WWE Raw video highlights: Seth Rollins offers to be Cody Rhodes’ shield

By Joseph Currier
Published: 13 Feb 2024, 02:12

Seth Rollins is offering Cody Rhodes help on the road to WrestleMania.

On Raw last night, Rhodes cut a promo responding to The Rock’s actions from the WrestleMania 40 press conference. Rhodes warned The Rock that he has a receipt coming for slapping him.

I recognized the look in Rock’s eyes. That was no longer the people’s energy. It was malevolence. The Rock and Roman Reigns together? That’s the perfect storm. But please, please, please make no mistake about it – Rock, you put your hands on me. Rock, you slapped me across the face. And what that means is I’m going to hit you back.

Rollins then joined Rhodes in the ring. Rhodes thanked Rollins for coming to his aid at the press conference.

Rollins told Rhodes that he understands why Rhodes is challenging Roman Reigns at WrestleMania. Rollins urged Rhodes that he needs to finish his story by defeating Reigns – because it might be the last chance anyone has to beat him.

You need to finish your story for yourself, for your dad, for me, for every single person here tonight. And I’ll tell you why: because if you do not beat Roman Reigns at WrestleMania and take the WWE Undisputed Championship from him, the landscape on the other side of WrestleMania is very, very dark. You’ve got the most powerful champion of the modern era. Roman Reigns. He gets more power. He gets more leverage, which means he shows up less. He defends his title less. That glass ceiling, it gets thicker. Those brass rings, they get higher. This is probably the last real chance that any of us has to take that title, to take that power, and to give it to the people.

Pointing out that Rhodes got screwed out of winning the title at WrestleMania last year, Rollins said the deck is even more stacked against him now. This time, Rhodes has to deal with The Rock. Rollins said Rhodes doesn’t have to fight this battle alone. Rollins said he’s sick and tired of people like The Rock and Reigns always throwing their weight around and getting what they want.

Rollins admitted that he’s partially responsible for making Reigns the person that he is, but he never could have imagined the monster Reigns would become. Rollins said it’s now a two-headed monster with Reigns and The Rock.

When it comes to fighting The Bloodline, when it comes to fighting The Rock, when it comes to fighting Roman Reigns, there is only one man on Earth who is uniquely suited to be your shield. I’ll give you a hint – he was once an Architect, he is now a Visionary, he is a Revolutionary, he is Seth Freakin’ Rollins.

It appears that we’ll be getting a Rhodes & Rollins vs. Reigns & The Rock tag match on night one of WrestleMania, but that has not been announced yet. Rhodes challenging Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship is official for the night two main event.

Rhodes vs. Drew McIntyre is set for next Monday’s Raw. McIntyre threatened that, if Rhodes shows up for the match, he may not make it to WrestleMania.

The show-closing angle of last night’s Raw was Rhodes saving Sami Zayn from a beatdown by McIntyre and Shinsuke Nakamura. Nakamura defeated Zayn in the main event after McIntyre caused a distraction.

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