Cody Rhodes walks back comments on The Rock at WWE WrestleMania 39

  • Ian Carey
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Cody Rhodes has walked back previous comments he made about The Rock.

Earlier this month, Rhodes spoke with The Daily Mail about The Great One potentially taking part in WrestleMania 39. He said, “With all the respect in the world to one of the GOATs, The Rock, it looks like the options we have here within the roster are even better because of the stories that are happening.”

However, the 2023 men’s Royal Rumble winner spoke with Sports Illustrated recently and clarified his earlier comments. 

Rhodes said:

I said it in a pretty nice way but I said ‘hey, all respect to the Rock, I like what we have.’ But I’m going to walk that one back and I”m going to say if the Rock decides to come to WrestleMania, please. Simply because we’re able to have WrestleMania because of someone like The Rock and Rock was able to have WrestleMania because of somebody like Hogan, and because of the Dustys, and the Flairs, and the Pipers.

I hope I didn’t talk out of turn there because I absolutely adore The Rock and would love it if he was present in any setting. His family is massively important to what we do and if Rock decides to show up at WrestleMania, Hollywood would love that. I will say if Rock doesn’t come to WrestleMania, we have an unbelievable card if not the best ever, at the biggest ever, in terms of the financials, the gates, two days in Hollywood so it’s a win-win.

The Rock has made several public statements praising Rhodes in recent years. He posted to Twitter that he was proud of both Seth Rollins and Rhodes following their Hell in a Cell match last year when Rhodes wrestled with a torn pec. 

Rock also publicly complimented Rhodes for a promo he delivered in AEW back in September 2019.