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LAS VEGAS – Cody Rhodes was on the rise earlier this month after Pat McAfee was inserted into his WrestleMania 42 match with Randy Orton just days before their match took place.
Kit Wilson was the punching bag after McAfee kicked Rhodes in the groin, destroyed the pro wrestling business, and said Orton was going to save him. Wilson had just finished a match with The Miz against Damian Priest and R-Truth when Rhodes came to the ring.
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Kit Wilson reads his diary during SmackDown at the FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, Florida on February 20, 2026. (Craig Ambrosio/WWE/Getty Images)
Rhodes targeted Wilson with a Cross Rhodes and cut off the scathing promo on McAfee.
Wilson told Pak Gazette Digital that he didn’t know Rhodes was coming and that he would be attacked. However, he praised Rhodes’ message.
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Cody Rhodes enters the ring during SmackDown at the SAP Center in San Jose, California on April 10, 2026. (Eakin Howard/Getty Images)
“I was just trying to look out for my mentor, The Miz. I was just trying to do right by him. Yeah, I had no idea that was going to happen,” Wilson said. “It was interesting because I think Cody was speaking from the heart and what he had to say was quite informative and important in the current zeitgeist of the world.”
Wilson said he believed Rhodes’ decision to take out his anger on him was “toxic,” but that he had no ill will toward “The American Nightmare.”
“So yeah, I think he was taking it out on me,” Wilson continued. “I don’t appreciate it. I think it was toxic. But I see the side of him that had a lot of things to say. In my own way, I think I’ve forgiven him.”
Kit Wilson makes his entrance during SmackDown at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York on January 2, 2026. (Craig Melvin/WWE)
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Rhodes and Orton will battle for the Undisputed WWE Championship on Night 1 of WrestleMania 42. McAfee will surely be at ringside in Orton’s corner, much to the chagrin of Rhodes and the fans.
