Mark Henry enjoyed the main event of WWE Backlash: France for the most part but felt the result and the bout itself were very predictable.
WWE’s first French pay-per-view event saw Cody Rhodes retain the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship against AJ Styles in Rhodes’ first televised title defense.
On a recent edition of the “Busted Open Radio” podcast, Henry shared his criticism of the match result. He said,
“I watched twice because I was critical of how the finish went. I was not one of the fans that thought the finish felt flat, like some of what I read on the internet, but I did think it was a typical finish. It just didn’t seem like Cody was gonna lose
“I thought that the finish was what it was. AJ Styles and Cody had a great match … It was a “A” match and it had a “B” finish because we knew what the outcome was gonna be.”
During the post-show press conference, Rhodes spoke about what’s next and suggested LA Knight as a future opponent.
Despite Rhodes’ comments, it’s been reported that WWE has no long-term plans for Cody’s title reign until The Rock and Roman Reigns return.
