"Maybe I follow his lead" - Cody Rhodes teases potential new alliance with the man responsible for John Cena's heel turn

8 hours ago 1

close

Cody Rhodes has teased a potential alliance with the man responsible for John Cena's heel turn, The Rock. Cena turned heel at the Elimination Chamber: Toronto Premium Live Event by betraying Rhodes.

Initially, The Rock asked Rhodes for his soul. But The American Nightmare rejected the offer, which was accepted by Cena, who, after winning the 2025 Men's Elimination Chamber Match, hit Rhodes with a low blow and turned heel. Cena dethroned Rhodes to win the Undisputed WWE Championship at WrestleMania 41.

Speaking to Kay Adams, Rhodes claimed that if The Rock had things his way, he would've turned heel. He then teased the idea of following The Final Boss' lead.

"My hair is naturally dark. I don’t know if I could go back. But if The Rock had it his way, I would have been changed already. So I think he sees something that maybe I don’t see, and that’s a very smart individual. So maybe I follow his lead. Maybe not.” said Rhodes. [H/T: TJRWrestling]

Check out the interview here:

Cody Rhodes provided a timeline for his potential heel turn

Cody Rhodes has provided a timeline for his potential heel turn, claiming that he sees himself being a babyface for at least another year. However, he stated that it could be stretched to three years.

During the same interview, The American Nightmare had this to say:

“I think you have a good solid year, maybe even three years, because I am not changing until I’m changed, if that makes any sense."

Cody Rhodes will be in action at the Night of Champions Premium Live Event. He will face Randy Orton in the final of the King of the Ring Tournament, with the winner getting a world title shot at SummerSlam 2025.

On this week's Monday Night RAW, Rhodes defeated Jey Uso to progress to the final of the King of the Ring Tournament.

Why did you not like this content?

  • Clickbait / Misleading
  • Factually Incorrect
  • Hateful or Abusive
  • Baseless Opinion
  • Too Many Ads
  • Other

Was this article helpful?

Thank You for feedback

About the author

Soumik Datta

Soumik Datta is a professional wrestling journalist who has been following the business for more than a decade.

In 2017, Soumik joined the Sportskeeda Wrestling team and is best known for his work with the WWE team. He has previously contributed to the Sportskeeda AEW, MMA, and the football team where he specifically covered the Major League Soccer.

In 2024, Soumik crossed 50 million reads for Sportskeeda WWE. While working under Sportskeeda MMA, he interviewed prominent UFC fighters, including Justin Gaethje, Sean O'Malley, and Cory Sandhagen, among others. He is also being followed by John Cena on X (formerly Twitter).

Apart from his love for professional wrestling, Soumik also watches Football and has been a lifelong follower of Liverpool FC and Mohun Bagan. He has also been following the Indian Super League and remains the only content creator to have traveled across India to watch 7 ISL Matches in 7 Days, a video which currently sits at 26K views on his YouTube channel. His channel currently amasses over 120K views.

As aforementioned, Soumik also likes to make content for his YouTube channel and travel to various places either with family, friends, or solo, or go on road trips.

(Go SUBSCRIBE to his channel while you're at it): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfkg4VnUC7sLNc5jEzVYgOQ

Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @Thesoumikdatta9

Follow his Sportskeeda profile for wrestling news and content and subscribe to his YouTube channel.

Know More

She started earning millions after WWE fired her - Check the story!

Edited by Kebin Edwin Antony

Read Entire Article