Cody Rhodes faced Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 39. WWE fans had assumed that Cody Rhodes would finish the story and dethrone Roman Reigns, but it did not happen. Roman Reigns retained the title.
Cody Rhodes was rumoured to face Roman Reigns again at WrestleMania 40, but recently The Rock also expressed his interest in facing Roman Reigns.
Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated is reporting that according to their sources who are close to Triple H are noting that Cody Rhodes would not headline WrestleMania 40, and also he wouldn’t finish his story.
“Multiple sources close to WWE Head of Creative Paul “Triple H” Levesque have indicated that Rhodes will not headline this year’s event, nor will he “finish his story” at WrestleMania. But there is still a new chapter to write with a marquee matchup to be had… against CM Punk.”