Cody Rhodes’ Arrow Character Gets Name Change

Cody Rhodes’ character on Arrow has gone through a last-minute tweak. The CW has updated their synopsis for the epiosde, which is the third of the new season and airs October 19th. In the new synopsis, Rhodes is listed as a “wrestling star” instead of a “WWE star” and his character name has been changed from Garret Runnels to Derek Sampson. One other slight tweak took place in the tagline, where the WWE-specific “Smackdown” was changed to the non-trademarked “Smack Down.”

The new synopsis for the episode, titled “A Matter of Trust,” is below:
“WRESTLING STAR CODY RHODES BRINGS THE SMACK DOWN TO STAR CITY —Now that Oliver (Stephen Amell) has his new team, they are ready to hit the streets but Oliver doesn’t feel they are ready. Headstrong Wild Dog (guest star Rick Gonzalez) defies the Green Arrow’s orders and sets out on his own after a new drug dealer, Derek Sampson (guest star Cody Rhodes), who is terrorizing Star City. Sampson proves more powerful than Wild Dog and it is up to the Green Arrow to go head to head with Sampson to save his teammate.”

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