Roman Reigns defeated hot-favourite Cody Rhodes in the primary occasion of WrestleMania 39 earlier this month. Main into the high-octane encounter, a number of WWE followers had pinned their hopes on The American Nightmare to finish Reigns’ historic successful streak however that did not occur as The Tribal Chief grabbed victory with assist from The Bloodline.
In a current episode of his Oh You Didn’t Know podcast, former WWE star “Street Dogg” Brian James weighed in on the query of Rhodes’ win in sharp distinction to the defeat that he truly confronted.
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“The argument is a respectable one to return now that historical past has instructed that story and go, ‘Okay. Ought to he have gotten it then? Ought to he gained it then?’ Like, man, I don’t assume that’s good enterprise. I believe that’s nice reserving when you’re a fan, however I don’t assume it’s good enterprise. Should you inform the story and go, ‘The tip,’ shut the guide. Then, ‘Okay, now we obtained to begin over,’ I simply really feel like this was only a chapter closing,” stated Dogg.
The WWE Corridor of Famer additional highlighted that Rhodes did not face a lot adversity to ultimately emerge as the brand new champion. Dogg lauded The American Nightmare for his achievements since his return however went on to focus on that Rhodes nonetheless wanted to earn the appropriate to be a champion like Reigns.
“He got here in, and this has been stated by some folks that talk about wrestling that kinda know what they’re speaking about, he got here in, and he had no adversity. He went proper by the Rumble, proper by all people, and proper to the champion. So the argument could possibly be made, ‘Man when you simply give it to him now, did he earn it?’ Sure, he has over the extension of his profession, for positive, when you can inform that entire story, and so they have tried to inform that entire story as a lot as they may when you see within the promos, they speak lots about what all he’s carried out as a result of that’s a extremely cool a part of his story is what he has achieved on this trade. By himself, you already know what I imply? Like, I imply, sure, he’s had some assist. Sure, his father was a wrestler, his brother, all that. Man, he got here in and altered the sport a little bit bit, and kudos to him for that,” stated Dogg.
“So actually, it’s an even bigger image dialog. Whether or not he has the title round his waist proper now or not, let’s simply cease and take into consideration what Cody’s carried out and achieved from a human standpoint. Holy mackerel, this dude’s an entrepreneur within the trade of sports activities leisure, and that has by no means existed earlier than,” he concluded.