Details Behind Cody Rhodes’ First Week Back In WWE: Brandi, Script Changes, More

After Cody Rhodes’ WWE debut was official, we learned more about the process of him coming in.

We’ve been told that although there were internal discussions about flying Cody and Brandi Rhodes in private, they took a private bus to the show. However, Rhodes was scheduled to fly out on Tuesday.

There were many people in the company that still didn’t know for sure that Rhodes was coming in until he was actually there. Rhodes was hidden all day and didn’t get to greet many people until after the match with Seth Rollins. There were people that Rhodes even know that approached him and asked why he didn’t spill the beans to them.

Brandi Rhodes was obviously backstage with Cody Rhodes, and even though she hasn’t initially been brought in with Cody TV, we’re told that there were many productive conversations had with influential WWE names. She’s been working on her unscripted content and has continued training in the ring.

On Monday, the Cody Rhodes segment was scripted to go on last, even appearing internally as such until about a little after 7 PM EST. We weren’t told a reason the Cody and Reigns segments were flipped. As Ringside News reported earlier this week, the promo did appear in the script as read on the air, but we’re told that Rhodes will likely retain the same presentation that we’ve seen in recent years.

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