Summary

Cody Rhodes said WrestleMania 42 could deliver one of the strongest bell-to-bell cards in the event's history.

He cited the announced main events of CM Punk vs. Roman Reigns and himself vs. Randy Orton, while also pointing to additional match directions involving Liv Morgan, Jacob Fatu, and Sami Zayn.

Rhodes said WrestleMania's usual spectacle will still be present and added that he has seen a potential guest list that he finds exciting.

Cody Rhodes says WrestleMania 42 card depth raises expectations in Las Vegas

Cody Rhodes calling WrestleMania 42 a potential all-time bell-to-bell show creates a concrete consequence, fan expectations now shift toward overall match quality across the full card instead of only headline moments.

With Rhodes vs. Orton now set as a major anchor and his own urgency around that spot already established in his comments about having no Plan B, WWE's Las Vegas build is being framed around both stakes and in-ring consistency.

Quotes

Quote from Cody Rhodes

"I said something that I don’t love how it came out, but what I meant is I said I think we’re sitting on a sleeper Mania, and I said this like a month ago. What I meant was because a ten-year Mania like 40, you always feel this sense of — I don’t know — destiny or there’s something about that ten-year moment. This year, the matches — we had our main event with CM Punk and Roman Reigns, and now we just got to myself versus Randy Orton as the other main event at WrestleMania. The matches that are coming together — Stephanie McMahon and Liv Morgan, what clearly looks like Jacob Fatu might be doing, you talked about Sami Zayn — I think you’re looking at a bell-to-bell Mania that’s the best it’s been. A bell-to-bell wrestling good — this is the type of stuff I grew up on, wrestling bell-to-bell. And for people who come for all the other grandeur and the spectacle that is WrestleMania, that’s all there too. I feel like I saw some names on a sheet of some potential guests that is really, really exciting for WrestleMania — for me particularly. But yeah, bell-to-bell, I think they’re going to get one of the better Manias, if not the best Mania of all time."

Sources

As reported by NoDQ.