Royal Rumble 2025: Cody Rhodes, Kevin Owens to battle for the Undisputed Title at the Royal Rumble

Cody Rhodes to get his revenge on Kevin Owens in a Ladders Match at Royal Rumble 2025.

The feud between Cody Rhodes and Kevin Owens sees no end. It seemed that Saturday Night Main Event would bring an end to the dispute between former friends. It wasn’t meant to be and to make things worse, it fueled their rivalry even more. Former allies are on their way to adding a new chapter that would be bloodied and brutal.

"We need to have a little discussion." @FightOwensFight WILL talk to @RealNickAldis but only on his terms.
#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/Q6jvvprx9n
— WWE (@WWE) December 28, 2024

When did the Owens-Rhodes rivalry start?

Kevin Owens blamed Cody for siding with Roman Reigns, who tried to end K.O.’s career. K.O. launched a vicious attack on Cody and when Randy stopped him, he attacked him too. The Viper when came to confront K.O. in the ring, received a piledriver from him. Randy was rushed to hospital in an ambulance and has been out of WWE since then.

The American Nightmare fueled by the attack on his mentor and ally, Randy, vowed to beat the lesson of not using banned piledriver into K.O. Kevin promised to turn The American Nightmare into Canadian Dreams. Both the superstars were scheduled to lock horns at the Saturday Night Main event for the Undisputed Championship.

What happened at Saturday Night Main Event?

The match between The American Nightmare and K.O. was a tug-and-war game where both the superstars took turns to dominate. Owens tried to mock Cody using his father’s move which Cody didn’t like. Both the superstars showed some exceptional moves and went to near-stalemate but neither was ready to give up.

A push from K.O. to Cody threw the referee out of the ring. K.O. delivered a stunner to Cody and covered him but no one was there to count. It was too late till the second referee entered to make the count. An angry Owens bought the chair in the ring but it proved the reason for his loss. The American Nightmare performed a Cross Rhodes followed by Cody Cutter on the chair to win the match.

Kevin Owens couldn’t take a loss at the hand of Cody Rhodes and attacked Cody with a Piledriver. To make matters worse, he stood on Cody’s body with the Championship belt and left with it. The American Nightmare was rushed to the hospital in an Ambulance and SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis and Triple H were furious with K.O. Things went south when Triple H and K.O. had a verbal and physical altercation and K.O. left with the “Eagle Winged Belt”.

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When and Where would the two fight each other?

"Hand the belt over or you never set foot in a WWE Ring AGAIN."@RealNickAldis is not playing around tonight 😳#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/TuQGCuj9yU
— WWE (@WWE) December 28, 2024

Nick Aldis asked Kevin to return the belt or he would never be able to set foot in WWE. Kevin Owens told him this was his chance to get what he deserved, a rematch because he was robbed of the title at SNME by referees. He wanted a match where the referee would not interrupt. Cody whose not fully recovered, entered the arena and asked Nick Aldis for a match where the referee would not stop what he would do to Kevin.

IT'S OFFICIAL!@CodyRhodes will face @FightOwensFight at Royal Rumble! 🔥👊#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/aR3GruKM4F
— WWE (@WWE) December 28, 2024

.@CodyRhodes is FED UP 😤

He wants a Ladder Match against @FightOwensFight 👀#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/48ATVA916p
— WWE (@WWE) December 28, 2024

Nick Aldis had to announce that Cody Rhodes would defend his Undisputed Championship title against Kevin Owens in a Ladder Match at Royal Rumble 2025. Kevin Owens attacked Cody from behind again after Nick Aldis announced their fight with three kicks on the already injured neck. Royal Rumble is scheduled on Saturday, February 1, 2025, at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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I am Ashish Negi, and I work as a WWE and NFL writer at The Playoffs. I have 5 years of experience in content writing, and I have written in different domains like Real Estate, but I found my love while writing in sports. I love watching sports and have been a fan of WWE and cricket. I got an opportunity to write full-time on WWE and NFL here, so following the footstep of my hero John Cena, I turn heel on my last company