Posted on 4/08/124 by Colin Vassallo
After two long years, Cody Rhodes has finally won the big
one in a fantastic main event at WrestleMania XL, a main
event which had tons of interference and some old familiar
faces return.
Rhodes hit his finisher three times to end Roman Reigns’
historic reign at 1,316 days as the champion, a reign which
is highly unlikely to be ever replicated again.
Even ring announcer Samantha Irvin had a tough time
announcing him as winner as she was overcome with emotion,
with her voice cracking and visibly crying, same as Michael
Cole, who timed his “finish the story” with the referee’s
pinfall count.
The night was all drama and it was a special one for Cody,
who was accompanied by his wife for his initial portion of
his entrance and then celebrated with the likes of Randy
Orton, Kevin Owens, Jey Uso, Sami Zayn, CM Punk, John Cena,
and his family in the ring.
Rhodes even brought out Bruce Prichard and Triple H at the
end, saying they were the two reasons he is now in WWE and
after the show went off the air, hugged WWE President Nick
Khan at ringside.
Fans inside the Lincoln Financial Field were on their feet
for most of the match and stayed until the very end to
celebrate with the American Nightmare who can finally call
himself WWE champion.