WWE Undisputed Champion Cody Rhodes was attacked by rival Kevin Owens successful the parking batch aft Bad Blood.
Rhodes, 39, competed successful the main lawsuit connected Saturday astatine the State Farm Arena successful Atlanta, Georgia arsenic helium teamed up with erstwhile foe Roman Reigns to bushed Solo Sikoa and Jacob Fatu of The Bloodline.
But aft picking up the win, the American grappler fell unfortunate to a backstage battle from Owens who blindsided him and pummelled him with a bid of punches arsenic good arsenic kicks.
The full incidental took spot successful beforehand of a fistful of fans portion WWE unit tried to propulsion KO distant from the fallen satellite champion.
The 2 wrestlers person been astatine likelihood since August erstwhile The American Nightmare defeated Owens to clasp his rubric astatine Bash successful Berlin.
Since then, their feud has heated up with the Canadian bruiser expressing his vexation with Rhodes teaming up with Reigns.
Owens and The Tribal Chief person been feuding the past 2 years during the latter's ascendant 1,316-day satellite rubric reign, which was ended by the existent undisputed champion astatine WrestleMania 40.
Of people the full incidental successful the parking batch was portion of a storyline that continues to germinate betwixt the 2 nonrecreational wrestlers.
And that wasn't the lone notable incidental involving Rhodes astatine Bad Blood.
After beating The Bloodline - with the assistance of the returning Jimmy Uso, who fought disconnected WWE Tag Team Champions Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa - the ex-AEW prima and Reigns were confronted by Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson.
The Rock hasn't been seen connected WWE TV since the RAW amusement aft WrestleMania successful April.
That was aft Johnson and Reigns defeated Rhodes and Seth Rollins connected Night One of Mania, earlier The Tribal Chief mislaid the rubric to The American Nightmare the adjacent night.
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The Hollywood megastar didn't accidental anything, but number to 3 successful an enigmatic gesture.
WWE, though, powerfully suggested The Final Boss' instrumentality would acceptable up an imminent clash with Reigns, whom helium was initially expected to look astatine WrestleMania earlier the fans demanded Rhodes to beryllium reinstated successful the main event.
The 2 cousins could look disconnected successful a imagination lucifer either astatine Crown Jewel connected November 2 oregon astatine Survivor Series connected November 30.
The Rock hinted astatine an imminent clash with Rhodes during his astir caller quality six months ago, but Owens' onslaught suggests the wrestler-turned-actor volition archetypal collide with Reigns.