WWE Raw star and the winner of the men’s Royal Rumble match of 2023 Cody Rhodes who is also a former two times WWE Intercontinental Champion recently talked about getting prepared for his WrestleMania 39 main event match against Roman Reigns and addressed as the biggest match of his career so far.
Cody Rhodes made his return to WWE back at WrestleMania 38 as the surprise opponent of Seth Rollins. He had a grand entrance and a Grand factory over the former four times WWE World champion. WWE had big plans for the American Nightmare and this time he would not be treated as a mid card only.
Cody Rhodes Reflects On Preparing For The Biggest Match Of His Career
At the Hell in a Cell pay per view event, he received a big injury which sidelined him from action for over nine months. At the Royal Rumble pay per view event recently he made his return as an entrant into the men’s Royal Rumble match and he went on to win the whole thing. It was already reported that he would be winning the Royal Rumble match and it was one of the most predictable Rumble matches in WWE history.
He had only one option to challenge at WrestleMania 39 and that was Roman Reigns who is the current WWE Undisputed Universal Champion. The match had already been official for WrestleMania 39 and a lot of fans are waiting to see him finally dethroning Roman Reigns.
Cody Rhodes who is also a former two times WWE Intercontinental Champion recently spoke to the Impaulsive podcast where he talked about getting prepared for his WrestleMania 39 main event match against Roman Reigns and addressed as the biggest match of his career so far. He said;
“The irony and the potential of a Rhodes going on last, when my dad spent eight years competing against WWE, I spent three and stirred up as much trouble as I could possibly stir up. The irony of the potential of going on last under the brightest lights on the grandest stage is just why this place is so good. No judgments, well, not no judgments, I’m sure there are some hard feelings that happened over here, but if a guy or girl is ‘the thing,’ if they’re ready, then they’re moving it forward.
“That’s what we’re going to push. The idea of it, I don’t want to end up like TCU in the National Title game where ‘maybe I wasn’t supposed to be there.’ I don’t want to shrivel under the lights. I am very much just now letting it all sink in, what we’re doing. I want to let it all sink in now so I can stop doing the, ‘this is amazing, this is going to be great.’ You want to pretend like you’ve been in the endzone.
“I want to show up, and we’ve got to deliver, and we have to execute whatever that situation is, whether I’m wrestling Roman Reigns, which is what it looks like, or whoever it is. I have to finish the story.”
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