Stephanie McMahon makes surprise WWE Raw appearance
Stephanie McMahon gave Cody Rhodes some tough love ahead of WrestleMania 42.
McMahon made a rare televised appearance on Raw during tonight’s show at MSG and confronted Rhodes about his upcoming title match against Randy Orton. She gave the WWE Champion some words to think about, telling him he needed to think like Orton in order to defeat him.
During her promo, McMahon said she and Rhodes were alike, growing up in the business, and while he thinks he can bring out the best version of people, Rhodes can’t with this version of Randy Orton. She said that Rhodes to think like Orton in order to succeed at WrestleMania, saying Rhodes’ father Dusty knew that better than anybody, but Cody is not his father.
Rhodes said he knows what Orton was capable of, noting he’s done terrible things to people and knew some if it was to Stephanie herself. He said he was not the student in this situation and Orton is not the teacher, and knew he was not his father.
“With all due respect, you’re not yours either,” Rhodes retorted, causing McMahon to respond with a slap.
McMahon said she was trying to help Rhodes and wasn’t recognizing what Orton is capable of. McMahon said that Orton wasn’t just hearing the voices in his head, he’s beckoning them and is listening to someone else as well. She declared that unless he can think like Orton, he’ll lose the title.
Rhodes closed the promo by saying two words to McMahon….”thank you.”
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