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Cody Rhodes

Cody Rhodes won back-to-back Royal Rumble matches in 2023 (entering 30th) and 2024 (entering 15th), one of only a handful of men to win consecutive Rumbles.

Royal Rumble 2023 & 2024Titles & honors
—Record / best
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ActiveStatus

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Career overview

Rhodes left WWE in 2016, helped found AEW in 2019 and returned to WWE at WrestleMania 38 in 2022. He won the Undisputed WWE Championship from Roman Reigns at WrestleMania XL in 2024, regained it twice more, and retained it against Randy Orton in the WrestleMania 42 Night 1 main event before losing it to Sami Zayn in June 2026. His rivalry with Orton was revived on SmackDown in October.

Profile at a glance

Cody Rhodes
SportPro Wrestling · WWE
Promotion / federationWWE
StatusActive
Titles & honors
Royal Rumble 2023 & 2024

Results & appearances

EventDateResult
WrestleMania 42April 18–19, 2026Cody Rhodes (c) def. Randy Orton · Undisputed WWE Championship · 22:45Results
SummerSlam 2026August 1–2, 2026CM Punk (c) def. Cody Rhodes · Undisputed WWE ChampionshipResults
Survivor Series: WarGames 2025November 29, 2025Bron Breakker, Bronson Reed, Logan Paul, Drew McIntyre & Brock Lesnar def. CM Punk, Cody Rhodes, Roman Reigns, Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso · Men's WarGames · 39:24Results
Elimination Chamber: Chicago (2026)February 28, 2026Randy Orton won (pinned Cody Rhodes) · Men's Elimination Chamber — Undisputed WWE title match at WrestleMania 42Results
Crown Jewel 2025October 11, 2025Seth Rollins def. Cody Rhodes · Crown Jewel Championship · 29:40Results
Saturday Night's Main Event (July 18, 2026)July 18, 2026CM Punk & Cody Rhodes def. Gunther & Sami Zayn · Tag team (Nick Aldis pinned Gunther after interfering)Results
SmackDown — October 16, 2026October 16, 2026Cody Rhodes def. Baron Corbin by disqualification · Singles (Randy Orton interfered)Results

Every row comes from a results table we have verified against official results or reliable reporting.

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Survivor Series Results: Survivor Series: WarGames 2025 Elimination Chamber Results: Elimination Chamber: Chicago (2026) Crown Jewel Results: Crown Jewel 2025 Saturday Night’s Main Event Results: Saturday Night’s Main Event (July 18, 2026) WWE SmackDown Results: SmackDown — October 16, 2026 WrestleMania Results: WrestleMania 42 SummerSlam Results: SummerSlam 2026 WWE SmackDown WrestleMania SummerSlam Survivor Series Elimination Chamber Crown Jewel Saturday Night’s Main Event WWE Results Pro Wrestling Results Pro Wrestling Events WWE Results Pro Wrestling