WWE made a serious mistake in drafting Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns to separate brands, at least according to Mark Henry.
During Night One of the 2023 WWE Draft, Reigns was the #1 pick for SmackDown (alongside Paul Heyman and Solo Sikoa) while Raw’s first pick went to Rhodes.
On an episode of “Busted Open Radio,” Henry recalled his prediction that Rhodes and Reigns would end up on the same show and believes WWE should have followed his suggestion. He said,
“I said they were gonna be on the same show, that was a given. They went against that.
“Them being on the same brand was important because you wanted to have them- Roman always have a hand in keeping [Cody] down. Even when Roman was not involved in a Cody story, they should’ve shown Roman laughing at a monitor, just belly laughing when Cody got beat or somebody jumped him, almost like he had something to do with it. He kept pulling the rug under Cody.
“You can do that for a calendar year on the same brand, but now they’re gonna have to come with completely separate storylines for Cody now that he’s not on that brand.”
The post-draft rosters will come into effect after this weekend’s Backlash PLE, where Rhodes will face free agent Brock Lesnar.
