On WrestleMania 41 Sunday, the unthinkable happened as John Cena beat Cody Rhodes to become the new Undisputed WWE Champion. This is because Travis Scott got involved, but now it appears Scott has been blasted for not letting Cody Rhodes hit him for real after Scott previously injured Rhodes.

Before WrestleMania 41 the last time Travis Scott appeared on WWE television was at Elimination Chamber, where he hit Cody Rhodes in the head, leaving him with a black eye and a busted eardrum. Rhodes later got some revenge by hitting Scott with a Cross Rhodes at WrestleMania 41 but that was all he did.

While speaking on Busted Open Radio, Bully Ray expressed frustration that Rhodes didn’t hit Scott for real as payback. Bully Ray criticized Scott for not taking a receipt from The American Nightmare.

Ray also said he would’ve preferred a different ending to the match, suggesting that if The Rock had come out and attacked Cody Rhodes, it would’ve made more sense for John Cena to win his 17th world title. Instead, Bully wasn’t happy with Scott’s involvement, calling his role confusing and saying it hurt the story by not giving Cody Rhodes proper revenge.

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“Cause Travis Scott was too much of a punkass to take the receipt. Let that go viral. I would not have any problem last night if Cody Rhodes looked like he was going to win that match, retain his championship, and then Rock’s music hits and a black cloud came over the stadium and out came ‘The Final Boss’ to do the final damage to Cody Rhodes, in which John Cena could have won his 17th title because that makes perfect sense. But, no, what did I get? I got Travis Scott carrying some bootleg Hardcore Championship, who doesn’t get receipted, but now to be inserted into the match, and one of the reasons why Cena won. If they knew going in that Travis Scott was not going to get smacked or wouldn’t take a smack or pulled out at the last minute, then they did wrong by Cody Rhodes.”

In the end, all Cody Rhodes did was take out Travis Scott with a Cross Rhodes but it was enough of a distraction to let John Cena win the match. With Scott likely making more appearances on WWE television in the future, we’ll have to see if Rhodes will give a proper receipt to Scott eventually.

Was Travis Scott’s involvement a bad call by WWE? Should Cody Rhodes have delivered stronger receipt? Please share your thoughts and feedback in the comment section below.

Subhojeet Mukherjee has covered pro wrestling for over 20 years, delivering trusted news and backstage updates to fans around the world.

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