Mike Chioda Thinks It Was Too Much A “Short Period Of Time” For Cody Rhodes To Take Roman Reigns’ Title

In a recent Monday Mailbag podcast episode for AdFreeShows, former WWE official Mike Chioda took some time to offer his analysis of the Cody Rhodes/Roman Reigns rivalry going into WrestleMania 39 and explained how he sees the next stages of the story developing (per Wrestling Inc). Chioda contrasted Reigns’ tenure as champion against Rhodes’ comparatively sudden and recent return as a contributing factor to Reigns’ retention of the title. You can find a few highlights from Chioda on the topic below.

On his own expectations for WrestleMania: “I’m sure probably 75 percent of people thought Cody Rhodes was gonna get the title. Like I said, I made that prediction, I thought Roman was going to keep it. Especially when I saw the Usos go down on Saturday night, I knew the other Uso wasn’t going down Sunday.”

On why he feels Reigns was picked to keep the title: “Roman Reigns has gone through every bit of the roster since before I left WWE. He’s gone through every top guy in WWE, so I don’t think they really thought that Cody deserved to come in in that short period of time and take away everything from Roman Reigns.”

On where the story involving the two wrestlers could end up: “If all goes well, it could be Cody next year. With the beating he took after WrestleMania, it just goes to show he’s gonna have to fight from underneath and go through this roster of WWE to get these titles.”