Just because WWE fans didn’t get the ending they desired on Sunday night, it doesn’t necessarily mean the story has been finished.
Heading into WrestleMania 39, Cody Rhodes built the story with his match against Roman Reigns by noting he needed to “finish his story.”
While there was a definitive finish in the Reigns-Rhodes bout, which saw “The Tribal Chief” retain his Undisputed WWE Universal Championship with an assist from Solo Sikoa, it wasn’t the finish to the rivalry.
In fact, we’re only a third of a way through the story, according to The Bloodline leader.
During the WrestleMania Goes Hollywood post-show press conference, Reigns spoke about the finish to the match with Rhodes and how the story is still ongoing between the two.
On how they’re only in the third inning of what plans to be a very long story: “If this is baseball, we’re just in the third inning. There is so much left to do. We said it for a long time, we’re just scratching the surface. I told y’all, it had to be a month after we came back in 2020 after SummerSlam, we’re going to change the whole game. We’re not going to follow suit, we’re not going to run it like TikTok and YouTube Shorts, we’re going to expand you people and upon up your attention span.”
On how the critical media and the fans will have to pay attention for longer because they are not interested in creating a viral moment or only keeping your attention for a short stint: “You’re gonna have to pay attention for longer than 20 seconds y’all because that’s what we’re doing. We’re out here make filet mignon. This isn’t McDonald’s or Burger King. It’s not fast food. We’re giving you the good stuff. I meant it and I kept my word.”
Check out footage of Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman at the official WrestleMania Goes Hollywood post-show press conference via the YouTube player embedded below. H/T to Fightful.com for transcribing the above quotes.
