Cody Rhodes is set to wrestle against The Tribal Chief in the upcoming WrestleMania 40 PLE. Rhodes is on a quest to finish his story since he made a comeback in WWE during WrestleMania 38. He has been a fan favorite in the Stamford-based promotion since his exit from AEW in 2022. Now fans want him to dethrone Roman Reigns and win the WWE Championship title. Unfortunately, in the last RAW episode, Rhodes and Rollins were on the receiving end of a serious beatdown at the hands of Dwayne Johnson and The Bloodline.

Nevertheless, in a recent interview with the MMA Hour, the former AEW star expressed and shared insights into the storyline. Rhodes also talks about his mentor’s reaction to his booking during WrestleMania 39. See what the 2024 Royal Rumble winner had to say about losing against Reigns and how his Hall of Famer mentor felt about it.

Cody Rhodes’ mentor was not happy about his previous WrestleMania loss

Diamond Dallas Page aka DDP has been a supporter of Cody Rhodes since the beginning. He is currently a Hall of Famer and has etched his status as a legendary professional wrestler. Now, since Rhodes’s return at WM 38, he has been an active supporter of his arc. In a recent interview with Ariel Helwani from the MMA Hour, Rhodes revealed his thoughts on what went through his mind after losing to Roman Reigns and how DDP felt about it.

“I mean I joke that it was a long walk, The reason I say that is because it was long in duration but also the feeling of walking by a lot of the building workers saying, ‘Great job. Get him next time. Just kind of these random things as I’m passing people by. I walked with Brandi, and we didn’t have any words between each other. But when I got to my bus, I had a nice moment with DDP because he hated it,” stated Rhodes. His long history with the former AEW star as an influential figure meant that the Hall of Famer wasn’t happy with it at all as any other mentor would be after his mentee failed.

Rhodes also continued, “But also, we just main-event a WrestleMania, but also we’re not the type to be happy with just main-eventing a WrestleMania. I get it. If you asked me when I was doing Stardust, I’d give my left finger to main-event WrestleMania.” 

He also said, “But once I was in there, I realized, I don’t just want to main-event a WrestleMania. I want to win in the main event of WrestleMania.” He recalled being melancholy and wanting to get out of this situation as soon as possible. Hence now he wants to win WrestleMania 40 against Reigns.

Although Cody Rhodes was initially okay with being in the main event after seeing the reaction from his fans and mentor DDP, he realized that he wanted to clinch victory to round it off rather than just being content with participation.

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He also further talks about how John Cena gave him good advice when he called him instead of his dad after all this happened.

John Cena imparted some pearls of wisdom to Rhodes after incurring a heartbreaking loss

In the same interview, Cody Rhodes continues John Cena’s piece of advice for him. “The challenge he presented me with was, just be the champion without the belt, and here are your barometers. Look at your merch, look at your ticket sales with the last live event versus the time you were there this time. Look at everything, and that will keep you honest. That will let you know, are you the champion without the belt?” stated the Royal Rumble winner.

He later said that it was a wonderful challenge, and he would love to be a champion with a belt. It made him realize his true goal. Well, on Night 1 Rhodes is teaming up with Rollins to take down The Rock and Reigns. However, on Night 2 he will face Reigns alone.

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Who do you think will win? Do you think this time Cody Rhodes will get to finish his story and dethrone the Tribal Chief? Only time can tell so stay tuned to see what happens in WrestleMania XL.