The Rock Told Travis Scott to ‘Slap The Shit’ Out of Cody Rhodes – Travis Scott’s surprising involvement at WWE Elimination Chamber created a viral moment — and left Cody Rhodes with more than just storyline consequences. During the shocking segment that saw John Cena turn heel and align with The Rock, Scott delivered a stiff slap to Rhodes that reportedly resulted in a busted eardrum.
Speaking at The Ankler’s Business of Entertainment program at NAB Show, WWE President Nick Khan and Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque reflected on Scott’s role in the segment and the backstage reaction to the slap.
Khan began the discussion by highlighting the online attention the moment generated.
“The Travis Scott-John Cena heel turn, what was that in terms of social media impressions?” Khan asked.
“It was a couple hundred million,” Triple H responded.
Khan continued, “It was insane. Paul [Levesque] did tell Travis after, ‘Hey, that was a pretty hard slap. We’ll show you how to pull your punches a little bit.’ Travis said, ‘Dwayne Johnson told me you better slap the shit out of him or people are going to think you don’t have it.’ Paul chuckled and I chuckled. It was a pretty big moment for us.”
Triple H added, “It was incredible. Ironically, the only person that didn’t complain about the slap was Cody Rhodes. He just wanted it to look good. Travis was like a kid in a candy store on that thing. He’ll be at WrestleMania, a lot of people will be at WrestleMania.”
Despite the hard shot, Rhodes has not missed any scheduled appearances, and his storyline with The Rock and John Cena continues to build toward WrestleMania 41. Notably, The Rock has not appeared on WWE television since the Elimination Chamber event.
