Will Cody Rhodes Face Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 40 After Fans Turn On The Rock? Here's Huge Update

Read to find out major updates on The Rock and Cody Rhodes vs Roman Reigns WrestleMania 40 match and explore possibilities if Cody Rhodes will still main-event WrestleMania 40.

Updated on Feb 04, 2024  |  12:37 PM IST |  370.9K
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The last 24 hours for WWE fans were no less than a shocker as WWE was making headlines all over mainstream media. Cody Rhodes has been trending at number one in the United States for the last few hours.  

At the kick-off episode of Road to WrestleMania SmackDown, we saw a major change in the landscape of WWE when the Royal Rumble 2024 Cody Rhodes announced he would not face Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 40.  

The Rock appeared on SmackDown, replaced Cody Rhodes, and is set to face Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 40 main event. Since then, fans have been showcasing their outrage on the internet.

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The fan's outrage is beyond what one could even imagine. The fan outrage has set some major record.  In this article, we delve deep into the possibilities of 'Can Cody Rhodes still main event WrestleMania 40?' and analyze some major reports.

Can Cody Rhodes still face Roman Reigns? 

Regarding the backstage reaction of people on The Rock replacing Cody Rhodes against Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 40, a report by Fightful suggests WWE management behind the scenes is not happy with the decision of Cody Rhodes getting replaced.

Another report by Fighful suggests that WWE could alter the locked match of The Rock vs Roman Reigns after seeing the massive response from fans.  "Many were hopeful that WWE & TKO would see the reaction involving Roman Reigns, Cody Rhodes & The Rock, and Pivot," the report read.

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About Cody Rhodes, Fightful suggested, “Cody at least was informed as of Friday that this was the decision, and he didn’t travel to Smackdown without knowing. All parties already knew about the Las Vegas press conference as well.”

After analyzing all the possibilities and reports, it seems like Cody Rhodes could be added, and Roman Reigns vs The Rock could be a triple-threat match just like Daniel Bryan was added to WrestleMania 30 after fan's outrage. 


Major YouTube dislikes record 

WWE posted The Rock and Roman Reigns face-off which has now set a major record. The video has got over 3.2 million views with around 90K likes and 400K dislikes.

This makes it the most disliked WWE video of all time and that to in just 24 hours.

The last most disliked video of WWE was Randy Orton kissing Stephanie McMahon after he RKO’d her and handcuffed Triple H.

The video has 315 million views with over 1.4 million likes and the video has over 121,694k dislikes on it. The Rock’s return has crossed that video massively.


Cody Rhodes is trending at number one in the United States. It seems like Cody Rhodes' fans are against the system and want him to main-event WrestleMania 40.

ALSO READ: Real Reason Why the Rock Replaced Cody Rhodes in WrestleMania 40 Against Roman Reigns

Who will Cody Rhodes face if not Roman Reigns?  

Cody Rhodes is the Royal Rumble 2024 winner and after The Rock stepped in and replaced him against Roman Reigns, fans are now confused and asking about which opponent, if not The Tribal Chief.

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Recent reports by Xero News express that Cody Rhodes will face Seth Rollins for world heavyweight champion at WrestleMania 40. This could also become a triple-threat match with Drew McIntyre or Sami Zayn getting added as the third participant.

Why did The Rock replace Cody Rhodes? 

A recent report by Xero News suggests that the main reason for replacing Cody Rhodes against Roman Reigns was to counter Vince McMahon's lawsuit and Brock Lesnar’s involvement in it. The Vince McMahon case was beyond the professional wrestling industry to counter that they needed someone mainstream.

Some other reasons were a sudden shake-up due to CM Punk getting injured and Brock Lesnar being pulled out. 

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The report even suggested The Rock himself pushed WWE to change the card.

“The Rock pushed super hard for WrestleMania 40 card change. When CM Punk and Brock Lesnar were out all the dominoes fell. Dwayne already wanted it and WWE felt they now needed it as well.”

The Rock is pushing for a massive move

After the major swift within the landscape of WWE, multiple reports were out expressing that The Rock was pushing for this match.

A report by Fightful suggests not only The Rock push for replacing Cody Rhodes and inserting himself against Roman Reigns, he was even pushing WWE to win the match.

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