Cody Rhodes Says WrestleMania 39 Against Roman Reigns Is His Favorite Match Ever
Cody Rhodes failed to finish his story at WrestleMania 39, losing to Roman Reigns in the main event.
Despite the loss, Cody called the bout his favorite of all time, and explained why in an interview with Bill Simmons of The Ringer.
“My favorite match is WrestleMania 39, which is the one where (I don’t win). I probably would’ve been pumped to win, certainly, but there is something about that night where things are happening in the stadium that never happen. He’s got me in the guillotine choke and you hear these old timers, God bless them, talking about ‘just stay right there and the people will react.’ When you’ve seen the amount of cool flips and awesome stuff, sometimes it doesn’t like that’s real anymore. In that moment, I’m just slowly wiggling my head out and I can hear an entire stadium where the sound goes up start to move. I thought, ‘Oh man, they’re into it. How blessed am I that they are into this?’ When it’s that good, it feels completely real. Everything seems real. Roman is the greatest enemy of my life and I’m trying to climb a mountain that is impossible. That acoustic moment for me made it my favorite match of all time. I couldn’t tell anyone that because it’s the saddest ending, but it’s my favorite match,” said Rhodes.
The interview was recorded before Rhodes regained the Undisputed WWE Championship against John Cena in a street fight at WWE SummerSlam.
Cody Rhodes would finish his story one year later, defeating Reigns at WrestleMania 40.
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