Cody Rhodes Earns a Golden Opportunity as Finalists for WWE 2023 Match of the Year Gets Announced

This year, fans witnessed some amazing moments and matches that defined the year. Fans have their picks for best rivalries and matches. Similarly, WWE has announced an online tournament to decide which match deserves the title of Match of the Year 2023. Surprisingly, Cody Rhodes has already won even before the winner has been announced.

Cody Rhodes is about to bag Match of the Year

In a post shared on the social media website X (formerly Twitter), a list of contenders for the MOTY 2023 was revealed. It was also shared with the two top contenders for the title. Surprisingly, both of Cody Rhodes’ biggest matches of 2023 made it to the top two. His match with Brock Lensar at SummerSlam 2023 and his match with Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 2023 are the top two matches of this year. While the winner will be announced tomorrow, The American Nightmare has already been crowned as the winner as he gave the top two performances for the current year.

The Brock Lesnar vs Cody Rhodes fight was able to beat the Intercontinental Triple Threat match between Gunther, Drew McIntyre, and Sheamus at WrestleMania 39. It also overtook the Becky Lynch vs Trish Stratus bout at WWE Payback and The Usos vs Roman Reigns & Solo Sikoa at the Money in the Bank 2023. Rhodes’ SummerSlam victory against Brock Lesnar was his first major PLE victory after losing to Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 39.

The Rhodes vs Reigns WrestleMania 39 match had some pretty tough competitors too. It came out as the victor after overtaking Damian Priest vs Bad Bunny at WWE Backlash 2023 and Sami Zayn vs Roman Reigns at the Elimination Chamber 2023. The fight between Rhodes and the Tribal Chief was a much anticipated one as the former was and still is considered a top contender for Reigns’ Undisputed WWE Universal Championship title.

This year, the tides have been in favor of Cody Rhodes. This is the second run of the 38-year-old star at WWE and it has already seen a lot of success. He has been a part of almost all the Premium Live Events this year. But not just that, he won them too. Along with that, he has had record-breaking merch sales at the 2023 Survivor Series.

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With his story still left to finish, Rhodes was the first confirmed star for the 2024 Royal Rumble. Will the year 2024 be as successful for him as 2023? Only time can tell that.

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