Summary

Cody Rhodes said he did not have a backup plan if he failed to regain the Undisputed WWE Championship before WrestleMania.

The source text states Rhodes won the title back from Drew McIntyre on SmackDown and is now set to face Randy Orton, who won the men's Elimination Chamber.

This is set to be Rhodes' fourth straight WrestleMania main event.

Rhodes said he would have viewed not returning to that spot as a personal failure, while adding that Jacob Fatu and Sami Zayn were suggested as possible alternate directions.

Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton title path raises WrestleMania pressure

Cody Rhodes saying there was no Plan B creates a direct consequence, his WrestleMania direction against Randy Orton is framed as a must-hit objective instead of one option among many.

With the title match already on track and the contract signing set for next SmackDown, WWE is leaning into a high-stakes build around Rhodes' championship urgency.

Quotes

Quote from Cody Rhodes

"I didn’t have a ‘plan B.’ It becomes champagne problems when you main event WrestleMania. The first time I did it, I didn’t win, but I got the taste for it, and the goal becomes, ‘I’m gonna main event WrestleMania again, but I’m going to win this time.’ The first Saturday, I didn’t win. Then, on Sunday in Philly, I did. The taste and addiction becomes, ‘I’m going to come right back to this spot’ and we did with John Cena and Vegas. I’m not sure what Plan B would have looked like. In my mind, not to use such a harsh term, I would have considered it a failure, but on my behalf. Maybe a failure on my behalf would have found me inspired or doing something different. I’m not sure. I really felt I needed to get back to Vegas. I didn’t have a Plan B,"

Sources

As reported by Fightful.