Saturday Night’s Main Event’s Cody Rhodes-Kevin Owens chaos leaves one burning WWE question

New York Post - 15/12
Saturday Night’s Main Event could end up marking a seminal moment in Cody Rhodes’ run in WWE. 

Saturday Night’s Main Event could end up marking a seminal moment in Cody Rhodes’ run in WWE. 

On this night, WWE’s purest babyface showed he might just not be who we think he is anymore. Rhodes used the steel chair Kevin Owens brought into the ring to retain his Undisputed WWE Universal championship in the main event as 14,186 fans watched at Nassau Coliseum on Saturday night in the return of the iconic franchise to NBC for the first time since 2008

Is it the first sign of a heel coming out in Rhodes or just the champion taking advantage of the situation presented to him?

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Cody Rhodes looks down at the chair before using it to retain the Undisputed WWE championship. WWE

It feels fitting after Rhodes did arguably the most babyface thing ever by making good on his pledge to bring the famed Winged Eagle belt back for the first time since it was retired with “Stone Cold” Steve Austin in 1998.

Rhodes’ use of the chair and the chaos after the show went off the air — which was the best thing that happened all night — will propel this story and Owens’ belief that the champ is the bad friend and ...
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