3 Reasons why Cody Rhodes’ Undisputed WWE Championship got stolen on SmackDown

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In between this, Randy Orton destroyed Jelly Roll backstage. This distraction led to McAfee and the Viper attacking the Prodigal son. Following this, they captured the Undisputed WWE Championship and stole it from the American Nightmare.

In the aftermath, Orton handed the title to McAfee, and they left the arena. After all this development, let’s discuss three reasons why Rhodes’ Undisputed Championship got stolen on SmackDown ahead of WrestleMania 42.

#3. To ignite more heat for Pat McAfee & Randy Orton

Initially, when the feud between Orton and Rhodes started on SmackDown, the Viper received a massive positive reaction, despite being a heel in the storyline.

However, since Pat McAfee’s inclusion in the storyline, the storyline took a drastic turn. Now, he is getting heat from the audience, which is affecting the Apex Predator’s reactions as well.

The reason Cody’s Undisputed Title was stolen on the blue brand was that WWE intended to ignite a stronger negative reaction for Pat and Orton. This allows the company to position the Prodigal Son as an underdog in this feud, helping him get a big positive reaction at the WrestleMania stage.

#2. WWE wants to center McAfee as the main attraction

With the Undisputed Title stolen just a few days before WrestleMania 42, Pat McAfee will likely walk in with the Championship at the Show of the Shows.

The reason the TKO-led promotion took the title away from the American Nightmare on the blue brand was that it led to Pat McAfee getting the main attraction at Mania.

Already, there are reports that WWE talents are unhappy with the TKO’s creative changes.

“The other thing is there’s a lot of concern right now about, like, is this setting a precedent for more of this in the future? Is it going to be a thing now where if business isn’t completely gangbusters, selling out all the tickets, is Ari just going to pop in anytime things are sagging behind? Is he just going to pop in and go, ‘All right, Hunter, Clavicular this weekend?’” source revealed.

So it seems that despite these reports, Ari Emanuel has no plans to stop pushing the 38-year-old star on the Friday Night show.

#1. Part of poor storyline development

The WWE Universe is truly unhappy with the storyline progression of the Randy Orton vs Cody Rhodes storyline. So, Rhodes getting his Championship stolen is seemingly part of the poor storyline development.

It appears that the Triple H-led promotion has nothing major to do ahead of WrestleMania 42. Considering this, they pulled the angle of the Championship getting stolen on SmackDown.

This adds a minor development to the overall WWE storyline, with little relevance.