Cody Rhodes and John Cena meet on Wrestlemania 41 with the undisputed WWE championship and the eyes of the pro -wrestling world that looks very carefully.
Cena won men’s elimination chamber match and then in line with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson to become the antagonist in this story with Rhodes. Cena’s cheap shot of Rhodes started Massachusett’s natives of the search for a record -breaking 17th world title.
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John Cena hugs Cody Rhodes under the WWE elimination chamber in the Rogers Center in Toronto on March 1, 2025. (Georgiana Dallas/WWE via Getty Images)
For years, Cena has been WWE’s beloved baby surface. He cultivated a bigger fan base with the younger audience, and never once in the height of his career he turned the other cheek. There were definitely times fans lived him and ridiculed him, but his character was always of “tribulation, loyalty and respect.”
But his heel -turn presented a whole new story in what was supposed to be his last year in Pro Wrestling. Rhodes told Pakinomist Digital before the latest episode of “Monday Night Raw” in London that it feels like he was quadrating against Cena for the first time.
“I look at a lot of things now that John and my match on Wrestlemania 41. I really look at it as if it’s the first time ever,” Rhodes said. “John was someone who came in and not right away, but he found his foot quickly with regard to who John Cena would stay, and he waved it flag and carried his brand very firmly, very much in a disciplined way for as long as he did. Really helped pull the wagon on WWE during a transitional period. Level, otherwise he would step over you and then leave you in the dust.”
John Cena in action against Cody Rhodes under the WWE elimination chamber in the Rogers Center in Toronto on March 1, 2025. (Rich Freeda/WWE via Getty Images)
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“So now, when I look at Matchup, that’s why I say it feels like a first time for me because I hadn’t found my foot early in my career. I didn’t know who I was,” he said. “And now, especially to judge from these earlier several interactions in the ring, I feel that we know who each other is now … I couldn’t have put it in my wildest dreams that this would be a wrestlemania headline match and main event, especially in the circumstances it has come under. But it is the beautiful thing about pro wrestling; it is too hard to call.”
On the latest “Monday Night Raw” Rhodes and Cena went face to face potentially for the last time before Wrestlemania 41 in Las Vegas.
Cody Rhodes celebrate after defeating Kevin Owens in the WWE -u -controversy championship match under WWE ROYAL RUMBLE at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on February 1, 2025. (Joe Camporeale-Misted Pictures)
The two pro -wrestling -Superstars traded insults to start the show. But Face-off ended up with Rhodes hit his finishing maneuver, Cross Rhodes, at Cena and left him spread out in the middle of the ring.
Wrestlemania 41 is set to April 19-20.
