Paul Heyman Reveals Roman Reigns Ordered The Hit On Cody Rhodes + More News

Paul Heyman has revealed that Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns ordered the brutal beatdown that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson executed on Cody Rhodes earlier this week on WWE RAW.

Friday’s episode of WWE SmackDown saw Heyman appear in a vignette stating that Reigns put out the order to have Rhodes taken out ahead of WrestleMania 40.

Heyman also noted that Reigns had ordered that Jey Uso not make it to WrestleMania XL. Jey will face Solo Sikoa on next week’s WrestleMania go-home episode of SmackDown.

You can check out some highlights from Heyman’s promo below:

WHAT!? It was @WWERomanReigns who ordered @CodyRhodes' BRUTAL attack from @TheRock on Monday at #WWERaw???! 😳#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/3qTBKWq6zC

— WWE (@WWE) March 30, 2024

WWE Rivals & Biography: WWE Legends saw the ratings tick up for this week with a dip in audience.

The Sunday episodes of the A&E programming block had the following ratings:

* Biography: WWE Legends: 0.11 demo rating, 357,000 viewers (British Bulldog episode)

* WWE Rivals: 0.10 demo rating, 320,000 viewers (Dudleys vs. The Hardys vs. Edge & Christian)

By comparison, last week’s numbers were as follows:

* Biography: WWE Legends: 0.09 demo rating, 368,000 viewers (DDP episode)

* WWE Rivals: 0.07 demo rating, 330,000 viewers (John Cena vs. Randy Orton)