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Roachmeat posted...

Reigns vs The Rock is a dream match, but who was asleep at the wheel to script Cody to win the RR if the result was going to be changed? You had glass cannon CM Punk or 'Mid card' Jey Uso to choose from.

I've seen some people speculating that CM Punk was supposed to win the Rumble (leading to him choosing Seth Rollins) but his injury forced them to call an audible mid-match, having someone else (Cody) win it and leaving the creative team scrambling to come up with an explanation.

But I do agree. Rock vs. Roman is a dream match any time but this one. If Cody had "finished his story" last year instead of him losing and having Roman hold the title for another year, we wouldn't have a problem right now because that match would still be huge even without the title involved. If they wanted to do Rock vs. Roman at any other major event but specifically this Wrestlemania, we wouldn't have a problem right now because it wouldn't be interfering with Cody's story. But they picked basically the only time where setting up that match is an awful idea.