Cody Rhodes made headlines in 2022 when he returned to WWE at WrestleMania 38 after a six-year absence but according to Seth Rollins, the deal to bring him back came down to the wire.
While chatting on Games With Names, Seth Rollins revealed that WWE was in top secret mode and still didnt have Codys signature locked down just two weeks before WrestleMania.
With WrestleMania 38 happening in early April, that didnt leave much wiggle room. Rollins admitted even then, there were still doubts backstage about whether Cody was officially on board.
Rhodes left AEW in early 2022, marking the end of an era for the company he helped build. His return to WWE was one of the biggest surprises in modern wrestling and Rollins confirmed that secrecy was the name of the game leading up to the moment.
Codys return at WrestleMania 38 wasnt just a triumph it was a gamble that paid off big. But as Rollins made clear, it almost didnt happen. Had talks fallen through just a couple of weeks before the event, WWE wouldve been scrambling for a Plan B and we may have never gotten the American Nightmare back in WWE.
Rhodes is now the face of the company heading into WrestleMania 42, proving just how wild and unpredictable wrestling business negotiations can be even at the very top.
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