Brace yourselves, wrestling fans! In this gripping video, we delve deep into the intriguing narrative of Cody Rhodes, a second-generation superstar on the brink of completing his epic journey in the WWE. Will Cody rise to the occasion and become the next undisputed WWE Heavyweight Champion at WrestleMania 40, finally achieving the milestone that eluded his legendary father, Dusty Rhodes?
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Hit that subscribe button, ring the notification bell, and share your thoughts in the comments below. Will Cody Rhodes finish his story with a triumphant victory, or is there an unexpected twist awaiting us in the WWE ring? The excitement is palpable, and the answers lie within the unfolding chapters of Cody Rhodes' journey!
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00:00 Have you ever been in the main event of WrestleMania before?
00:04 Because I'm pretty sure I've done all of that.
00:06 [MUSIC]
00:08 >> I'm not done, story is unfinished, but
00:11 a lot of good stories have a lot of pages.
00:14 [MUSIC]
00:17 >> The miracle.
00:18 >> [APPLAUSE]
00:21 >> Damn it, you need to acknowledge me.
00:25 >> Cody Rhodes, he became the first man in 26 years to win back to back
00:30 Royal Rumble matches.
00:32 Joining an elite class that includes Hulk Hogan,
00:36 Shawn Michaels and Stone Cold Steve Austin.
00:39 It came as a bit of a shock because a lot of people felt the odds on favorite going
00:43 in was the returning CM Punk.
00:45 And right behind him, the other favorite was Cody.
00:48 As for Cody, he has proved over the last couple of years exactly why WWE put him
00:53 in the spot he's in, jumping over from all wrestling.
00:57 You aren't going to see many people saying he doesn't deserve this or
01:01 hasn't earned it.
01:02 Of course, winning the Rumble means you get the world title match at Mania,
01:06 something Cody got to do last year in Los Angeles.
01:09 And it seems like we have no doubt about where he's going and
01:12 who he's going after.
01:14 The undisputed WWE Universal Champion, Roman Reigns,
01:19 watched from a suite above the stadium audience, captivated by
01:24 who awaits him as a challenger at the show of shows.
01:28 And it's Cody Rhodes who made it clear who he was going after.
01:32 [MUSIC]
01:35 >> Roman can't believe it.
01:37 [MUSIC]
01:40 >> There's a big difference between this story with Cody and
01:43 Roman this year as compared to last year.
01:45 When Cody and Roman began their road to WrestleMania 39 in California,
01:49 there was a formality to it at the beginning.
01:52 But the animosity was stirred by Roman and
01:55 of course his associate Paul Heyman provoking Cody's father's name.
02:00 >> You, Cody, were his favorite son.
02:05 >> The American dream, Dusty Rhodes, who decades earlier attempted and
02:12 through a technicality was not able to become WWE Champion.
02:16 >> But Roman Reigns was the son he always wanted.
02:21 >> [APPLAUSE] >> Of course,
02:23 these personal comments seethed into Cody, but he had a measured response.
02:29 It's almost like the animosity between Cody and
02:31 Roman intensified after their match at WrestleMania 39,
02:36 where Cody Rhodes was close to finishing the story set out by his father
02:41 decades before him to bring the title to the family mantle.
02:45 Only for Roman Reigns and
02:47 his family to retain it through another barrage of outside interference.
02:52 When is the last time Roman won a match with no interference from the bloodline?
02:57 Yeah, can we acknowledge that?
02:59 The following night on Monday Night Raw,
03:01 Cody Rhodes demanded an immediate rematch from Roman Reigns.
03:06 It was clear that they were setting the stage for
03:08 Roman to retain that title for a long time.
03:12 And by a long time, we mean all the way to WrestleMania 40.
03:15 I was at WrestleMania 39, walking out of sofa,
03:19 everyone knew that Roman was keeping that belt to at least another mania.
03:23 But recently there seemed to be a wrench thrown into the plans in the form of.
03:26 [SOUND] Finally, yes, Dwayne The Rock Johnson.
03:31 A few weeks before it was announced that he would become a board member of TKO,
03:36 the company that owns WWE, a majority of it, he dropped a bombshell.
