Tonight’s a big night for Cody Rhodes because he’s making his debut on “Arrow” as Derek Sampson. Cody Rhodes and Stephen Amell are quite familiar with each other thanks to the fact that they faced off in a WWE ring at SummerSlam in 2015.
According to Cody their rivalry will pick up just where it left off. He recently spoke to IGN about “A Matter of Trust” and he noted that it will be an action heavy episode.
“I think for people who were fans of the interaction between Stephen and I as far as the WWE was concerned and SummerSlam – the episode itself, which is completely unrelated, it’s funny, it’s incredibly physical and picks up kind of where we left off from where we were in the ring. So it’s pretty generous in terms of its action. It was also very kind of the stunt team, on Arrow, to let me do so many of my own stunts. Stephen does so much of his own work so this was a very enriching experience.”
The CW has released a new clip from tonight’s episode, and it definitely backs up Cody’s claim about the action. Green Arrow goes toe to toe with Derek Sampson and he shoots him with an arrow.
Unfortunately for Oliver the arrow doesn’t even phase Sampson, and things escalate from there. Check it out 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.
