WrestleMania 39 is one of the best WrestleMania events in WWE history and it was definitely the top event of the Year 2023. Cody Rhodes featured on the main event of the show along with the top star of the promotion Roman Reigns where the Tribal Chief put his WWE Universal heavyweight title on the line. This is considered one of the best main events in WrestleMania history.
Cody Rhodes was a big favourite of this match and a lot of fans were believing in the theory that he is going to be the one to dethrone Roman Reigns. But ultimately he lost the match which broke the hearts of his fans. Rhodes did an excellent job prior to WrestleMania to promote the match and build himself as a top star. But ultimately everything went in vain.
Cody Rhodes Opens Up: The Incident that Earned Him Fans’ Trust
Cody was receiving some criticism as well before entering WrestleMania since he remained out of action for quite a long time due to injury and he was handed the main event spot of WrestleMania quite easily. But he managed to gain everyone’s trust with his excellent performance at WrestleMania 39. Cody himself believe that he finally managed to regain the trust of the fans. Speaking with the “Not Sam Wrestling” podcast recently, he said;
On the challenge of getting fans to believe in him after his WrestleMania loss: “Part of what we do is how happy they get and sometimes how furious they get. I was more surprised with the biggest task that came after. Minutes after, it dawned on me, to get back here, they have to still believe in me. I just lost in front of them, and they have to still believe.
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“I’ve done some tough things. In the documentary, there are things said that could not be done, and we went and did them. The task of ‘can I get them to be on board even more after so many have invested, flown out, traveled, brought people.’
“I remember seeing a guy in the crowd who had every piece of my merch on, every piece, and he was just staring at me. Grown man, hand on his hips, I caught eyes, I couldn’t break. I told him, ‘I’m sorry.’ That was the part that surprised me the most. Every place we go to, and knock on wood this continues to happen, every place we go to seems like more excitement.
“I don’t want to buy in and be like, ‘I knew it.’ No, it’s a tough task. They feel more excited, and a thing I noticed was fans are bringing signs back a lot more these days. Signs, that’s like the greatest thing ever. I had to make the point of trying to acknowledge each one of these. That really fills me up.”
On his story not being a “lock” at this point: “I think we’re on pace to do something very special, but everything I do, is so fragile. It feels fragile, all great things are. The story of Cody Rhodes is not a lock. Getting back, it’s fragile, but I try to make it a lock.” the American Nightmare concluded.
Right now he is involved in a mega feud with former 10 times WWE World Champion Brock Lesnar which is likely to end at SummerSlam. He is the biggest favourite to challenge Roman Reigns for the Universal Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 40 again. Other names are rumoured too but the American Nightmare is currently the biggest favourite.
H/T – eWrestlingNews.com