By Daniel Mfoniso
Cody Rhodes finally finished the story at WrestleMania 40, with the assistance of Jey Uso, Seth Rollins, John Cena and The Undertaker, to defeat the Bloodline and Roman Reigns to win the undisputed WWE universal championship.
Since his return to WWE at WrestleMania 38, Cody had been vying on winning the WWE world championship to finished the story for his legendary dad ‘The American Dream’ Dusty Rhodes.
Cody’s efforts and hard work paid off just like he had done in 2023, He won this year’s Royal Rumble for the second time in two consecutive years to set up another opportunity to finishing the story. But Roman Reigns 1,317 days as a champion was at stake.
Though Rhodes had the odds against him, due to the bloodline rule which mean no-disqualification and anything goes. Apparently, that was a factor in his first attempt to finishing the story at WrestleMania 39, Cody had to rely on his old friends to conquer the bloodline.
At the 40th annual WrestleMania that took place as a two-night event on April 6 and 7, 2024, at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Rhodes teamed up with Rollins at night 1 to on the Roman and the Rock on which they lost to the Bloodline. Night 2 Cody overcame the bloodline and win the universal championship while Rollins paid the ultimate prize by losing his title.
