WWE Sources Laugh Off Latest Cody Rhodes Speculation

Fans shouldn’t expect Cody Rhodes to ‘do a John Cena’ any time soon.

At SummerSlam, Cody Rhodes completed his fight back to the top of WWE as he regained the Undisputed WWE Championship from John Cena. The victory was also the final nail in the coffin of Cena’s run as a heel, which he’d abandoned on SmackDown.

In recent months, Rhodes has even suggested he could embark on a heel turn of his own, despite being one of the most beloved figures in modern wrestling.

In June, Cody Rhodes said that he would turn heel, while in the days before SummerSlam, he laid out how a heel character could look.

No Plans For Cody Rhodes Heel Turn

However, a new report from Wrestle Votes has now dismissed speculation around a potential heel turn, noting that WWE creative has no plans to change Rhodes’ character. His recent comments about a turn were described as “strategic misdirection.”

“After speaking with sources close to creative, we can report there are currently no plans in the foreseeable future to turn Cody Rhodes heel… We’re told that WWE has little interest in turning their biggest baby face into, quote, a bad guy.

The recent wave of online speculation, some of which was intentionally fueled by Cody himself, was a strategic bit of misdirection aimed at the more hardcore audience.”

The report cited another source that highlighted how turning Rhodes heel doesn’t make logical sense, at least for the time being.

“One source even joked with us. TC said it would be awkward seeing a smiling Cody Rhodes on Minute Maid packaging throughout 1000s of grocery stores and gas stations here in North America while he’s playing a villain on TV, so Cody Rhodes to remain a big time baby face for the foreseeable future.”

Cody Rhodes will be back on WWE television on the August 8 edition of SmackDown, where he’ll address his big championship win at SummerSlam. John Cena is also advertised for the show, while Brock Lesnar is also expected to appear.

H/t to WrestlingNews.Co