Cody Rhodes feels WWE WrestleMania 42 could be best ‘bell-to-bell’ ever in show history
With still several weeks left for WWE WrestleMania 42, Cody Rhodes has opened up and hyped the upcoming PLE.
Recently speaking on Complex Graps The Podcast, Rhodes addressed the upcoming WrestleMania 42 match card. With several high-profile matches announced for the show, Rhodes called it out as a possible best ‘bell-to-bell’ wrestling event in the show’s history.
“I said something that I don’t love how it came out, I said, ‘we’re sitting on a Sleeper Mania.’ What I meant was because a ten-year Mania, like [WrestleMania] 40, you feel this sense of destiny. There is something about that ten-year moment. This year, the matches, we have our main event with CM Punk and Roman Reigns. We just got to myself versus Randy Orton as the other main event,” Rhodes said.
“The matches that are coming together, Stephanie [Vaquer] and Liv [Morgan], what clearly looks like what Jacob (Fatu) might be doing. You talked about, Sami [Zayn]. I think you’re looking at a bell-to-bell Mania that is the best it’s been. A Bell-to-bell wrestling,” he continued.
“Good, the type of stuff I grew up on, wrestling, bell-to-bell. For people who come for all the other grandeur and the spectacle that is WrestleMania, that’s all there, too. I feel like I saw some names on a sheet of some potential guests that is really exciting for a WrestleMania, for me, particularly. But yeah, Bell-to-bell, I think they’re going to get one of the better Manias, if not the best Mania of all-time.
Rhodes also shared his thoughts on WWE’s community during WrestleMania and how much he wants the fans to enjoy their time there, especially the first-timers.
“In addition to that, the community of, and not to sound sappy, the community that is WWE, I always ask people at the end, ‘Is this your first show?’ You know, and so many people raise their hands, or young kids, the community that is WWE is growing up together. It’s spread over two nights, so you’re not sitting there for seven hours. God bless. I’ve been on those shows. You try your best, but every single fan should have something that they enjoy about WWE when they leave Vegas,” Rhodes further added. “And that’s for those fans who have never been before. And I bet you in your fold, you’ve got people who are coming who have never been before. The thing they might like is something that you least expect. But that’s the beauty of what we do.”
Rhodes, 40, now a veteran of the sport, expressed his desire to see and experience the potential of WWE’s young roster, especially some of the most popular names such as Oba Femi, Je’Von Evans, and more.
“And and not to put another exclamation point on this point, but I’d watch this Wrestlemania for the potentials of Je’Von [Evans[, for the potentials of Oba [Femi], for the potentials of Kit Wilson, for the potentials of guys who hopefully and girls are sitting here in this chair between you two guys 10 years from now talking about main eventing at WrestleMania.”
Rhodes is now scheduled to defend his Undisputed WWE Championship against Randy Orton at WrestleMania 42 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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