US EditionWWE and Cody Rhodes frustrated with TKO; Triple H asked him to cut an unscripted promo on SmackDown (Reports)
Rhodes aired real frustration over TKO’s influence on WWE storylines as the company pushed Pat McAfee into a major WrestleMania program.
- On Friday, WWE Champion Cody Rhodes delivered an unscripted 'shoot' promo calling out TKO management after the company inserted Broadcaster Pat McAfee into his rivalry with Randy Orton.
- TKO owner Ari Emanuel unilaterally ordered the McAfee storyline to boost WrestleMania 42 ticket sales, bypassing Chief Content Officer Paul Levesque and other creative team members.
- This creative interference mirrors last year's WrestleMania 41 storyline featuring Travis Scott, which Rhodes and staff reportedly believe negatively impacted the main event.
- During his rebuttal, The American Nightmare compared McAfee's addition to the Disco Inferno replacing Hulk Hogan in the nWo, while daring TKO executives to fire him.
- The tension marks unprecedented outside control within WWE, a departure from decades of creative authority held by Vince McMahon prior to the company's sale to TKO.
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