Rhodes’ use of the chair and the chaos after the show went off the air — which was the best thing that happened all night — will propel this story and Owens’ belief that the champ is the bad friend and ego-driven person he’s been making him out to be.

Rhodes did not move after the attack and had to be carried out of the arena on a stretcher. With Rhodes laid out in the middle of the ring, Owens picked up the Winged Eagle championship and began taunting the crowd.

WWE’s Saturday Night’s Main Event returned on NBC this weekend, but one major WWE Superstar left worse for wear. Cody Rhodes, the current Undisputed WWE Champion, had to be stretchered out of Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale,