Cody Rhodes has addressed what it was prefer to step into the ring with The Rock for the primary time in his profession at WWE WrestleMania 40.
In the primary occasion of WrestleMania 40 Saturday, Roman Reigns & Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson picked up an enormous victory over Cody Rhodes & Seth “Freakin” Rollins.
That match, which went 44:35, was the second-longest essential occasion in WrestleMania. It ended with The Rock beating Cody after hitting a Rock Backside and Individuals’s Elbow for the win.
It was additionally The Rock’s first WrestleMania match in 8 years, however that match eight years in the past was only a Rock Backside and a win in underneath ten seconds. This WrestleMania 40 match was truly The Rock’s first actual WWE match in 11 years since he essential evented WrestleMania 29 with John Cena in 2013.
Whereas speaking to ESPN about The Rock’s return to the ring, WWE Champion Cody Rhodes stated that he felt “magic” with the longer term WWE Corridor of Famer.
“The Rock is on the Mount Rushmore of wrestling. I’ve spent an excellent portion of my profession battling for my technology’s locker room to overhaul the beforehand most profitable period, the Angle Period, The Rock’s period. However as all of us discovered in real-time watching WrestleMania, the person transcends time and our medium.”
“I by no means questioned his ardour, however there have been many smarter matches for a person greater than 10 years faraway from the ring to take: Seth Rollins and I aren’t on the straightforward record. The pace and elegance of our sport has modified, however he got here again fiercely. If something, he’s not even near completed. The primary time we locked up, I knew he had the magic. And that’s a uncommon factor to search out with any person.”
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was additionally happy with the match whereas additionally teasing a WrestleMania 41 match subsequent April though he didn’t say if it might be with Cody Rhodes, Roman Reigns, or any person else.
Cody Rhodes Set To Compete In “I Give up Match” At WrestleMania 40
The WWE machine rolls on with the Conflict on the Fortress PLE set to happen this Saturday, June fifteenth in Glasgow, Scotland. On the present, Cody Rhodes will defend the Undisputed WWE Title towards AJ Types in a rematch from Backlash France when Rhodes beat Types to retain his title.
This time when Cody faces AJ, they’ll have an “I Give up Match” for the WWE Title. The total lineup for Conflict on the Fortress is under.
* World Heavyweight Championship: Damian Priest (c) vs. Drew McIntyre
* I Give up Match for the Undisputed WWE Championship: Cody Rhodes (c) vs. AJ Types
* WWE Ladies’s Championship: Bayley (c) vs. Piper Niven
* Intercontinental Championship: Sami Zayn (c) vs. Chad Gable
* WWE Ladies’s Tag Staff Championships: Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill (c) vs. Shayna Baszler & Zoey Stark vs. Alba Fyre & Isla Daybreak
You’ll be able to watch WWE Conflict on the Fortress, streaming dwell Saturday, June 15, at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT on Peacock in the US and on WWE Community in every single place else.
