by Cody Rhodes is arguably one of the top babyface in pro wrestling. He won the 2024 WWE Men’s Royal Rumble. After winning the Rumble, he pointed his finger at Roman Reigns, and seemingly told Roman that he is coming for his title.
Cody Rhodes on last night SmackDown told to Roman Reigns that he doesn’t want to face him at WrestleMania 40. Cody told that he knows someone who would like to face him. It was none other than Roman Reigns’ cousin The Rock.
Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer’s message board wrote that The Rock pushed for the WrestleMania match. He also noted that initial plan was Cody Rhodes versus Roman Reigns, and Seth Rollins versus CM Punk.
“Dwayne pushed super hard for it. Read last week’s issue and this week’s. The card changed when Punk & Brock were out and all the dominoes fell. Dwayne already wanted it and they felt they now needed it as well. Felt this was better to change the news flow away from Vince. Cody was the plan.”
“Dwayne was going to face him later, maybe next year’s Mania, maybe Saudi. Sh*t happens with Vince and Punk, the Vince thing ends up worse than they thought and they changed the plan. I literally didn’t know until yesterday that it could change and then I was told it’s under lock. But 100% it was Punk vs. Seth and Cody vs. Reigns until Punk got hurt.”
