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Returns in the WWE not only bring nostalgia, but they also impact storylines. Throughout history, the WWE Universe has witnessed some of the biggest returns. While some of them were unwelcomed, others were extremely cheered for by wrestling fans. For this piece, let’s rank the 10 biggest returns in WWE. 10. Trish Stratus and Lita: […]

After nearly two months of build-up, the “American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes finally took on the Tribal Chief Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship in the main event of Wrestlemania 39 Night 2. Many expected a bout between one of the hottest babyfaces in the WWE and one of the most menacingly successful champions […]

After watching the main event of WrestleMania 39 play out exactly as he intended, and listing to two of his champions, Bianca Belair and Roman Reigns, discuss their accomplishments in their respective post-match press conferences – curiously enough sponsored by the movie The Pope’s Exorcist – Paul “Triple H” Levesque took it upon himself to […]

To say Cody Rhodes losing the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship at WrestleMania 39 to Roman Reigns was a shocker would be an understatement. Sure, Reigns hasn’t been pinned in almost four years and was rapidly approaching 1,000 days as champion heading into “The Showcase of the Immortals,” but Paul “Triple H” Levesque committed three months […]

Before Cody Rhodes entered the ring at WrestleMania 39 for his Main Event match with the WWE Undisputed Universal Champion Roman Reigns, he headed to ringside to draw inspiration from people close to him. One of the people that Cody interacted with before his match was a kid, to whom he handed his custom-made weight […]

If there’s one thing that is unique to Cody Rhodes’ attires, it’s his weight belt. The one that he wore during WrestleMania 39 is particularly special since it’s something that tells a lot of stories. The inside of the weight belt has inscriptions on it, which actually depicts important roles in Cody’s journey. What’s written […]

After three months of build-up, hype, and more media interviews than most wrestlers do in a lifetime, Cody Rhodes entered WrestleMania 39 with a world to gain; with three quick taps to the mat, Rhodes could become the new WWE Universal Champion, #CompleteTheStory, and do what his father never could: become the WWE Champion. Walking […]

After a standout WrestleMania 39 Night 1, Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes are looking to close out Night 2 with an intense showdown. As Reigns prepares to put the Undisputed WWE Universial Championship on the line against Rhodes, the Tribal Chief had one last message for his competitor. Reigns has been the Universal Champion for […]

After being treated to one of the better Day 1 cards in recent memory, the WWE Universe is somehow being treated to another day of WrestleMania magic, with Day 2 officially scheduled to kick off at 8 pm EST live from SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. Soon, fans will find out who will be their […]

With WrestleMania 39 weekend officially upon the WWE Universe, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson decided to send some love to the promotion he used to work on social media, with one star in particular earning top billing in terms of his admiration. “This message goes out to the WWE Universe, the fans, the ones who our […]

After months and months of anticipation, build-up, and hype, Cody Rhodes was given one final chance to address the WWE Universe before stepping into the ring with Roman Reigns to decide on which WWE Superstar gets to lead the company into the future moving forward. That’s right, while the duo never actually wrestled in the […]

In the early lead-up to WrestleMania 39 there was one person and one person only who Gunther wanted to wrestle at “The Showcase of the Immortals:” Brock Lesnar. Gunther called him his “End Boss,” declared his long-time fandom of “The Beast Incarnate,” and basically attempted to crowd-fund a featured match at Mania against his preferred […]

With WrestleMania 39 rapidly approaching, everyone has a take on who should win the main event, Cody Rhodes or Roman Reigns. Will it be Cody, the infamously second-generation Superstar who wants to win the one belt his father never could and #CompleteTheStory once and for all? Or will it instead be Reigns, the third-generation reigning […]

On paper, Cody Rhodes is about as big of a babyface as there comes within the WWE Universe. He gets one of the biggest pops, sells a ton of shirts, and even has a legion of Little Nightmares who want nothing more than to watch him #CompleteTheStory at WrestleMania 39 in a match against Roman […]

The WWE has a deep pool of talented wrestlers. Unfortunately, there are times when WWE Creative simply didn’t know how to utilize their talents. As a result, this often results in failed pushes wherein the wrestler fails to perform up to the fans’ expectations. Although a lot of wrestlers usually only get one push, some […]

With WrestleMania 39 almost here, fans, pundits, and even WWE Hall of Famers have been weighing in on arguably the biggest storyline in the entire promotion: Cody Rhodes vs. Roman Reigns in the main event of Night 2 of WrestleMania 39: who you got? To some, the answer is obvious; Rhodes has done about a […]

With WrestleMania 39 officially less than a week away, Cody Rhodes’ one-man media tour to promote WWE’s “Showcase of the Immortals” is rapidly approaching its conclusion. Soon, all of Rhodes’ talk will be meaningless, all of his grandstanding will fade into fans’ memories, and his plans, as perfectly executed as they may be, will fly […]

When Cody Rhodes left AEW to try his hand at WWE once more, it served as the ultimate test case of how Tony Khan’s company had changed the industry forever. After AEW effectively served as a safe space for creatively frustrated wrestlers who wanted to test their own ideas on a national stage, away from […]

After watching Cody Rhodes deliver another big-time win on “Road to WrestleMania,” this time in a three-Cross Rhodes-assisted victory over Ludwig Kaiser, Paul Heyman and Solo Sikoa came out to the ring in the hopes of (sarcastically) celebrating Rhodes’ accomplishments. Running through his accomplishments in the match with a special second-ring announcement after the win, […]

