Cody Rhodes says The Rock's WrestleMania 40 plans would have angered WWE fans

Following his victory at WrestleMania 40, Cody Rhodes has had an incredible run of success. The Rock vs. Roman Reigns was supposed to be WrestleMania's main event, but The American Nightmare has successfully defended his championship several times. This run of success might not have been feasible. 

Cody Rhodes said he would not be taking anything from Roman Reigns at WrestleMania in the episode of WWE SmackDown that aired on February 2. Unexpectedly, he presented The Rock, who seemed to stand aside even though he had won the men's Royal Rumble to confront Reigns at WrestleMania XL.

However, Rhodes was still expected to win the Royal Rumble, which meant he would still face the winner at WWE WrestleMania 40 in the championship battle. Rhodes's other WWE WrestleMania 40 future had almost no options since Punk, who had not yet sustained an injury, was the focus of then-WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins's attention. 

The "real plan" WWE had for Cody Rhodes at WWE WrestleMania 40 would have made fans "even more angry," the wrestler said in an interview with Inside The Ropes. "If people knew the real plan for me, they'd be even more angry," Rhodes said. "I can't share the real plan for you, The Rock plan, whatever it may be. That was going to be on my mind in terms of how do we make that work? How do we accomplish that?", as per Comic Book

Although Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and CM Punk were set to battle for the world title at WWE WrestleMania 40, Rhodes was expected to win the event going into WWE Royal Rumble. As a result, Rhodes would have had to battle a titleholder who wasn't one of the world champions on the main roster or wait for his Royal Rumble title opportunity till after WWE WrestleMania 40.

The Rock has declared his comeback to the WWE

He had two options: either he pursued the WWE Intercontinental Title, which was being held at the time by Gunther, or he chose to challenge then-NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov, following in the footsteps of Charlotte Flair, who won the 2020 Women's Royal Rumble and faced off against then-NXT Women's Champion Rhea Ripley.

The Rock has declared his comeback to the WWE, and it appears he plans to face Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania in the upcoming year. Fans are excited to see how this crucial matchup plays out as the build-up to that possible matchup gets underway.