Cody Rhodes Weighs In On Singles Match With The Rock, WrestleMania 40 As ‘Peak Wrestling’

Cody Rhodes has spoken about whether he will ever go one-on-one with The Rock following their WrestleMania 40 feud. Rhodes and the Final Boss feuded in the leadup to WrestleMania 40 and battled in a tag team match on night one before Rhodes ultimately won the title from Roman Reigns on night two. They also had a semi-feud in the leadup to WrestleMania 41 when Rock famously asked for Rhodes’ “soul,” which facilitated John Cena’s heel turn.

The WWE star was asked on Insight With Chris Van Vliet, if there he was ever going to have a singles match with The Rock, and spoke about whether it will ever happen. He also reflected on whether night two of WrestleMania 40 was “peak wrestling,” as Van Vliet put it. You can see the highlights below:

On If WrestleMania 40 Night Two Felt Like ‘Peak Wrestling’ To Him:

“To me, wrestling is never a dirty word for me, right? But I’d actually say it’s peak art, and I tell people all the time who misunderstand wrestling and think, oh, there’s goofiness to what we do. There’s a lot of goofiness to what we do. There is, and some nights it’s what you think. Then other nights, it’s better than any other story you might have ever seen, and I’m not saying that was, but I know when you’re in one of those moments, and there have been so many significant moments throughout history, and they’re not always loaded with drama. Just think about Steve spraying the beer. Think about Hogan slamming Andre, like that. Those moments, they rise to the highest points of- I’m using the word I never thought I’d use, art. It’s one of the reasons all the great wrestlers that I grew up loving were big-time film buffs. This is their way of telling stories, and this is their canvas-the squared circle, the ring. But you name it. Somebody who is a big film buff or a huge music fan, and not that everyone isn’t, but even on a deeper connective level, how do I put this together? How do I entertain?”

On If He Was Ever Going To Have a Singles Match With The Rock:

“Oof. It’s not that I’m evading that answer. It’s that I don’t really know how to answer because I think personally he has a couple of matches probably left to do. I think that personally, but I also know looking at WrestleMania 40 and another guy who he’s given all, continues to give all as part of the board. He could easily say that was a great final piece as a performer in a wrestling ring. That’ll be up to him. That’ll certainly be up to him if there’s more and what those matches might be. I don’t think any wrestler would ever look you in the eye and tell you they wouldn’t want a match like that.”