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Why WWE Just SAVED Cody Rhodes...

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🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Simon Miller explains why WWE just saved Cody Rhodes following a polarising build to the night 1 main event of WrestleMania 42 against Randy Orton, with many questioning whether or not it is time for Rhodes to finally turn heel...


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0:00.0

Hello, my friends, we are here. It's kind of amazing because this is basically the aftermath of the live ups and downs, which will either be up now or very, very soon, so make sure you do check it out. But the audio guy had to go because we've been here for hours. And so it's just me with a bunch of leftovers, I mean in a positive way, because they can't get the right word to put it. And some of them are kind of listening to me,

0:20.4

some of them are kind and be calm,

0:21.3

but there's no way I can shout

0:22.6

because I'll blow my voice out.

0:24.0

But maybe, It's the kind of the right word to put it. And some of them are kind of listening to me, some of them are kind and be calm,

0:21.4

but there's no way I can shout because I'll blow my voice out. But maybe that's for the best, in the sense that I am going to talk the flowery way to put it or the poetic way would be WrestleMania, night one is over, it's done. I've seen opinions all over the shop. But as always, if you hated it, I respect you, if you loved it, you win because it's an entertainment show and you're meant to enjoy it. But the general consensus by some people is they didn't like it. But I actually think this is my inverted commas way of saying it. The WW basically saved Cody Rhodes. What I mean by that is the baby-faced character of Cody Rhodes. I think WWB has been exceptionally smart. Now, I will grant you this.

0:58.7

There are elements. They never should have been in the position they were in the first place.

1:02.9

The Pat McAfee thing didn't work out. I don't think J.Roll's role was too intense in the end.

1:10.0

I thought he was kind of hanging out in the background

1:11.7

when of course Pat McAfee became this big deal.

1:14.8

That's the only shame that I did have

1:16.3

is that we talked about this arms and downs as well.

1:18.6

I had these awesome video packages for Randy Orne and Cody Rhodes,

1:21.5

talking about their history, the costumes that Cody had worn

1:23.8

throughout his career, but we never really got the promo.

1:26.3

We never really got that promo.

1:47.3

I thought that was a shame, but my point is this. W.W.E. knew, one, they had to sort the Pat McAfee thing out. They did it at the start of the match, and we got to the end of the match, obviously Randiol and gives him the RKO. I presume that relationship is done. I think Pat McAfee will still be on WWE TV. TV. said that if Randiort didn't win, he'd go away forever.

1:46.7

I don't think it was a contractual thing.

1:48.5

I don't think it was a stipulation thing.

1:50.2

Plus it's a heel.

1:51.1

Plus, WWE doesn't really care about stipulations, which is fine.

1:53.6

Whatever, I'm not worried about that.

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