WWE Insiders Are Just As Confused As You Are About That Cody Rhodes vs. Randy Orton Match
Let’s be real for a second. If you watched Cody Rhodes vs. Randy Orton at WrestleMania and spent the next ten minutes asking yourself, “Wait, what just happened?” — you are not alone.
Turns out, even the people who work for WWE have no idea what that match was supposed to mean.
This wasn’t just confused fans tweeting into the void. According to a new report from Wrestling Observer Radio, the confusion ran all the way backstage. Garrett Gonzales kicked things off by admitting he felt completely lost trying to follow the story WWE was trying to tell. And when he brought it up to Dave Meltzer, Meltzer didn’t have a satisfying answer. Instead, he dropped a bombshell.
Meltzer admitted he was so puzzled by the match that he went straight to his contacts inside WWE to ask what the plan was.
The response? Crickets.
“I have been in contact with people there and no one has given me a great answer,” Meltzer said. “I’m just confused.”
Let that sink in. The people who helped put the match together couldn’t explain it to a top reporter.
Here’s where it gets even stranger. Meltzer pointed out that the actual in-ring action was solid. For a while, it looked like a really good wrestling match. But then the ending happened. And then the post-match punt happened. And suddenly, everything fell apart.
“I was just completely confused and it just felt like nothing,” Meltzer admitted.
Fans apparently felt the same way. A lot of people voted it the worst match on the entire WrestleMania card. Not because the guys can’t work — they absolutely can — but because the storytelling left everyone scratching their heads.
Was Cody the hero? Was Randy the villain? Did they both switch roles halfway through? Yes. All of the above. Depending on which minute you were watching.
Meltzer summed it up perfectly: “It’s like they were both heels, they were both baby faces, just depending on the moment.”
And then there’s the finish. Cody wins clean. Okay, story over, right? Nope. Randy punts his head off immediately afterward. So now we’re getting a rematch? Except three weeks later, Randy is suddenly acting like a good guy again.
Meltzer compared it to some of the most infamous failed storylines in wrestling history, including WCW trying to turn Sting heel — a move so hated that fans refused to play along and the company had to reverse course almost immediately.
“That’s even worse than Cena in some ways last year,” Meltzer said.
So where does that leave us? Orton’s post-match attack suggests unfinished business. Maybe WWE is playing the long game. But right now, the early reaction is clear: most fans walked away confused, not excited.
What about you? Did the Cody vs. Randy story actually make sense to you, or did you also spend the whole match trying to figure out who to cheer for? Drop your take in the comments.
