Cody Rhodes looks to be cementing his legacy in more ways than one if he is victorious at WrestleMania 40.
Headlining both nights of the biggest show of the year, Rhodes is looking ahead to WrestleMania Sunday, which will see The American Nightmare challenge Roman Reigns for the second year in a row.
Although the 2023 event ended in heartbreak thanks to interference from The Bloodline, many fans and Rhodes himself are hoping the second time is the charm and he really will finish the story in Philadelphia. If the dream does come true, Rhodes already has some plans to kick off the new era.
Appearing at WWE World, Rhodes was asked about what kind of champion he would be if he did win the big one. Rhodes teased that he may change the title design, having previously expressed a fondness for more classic designs:
“I think the type of champion I’d be for starters, from a logistical standpoint, is I would be on both Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown. I don’t know, you guys like how the title belt itself looks? Then maybe, again, don’t want to get a cart before a horse here, I have to beat the greatest champion in the history of our business, Roman Reigns. But if I do, maybe we change how that title looks, too. Really, if I could do anything as champion, I would want you guys to have fun. That is 100% what I’m in the business of doing, making you guys happy, and I’m blessed and honored to do that. So that’s what I look forward to doing, and I hope we have a great weekend, all of us together,”
Rhodes continued, stating that he would also no longer refer to the championship as the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship:
“I knew, I’d say I knew at four. I’d say particularly at eight years old, when I saw the picture of him holding the WWWF Championship. He had just won the match against ‘Superstar’ Billy Graham, but he didn’t win in a way that he could take the title, and that was the big, ‘Hey, I wanna get this,’ the belt that ultimately Roman has now that we call the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship. Which, if I win this thing on Sunday, we are not calling it this long-winded designation. It’s just the WWE Championship. But I knew then because that was my first big dream and goal was to win it and hand it to him and tell him, ‘Nobody can take it away from you now.’ It’s moments and events like that,”
Cody Rhodes Remains With WWE
2024 is the year of contract renewals as many top stars are looking to negotiate new deals with the top promotions so that they can secure their in-ring future. While many are looking to confirm the finer details, Cody Rhodes has confirmed that he will be staying in WWE.
H/t to Fightful.
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