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WWE President Nick Khan’s claim about WrestleMania 40 main event plans said to be a “lie”

Aaron Rift

As seen during the February 2nd 2024 edition of WWE Smackdown, Cody Rhodes seemingly stepped aside for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson to face Roman Reigns at WWE Wrestlemania 40. Despite this, Cody ended up choosing Reigns as his opponent for Wrestlemania at the Kickoff event.

While speaking to Sports Business Journal, WWE President Nick Khan claimed that plans for WrestleMania 40 didn’t change due to negative feedback from fans. However, Fightful Select stated the following…

“Nick Khan lied to Sports Business Journal about the WWE WrestleMania 40 main event. Both publicly and privately, Cody Rhodes and others had said that if the fans knew what the actual plan was going to be with him at WrestleMania 40, they would have been even more angry. Fightful Select still has not learned exactly what that plan would have been, but it certainly was changed.”

While appearing on the Wrestlemania XL: Behind The Curtain documentary, Rock addressed the decision to pivot from him vs. Reigns to Cody vs. Reigns.

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