Cody Rhodes dethroned Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Common Championship at WrestleMania 40. Now, a special narrative will likely be written in WWE: who will end their story on the expense of the “American Nightmare?” Throughout “Grilling JR,” AEW announcer Jim Ross gave his ideas on who he wish to see Rhodes defend his title in opposition to.
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“I might like to see Cody defend the title in opposition to Gunther,” Ross mentioned. “I am a giant Gunther fan, very fundamental, very basically sound, he is a machine, he is bodily, what he does is sensible, tells nice tales.” Ross went on to say he did not see a greater match on both evening of WrestleMania 40 than “The Ring Common’s” WWE Intercontinental Championship match with Sami Zayn, which in defeat has allowed Gunther to free himself up as he might doubtlessly make strikes towards the principle occasion scene.
Ross additionally believes that WWE has executed an important job constructing some depth round its most important occasion scene and that there are lots of completely different individuals in opposition to whom Rhodes might defend his crown. Nevertheless, there was one identify from Rhodes’ previous that Ross feels is a match everybody desires to see.
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“Randy [Orton] versus Cody. Two second-generation guys, two guys that got here into WWE at a considerably linked timeline. I feel that may most likely be my [choice] off the highest of my head.” Rhodes’ first opponent will likely be neither Orton nor Gunther. As an alternative, it should both be AJ Types or LA Knight as they are going to face off in a number-one contender match this Friday on “WWE Smackdown.”
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