Cody Rhodes is set to challenge Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns in what is being hyped up as one of the most significant main events in WrestleMania history. Since Rhodes’ return to WWE last year, fans have thought he would be the man to dethrone Roman Reigns. After returning to WWE, Rhodes has vowed […]

When Cody Rhodes and John Cena shared the stage on the first episode of RAW of the month of March, it felt special. Sure, Cena isn’t the same wrestler he once was, and he technically isn’t even an active wrestler at this point, as he only wrestled one match in 2022, but watching the man […]

When Roman Reigns takes the ring against Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania 39, it will be for all of the marbles… literally. After over 900 days as champion, Reigns will put his, and The Bloodline’s legacy on the line in the April 2nd main event; win and he inches even closer to 1,000 days with the […]

After hinting at his arrival since the opening segment, when he arrived in St. Louis in an SUV with Solo Sikoa and Paul Heyman, Roman Reigns finally took the ring in the main event of the penultimate edition of Monday Night RAW to lay out a message to Cody Rhodes about why he would retain […]

On June 23rd, 2019, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn defeated The New Day, Big E and Xavier Woods, at Stomping Grounds. Why, you may ask, is that relevant? Well, because it marked the last time Owens and Zayn shared the ring on WWE programming as friends for the better part of four years, save a […]

Though technically a RAW wrestler, because Cody Rhodes is booked for a match with “The Tribal Chief,” Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 39, WWE has been rather lax as to where “The American Nightmare” wrestles as of late, especially when it can help to move along a storyline. On Friday Night SmackDown, Rhodes made his way […]

When Cody Rhodes opened up SmackDown by walking down to the ring with a microphone in hand, fans knew they were in for a treat, but in an interesting twist of fate that paid off later, this time, “The American Nightmare” didn’t want to solely talk about himself. Sure, Rhodes still did a fair bit […]

This upcoming WrestleMania will tell us a lot about the future of both of WWE’s world championships. Roman Reigns has held both the WWE and Universal Championships for almost a year. I also can’t fail to mention that he’s held onto the Universal Championship for over 920 days. Roman Reigns is on the run of […]

After watching Cody Rhodes cut a wicked promo demanding Roman Reign acknowledge him as a legitimate challenge for the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion, Paul Heyman took it upon himself to book a segment with Cathy Kelley on RAW to warn “The American Nightmare” about flying too close to the sun. “We’ve got a problem, as […]

When Cody Rhodes was booked for a match with LA Knight on RAW as a sort of tune-up ahead of WrestleMania 39, fans knew they were in for a treat, but goodness gracious, who could have expected what was about to come? Working a very fun match against the Los Angeles-based Superstar who somehow doesn’t […]

While Dusty Rhodes has been a featured part of the feud between his son Cody and Roman Reigns, the man some have suggested is the son “The American Dream” wished he had, did you know that the elder Rhodes actually suggested that his son leave WWE long before the start of AEW? It’s true, as […]

Cody Rhodes is the WWE’s ultimate showman. With WrestleMania 39 officially three weeks away, Cody Rhodes’ one-man mission to unseat Roman Reigns as the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion has been heating up, with the Royal Rumble winner appearing on SmackDown with increasing frequency in an attempt to really drum up excitement for the “Premium Live […]

After welcoming The Usos back to SmackDown, with the tag team of Jimmy and Jey officially reunited after some internal tension spurned on by Sami Zayn’s defection at Extreme Rules, Paul Heyman was approached by Kayla Braxton to discuss his Roman Reigns’ forthcoming match with Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania 39. Though clearly distraught about the […]

After securing his first-ever AEW Pay-Per-View victory at Revolution, Ricky Starks was riding high. He’d beaten Chris Jericho for the second time in 2023 – a feat no one else had accomplished – got his hug with Tony Khan, and boldly declared that he was ready to compete for championship gold, and could even see […]

When Cody Rhodes made his way from RAW to SmackDown to have his first-ever face-to-face encounter with Roman Reigns since returning to WWE at WrestleMania 38, it felt like a big deal. Sure, Rhodes had spoken ad nauseum about the prospects of wrestling “The Tribal Chief” at WrestleMania 39 to pretty much any and every […]

When Cody Rhodes boldly declared that he would be making his way to Washington D.C. to step into Roman Reigns’ house on SmackDown, fans knew they were in for a show. Though Rhodes has been on a pretty darn impressive media run hyping up his match with “The Tribal Chief” just about anywhere there’s a […]

When Paul Heyman boldly declared that Roman Reigns was the son Dusty Rhodes always wanted in a masterclass of a promo against “The American Nightmare,” Cody Rhodes on WWE RAW, it felt like your standard, run-of-the-mill insult. Sure, the elder Rhodes trained Reigns before he became an international Superstar during his time in developmental, but […]

Though it’s almost been a year since Cody Rhodes made his re-debut in WWE at WrestleMania 38, stories continue to come out about his time in AEW, some of them good, some of them bad, some of them representing “what if” scenarios that fans will unfortunately never get a definitive answer to one way or […]

As Cody Rhodes inches closer and closer to his forthcoming match at WrestleMania 39, the WWE champion-in-waiting has already started to talk about his future prospects in the promotion once his current feud comes to an end. Rhodes has mentioned that he wants WWE to bring back the Winged Eagle belt, wants to be a […]

When Byron Saxton announced before RAW that Cody Rhodes was going to work a match with Chad Gable, it drew near-universal praise from WWE fans from around the world. Sure, Gable is pretty firmly in the lower mid-card at this point, but he’s still one of the best pure workers in WWE, as is evidenced […]