Cody Rhodes On John Cena Rivalry: The Lack of a Match We Had at WrestleMania 41 Was What Made Our Match at SummerSlam Part of the Beauty

Cody Rhodes recalls the matches he had with heel John Cena this year.

At the end of Elimination Chamber this past year, Cody Rhodes was the victim of a vicious beating by the Rock, Travis Scott, and John Cena, who turned heel for the first time since 2003. This led to a match with the two at WrestleMania 41, where Cena walked out as the seventeen-time WWE Undisputed Champion, however, it was not the match everyone wanted it to be, and it took a couple months to make up for all the wrongs that night.

“It’s MetLife, what a good time. I hate saying this, but part of the beauty of how great that match is was the lack of a match that really took place at WrestleMania in a sense. Sometimes the long game is the game. It’s like going on last, it’s a hard spot occasionally, but the bigger picture — I treat them as the same match and then we just got to use all the bells and whistles.” – Cody Rhodes on The Pat McAfee Show.

Rhodes recently defeated Drew McIntyre to defend the Undisputed WWE Championship in his second reign successfully. He will not battle Seth Rollins for the Crown Jewel Championship at Crown Jewel in Perth, Australia.

(h/t to Fightful for the quotes/transcriptions.)

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