Cody Rhodes on potential Roman Reigns trilogy: ‘Probably a very hard match to have happen’

Cody Rhodes would be up to face Roman Reigns again, but he doesn’t see it as a particularly likely possibility.

Rhodes and Reigns — the two top stars in WWE — have a 1-1 record against each other in singles matches. Reigns was victorious when they faced off at WrestleMania 39, but Rhodes got his revenge the next year at WrestleMania 40. Though a trilogy bout to conclude their story would make sense, Rhodes told the SI Media podcast that he thinks it would probably be very hard to make the match a reality.

“I’m very happy with what we put out there. I always try to wax poetic about him, anytime I’ve ever said something a little snarky, I guess it’s been more for entertainment. But I can tell you, that’s probably a very hard match to have happen,” Rhodes responded when asked if he and Reigns have unfinished business.

“But I could see it being very significant, it happening again. And for the fans who really make this all up… for that, you can’t just have two, you know? We split it. So that third exists. And a lot of times, sometimes matches can go in the file of the greatest match that never happened. I’m certainly not adverse to it. I don’t know what his outlook on it is. We’re different than we were. And again, not adverse to it, because we’re split. He won one, I won the other.”

Rhodes didn’t explain why he believes it would be difficult to make the match happen, but Reigns has spoken about maybe only having “one or two years max” left in the ring after his current WWE contract expires in 2026. That would leave Reigns with only two or three WrestleMania matches left in his career if he were to retire and never compete again.

At SummerSlam earlier this month, Rhodes defeated John Cena to begin his second reign with the WWE Championship. His first run with the belt lasted for a year after defeating Reigns at WrestleMania 40.