On a recent edition of the “Busted Open Radio” podcast, former WWE broadcaster Jonathan Coachman explained why Cody Rhodes must dethrone Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns in the main event of WrestleMania 40.
Rhodes won the 2024 men’s Royal Rumble match to earn his rematch against Reigns.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On why Cody Rhodes has to win at WrestleMania: “I say yes, he has to. There’s a lot of people that say ‘Wins and losses don’t matter.’ I’ve said at times ‘It’s all about the stories. Wins and losses don’t matter.’ For this story, and the fact that he came back in a redemption story, and you lead up for two full years? That’s a long time when you’re doing TV every single week. People talk about Hulkster back in the day and all those guys, they weren’t on TV every single week. So to me, at some point, you’ve got to pay it off. And you pay it off at a big win.”
On what would happen if Cody doesn’t win at the event: “If you don’t do that, and he does it at, say, SummerSlam? To me, it’s kind of ‘whah whah whah’ moment, because everything leads up to WrestleMania. So my answer, to you, would be yes, he needs to [win].”
WWE WrestleMania 40 is scheduled for April 6-7 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
