WWE Hall Of Famer Says Cody Rhodes Not Finishing His Story At WrestleMania 40 Is A ‘Win-Win’

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WWE Hall of Famer Rikishi says “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes not finishing his story at WrestleMania 40 is a “win-win.”

The Bloodline storyline centered around Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns has been featured on WWE TV for the past few years.

The story has evolved in a major way over the past year and in recent weeks with The Rock returning to align with Reigns against Cody Rhodes.

The two Bloodline members will face Rhodes and World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins at WrestleMania 40 Saturday.

Speaking on Rikishi Fatu Off The Top, WWE Hall of Famer Rikishi gave his predictions on the upcoming tag team match and Rhodes’ rematch with Roman. He said:

“I don’t see the story being finished. I’ll tell you why. When I spit, this is nothing that’s been thought about. This just comes off as we do our show every Tuesday.”

“This comes just fresh off the dome. Nothing scripted, nothing talked about. I don’t find out anything until you bring it to me.”

“Again, I’m gonna talk to the people from an entertainment standpoint and from a business factor. Entertainment, yeah, we all want to see the good guy finish the story.”

“But there always has to be the guys to put asses in seats, to be able to mix it up with people that are babyfaces, that are the fans’ favorite for the time being.”

“Where do we go if we finish the story with Cody and Roman? Okay, fans [are] happy.”

“Everybody’s happy. But where do we go after that? Whereas if in case we do go into the second night with The Bloodline story, there’s so many ways you can go, coming off of that angle.”

Rikishi continued on to explain why he thinks there is more story to be told with Rock and Roman, saying:

“So many other branches you can take. It can be down the line. Rock/Rock for whatever match. Roman/Seth for whatever match. Come back into a cage match.”

“There’s probably a whole year, this one angle can go on and on. Which generates revenue for TKO. Generates revenue for WWE. Here’s the beautiful thing.”

“It continues to lock in the fans on the product that’s been out here now for a year, not even a year yet with TKO. So we gotta see numbers, man. We gotta see asses in seats.”

“We gotta see every place that this company goes to, with these four guys, needs to be selling out. I can see, this type of angle doesn’t need to be featured in any arenas, coliseums.”

“It needs to be featured on all these big stadiums across the world. So that’s what my thought is,”

On wanting to see Cody finish his story and why The Rock changes things, Rikishi said:

“Do I want to see Cody finish the [story]? Hell yeah. On a personal level, yes. Yes. Deserves to. The legacy and his family dynasty, yes, it’s a must.”

“But at the same time, timing is everything, man. How many times you gonna get The Rock and Roman Reigns?”

“You tell me, the GOATs of all GOATs? If anybody in this industry tells me that they would never want to work with The Rock or Roman, you’re full of s**t because all these guys gonna do, number one is help put respect to your name, and number two, it’s gonna put some money in your pocket. Probably the biggest money you ever had in your pocket,”

Rikishi also gave his thoughts on where he stands heading into Jey Uso vs. Jimmy Uso at WrestleMania 40, which you can read here.

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• Rikishi
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