{"id":314939,"date":"2026-04-07T20:10:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=314939"},"modified":"2026-04-07T20:10:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:40:27","slug":"pat-mcafee-warned-by-ex-wwe-star-after-heel-turn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/pat-mcafee-warned-by-ex-wwe-star-after-heel-turn\/","title":{"rendered":"Pat McAfee Warned By Ex-WWE Star After Heel Turn"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pat McAfee has now turned heel on the Road to WWE WrestleMania 42. The commentator aligned forces with Randy Orton and attacked Cody Rhodes on last week\u2019s SmackDown. During his promo segment, McAfee identified the poor rankings on SmackDown, blaming Rhodes for this example.<\/p>\n

In a recent Twitter post<\/a>, Dustin Rhodes put McAfee on notice after his brother, Cody, was attacked. The present AEW and former star wrote,<\/p>\n

\u201cI might rid the world of @PatMcAfeeShow. Kick him within the balls so hard. But alas, i’m #AEW4Life.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

McAfee Responds To Criticism After WWE SmackDown<\/h3>\n

The inclusion of McAfee within the Rhodes-Orton storyline didn’t sit well with wrestling fans on the web. They criticized the creative direction of the WWE and TKO\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n

In a recent episode of his \u201cThe Pat McAfee Show,\u201d McAfee responded to fans. The WWE commentator said,<\/p>\n

\u201cJust know that we got some things cooking and also you\u2019re going to need to be in Las Vegas. It\u2019s going to be spectacular. It\u2019s going to be special. And future wrestling generation fans can have to look back on the night that was in Las Vegas and say that was the moment that the GOAT saved the whole business. By becoming a 15-time world champion.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI used to be asking the wrestling fans this weekend, hey, did you thank Randy Orton yet for what he\u2019s going to do at WrestleMania for the long run of wrestling? These IWC dips**** don’t know, that is for the nice of them. They don’t know what they\u2019ve been missing, they don’t know what it\u2019s speculated to seem like\u2026now we changing.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe IWC should not the largest fans of what happened, they\u2019re pretty upset about it. But they’re apart of the issue, they’re those that said \u2018yeah that is what it\u2019s speculated to be all these things,\u2019 it\u2019s like nah allow us to show you what it\u2019s speculated to be. It\u2019s an important pivotal moment within the history of the business.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n