Logan Paul tweeted ‘We Want Cody’ in reaction to The Rock vs. Roman Reigns.
Last night’s WWE Friday Night Smackdown had an unexpected ending as The Rock made a surprising comeback to confront the current WWE Universal Champion, Roman Reigns. It appears that there is a significant change in plans as Cody Rhodes will no longer be “finishing the story” at Wrestlemania 40, which is set to take place in Philadelphia, PA.
While WWE had been expertly building to a Cody Rhodes vs. Roman Reigns rematch, PWInsider believes that it was done by Johnson to, as one source stated, “save Wrestlemania” after CM Punk and Brock Lesnar, for very different reasons, were taken off the board from the biggest weekend of the year.
Others believe that Rock pushed for the move and likely would have no matter what, given his massive $30 million stock payday is, in part, contingent on him hitting certain milestones.
Sources familiar with the situation believe one of those milestones was Johnson returning to the ring this year and that Johnson pushed for the match to happen sooner than later with the idea he felt Reigns vs. The Rock was the far bigger attraction for the company.
It has come to light that the decision to go with The Rock vs. Roman Reigns Mania weekend, expected to be officially announced this Thursday in Las Vegas
