SUMMARY
- During the press conference, Cody Rhodes chose Roman Reigns as his opponent at WrestleMania 40.
- Cody Rhodes talked about The High Chief in the press conference, and many fans wonder about his identity.
Cody Rhodes, The Rock, Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, and others were recently seen during the WrestleMania 40 press conference. During that, an unusual gesture by Dwayne Johnson caught the attention of everyone in the pro wrestling community.
Cody Rhodes made an appearance during the press conference and chose Roman Reigns as his opponent at WrestleMania 40. This led to a war of words between Reigns and Rhodes. During this, The Tribal Chief called The American Nightmare “irrelevant,” just like his father.
After that, Cody said, “Here you are talking about family. Is that what The Bloodline is? Let me ask you a question. How’s Jey? You invoked my father before, so let me go ahead and do the same. If your grandfather was here, if ‘The High Chief’, his[The Rock’s] grandfather was here, they’d be ashamed of you.”
OH IT’S GOING DOWN. 🫢@TheRock just slapped @CodyRhodes at the #WrestleMania XL Kickoff. pic.twitter.com/nN0MTYIoRk
— WWE (@WWE) February 9, 2024
Meanwhile, The Rock came and stood in front of Rhodes. He then stated that when Cody talks about Reigns’ family, he is in fact talking about Johnson’s family. With that, he added, “So now we have a problem.” Thereafter, The People’s Champion shocked everyone by slapping The American Nightmare across the face.
Also, this drew a lot of reactions from the fans and the superstars as well. With that, many fans went on to wonder about the identity of ‘The High Chief’. Meanwhile, here’s decoding The American Nightmare’s speech that led to The Great One slapping him during the press conference.
Who was ‘The High Chief’?
‘The High Chief’ whom Cody Rhodes referred to during his speech at the WrestleMania press conference was Peter Maivia. He was popular among the fans by the ring names ‘Prince Peter Maivia’ and ‘High Chief Peter Maivia’.
What is worth mentioning is that Peter Maivia was the grandfather of Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock. He was previously a member of the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) from 1977 to 1981. However, he is no longer among us since he passed away on June 13, 1982, at the young age of 45.
Thus, it seems Cody Rhodes name-dropped The Rock’s grandfather. This in turn resulted in Johnson losing his temper and slapping The American Nightmare across his face. With that, it remains to be seen if The People’s Champion will have anything to say about the entire scenario.
Cody Rhodes vs. Roman Reigns is a done deal
Cody Rhodes won the 2024 Men’s Royal Rumble match. With that, it was certain that he would be challenging Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship. However, things got ugly when The Rock entered the scenario and chose to face Roman instead of Cody.
This led to a huge backlash from the fans, and the official announcement was yet to be made. With that, the WrestleMania 40 press conference was announced to determine the challenger for Reigns. However, in a shocking turn of events, The Rock slapped Cody Rhodes during the conference.
Meanwhile, Cody clearly stated that he chose Roman as his WrestleMania 40 opponent. With that, following the press conference, Triple H took to his ‘X’ handle to make the news official. Sharing a face-off poster of Reigns and Rhodes, the Chief Content Officer wrote, “Decision made. @CodyRhodes gets the chance to finish his story when he challenges @WWERomanReigns in the main event of #WrestleMania XL.“
Decision made. @CodyRhodes gets the chance to finish his story when he challenges @WWERomanReigns in the main event of #WrestleMania XL. pic.twitter.com/A12apAnELf
— Triple H (@TripleH) February 9, 2024
Thus, it seems Cody Rhodes vs. Roman Reigns is now a done deal after the chaos at the press conference. With that, it now remains to be seen if The Rock will somehow get involved in the storyline. Whatever the case, fans will eagerly look forward to the main event at the Grandest Stage of Them All.
