New report reveals who was behind Cody Rhodes losing at WrestleMania 39, and it wasn’t Vince McMahon or Triple H

A new report reveals who was really behind Cody Rhodes losing at WrestleMania 39, and surprisingly it wasn’t a direction pushed by Vince McMahon or Paul “Triple H” Levesque.

WrestleMania 40 in April was a huge success for WWE for many reasons, but none more so than Cody Rhodes finally being able to finish the story and become the WWE Champion. While The Rock’s involvement increased interest, it was his loss to Reigns the year before that gave the rematch more weight.

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Rhodes falling short at WrestleMania 39 was one of the biggest upsets in WWE history since The Undertaker’s legendary streak was ended by Brock Lesnar. There has been a lot of speculation over the past year about who made this decision and most believe it was likely WWE founder and former CEO Vince McMahon.

However, it seems it wasn’t him, or even the current head of creative Paul Levesque. In a new edition of Dave Meltzer’s Wrestling Observer Newsletterthe veteran reporter revealed that it was actually Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman who pushed for the Tribal Chief to emerge victorious at last year’s event.

Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman were reportedly the voices pushing for Cody Rhodes to lose at Wrestlemania 39

“Reigns and Paul Heyman convinced both Vince McMahon and Paul Levesque to change the finish last year because they believed it would be more beneficial to bring over the likes of Jey Uso and Solo Sikoa, as well as many others, and make Rhodes a bigger star to stop the switch for a year.”

In retrospect, they weren’t wrong. Uso and Rhodes had a great year since then, becoming bigger stars along the way. Sikoa has actually been in decline since ‘Mania 39’, but there have been renewed attempts to cement his role in the weeks following this year’s event.

Nevertheless, it’s a big surprise and was very much about Reigns trying to help his family, just as it was about boosting Rhodes and company by retaining the title last year.

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