Cody Rhodes: Roman Reigns Knows His Run Was Generational And He Changed The Industry

Cody Rhodes discusses the immediate aftermath of WrestleMania XL. 

Cody Rhodes ended Roman Reigns’ historic 1,316 reign as Undisputed WWE Universal Champion at WrestleMania XL Sunday to finish his story. While Rhodes celebrated in the ring with the likes of Randy Orton, Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, CM Punk, Triple H, and Bruce Prichard, Reigns and Paul Heyman made their way up the ramp and to the back. 

Appearing on the SI Media podcast with Jimmy Traina, Rhodes was asked if he saw Roman after the match. 

“When you do something so special and epic, and I’m specifically talking about his run as champion, not anything I did. When you change the landscape of the company, when you help better the locker room situation for the talent surrounding you. When you bring the entire tide up for one company, which Roman did, and you’re a part of something like WrestleMania 40, his ninth or tenth WrestleMania main event, you’re part of that. In the oddest of ways, we don’t need to have a moment. He was nowhere to be found in Gorilla when I got back. I look forward to when we actually do have that moment and get to see one another. No doubt, my entire time in WWE, has been a war time situation. There has always been somebody. There has always been some sort of fight and issue. Even with all that said, you’re bonded, to a degree, over the battles that you have. I might be speaking very kindly about him now and he might be thinking in his mind that he wants to smash me and murder me when he comes back. If that’s the case, that’s okay. I’ll be ready for it. Of all the people I did see, the one I didn’t, and I think maybe in his mind, if I could put myself in his shoes, he knew that his run had been generational, that he had changed the industry, which very few people can say they changed the industry. You can count ten people in the last 30 years who changed the business. I think he knew that he could walk out of the ballpark knowing the ball was still sailing and WWE is going to be just fine, if not even better. We await the return of Roman Reigns,” he said.

Asked if he took it personally that he didn’t see Reigns, Cody replied, “No, I didn’t take it personally at all. I wouldn’t take it personal if he hates my guts to this day. I just feel a little differently.”

It is unknown when Reigns will return to WWE television. 

Elsewhere during the interview, Rhodes gave admiration to Paul Heyman and said that in another life, he would have been a great Paul Heyman Guy. You can find his full comments by clicking here. 

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