Report: Cody Rhodes Expected To Receive Big WWE Push

Not only is Cody Rhodes expected to sign WWE, but it is also expected The American Nightmare will receive a big push if he does return to Vince McMahon's company after six years.

Wade Keller noted on a PWTorchVIP audio show that Cody will "get a big push, at least at first" and he is expected to be involved at WrestleMania 38 from Arlington, Texas.

"Cody and WWE haven't confirmed it but Cody is going to WWE and he's going to get a big push. Vince McMahon is going to treat this as a big deal. Everybody I talked to thinks Vince loves the idea of acquiring a co-founder and EVP and, you know, main event wrestler. He just held their secondary singles title not that long ago, and having him show up on WWE TV is something that Vince is very interested in taking advantage of and making money on it. It could even be a situation where Cody is in a major match at WrestleMania," Keller began.

"I literally had four-plus hours of conversations before recording this with people and I'm sure there's more that I'll get into in coming days and on different podcasts about the situation with Cody. But I fully expect Cody to be on WrestleMania either as a wrestler or making his first appearance. I don't know if they can hold back on putting him on TV so I could even see him appearing on Raw or SmackDown next week. I'm not aware of there being any kind of non-compete at this point since he's been a free agent for a while so Cody could appear. I wouldn't be shocked if there's even some augmentation to the booking plans for WrestleMania perhaps related to the Elimination Chamber in order to set the stage for Cody to do something really big at WrestleMania," he continued.

"I think Cody will get a big push, at least at first. You know, there's different opinions on whether Vince is going to resent Cody for creating competition or admire Cody for his entrepreneurial spirit and being classy about it the whole way. You know, Paul Heyman, Eric Bischoff, Jeff Jarrett, they all competed with Vince [and] they all got jobs again. So, you know, we'll, we'll see how it goes."

Cody previously performed for WWE from 2006 until 2016. He is a two-time Intercontinental Champion and six-time tag team champion.

Following his WWE release, Cody performed for the likes of ROH, NJPW and IMPACT before he founded All Elite Wrestling with Kenny Omega, The Young Bucks, Brandi Rhodes and Tony Khan.

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