Cody Rhodes finished the story at WrestleMania 40 last year when he defeated Roman Reigns to become the new Undisputed WWE Champion. There was a lot of speculation regarding who would be challenging Cody for the belt at WrestleMania, and John Cena secured a shot at the title when he won the men’s Elimination Chamber match. Cena also turned heel after winning the Elimination Chamber as he beat Cody down then formed an alliance with The Rock and Travis Scott.
John Cena and Cody Rhodes main evented night 2 of WrestleMania 41 and Cena made his way to the ring first. A group of people on dirt bikes rode across the WrestleMania stage then stopped at the top. Cody rose up through the stage wearing his American Nightmare mask as “Kingdom” hit and he walked down the ramp. Rhodes hugged his family who were sitting in the front row.
Cena dominated the match for a while and he slowed down the pace in a big way as he focused on wearing Cody down. The American Nightmare struggled to get any offense in for several minutes. Eventually Cody got the momentum on his side when Cena went for the Five Knuckle Shuffle and he poked Cena in the eye. He followed up with a Disaster Kick and a Cody Cutter for a two count.
John Cena connected with the Attitude Adjustment, but Cody kicked out at two. He went for the Five Knuckle Shuffle again and finally got it. Cena tried for another AA only for Cody to reverse it into a pin. Cody went to the top rope and Cena knocked him down. Cena put Cody on his shoulders then hit the Attitude Adjustment from the second rope. The American Nightmare kicked out at two.
Cody managed to get the Cody Cutter on Cena again for a two count. The champion attempted to hit Cross Rhodes, but Cena got him with a third Attitude Adjustment then locked in the STF. Cody got his legs out and kicked Cena into the corner. Cena accidentally bumped into the referee. Cody connected with the Cross Rhodes, but there was no referee to count the pin.
As Cody checked on the referee Cena removed the pad from the top turnbuckle. He slammed Cody’s head into the exposed turnbuckle then hit a fourth AA. The referee got back up to count the pin and Cena was shocked as Cody kicked out.
Travis Scott then made his entrance while Cena laughed. Scott slowly walked down the ramp then Cena helped him up on the apron and held Scott’s arm up. Cena carried Cody over to Travis Scott. Cody tried to attack Scott, but Scott jumped off the apron.
Cody connected with the Cross Rhodes on Cena and Travis Scott pulled the referee out of the ring before he could count. The American Nightmare dared Travis Scott to get in the ring.
Scott jumped over the top rope and Cody dared Scott to hit him. Travis Scot threw hands, but Cody blocked it and hit Travis with the Cross Rhodes. He rolled Travis Scott out of the ring. When Cody turned around Cena tried to hit him with the WWE Championship. Cody blocked it and took the belt from Cena.
John Cena begged Cody not to hit him then Cena delivered a low blow to Cody and picked the belt up again. Cena slammed the WWE Championship into Cody’s head then called the ref back into the ring. John Cena then pinned Cody to win the WWE Championship for the 17th time. After the match John Cena celebrated with Travis Scott.
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— WWE (@WWE) April 21, 2025