The Rock Pushed Travis Scott to Slap Cody Rhodes Hard at WWE Elimination Chamber

Fans were stunned during WWE Elimination Chamber when John Cena turned heel and aligned himself with The Rock. The unexpected moment also featured rapper Travis Scott, who ended up legitimately injuring Cody Rhodes by bursting his eardrum with a slap. Interestingly enough, it appears that The Rock was the one who told Scott to make the slap look especially hard.

While speaking during a discussion at The Ankler’s Business of Entertainment program at the NAB Show, Nick Khan and Triple H talked about the moment when Travis Scott slapped Cody Rhodes.

Khan stated that after the cameras stopped rolling, Triple H told Scott the slap was a bit too stiff and that they’d teach him how to tone it down, saying, “It was insane and Paul did tell Travis after, like, ‘Hey, you know, that was a pretty hard slap. We’ll show you how to pull your punches a little bit.”

Nick Khan then revealed that Travis Scott said The Rock told him to hit Rhodes hard so it wouldn’t look weak. Khan and Triple H both found the exchange amusing and had a nice chuckle.

“Travis said, ‘Dwayne Johnson told me you better slap the sh*t out of him, or people are gonna think that you don’t have it. So I just did that’ and Paul chuckled and I chuckled. It was a pretty big moment for us.

According to Triple H, the only person who didn’t complain about the slap was Cody Rhodes himself, he just wanted it to look real. The Game also mentioned that Travis Scott was like a kid in a candy store during the experience, and confirmed Scott would be at WrestleMania. He added that while people say what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, everything that happens during WrestleMania weekend in Vegas will be seen and heard around the world.

“It was incredible. Ironically, the only person that didn’t complain about the slap was Cody Rhodes. He just wanted it to look good and so, like I said, Travis is like a kid in a candy store in that thing. He’ll be at WrestleMania, a lot of people will be at WrestleMania and there’s a saying here that everything in Vegas stays in Vegas but, this will be the one event that whatever happens in Vegas over WrestleMania weekend will be heard worldwide.”

WWE has considered booking Travis Scott for future matches, as he has been training for in-ring competition, and the rapper himself made it clear he caught the wrestling bug and really wants to wrestle. Regardless, we’ll have to see what role Travis Scott will play at WrestleMania 41, as it’s clear fans want to see Cody Rhodes get some measure of revenge on Scott.