WWE legend Stephanie McMahon slaps Cody Rhodes in return to 'Monday Night Raw'

WWE fable Stephanie McMahon made a instrumentality to "Monday Night Raw" astatine Madison Square Garden successful New York City to code undisputed champion Cody Rhodes.

Rhodes has been engulfed successful a feud with Randy Orton since the "Legend Killer" won the men’s Royal Rumble. Orton gets a changeable astatine the Undisputed WWE Championship astatine WrestleMania 42, which Rhodes won backmost from Drew McIntyre a fewer weeks ago.

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Stephanie McMahon slaps Cody Rhodes during "Monday Night RAW" astatine Madison Square Garden connected March 30, 2026 successful New York, New York. (Craig Melvin/WWE via Getty Images)

Orton has been connected a rampage connected "Friday Night SmackDown" – leaving Rhodes a bloodied messiness during 1 occurrence and hitting an RKO connected state euphony vocalist Jelly Roll past week. McMahon came retired connected Monday to springiness Rhodes a spot of advice. She said that Rhodes volition person to pat into thing sinister if helium wants to travel retired connected apical astatine WrestleMania.

McMahon appeared to get nether Rhodes’ tegument erstwhile she told him that helium isn’t going to beryllium capable to bring retired the champion from Orton due to the fact that "this mentation of Randy Orton is diabolical."

"You don’t person to beryllium diabolical, but you’re going to person to beryllium capable to deliberation similar that. You’re gonna person to beryllium capable to deliberation similar Randy. Your begetter understood that amended than anybody. Dusty Rhodes could rotation with the champion of them," she said. "He tin get down and soiled with the champion of them, but from what I’ve seen truthful far, you are not your father."

The enactment got a immense absorption from the assemblage successful New York.

Cody Rhodes stands implicit John Cena During Friday nighttime Smackdown astatine T-Mobile Arena connected April 18, 2025 successful Las Vegas, Nevada.  (Mike Owens /WWE via Getty Images)

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Rhodes explained helium knows "everything" astir Orton, including his convulsive streak during the highest of his vocation which saw him punt McMahon.

"You privation to bring up fathers, I’m not mine. You’re right," Rhodes fired back. "Stephanie McMahon, with each owed respect, you’re not yours either."

McMahon past proceeded to slap Rhodes crossed the face.

Randy Orton celebrates his triumph during WWE Elimination Chamber astatine the United Center connected Feb. 28, 2026 successful Chicago, Illinois. (Georgiana Dallas/WWE via Getty Images)

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At the extremity of the segment, Rhodes thanked McMahon for seemingly giving him the wake-up telephone helium whitethorn request to get locked successful for his WrestleMania match.

WrestleMania 42 is acceptable to instrumentality spot connected April 18 and 19 successful Las Vegas astatine Allegiant Stadium.