In what has to go down as one of, if not the most shocking WrestleMania main even outcomes in the history of the PLE, Roman Reigns defeated Cody Rhodes to retain the WWE Undisputed Universal Championship last night.
The American Nightmare picking up the win and "finishing his story" was a foregone conclusion for many fans, but thanks to some outside inference, the Tribal Chief was able to avoid a third Cross-Rhodes and hit a Spear for the pin-fall victory.
During the aftershow press conference, Triple H adressed Cody's loss, and it certainly sounds like Reigns retaining the titles was the plan all along.
"Maybe for a lot of people, a shocking outcome. What I will say about that is, it's always interesting to me when people say, 'how can that happen?' or 'how can they do that in that moment?' It's almost perfectly spelling out in this story. 'I need to finish the story.' In the WWE, the story never finishes. Tomorrow night on Raw, the story continues. The story takes another chapter. We just got to the end of the chapter. The story continues and that's where this gets interesting to me. That is what is the most amazing thing about our business, the story never ends."
So, will Rhodes get another shot at the title at some point? Even if he does, last night really felt like his moment. Maybe the powers that be are simply too used to having a massive, proven draw like Reigns as the company's top guy.
But someone has to beat him... right?