The main event of WrestleMania 39 featured an epic clash between Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns where the Tribal Chief put his Undisputed Universal Heavyweight Championship on the line. Cody was one of the biggest favourite of recent years to win the Universal title and dethrone Roman Reigns. Majority of fans were also rooting for him.
But once again Roman Reigns managed to retain his title as he shocked the entire world by defeating Cody on the main event of WrestleMania 39. This defeat was pretty heart breaking for his fan base. Cody recently got interviewed by Sam Roberts where he talked about this heart breaking defeat. Here is what the American Nightmare had to say;
In the Face of Defeat: Cody Rhodes Speaks Out on WrestleMania 39 Disappointment
“After having done it (main eventing WrestleMania), you have to win at WrestleMania. You have to win, and I think that’s why I didn’t come out swinging the next day in terms of whining or moaning. There’s a part of the documentary where they got me coming right through the curtain after. That’s a very heavy feeling.
“I remember feeling like I’d been hit with a hammer right in the chest and just the color had even left my body by the time I got to Gorilla, the Go Position and I don’t know if it’s sadness, disappointment or shock. Shock of this really happened because then sitting there in the ring, I knew I was being filmed, I knew I was being shot and I knew how sad I looked and I was thinking, you gotta get up.
Cody Rhodes Lost To Roman Reigns At WrestleMania 39
“In my mind, I was saying, you gotta get up and I was looking out at the crowd and I saw my own family and thinking, okay, they can handle this. They’ve seen everything, they can handle this. But just looking out and seeing our fans just hurt and disappointed at the show they’re not supposed to be hurt and disappointed at was really — I was waiting for a tomato to hit me in the side of the head.
“I was just like, oof, this is the worst-case scenario. So, as exciting as it is to have my name there as the guy who main evented WrestleMania which happened to be the most profitable WrestleMania of all time, coincidentally (Rhodes laughed). I don’t know. I would love to hopefully — five years from now, ask me a different question. You gotta win at WrestleMania.”
H/T to POST Wrestling
A lot of thought that Cody Rhodes might lose his main event push after his defeat at WWE WrestleMania 39 but fortunately that did not happen. He is still one of the top stars of the promotion and he is currently working on a mega feud with Brock Lesnar. He is also rumored to meet Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 40 again.
