Below are a couple of top WWE news stories of the day, featuring Cody Rhodes and Bobby Lashley.
• Triple H had an alternate plan for Cody Rhodes if WWE went ahead with The Rock vs. Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 40.
Here’s what Cody said about this alternate plan during an interview with Inside The Ropes:
“If people knew the real plan for me, they’d be even more angry. I can’t share the real plan for you, The Rock plan, whatever it may be. That was going to be on my mind in terms of how do we make that work? How do we accomplish that?
I had a really good team of people around me. That’s where DDP hit me with the famous, whatever happens to you will be the best thing that ever happens to you line, and I thought, that’s insane, that’s madness.
I don’t have a clue what you’re talking about, and he was right. Including if it had gone the other way, he would have been right because the audience was what mattered, and I got to be really quiet and I got to say nothing, I got to watch the fire grow and I realized maybe I had every right to be confident. Maybe I had every right to not be concerned.
But yeah, definitely, let’s say it was a Wheatley Vodka-sponsored few days.”
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• During a virtual signing with K&S WrestleFest, MVP talked about Bobby Lashley’s WWE booking in 2024 (before leaving the company) and how The All Mighty could’ve been a suitable replacement for Brock Lesnar, who is someone WWE can’t use right now due to legal issues.
Here’s what MVP said:
“You could definitely make the case that with Bobby it’s about age. You want to go with fresh and younger talent, I get that.
How do you take Bobby completely out of the title picture? He still looks better than everybody on the roster. He’s in better shape than everybody on the roster. He can literally kick everybody’s a$$ on the roster.
If you’re trying to make these new guys, Bobby, on his way out, is somebody you should still keep.
If you lost Brock, why wouldn’t you stick Bobby in that spot? Bobby is Black Brock. Why wouldn’t you use Bobby in that position and make guys on the way out?
Triple H retired when he was 49 or 50. Bobby just turned 48.”
