By now, fans seem to know the deal with WrestleMania 40.
There, backstage stuff led to Cody Rhodes effectively giving away his Royal Rumble win to The Rock, then everything got torn up and rewritten due to fan backlash. Instead, a tag match featuring Rock and Roman Reigns vs. Rhodes and Seth Rollins went down on Night 1 before Rhodes dethroned the Tribal Chief the following night.
That would seemingly be suggesting that WWE was going to find a way to have Rhodes face CM Punk at 'Mania instead, while Rock fought Reigns based on the good reaction to his "head of the table" comments during a promo.
But....it's a massive sell. For one, WWE fans aren't strangers to having unwanted storylines thrown their way. And for two, nothing would have overcome the stunner that was Rhodes walking out and giving up his Royal Rumble win to a part-timer after another year of building his story. Want proof? Every fan has a silent agreement to just pretend it never happened.
