Cody Rhodes Would Love For The Rock To Be At WWE WrestleMania 39

Cody Rhodes has backtracked on his recent comments about why WrestleMania 39 doesn't need The Rock, noting that he would love for The Brahma Bull to be involved at the Show of Shows.

Rhodes told Sports Illustrated:

"You know, I said the other day, and I said it in a pretty nice way, 'All respect to the Rock, I like what we have.' I'm going to walk that one back. I'm going to say, WrestleMania is amazing. If Rock decides to come to WrestleMania, please, simply because we're able to have WrestleMania because of someone like The Rock. Rock was able to have WrestleMania because of somebody like Hogan, and because of the Dustys, the Flairs, the Pipers. Our industry doesn't just exist. The content is so important in keeping it healthy and keeping it going and respecting these longtime fans. 

"I hope I didn't talk out of turn because I absolutely adore The Rock and would love it if he was present in any setting. His family is massively important to what we do and if Rock decides to show up to WrestleMania [Goes] Hollywood, would love that. I will say, if Rock doesn't come to WrestleMania, we have an unbelievable card, if not the best ever, at the biggest ever in terms of the financials, the gates, and two days in Hollywood. So, it's a win-win."

Rhodes is set to main event WrestleMania 39 and challenge either Roman Reigns or Sami Zayn for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship. WWE reportedly wanted The Rock to be in the main event of 'Mania but the Hollywood star turned down an in-ring return.

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