Kurt Angle believes Roman Reigns should have put over Cody Rhodes to make him a megastar at WrestleMania 39.
Twenty years ago, Kurt Angle competed in the headlining Match of WrestleMania 19 and put over Brock Lesnar in a match that furthered Brock Lesnar's ascension to superstardom. This year at WrestleMania, Roman Reigns defeated Cody Rhodes in the main event in a match everyone believed would help Cody reach new heights as he picked up his first World Championship in WWE.
Kurt Angle has now weighed in on the end of WrestleMania 39 as he said on the most recent episode of his podcast that he believes Roman Reigns should have put over "The American Nightmare."
"I'm not going to beat up on Roman Reigns because he is the man he deserves to be," said Kurt. "We're in a time now where if you're a champion for three years, that's a little long. It's just too long. Because we're not in territories anymore. When you were in territories, you weren't on TV every week. So fans had to come to see you at the arenas, and you'd only be in that city one day a week. So they only saw wrestling one day a week back then when they were champion for six, eight years. Now Roman Reigns has gone on; it looks like he's gonna have to hold the title for another few years. The thing is, he's on TV every week, sometimes twice a week, and then you know, a pay-per-view every month. It's just a lot. I don't believe the ratings are gonna go down, but I do believe some people are going to lose interest because they're not making other wrestlers. You know, Roman has an opportunity to make a wrestler, he could have made Cody into a megastar, which Cody is already a star, but he would have been a mega-star if he won at WrestleMania. That's just my opinion."
Furthermore, Angle would joke that they might as well let Roman Reigns break Bruno Sammartino's record if they're going to keep going with him. While Roman Reigns is far from that record, he will hold the WWE Universal Championship for 1,000 days if he makes it to WWE King and Queen of the Ring in Saudi Arabia with his championship intact.
At this link, fans can see Cody Rhodes' reflection on his WrestleMania 39 week.
Paul Heyman managed Kurt Angle in the build-up to WrestleMania 19, and all these years later, he's still managing the WWE Champion. Fans can read Paul Heyman's take on the ending to WrestleMania 39 at this link.
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