03:40 Teasing a match against his fellow Samoan bloodline family member,
03:46 Roman Reigns, making it clear that he wanted to also be the head of the table.
03:51 Making everybody believe that Cody was no longer the main event man to challenge
03:56 at WrestleMania.
03:57 Once The Rock made the big media tour when he joined the board of TKO,
04:02 he kinda sorta teased the fact that he would prefer a slow burning or
04:07 cooking in this matter, longer build up to a match against Roman Reigns.
04:11 Proclaiming that it could be the biggest WrestleMania of all time,
04:16 which now might be WrestleMania 41 or maybe another show that isn't WrestleMania.
04:22 For one, The Rock versus Roman Reigns is having the undisputed
04:26 universal championship as a prize.
04:28 Isn't exactly reasonable when really the head of the table and that title and
04:34 who leads the family might be more of their motivation for
04:38 a personal clash and not just a championship clash.
04:42 Or maybe that's something we get on WrestleMania night too.
04:45 Yeah, Roman for two nights.
04:48 Secondly, it would have been extremely unfair to Cody Rhodes to take away the
04:51 spot that a lot of fans feel he has earned and they are invested in seeing him earn.
04:57 Can you imagine another year of Roman Reigns as a universal champion?
05:01 Because the entire bloodline story has just about reached its peak at
05:06 the end of SummerSlam 2023.
05:09 Some people thought it peaked there, but it's still been going.
05:12 The machine of WWE is still red hot and
05:14 Roman Reigns is still one of the central figures in it.
05:17 But how much longer can they keep it going?
05:19 In the modern era of media consumption, can you stretch it out that long?
05:24 Getting back to the central point here, Cody and Roman.
05:27 WWE should get their flowers for how they've handled this since WrestleMania.
05:33 Some people are fickle and say, gimme, gimme, gimme now.
05:37 Well, WWE knows that, as you see with Rock and Roman,
05:41 the long tease with the big payoff means a whole lot.
05:46 They've been limited to a handful of selective interactions between these two
05:51 titans and the big clash, the big rematch means more
05:56 because of the distance that has been put between them.
05:59 With one mainly being on Raw and one mainly being on SmackDown.
06:03 Unlike last year, there's a lot to play off of.
06:06 The distance has now been closed and
06:09 we're likely to get a whole two months of build up this time around.
06:14 Overall, this may be one of the most exciting WrestleMania cards we've seen
06:19 in years, with just two months remaining before the grandest stage of them all.
06:24 We could be set for truly one of the greatest roads to a WrestleMania
06:28 we've seen in quite some time.
06:31 Roads, like Cody Rhodes, get it?
06:34 For Cody Rhodes, it is time to finish his story.
06:38 His family's story finishes in Philadelphia.
06:42 It is simple, it is straightforward, it is storytelling, completion, and
06:47 satisfaction at his finest.
06:50 A pristine moment in the city of brotherly love, and he gets to win it all.
06:59 He ends the biggest title reign in modern wrestling history.
07:05 He sends Roman Reigns down from his mountain of majestic manipulation of
07:11 those around him, the master of puppets gets his strings cut out, and
07:17 Cody Rhodes finishes the story.
07:20 That's what we need to see at WrestleMania 40.
07:25 Just imagine the reaction, the pure collective electricity when Cody
07:31 pins Roman and ends this title reign and
07:35 becomes the undisputed WWE Universal Champion.
07:40 Unless, of course, WWE decides they want more Roman Reigns and
07:45 he's gotta break Hulk Hogan's 1,474 day reign as WWE Champion.
07:50 He's gotta break a record.
07:51 That's the whole reason they would want him to keep a title at the biggest show
07:55 of the year.
07:55 Stop saying that like it's absolutely a defining factor of this whole thing,
08:00 brother.
08:01 But it's unlikely to happen.
08:02 It seems like all roads lead to a new champion at WrestleMania 40.
08:07 We could be wrong.
08:08 There's no better time and place for
08:09 the story to finally be completed, though, than WrestleMania.
08:13 What do you think?
08:14 Let us know in the comments below.
08:16 Does it need to end for Roman?
08:18 Is Cody the right guy?
08:20 Sound off.
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