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Wrestling veteran Vince Russo believes Cody Rhodes should not win the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship.
The American Nightmare has been chasing Roman Reigns' title since his return to the Stamford-based company last year. Last January, he won the men's Royal Rumble match to earn a shot at the championship at WrestleMania 39. However, he failed to dethrone The Tribal Chief. Nevertheless, he still revealed his intent to "finish the story."
On a recent episode of his The Brand podcast, Russo addressed whether Rhodes should become champion.
"[Not even Cody Rhodes as champ?] Bro, if it's me and I'm booking, no, bro, Cody Rhodes would not be the champ. Cody Rhodes is not over, bro, with a casual audience. And bro, quite frankly that's not a shot at Cody Rhodes. Nobody's over with the casual audience. If anybody is over with the casual audience, bro, they'd be watching the show. Nobody's [over]. They think they're over with the singing and the dancing ridiculousness. They think they're over. Bro, there's 1.5 million people watching this show. Nobody is over," he said. [38:07 - 38:50]
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During a recent episode of his Wrestling with Freddie podcast, former WWE writer Freddie Prinze Jr. discussed Cody Rhodes' future in the Stamford-based company.
The 47-year-old predicted that The American Nightmare would square off against The Tribal Chief again for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship, defeat him, and become the new face of the Stamford-based company.
"[You think Cody is gonna win?] I do. I think that's why he came there. I think he's been playing the company guy really really well in this sort of hybrid corporate John Cena style. And I think that's what they're looking for in the modern version of the company, which is owned by TKO I think is the name of the mutual company. And I think that's the kind of buttoned-up look they're going for. So, I think he'll be the next face of the company come WrestleMania," he said.
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