Cody Rhodes headlined each nights of WrestleMania 40 earlier this yr, as his rivalry with Roman Reigns and The Bloodline faction developed right into a feud with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
At one level, regardless of Rhodes earning a shot on the WWE title together with his win on the Royal Rumble, there was doubt that he would problem Reigns because it appeared The Rock was going to go up in opposition to him in the primary occasion. That storyline was placed on maintain as The Rock did primary occasion Night time 1 of WrestleMania, however in a tag-team match with Reigns in opposition to Rhodes and Seth Rollins.
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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, left, stands within the ring with Cody Rhodes on the Wells Fargo Middle on April 8, 2024 in Philadelphia. (WWE/Getty Photos)
Rhodes went on to win the WWE Undisputed Championship over Reigns on Night time 2 of WrestleMania, however the cause behind the choice to catapult him into the primary occasion continues to be a thriller to most followers. The story is about to be instructed in WWE’s documentary on Wednesday night time, “WrestleMania XL: Behind the Curtains.”
“The American Nightmare” touched on how he felt in regards to the ordeal in an interview on “The Pivot.” He stated he had the utmost respect for The Rock and knew he was, in his soul, a professional wrestler when he obtained to know him. Nonetheless, he was not simply going to step apart for him.
“The place we may butt heads is in the concept you could possibly simply come again within the midst of a narrative that was going down and, simply since you’re The Rock, you possibly can step into the beginning lineup and take WrestleMania for your self,” Rhodes defined. “Lots of people will say, ‘He’s The Rock, he can do no matter he desires.’ I even noticed this actually enjoyable podcast with two wrestling heads speaking backwards and forwards, they usually stated, ‘I’m certain Cody’s tremendous stepping apart for WrestleMania after which doing it later within the yr.’ In my thoughts, I’m pondering, that’s insane. That’s the Tremendous Bowl for what we do.
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, proper, reacts throughout a tag workforce combat with Romain Reigns in opposition to Cody Rhodes, left, and Seth “Freakin” Rollins throughout Night time One in every of WrestleMania 40 at Lincoln Monetary Subject on April 6, 2024 in Philadelphia. (Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Photos)
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“To get to the Sunday, the final day of WrestleMania, the final match, is our Tremendous Bowl. And it was once, financially, to get to that match was the massive cash match, when the pay was all totally different. The concept someone thought I might simply be cool with it, they don’t know me. That’s nonsense. I’ve labored my entire life for this.
“Rock ought to know I wouldn’t be cool with it. I feel perhaps that’s an understanding that him and I had. He came upon I’m not cool with it. That’s a very good factor. As a result of who wasn’t cool with The Rock was Steve Austin, they usually made magic collectively. They rubbed collectively a lot, they created diamonds, they made magic collectively. So I do have quite a lot of respect for him.”
The Rock instructed Rhodes on the “Monday Night time Uncooked” after WrestleMania that he would see him when he returned. Rhodes stated his head has been on a swivel ever since.
Rhodes continues to be the champion and has had a number of title defenses since defeating Reigns. He has since been performing for “SmackDown” and continues to be coping with The Bloodline – although it’s now led by Solo Sikoa, who has quite a lot of firepower by his aspect.
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, left, and Cody Rhodes face-off on stage through the WWE WrestleMania XL Kickoff on Feb. 8, 2024 at T-Cellular Area in Las Vegas. (Louis Grasse/PXimages/Icon Sportswire through Getty Photos)
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Rhodes is about to participate in a 6-man tag-team match at Money in the Bank this weekend in opposition to Sikoa, Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa. He could have Randy Orton and Kevin Owens on his workforce.
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