in february 2015, rhodes was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma, a form of skin cancer. four days later, while walking in philadelphia, rhodes was struck by a car crossing the street, resulting in a six-hour surgery to fix a fractured tibia and fibula in his right leg. for cancer treatment, rhodes underwent thirty-five radiation treatments and seven chemotherapy sessions over a seven-week span, which caused him to lose about 80 pounds. by late april, the tumor had disappeared.