Cody Rhodes has publicly walked back his comments regarding The Rock and WWE WrestleMania Goes Hollywood.
Cody is set to challenge Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship at WrestleMania. Before Rhodes came back last month, there had been countless reports about WWE wanting to have The Rock back for a showdown with Reigns at Mania.
Once Rock told them that he didn’t feel like he had enough time to get into ring shape, they went with Rhodes instead.
Rhodes stated in an interview with Alex McCarthy of Daily Mail, “With all the respect in the world to one of the GOATs, The Rock, it looks like the options we have here within the roster are even better because of the stories that are happening.”
This is something Rhodes discussed while speaking with Sports Illustrated:
“You know, I said the other day, and I said it in a pretty nice way, ‘all respect to the Rock, I like what we have.’ I’m going to walk that one back,” Rhode stated before continuing. “I’m going to say, WrestleMania is amazing. If Rock decides to come to WrestleMania, please, simply because, we’re able to have WrestleMania because of someone like The Rock. Rock was able to have WrestleMania because of somebody like (Hulk) Hogan, and because of the Dustys (Dusty Rhodes), the Flairs (Ric Flair), the Pipers (Roddy Piper). Our industry doesn’t just exist. The content is so important in keeping it healthy and keeping it going and respecting these long-time fans. I hope I didn’t talk out of turn because I absolutely adore The Rock and would love it if he was present in any setting. His family is massively important to what we do and if Rock decides to show up to WrestleMania [Goes] Hollywood would love that. I will say, if Rock doesn’t come to WrestleMania, we have an unbelievable card, if not the best ever, at the biggest ever in terms of the financials, the gates, and two days in Hollywood. So, it’s a win-win.”
Rhodes called Reigns the Lebron James of this current generation. You can watch the entire interview by clicking on the player below:
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