as orton throws rhodes to the outside they cut to a brake, when it comes back on the segments is over wat a waste of time

 

[H33LTurn]

To the best of my knowledge, which is limited to just dirt sheet rumors, the spot wasnt planned and Orton indeed went way too far. I dont know if it was an intentional act by Orton and it would be wrong to assume so just because of the degree of damage inflicted on Cody (remember it took one chair shot for JBL to bust Eddie wide open in a very nasty way). In my opinion, at this point, Orton went way too far. We know he has issues with people screwing up and what not, but theres a certain level of respect you have with the individuals you step into the ring with. I never understood how wrestlers can intentionally be stiff on eachother. When someones safety is in your hands, no matter whats going through your head, you have to remember that a) Thats someones father/brother/son/friend in there, b) Making the wrong decision could ruin the show for the fans.

 

[nanaki254]

I think it was intentional, at least the blading part... On the wwe.com highlight clip of the match, at around 2:58, you can see Rhodes toss something (though it could have been excess fuzz from the headpiece with the quality I was watching). I can't tell though because based on the clip he didn't start bleeding until a while after that point in the clip.

But wow.. that was a first on syfy smackdown.

 

[Brahma Bull]

Henry just beat orton cleanly. It is very rarely that a heel beats a face cleanly. They have to show that orton is still a badass so they let him make rhodes bleed. i loved it. it doesnt happen often at all any more, so it made it seem that much more real.

 

[RManske2]

I have a difficult time to believe it was an intentional job since (at least in my mind) why would they have someone intentionally blade and then have the trainer to come up to try to deal with it and edit the segment for television. If they are going to do that much to hide it from the people watching the show on television why even do it in the first place?

 

[FightOwensFight]

Yeah, I doubt it was intentional. I don't believe the announcers even mentioned the bleeding. Likely HHH was yelling in their ears to ignore it.

 

[PlayTheGameHHH]

After watching it back several times it looks like Cody did NOT block the shot to the head. I think Orton went way too far, he hit him with the actual bell instead of hitting him with the back of the bell. It does make it more intense, but Cody could be seriously injured.

 

[The Future Rises]

Sooo..

-Ken Kenndy "Accidentally hurts" Orton with a back suplex and gets fired.

-Kofi Kingston forgets to lay down for the punt kick so Orton insults him live in TV and he gets depushed.

-Randy Orton accidentally busts open Cody Rhodes and possibly injures him.

You think Orton's gonna yell at himself for this? Or request a depush for himself? My point is this is a lesson Randy Orton should know by now. Eveyone makes mistakes and no one's perfect. Cody could have suffered a concussion or even something worse. Hell maybe he has suffered a concussion. It really wasn't his fault for "not blocking it". I think Orton went a little too far actually hitting him straight with the bell instead of making it look like Cody got hit with the bell. And of course it was an accident. You could actually hear Orton say "I'm sorry Cody" just before RKO'ing him on the table.

About the segment the crowd looked amazed by it. Everyone had a "holy shit" face instead of maybe a few kids who were actually scared. I hope Cody's ok he's a great talent. Maybe Rhodes won't appear on TV until he costs Orton his rematch for the world title at Hell in a Cell against Henry leading up to a feud between the two to put Cody over? That's the way I see it. I think it would be a great program. They've been kinda teasing it for quite some time now.

 

[Syborgg]

Well here in Canada on The Score we saw Orton go crazy with Cody's mask and then hit him with the bell, and then RKO him on the table that didn't break(seems like WWE is making their tables stronger these days). As soon as he hit Cody with the bell the blood appeared leaving me to believe that Rhodes was busted open the hardway.

I'm probably the last one that goes looking for a blood bath on WWE programming, but it showed that Orton was willing to "go to hell" to get what he wants. As for Cody, if he's not injured, it will give him reason enough to continue wearing the mask and continue with the character he has developed.

