Cody Rhodes: I Hope Roman Reigns Is Around For Years To Come, He Keeps Me On My Toes

Cody Rhodes needs Roman Reigns.

Since returning to WWE in 2022, Cody Rhodes has established singles rivalries with a ton of names like Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens, and more recently, Drew McIntyre.

Appearing on ESPN’s First Take, Rhodes was asked to name the biggest feud of his career, prompting him to bring up Roman Reigns. Rhodes expressed his desire for Reigns to stay around for years to come, saying that he keeps him on his toes.

“In my career for sure is going to be Roman Reigns. Roman Reigns held the center of all of wrestling for a while when I went out there and did everything and tried to make as much noise and create all kinds of different worlds, he held the center, he was WWE’s guy and he stayed their guy. I came in as a disruptor and no matter how you look at it — wrestling is as real as it gets or you just look at it as the show — that competition between us is filled with respect. That’s the one that I’m always having to keep an eye out for, even as WWE Champion. Roman any day can step in and be the face of the company. We just did a movie together, which is crazy, the fact that we’re in this movie. Roman keeps me on my toes and I hope he’s around for years to come. I need a Roman Reigns.”

Reigns and Rhodes last shared the ring in October 2024, teaming to defeat the duo of Jacob Fatu and Solo Sikoa at the Bad Blood premium live event.

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