The time is finally here! Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes are ready to face each other at WrestleMania 39. However, before moving to the biggest match of his career, ‘The American Nightmare’ did a gesture that definitely melted everyone’s heart. He paid tribute to Luke Harper aka Brodie Lee through his son, who is known as -1 in AEW.
I am legitimately crying
The way he looks at him.
The way they look at each other.
Words cant express how special @CodyRhodes is to us.
He made Brodie safe on the worst day of his life.
I can never ever repay his love or friendship. #FinishTheStory #WrestleMania pic.twitter.com/R9TtQnjEkY
— Amanda (@MandaLHuber) April 3, 2023
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Rhodes made his entrance first and before entering the ring, he went ringside to greet his mother, wife Brandi Rhodes, daughter Liberty, and Brodie Lee Jr. The 37-year-old paid tribute to Harper by giving his belt to his son, who was ringside.
This gesture has surely melted several fans across the world. Moreover, Rhodes also had a father-daughter moment with Liberty before going into the battle of his life. The fans loved this gesture and surely this cemented the 2023 Royal Rumble Winner as the biggest babyface right now.
Fans praise Cody Rhodes for this heartfelt gesture
Since the demise of Brodie Lee, Rhodes, and his family have paid special attention to Lee’s son. However, bringing him to WrestleMania and having a feel-good moment with him made fans happy. They reacted on Twitter to this feel-good moment from WrestleMania 39.
A wonderful moment for the wrestling world.
Cody Rhodes gave his belt to Lil Brodie aka Negative 1 from the Dark Order aka the son of Brodie Lee/Luke Harper.
The feels man. 🙂 #WWE #WRESTLEMANIA #WrestleMania39 pic.twitter.com/HEqCTWaO4h
— Just Alyx (@JustAlyxCentral) April 3, 2023
Cody giving his belt to Luke Harper son ❤ #WrestleMania pic.twitter.com/Bvl6ywBtfR
— Sonya Bayley – WWE Fan 🐑🌈 (@SDevilleLive) April 3, 2023
Cody Rhodes with his family and gifting his weight belt to Brodie Lee’s son (former WWE wrestler, Luke Harper who passed away) during his entrance was brilliant!🙏❤️ @CodyRhodes #WrestleMania pic.twitter.com/QVXJ2iQiWf
— Ross Edmonds (@RosssEdmonds) April 3, 2023
Luke Harper was mentioned in WWE after a long time.
Jon Huber/Luke Harper mention from Cole during the main event of WrestleMania with Brodie Jr. front row. Man.
— Danny (@dajosc11) April 3, 2023
AEW & WWE both love Luke Harper/Brodie Lee’s family 🥺❤️
— FACE🪞& R𝓞ver Out Now! (@AnnetteReid247) April 3, 2023
Fans when Michael Cole mentioned Luke Harper #WrestleMania pic.twitter.com/N9WVCz5Wbm
— Al Simmons (@DrPhil1881) April 3, 2023
The reason why Cody Rhodes is the biggest babyface!
Cody Rhodes brought Luke Harper's son, I'm getting emotional. He's actually the biggest babyface this company has. #WrestleMania
— T'Challa Fan (@2TChalla2Stan) April 3, 2023
Cody kissed his wife, hugged his mom and sister, held his daughter, and then presented his belt to Luke Harper's son.
Yep. He's winning.
— Naomi is FREE! (@Payasa1) April 3, 2023
Luke Harper’s son got Cody’s Belt. I AM NOT OKAY! 😭😭😭😭 #WrestleMania
— Ashlee (@_itsashleeee_) April 3, 2023
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Since Luke Harper passed away in December 2020, Rhodes has been like a pillar to back him. The entire AEW family and Rhodes gave a tribute to Lee on a special AEW show where Lee Jr. was presented with the red TNT title which his father held before passing away.
However, it would have been a much bigger feel good moment if Rhodes would’ve won the title. The 37-year-old came short of winning the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship due to the interference of Paul Heyman and Solo Sikoa,
The match also saw Rhodes putting Reigns through a table and connecting a Pedigree. But even though all of these efforts he wasn’t able to win the match and as sad a moment it was for him, the fans to felt it. The chase for the title will be on for some more time and the day will come when we will see Rhodes winning the title.
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