Cody Rhodes enjoys punting Randy Orton, named Team USA captain

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Cody Rhodes enjoys punting Randy Orton, named Team USA captain
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Cody Rhodes expressed his enjoyment of punting Randy Orton during their match at Crown Jewel. This week on Monday Night Raw in South Carolina, he confirmed his actions and was named Captain of Team USA for the upcoming Survivor Series. Team USA will face Team Mexico, led by Rey Mysterio. Rhodes quickly accepted CM Punk as a member of his team after Punk's recent appearance, despite not recruiting him. Currently, only Rhodes, Punk, and Dominik Mysterio are confirmed for Team USA.

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  • •Cody Rhodes punting Randy Orton confirmed on Raw
  • •Named Captain of Team USA for Survivor Series
  • •Facing Team Mexico led by Rey Mysterio
  • •CM Punk joins Team USA ahead of Survivor Series
  • •Dominik Mysterio is also on Team USA roster
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If you’re wondering how Cody Rhodes would follow up on going out of his way to do the dastardly deed of punting his old friend Randy Orton in the head to win their match at Crown Jewel, we have our answer. He showed up on Monday Night Raw this week in South Carolina to come right out and say it. He LOVED punting Orton in the skull. How about that? No need to wear the mask anymore, I suppose. That’s especially true when you consider he was instantly officially named the Captain of Team USA for the traditional elimination match against Team Mexico — captained by legendary luchador Rey Mysterio — at Survivor Series later this month in Houston. As for who the two stars will recruit for their teams, we got a taste of that already. Dominik Mysterio tried to get in on both and was met with ridicule. Then CM Punk showed up and that could only mean one thing — Team USA got one hell of a major star to join up. This despite the big loss to Kevin Owens on Friday Night SmackDown last week. Rhodes didn’t recruit him but quickly accepted him onto the team. So far, these three are all we have so far. Get complete Raw results and coverage of this week’s entire episode by clicking here.

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