A former NBA star has addressed Travis Scott’s slap to Cody Rhodes.
At the 2025 Elimination Chamber PLE, John Cena shocked the world when he attacked Cody Rhodes and turned heel. Joining forces with The Rock, Cena and rapper Travis Scott then launched a brutal attack on Rhodes.
While Cena continuously hit The American Nightmare with a microphone, the title belt, and a watch, Travis Scott decided to land a hard slap on Cody Rhodes’ face and ear. Allegedly causing Rhodes a black eye and a busted eardrum, it attracted some comments from several personalities in the industry.
A few days ago, Seth Rollins opened up on Travis Scott’s slap, and now former NBA star Carmelo Anthony has reflected on it as well. Speaking on the 7PM in Brooklyn podcast, Anthony said:
“Why he slap that man like that? He was leaking. Why did he think that was cool? WWE is so slick with it. They came out and said, ‘Yeah, wrestling is real.’ That was bleeding. That man can’t hear shit.”
He further continued:
“He told him, ‘Make it count. Slap the shit out of him.’ If I was Cody Rhodes, I would have got out of character. Jumped right up. ‘Cut.’ Travis Scott’s ass is grass. You don’t slap nobody that hard. First of all, you gotta learn how to slap somebody. You don’t slap them straight down. You gotta cuff the ear a little bit. You know he was extra excited.”
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While Rhodes looks forward to his next confrontation with Cena and The Rock, Travis Scott has recently been rumored to make his in-ring debut.
Moments After Attacking Cody Rhodes, The Rock Addressed Travis Scott’s Wrestling Chances
Speaking at the Elimination Chamber post show press-conference, The Rock opened up on Travis Scott’s involvement at the PLE and his wrestling chances.
“Yes, absolutely. That’s why we’re doing it. Long gaming. I love Travis. That’s my guy. Where we have expanded to in WWE, I feel like professional wrestling has always found its unique place in culture throughout the decades. We remember Rock N Wrestling, Cyndi Lauper, Hulk Hogan, we remember the Attitude Era. Pro wrestling has had its place in culture for some time. I think we are tapping in to a unique time now, I’m not quite sure what we name this era, we’ll all figure it out. Someone will come up with something cool, I’ll say it and take credit for it. I feel like with Travis, he loves the business and loves pro wrestling.
He’s a culture guy. Travis Scott is one of the greatest already, of all time. He’s a GOAT, a legend, an icon, he loves the business. We get guys and girls like that who want to come in and who are already tapping into the culture and disrupting culture in their own cool way. They want to come in, have fun at the show. Maybe they want to sit and enjoy or be on camera. But some want to get involved. Some, like Travis, deeply want to get involved. That’s what you saw tonight.
We have this opportunity to create this big moment in pro wrestling that is arguably one of the biggest, maybe the biggest, and we had an opportunity to bring Travis Scott in too and start to form a union and an alliance with The Final Boss and Travis Scott. He wanted to get, to steal a term, he wanted to get his hands bloody. I whispered to him as we were going out, ‘if you get your hands bloody, make it count. Make it count.’ He slapped the shit out of Cody.
He was really hyped up. Travis landed, we went in, had some words, chopped up what the night was going to look like, and I caught a contact high for about three hours, and I loved it. I need Travis every time I do an appearance. Travis smoke with Teremana, it’s game over.”
In other news: Travis Scott is reportedly training with his Hall of Famer.