Cody Rhodes Weighs In On Whether He Needs To Finish Storyline With The Rock

Cody Rhodes has unfinished business with The Rock stemming from last year’s WrestleMania, and he recently weighed in on whether that’s something he needs to conclude. One of the biggest stories (and for many fans, disappointments) of last year was how Rock showed up in the lead-up to WrestleMania 41 and said that he wanted Rhodes’ “soul,” which was a follow-up to Rhodes’ feud with Rock and Roman Reigns that ended with Rhodes finishing his fabled story and winning the Undisputed WWE Championship.

However, outside Elimination Chamber when he triggered John Cena’s heel turn, Rock never showed back up to complete the story arc with Rhodes. Rock suggested that the situation may not require a match between them.

Rhodes appeared on The Ariel Helwani Show and was asked about his storyline with The Rock. He noted that Rock will always be a fixture in his career and envisioned two ways the “story” could play out, one of which was wrestling-specific and one of which wasn’t. You can see the highlights below:

On He Needs To Finish His Storyline With The Rock:

“Dwayne Johnson has become a — I think it’s safe to say he’s like a bit of a fixture in my career and my life. Not just for his ‘flag in the sand’ moment that was WrestleMania, and then the emergence of probably one of the better characters that we’ve only seen a little bit of it, being the Final Boss.

“I don’t want to give it an absolute and say that we do have to settle that, but I think I think it’s an unfinished story. There’s probably two unfinished stories that are out there, and they don’t always get finished. Wrestling is — there’s a lot of fantasy booking, there’s a lot of ways but there’s a lot that goes into it.”

On the Two Ways It Could Go:

“There’s a version of this where, finishing that story is me trying to be as successful as I possibly can be, follow a bit of, if not a lot of his lead. Break into TV and Hollywood and do something that he thought only he could do, and do that to honor him. Then there’s a version of it that’s probably more appealing to a wrestling fan, where the Final Boss shows back up and there’s more on the rose than a non-ending.”

If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit The Ariel Helwani Show with a h/t to 411mania.com for the transcription.