 

[Machianzo]

I really, really hope Cody isnt seriously hurt. To me, Cody is one of the most entertaining things the WWE has going for it right now, and if I had a fave five, Cody would deffinetly be 1st or 2nd. That being said, Cody has been ledgit hurt before, and he used it to further develop his character. Maybe he can use this too. We know that Cody is able to creativley run with the ball, so this could create a very interesting situation a few Smackdown's down the line...

 

[Isaac Kaye]

Watch carefully just before he lands the RKO on Cody on the announce table. Orton utters 'Sorry Cody'. It was clearly an accident and I doubt hugely that they would script that amount of fake blood. It looked like he absolutely nailed him with that bell which was obviously horrible to watch, but I don't think for a second Orton did it on purpose - just outright clumsy and caught in the moment.

 

[iwinulose]

i think it was a accident. i was reading an article posted by someone who was at the event and they said rhodes face was bleeding everywhere, pools of blood everywhere, aparently they were disinfecting the areas with blood on it, it was brutal oh and rhodes took a second rko through the announce table. props to rhodes for continuing to go on, but i think randy orton should get some kind of repercussion for the incident because it was a faulty hit or should i say orton botched big time. of course i could be wrong but ill still be mad if its ignored and thats coming from someone who doesnt care one bit for cody rhodes.

 

[beckyh]

I don't think it was intentional and kudos to both for finishing the match. I do expect Cody to use it to his advantage just like he did when his nose got broken. Orton was careless. This should be a good lesson to him to not go ballistic on others when they make mistakes..:/

 

[Maddog Lionheart]

I've always been a fan of blood use but as long as it's not overused (Ehrm TNA). The last time I remember seeing blood on WWE was in a match involving Batista and Kofi and Kofi scraped his forehead and after the match, the ref was rushing to Batista with towels.

I really hope that this is a return of some rare occasions of blood in the WWE, but my question is why was it on Smackdown first?

 

[Sheamus' Suntan]

So here it is; Judge for yourselves...

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Basically. Orton got caught in the moment. He snaps, smacks Cody in the head with the bell, not the board, and then utters the words "I'm sorry Cody" before dropping him. You barely see the blood in the final edits.

Now...the aussie version of this had the blood completely cut out. Seems like though, when it made it to SyFy it got re-added in. This IMO is a GOOD segment, I liked it. But it was an accident. Totally.

 

[Twisted]

When I watched it on taped DVR I saw something fall from Cody's hand after the bell shot. I rewinded the segment and slowed it down. It was blood spotting the papers on the table followed by a stream of blood. Almost like a Dixie cup just poored out. If you watched the US SyFy version you saw Orton attack cody after and he was being aided by a trainer with a blood-soaked towel. I was in shock and had replay the segment a few times to grasp what happened. I thought it odd that one clip Orton has blood all over his chest and when he walked out he was clean.

I feel this will help both out. Gives Orton his "edge" back and lets Cody keep the mask gimmick and fuel for his fire/drive.

 

[Notorious718]

Just saw the spot and from what I could tell, the move was not planned and was obviously edited with the camera trying not to get an angle of Cody's face. I'm fairly certain that the bleeding was accidental and was meant to put over Orton as still a strong title contender (not that he needs it) after coming off a clean loss to Henry. I wouldn't look into this as a sign that HIAC will have blood. It obviously wasn't planned as they had staff try to wipe as much blood as possible off Rhodes before the RKO on table spot.

 

[naimliss]

even though it was heavily edited, I was able to catch a slight glimpse after Orton hit Rhodes and saw blood just pour out his dome like a faucet. it was a brutal shot, may have been the center of the bell that busted him but even before then Orton was giving him some stiff shots.

 

[beckyh]

It is a good opportunity for Rhodes and Orton to have a good program together. Maybe after Mark Henry or have Cody come in and sabotage the matches like he used to do when he was a part of Legacy. Only not for Orton...this time.

 

[Dusty Roids]

It was an accident. When orton hit him with the bell or whatever and cody feld back to the announce table you could see the blood coming out of his head.. So he probably hit him the wrong way. I hope cody isn't hurt for real. But it was very cool to see orton going psycho again and it made orton look very dangerous going to HIAC.