Bryan Alvarez said on Wrestling Observer Live (h/t Subhojeet Mukherjee of Ringside News) that he was told Rollins was dealing with only a "minor" knee injury, which necessitated WWE doing an injury angle to give him a short amount of time off.

When it was brought up that John Cena's heel turn was unexpected, Rhodes was asked if and when he might abandon his babyface persona. “I always like to say in what we do, never say never,” Rhodes said, referencing the unpredictability of WWE storylines.

Since he made his WWE return, Cody immediately convinced Triple H and the management that he was the right man to focus on for the future and it is no coincidence that he has been transformed into the new symbolic face of the company.