10 Problems With WrestleMania 38 Nobody Wants To Admit
1. WWE Has Botched Cody Rhodes' Return
Signing Cody Rhodes away from AEW is a massive coupe for WWE, akin to WCW 'stealing' Kevin Nash and Scott Hall in the 1990s, and a move absolutely no one outside of Cody's inner circle saw coming. So why does it feel so underwhelming?
Cody was a player in All Elite Wrestling, despite what we saw on television, and someone we thought would champion the upstart brand for years to come. Signing him should have either been something WWE screamed about from the top of Titan Towers, or kept on a strict need-to-know basis. Either way, it should feel like a bigger deal than it does right now.
In all likelihood, Cody will be Seth Rollins' mystery opponent at WrestleMania 38, and had his signing not been printed everywhere for weeks, then it would have been one of the biggest moments in WrestleMania history. To counter the leak, WWE should have promoted the arrival of 'The American Nightmare' at every opportunity as they built to his re-debut. At least that might have been a way to turn the recent fan apathy he experienced in AEW into excitement in WWE.
Cody Rhodes re-signing with WWE is the worst kept secret in the history of WrestleMania. But is it a secret anybody actually cares about?