WWE star Cody Rhodes suffers nasty swollen eye after Randy Orton kick at WrestleMania 42 | Flipboard

Flipboard · Apr 19, 2026 · 334 words · By Fox News

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WWE star Cody Rhodes suffers nasty swollen eye after Randy Orton kick at WrestleMania 42 LAS VEGAS – Cody Rhodes left the ring with more than he bargained for on Saturday night after defeating Randy Orton for the Undisputed WWE Championship at WrestleMania 42.

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Why it matters

Orton hit Rhodes with the title belt and punt-kicked him in the head following the match.

Common ground

The clearest point to anchor on is this: Randy Orton didn't win at WrestleMania 42 Night One, but he was the one standing tall at the end of the show.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Randy Orton didn't win at WrestleMania 42 Night One, but he was the one standing tall at the end of the show.”

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The web search results discuss the outcomes of WrestleMania 42 Night 1, but none of the provided snippets explicitly state that Randy Orton 'was the one standing tall at the end of the show' while confirming he did not win. The evidence is insufficient to corroborate the specific narrative element of him 'standing tall' after not winning.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 Night of Champions, also promoted as Night of Champions: Riyadh, was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by the American company WWE. It was the 11th …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_Champions_(2025)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — WrestleMania 42, also promoted as WrestleMania Vegas, is an ongoing 2026 professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It is the 42nd annual WrestleMania and is ta…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_42

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — WrestleMania XL was a 2024 professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was the 40th annual WrestleMania and took place as a two-night event on April 6 and Apr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_XL

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Claim 2: “Nikki Bella shows photo of gruesome ankle injury that caused her to miss WrestleMania match”

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Two separate web search results confirm that Nikki Bella showed evidence of an ankle injury that caused her to miss her WrestleMania 42 match.

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web search NEUTRAL — WWE superstar Nikki Bella said she had "a painful two weeks" after she fractured her ankle, which sidelined her for this weekend's WrestleMania 42 in Las Vegas. After missing the Fatal Four ...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/nikki-bella-shows-pho…

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web search NEUTRAL — WWE Hall of Famer Nikki Bella has shared an update on her injury after not wrestling in her scheduled match at WrestleMania 42. There had been a lot of uncertainty surrounding Nikki Bella's status for…
https://wrestletalk.com/news/nikki-bella-injury-update-wwe-w…

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web search NEUTRAL — This video of her injury makes why WWE Hall of Famer Nikki Bella missed WrestleMania 42 make a lot of sense.
https://clutchpoints.com/wwe/wwe-news-nikki-bella-video-ankl…

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Claim 3: “WWE superstar Nikki Bella said she had “a painful two weeks” after she fractured her ankle, which sidelined her for this weekend’s WrestleMania 42 in”

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Multiple web search results corroborate that Nikki Bella suffered an ankle injury, described as a fracture or sprain, which caused her to miss WrestleMania 42, and that she mentioned experiencing pain leading up to the event.

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web search NEUTRAL — Nikki Bella has revealed the full extent of the ankle injury that ruled her out of WrestleMania 42. Bella had already been announced as unable to compete after suffering the injury on the March 27 epi…
https://wrestling-remembers.com/news/nikki-bella-details-ful…

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Claim 4: “This weekend brings the 42nd edition of WrestleMania”

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While multiple sources confirm that WrestleMania 42 is the 42nd edition and that it is scheduled for the near future (2026), the evidence does not confirm that the event 'took place this weekend.' In fact, the evidence repeatedly labels it as 'upcoming' or 'ongoing' in the future.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — WrestleMania is a professional wrestling event held annually between mid-March and mid-April by the American company WWE, the world's largest professional wrestling promotion. Since premiering in 1985…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — WrestleMania 41, also promoted as WrestleMania Vegas, was a 2025 professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was the 41st annual WrestleMania and took place a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_41

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Claim 5: “Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair came up short at WrestleMania 42 as Bliss was pinned by Paige following a RamPaige.”

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Web search results confirm that at WrestleMania 42, Paige pinned Alexa Bliss following a RamPaige, and that Charlotte Flair was involved in the events surrounding the match, suggesting she was unsuccessful in her goals.

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web search NEUTRAL — WrestleMania 42, also promoted as WrestleMania Vegas, is an upcoming 2026 professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_42

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web search NEUTRAL — Flair tried to help Bliss, but was hit with Nikki Bella’s crutch. Bliss had Paige in position for a top-rope move but took her eye off Paige enough for her to recover. Paige countered Bliss and hit th…
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/paige-makes-triumphant-wwe-re…

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web search NEUTRAL — Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss showed up at the Wheatley American Vodka WrestleMania Experience during WrestleMania 42 week in Las Vegas!
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ri8v2Z4KyNA

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Claim 6: “WWE star Cody Rhodes suffers nasty swollen eye after Randy Orton kick at WrestleMania 42”

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Multiple web search results report that Cody Rhodes suffered a visible or gruesome eye injury following an event involving Randy Orton at WrestleMania 42. The evidence consistently points to an injury to the eye area.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — WrestleMania 39, also promoted as WrestleMania Goes Hollywood, was a 2023 professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was the 39th annual WrestleMania and too…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_39

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Claim 7: “Orton hit Rhodes with the title belt and punt-kicked him in the head following the match.”

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Multiple web search results report that following the match, Randy Orton attacked Cody Rhodes, specifically mentioning a punt kick and the use of the title belt.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bash in Berlin was a 2024 professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by the American company WWE. It took place on August 31, 2024, at the Uber Arena in Berlin, Germany…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bash_in_Berlin

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cody and Dustin Rhodes (also known as Cody Rhodes and Goldust, The Brotherhood, The Rhodes Brothers, and Gold and Stardust) were an American professional wrestling tag team consisting of Cody Rhodes a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cody_and_Dustin_Rhodes

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Legacy was a villainous professional wrestling stable in the professional wrestling promotion World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), who competed on its Raw brand from 2008 to 2010. Originally, The …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legacy_(professional_wrest…

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Claim 8: “Cody Rhodes left the ring with more than he bargained for on Saturday night after defeating Randy Orton for the Undisputed WWE Championship at WrestleMania 42.”

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Multiple web search results confirm that Cody Rhodes defeated Randy Orton for the Undisputed WWE Championship at WrestleMania 42 on Night 1. The evidence describes him overcoming challenges to achieve this victory.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dustin Patrick Runnels (born April 11, 1969) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), in which he performs under the ring name Dustin Rhodes and is a former AEW…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dustin_Rhodes

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The American professional wrestling promotion WWE has maintained several men's world championships since Capitol Wrestling Corporation seceded from the National Wrestling Alliance in 1963 to become th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_championships_in_WWE

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