Yearly, those out and in of the wrestling business speculate on what could potentially headline WWE WrestleMania. For 2026, rather a lot people had speculated that a trilogy match between Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns may very well be considered one of the 2 major events, no matter whether there was a title on the road. Reigns won the primary match within the major event of WrestleMania 39 in 2023, Rhodes got his win back at WrestleMania 40 a yr later, and a rubber match appeared like prediction, but that does not appear to be happening now, so what happened?
In accordance with Dave Meltzer in the most recent edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Paul “Triple H” Levesque simply modified his mind about Rhodes vs. Reigns part three, and all of the creative direction that may result in it has been scrapped. Meltzer also confirmed that despite some rumors, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has not had an impact on any of the present WWE direction despite Rhodes and Reigns not having a 3rd match, and that it was strictly a Levesque call. Meltzer recently stated that Reigns is currently the “odd man out” by way of the Undisputed WWE Championship scene, and while he’s slated to return on the Royal Rumble on January 31, together with his WrestleMania 42 direction becoming clear immediately after, the choice to place the title on Drew McIntyre has left his direction heading into the spring somewhat up within the air.
What is not up within the air is the rumored Cody Rhodes heel turn, something quite a lot of people consider has been on the cards for a very long time. Meltzer claims that will not be happening, or any time soon, with the corporate believing that a heel turn for Rhodes will only occur if people like Levesque feel prefer it’s absolutely vital and has to occur. Meltzer also noted that Rhodes’ merchandise numbers are just too strong to mess with straight away, and that a heel turn would not make sense from a business perspective.