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Cody Rhodes secured the men’s Royal Rumble again this year, allowing him to secure a rematch against Roman Reigns. As Rhodes’ arc for ‘completing his story’ draws closer, fans are getting more and more excited. However, their excitement was stopped by Seth Rollins when he decided to reignite his rivalry with Cody Rhodes, even though there was nothing to start with.
Seth Rollins tries distracting Cody Rhodes ahead of his WrestleMania 40 match
Both Seth Rollins and Cody Rhodes have faced each other on multiple occasions ever since the latter returned to WWE following his AEW run. The two have even been on the same team at Survivor Series ’23. However, it looks like Seth Rollins hasn’t had enough fun in his reign as the World Heavyweight Champion. The reigning superstar decided to challenge Cody Rhodes using a Twitter video.
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On his account, Rollins uploaded a compilation video of several moments, including ones of Cody Rhodes and himself separately. There is also a voiceover done by the champion himself.
The voiceover says, “So tell me, Cody. What do you wanna talk about? I know what I wanna talk about. I wanna know where your heart lies. Is your heart set on out-manipulating Roman Reigns? Or would you like to try and out-wrestle Seth Freakin’ Rolls? What kinda champion do you wanna be?”
This narrative is a way of trying to provoke Cody Rhodes into facing him. Using his own twisted techniques, Rollins is trying to drop his former rival’s morale before he faces “The Tribal Chief”.
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As a result, this fired up several WWE fans who had been waiting to see Cody Rhodes ‘finish his story’. In the comment section of the Twitter post, we can see several reactions dragging Seth Rollins for these antics.
WWE fans defend Cody Rhodes against his ex-rival
Seth Rollins had to face the wrath of many fans in the comments who called him out for provoking Cody Rhodes, despite knowing that he was focused on Reigns’ title.
Stop trying gas it up Lil bro he's beating Roman
— Jacob (@Jsize18) February 2, 2024
With Rhodes having been built up to fight Reigns for a long time, fans are aware that it’s unlikely that Rhodes will be fighting Rollins come WrestleMania.
He’s not choosing you
— KingSympathy👑 (@thesympathyking) February 2, 2024
This fan tried giving Rollins a bit of a reality check.
seth come on man
— Humble Wrestling (@WrestlingHumble) February 2, 2024
Here, we can see that the reigning WHC has already started upsetting people.
He ain't going to face you lil bro. Give up😭 pic.twitter.com/oBJMtX5cOX
— Bruno Fernandes enjoyer (@Nadal_istheGOAT) February 2, 2024
Yet another reality check for Rhodes’ ex-rival.
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Seth becomes a desperate child who wants his father to Buy him a Playstation 🤣🤣
— Cloud (@GamingWeather1) February 2, 2024
At last, we have a person who explained the situation with an apt example.
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What do you think of the situation? Could Seth Rollins be trying to provoke Cody Rhodes? Or will there be a match between them after all?
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