Cody Rhodes Comments on Facing “The Most Dangerous John Cena We Have Ever Seen” For His Match at WrestleMania 41
The Gaming Bible held a recent interview with Cody Rhodes. One of the topics discussed included Rhodes’ thoughts about his upcoming match against John Cena for his Undisputed WWE Championship at WrestleMania 41 and this version of Cena being the “most dangerous” we have ever seen
“I almost made the mistake when I first encountered John after Elimination Chamber on 17 March on Raw in Brussels, Belgium when he did our first promo together since that moment. I went in with the mindset that I was facing the old John but in reality, this is a new John. They call him ‘big match John’ for a reason. He’s been in every type of pressure cooker. He’s experienced things that few have. He’s a master. But this John having it all on the line is the most dangerous version we’ve ever seen. Typically, I’d approach John smiling and I’d shake his hand with this being a teacher vs student moment. He’s also one of my heroes. Regardless, I have the unenviable task of beating John Cena in his last WrestleMania match when he’s going for the record of 17 world championships. This is my job and I’m very much looking forward to it however events may play out.”
WWE Announces WWE ID Title Matches to Be Open to All Indie Talent & Non WWE ID Talent to Get Contract If They Win Title
WWE recently announced that WWE ID Championship matches will be open to all indie talent once their inaugural Men’s and Women’s ID Champions are crowned.
It was also announced that should a non-WWE ID talent win the title, they will earn a WWE ID contract as a reward for their victory.
The WWE ID Championships will be open to all independent wrestlers once the champions are crowned. The titles will be defended at various independent wrestling events.
If a non-WWE ID prospect wins the title, they will be awarded a WWE ID contract.
The WWE ID Title Tournament begins in Las Vegas during #WrestleMania week with two events.
@GCWrestling_ will present The ID Tournament at @collective2025on April 16th.
@FSWVegas will present The ID Tournament on April 18th after #SmackDown
The opening round will be double elimination. Two losses and you are out!
All current WWE ID prospects are in the tournament.
BREAKING….
— WWE ID (@WWEID) April 7, 2025
The WWE ID Championships will be open to all independent wrestlers once the champions are crowned. The titles will be defended at various independent wrestling events.
If a non-WWE ID prospect wins the title, they will be awarded a WWE ID contract.
The WWE ID… https://t.co/oEnNh61odZ
WWE News & Notes
WWE announced that they recently signed a new photography partnership deal with Getty Images.
Fightful Select’s Sean Ross Sapp reported that his sources stated that current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes and Wheatley Vodka recently agreed to a “huge” multi-year extension to their existing partnership deal. Those spoken to close to Wheatley Vodka stated that the partnership was a “big one” for the company. Sapp reported that thsi new extension also includes new episodes airing of the ‘What Do You Wanna Talk About?’ series on YouTube.
Warner Bros Discovery’s MAX recently released a new trailer for upcoming shows on their service revealing that season two of Peacemaker will be premiering on their service on August 21st. This series stars John Cena, who portrays the Peacemaker character.
WrestleOps reported that the Jade Cargill vs. Naomi match for WrestleMania 41 will be the first non-title women’s singles match at a WrestleMania event since WrestleMania 22 in 2006.
The Ultimate Improv Show recently announced that Becky Lynch will be making an appearance at their Ultimate Improv Show event on April 11th in Los Angeles, California.
WWE recently revealed the next match in their on-going countdown of their Top 50 matches in WrestleMania history. The 12th spot was the Undisputed WWE Intercontinental Championship Ladder match of Razor Ramon vs. Shawn Michaels from WrestleMania X. The 11th spot was the singles match of Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart from WrestleMania X. The 10th spot was the WWE RAW Women’s and WWE SmackDown Women’s Championships Winner Takes All Triple Threat match of Becky Lynch vs. Ronda Rousey (RAW) vs. Charlotte Flair (SD) from WrestleMania 35.
WWE also recently released two new videos to their WWE Vault channel on YouTube. The first new video was a “The story of Ronda Rousey’s debut at WrestleMania 34.” The second new video was a singles match of The Undertaker vs. Kane from WWE WrestleMania XX.
WWE also recently released one new video to their NXT Vault channel on YouTube. This new video was the full July 10, 2014 episode of WWE NXT.
As noted before, Big E was kicked out of New Day by Xavier Woods & Kofi Kingston this past December after the duo turned heel on Big E. Kingston recently reflected on Twitter about Monday was the sixth anniversary of “KofiMania” which is the day he defeated Daniel Bryan to become the new WWE Champion at WrestleMania 35. Kingston stated “4/7/2019 We made history by beating the odds & achieving what many believed to be the impossible. Tonight, 6 years later to the day, we’ve earned the chance to add to our legacy, further solidifying ourselves as the Greatest Tag Team in history. #ThankGodForTheNewDay #wweraw” In an interesting note, Kingston had edited Big E out of the original photo of him being hoisted up by Big E and Xavier Woods in celebration of his title victory in reference to his recent storyline split with Big E.
In a recent Q&A panel at the 2025 Horror Rock and Wrestle Fest event, former WWE and current AEW talent Chris Jericho gave his thoughts about his interest in a potential return to WWE in the future. Jericho stated “I would have considered a return to WWE before things changed. Once again, there are two teams you can play on, which is amazing, and it’s one of the reasons why I wanted to take a chance and go to AEW in the first place, it was a real gamble… Of course I would consider going back there (WWE). I would also consider not going back there too, it just depends on what the situation is and what’s going on with me at the time.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)
AEW: Mercedes Mone on Athena Being One of Greatest Women’s Wrestlers of All-Time, Brian Cage Underwent Knee Surgery, Bear Bronson on His Current Absence “Almost Feels Like I’m Paying For Someone Else’s Crimes”
ROH Announces Special Date & Start Time for This Week’s ROH TV Show
WWE SmackDown Ratings – April 11, 2025 – Slightly Down
