Cody Rhodes lays out John Cena in final segment before WWE WrestleMania 41
Cody Rhodes has the storyline upper hand over John Cena going into their WWE WrestleMania 41 main event.
In the final segment of the final SmackDown before their WrestleMania 41 encounter on Sunday, Rhodes and Cena went head-to-head on the microphone, then in the ring, with the Undisputed WWE Champion standing tall at the end.
After a promo where Cena called Rhodes a “kid,” and chided him for connecting with fans, Rhodes fired back by saying that Cena had “neck like a stack of dimes,” “chicken legs,” and was “paler than Sting at Starrcade 1997.”
Cena went for an Attitude Adjustment on Rhodes, but Rhodes countered into Cross Rhodes and left his challenger laying in the last bit of storyline WWE programming ahead of this weekend’s two-night WrestleMania in Las Vegas.
Our full report from Friday’s go-home SmackDown is here.
WWE WrestleMania 41, Saturday, April 19 & Sunday, April 20 —
Night one, Saturday, April 19, 7 p.m. Eastern time —
- Main event: Roman Reigns vs. CM Punk (w/Paul Heyman) vs. Seth Rollins
- World Heavyweight Champion Gunther defends against Jey Uso
- WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton defends against Charlotte Flair
- WWE United States Champion LA Knight defends against Jacob Fatu
- World Tag Team Champions The War Raiders (Erik & Ivar) defend against The New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods)
- Naomi vs. Jade Cargill
- Rey Mysterio vs. El Grande Americano
Night two, Sunday, April 20, 7 p.m. Eastern time —
- Main event: Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes defends against John Cena
- Women’s World Champion IYO SKY defends against Bianca Belair & Rhea Ripley in a triple threat
- WWE Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker defends against Penta, Finn Balor & Dominik Mysterio in a four-way
- WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez defend against Bayley & Lyra Valkyria
- Sin City street fight: Drew McIntyre vs. Damian Priest
- AJ Styles vs. Logan Paul
- Randy Orton open challenge