Cody Rhodes was riding a wave of momentum during WrestleMania season as he won the Royal Rumble and punched his ticket to the main event. People all over the world looked on as Cody tried to dethrone The Tribal Chief in the main event of WrestleMania 39, but unfortunately for The American Nightmare it was Roman Reigns who walked out with the gold.
The next night on Raw, Cody requested a rematch, but his request was denied. Despite the fact that Cody doesn’t have a clear path to a rematch with Roman he recently told ComicBook Nation that the goal remains the same.
“Reacting to losing at WrestleMania, here we are, the most profitable WrestleMania of all time, the most important show ever involved, this collective thing that fans love, and to be able to main event. So many people looked at it and tried to sell me that that was a win in itself and it’s not how I feel. A win is a win and a loss is a loss. I haven’t gone on TV talking about the nature of how I lost because I think it’s whining and I think everybody saw it. We saw it, we lived it, we breathed it.
I think Mr. Heyman lives on the wild side in a sense when you hear things like ‘earn it,’ ‘hasn’t had enough adversity,’ I can’t wait until my documentary comes out. It’s very ironic in terms of juxtaposing the documentary and the amount of adversity in it, some people may not know about, particularly getting back to WWE, and Mr. Heyman’s comments.
The goal is the same, is the best way to put it. The goal is the same for me as a sports entertainer, as a wrestler, I came here wanting one thing. It doesn’t mean other stories won’t happen that will also be finished and it doesn’t mean there aren’t other milestones, we’re talking about good things like video game covers, but the important thing to me is still the championship on Roman’s shoulders and it’s the biggest match that WWE could do, but it would take a great deal of mountains to be moved for that rematch to even happen. The goal is the same for me, I just have to see it through and do the work.”
Following his loss at WrestleMania 39 there was a lot of speculation among fans on social media that WWE could give Cody his rematch at SummerSlam. However, that’s looking less likely now that Rhodes and Reigns have officially been drafted to separate brands. Recently it was reported that the Cody Rhodes vs. Roman Reigns rematch is on the table for WrestleMania 40, so we’ll have to wait and see if WWE revisits this feud in the future.
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