The Rock & Roman Reigns vs. Rhodes & Seth Rollins was the WWE WrestleMania 40 headliner of night one, where the heels went over only for the next night to have Rhodes win the Undisputed WWE Universal Title from Reigns.
On Monday’s Raw, Rock and Rhodes did a promo segment where Rock noted that he wanted the WWE Title but had to go away for a while. However, when he returns, he will be coming after Rhodes.
While speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez talked about the segment where it was noted that the plan is indeed to do Rock vs. Rhodes at WrestleMania 41.
Alvarez: “But as I’m scrolling through, it’s like, that’s all everybody’s talking about is ‘what did the Rock give Cody? What do you think he gave him?’ That’s what people love. They love a mystery. And they have to follow the show every week to find out what’s going on in the story. And this is going to be a long-term mystery because Rock is leaving, but I thought it was very, very clever what they did because clearly, they’re doing Rock and Cody one-on-one. I mean, that was made patently obvious in this segment here.”
Meltzer: “Well, that is certainly the plan right now. Yes. And not for a long time. Next year’s WrestleMania.”
Alvarez: “Hey, you know what if this guy felt good, and he did great that match and he didn’t get hurt? I mean, if he thinks he can do two more years, then it should be Rock and Cody next year and Rock and Roman Reigns a year after. And that’s two gigantic WrestleMania you got based on those matches.”
Meltzer: “Yeah, it’s gonna be big but man. I mean, it’s natural. You know? I mean, they, they booked it, he’d been And Cody, so they booked it, you know, yeah, probably is good [idea] to keep Cody’s champion although that’s not 100%.”
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