Shocking Claim: Everything About WWE Champion Cody Rhodes Is A Heel

Cody Rhodes is working as a babyface, and he is a popular babyface. However, how long will he remain a babyface?

The American Nightmare has been cheered on as a babyface when he dethroned Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 41, and fans cheered him on when he dethroned John Cena at SummerSlam 2025.

However, analysts and experts of the industry claim that Triple H had the golden opportunity to turn him heel at SummerSlam by having him attack The Champ following the victory.

Cody Rhodes already has heel elements

While speaking on Cheap Heat with Peter Rosenberg, he spoke about how the fans are ready to boo Cody Rhodes now. He claimed that WWE should have had The American Nightmare take out John Cena after the duo defeated Logan Paul and Drew McIntyre.

Interestingly, he pointed out that Rhodes is already showcasing heel, especially with the way he conducts himself.

You can only cheer people like a baby face for so long. Let’s be honest, a lot of the Cody accoutrement, the blonde hair, the suits, the style. What do you want to talk about? It leans heel. It’s who he is. It’s his nickname is the American nightmare. I got news for you. That’s not a baby face image. Everything about Cody is heel basically except that he’s the son of a, son of a plumber, and he’s a really lovable guy in real life, but everyone’s ready to boo the guy.

It has also been noted in the same episode that the story between John Cena and Cody Rhodes has ended.