Rhodes didn’t “finish the story” on April 2, and now The Bloodline storyline has only picked up steam in the months since. In hindsight, Rhodes believes he might be somewhat of a fortune teller.

“I’ve enjoyed watching what The Bloodline is doing,” Rhodes admitted. “And I talked to Roman in the ring face-to-face, I believe it was the week before WrestleMania. And I now look back at that interview and feel like I am some sort of fortune teller. Because everything I said in it, minus me beating him, has happened in terms of the cascade of events that have fallen apart with the actual Bloodline, and Paul Heyman gets super-kicked the other day. It’s just all collapsing right in front of us for our viewing pleasure.”

Rhodes recalled taking offense to Reigns saying, “We’re only in the third inning here,” after the WrestleMania 39 main event. He doesn’t believe WWE revolves around “The Tribal Chief” anymore and that he’s personally in a different inning, so to speak.

“I wasn’t in the third inning. I felt like that was the bottom of the ninth for me,” Rhodes said. “And hey, maybe there was so much wisdom to what he said. But yeah, that was a — I don’t even know how to describe it — the feeling of loss was the largest I’d ever felt in my career. And then the feeling of, ‘What do you do?’ That’s why I kept wanting to look people in the eyes and communicate to them, ‘It’s going to be okay.'”

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