Cody Rhodes believes his WWE WrestleMania 39 showdown with Roman Reigns will headline one of the biggest wrestling events in history.
Rhodes won the 2023 men’s Royal Rumble match to earn a spot in the main event of WrestleMania 39. He will challenge Reigns for the WWE Undisputed Universal Championship at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California on April 1-2.
In an interview with Sportskeeda Wrestling’s Kevin Kellam, The American Nightmare joked about repeatedly saying the phrase “Rhodes to WrestleMania” to promote the show.
“I say that pun regularly,” Rhodes said. “You do these little international bites and television bites. ‘Hey, we’re on the road, we’re on Rhodes to WrestleMania,’ so I’ve overused the pun just because, hey, I don’t know how many times I’ll be in this position. heading to the biggest sports entertainment the biggest wrestling event literally just looking at the current metrics the biggest event ever to involve a wrestling ring I don’t know how often it will be like this so I’m getting mocking”. [0:45 – 1:17]
Watch the video above to hear Rhodes’ thoughts on what Reigns had to say about his late father Dusty on the March 3 episode of SmackDown!
Cody Rhodes highlights the importance of WWE live events
WWE Superstars from RAW and SmackDown entertain fans in dozens of live, non-televised events each year. Cody Rhodes is scheduled to face Finn Balor at a show in Springfield, Illinois on Sunday, March 19.
The 37-year-old hopes to appear in front of another live crowd shortly before his big WrestleMania match.
“What I always say is television, whether it’s Monday Night RAW or Friday Night SmackDown, it’s almost this wonderful, beautiful commercial for the match that you could see at a live event, and even with cell phones and everything these days, The experience of a live event is still very intimate. Things happen that are just for those communities and for those specific markets and times.” [9:09 – 9:33]
Rhodes also spoke about a conversation he plans to have with a WWE legend the day before he competes at WrestleMania.
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See Cody Rhodes live in action with WWE Road to WrestleMania at the BOS Center in Springfield, IL on Sunday, March 19.
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Cody Rhodes gave us the scoop on his promo war with Roman Reigns where Dusty was mentioned here