Roman Reigns comments on not facing The Rock.
On the February 2 episode of WWE SmackDown, Cody Rhodes seemingly stepped aside and paved way for The Rock to face Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 40. After the show ended, fans rallied behind Cody, starting the "We Want Cody" movement.
At the WrestleMania 40 Kickoff, Cody reinserted himself into the picture, leading to The Rock and Roman Reigns uniting to square off against Cody and Seth Rollins.
Appearing on The Pat McAfee Show, it was noted to Roman that The Rock sticks his thumb out when acknowledging The Tribal Chief and that fans believe Rock will turn on Roman.
"It's two of the greatest superstars to ever do it. We have one who is currently dominating Hollywood and the other currently dominating WWE. Why wouldn't you want to put that match together? That's the big gripe with Cody. He's a crybaby. We have given that bum plenty of time. We've given that chump plenty of time to do his thing. That small minority of our WWE wrestling fanbase weren't a bunch of bitches, crying the whole time, he would have never got that buzz and ya'll would have been smitten with The Rock vs. Tribal Chiefs. That's what it was. That's the beauty of this business. Things can happen on the drop of a dime and you have to either call an audible or ride that wave that is coming. For me, that was the end game. Let me make the final statement. Seal the deal. I beat The Rock. Ain't nobody ever questioning what I've done here. Cody took that from me. We're such a close family. We handle things the right way. We have a ring to settle our differences. He took that from me. He took that storybook ending. Imagine, somebody pops up out of nowhere, 'this is my story.' You ain't even been here half the time. You just got here. You literally just got here two years ago. Our society is a bunch of sheep, right? You tell them, you can Jedi them, 'Cody is the good guy. He signs autographs.' That guy is a politician. He's up here in a three-piece suit. We're casual," said Roman.
Roman and Cody are set to meet face-to-face on Friday's WWE SmackDown.
The two men will headline night two of WrestleMania with Roman defending the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship.
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