Summary

Roman Reigns responded to Cody Rhodes’ recent comments about their dynamic while filming the upcoming "Street Fighter" movie.

Reigns said Rhodes was the one requesting distance and claimed Cody was nervous about him arriving on set, adding that they only had a couple of days of crossover.

Both are set to appear in the film, with Reigns cast as Akuma and Rhodes cast as Guile. The movie is scheduled for theaters in October 2026.

Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes rivalry keeps bleeding into non-WWE spaces

Reigns framing the set dynamic as nerves keeps their rivalry energy active outside weekly WWE programming, and the immediate consequence is more crossover attention on both the film and their long-running history.

Because they already share major WWE history, including the WrestleMania 39 and 40 main events and a Survivor Series 2025 team-up, this latest comment naturally extends the same tension previously noted in this earlier Cody update.

Quote from Roman Reigns

"The rumor is, he was requesting that. He was a little nervous that I was showing up. He got there before me and there was only a couple days of crossover. I think he was a little (nervous). You know what it is. The Tribal Chief comes to town and he gets a little nervous. He doesn’t know what to do."

Sources

As reported by Fightful.