Jeff Jarrett Thinks WWE Missed Their Opportunity With Cody Rhodes At WrestleMania 39

Cody Rhodes' recent loss to Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 39 will surely go down as one of the most controversial results in WrestleMania history, with every man and his dog convinced that Rhodes was going to leave the bout victorious.

Whether Rhodes’ loss was the right decision remains to be seen, but WWE Hall of Famer Jeff Jarrett believes WWE missed an opportunity at WrestleMania, saying the following on the My World podcast:

"On the other side is, will Cody and the WWE Universe be able to recreate that groundswell of ‘Finish the story,’ and the story being he left, charted his way, went out, all the independent promotions, all the groundswell, and he came back, and it’s no secret that the touring champion or the lead singer of a rock band or however we want to slice it, yes, there’s an evolution of it, the fact that we’re talking about it as super successful means there was no right or wrong call. It’s totally subjective," Jarrett said.

Double J continued, noting how sometimes it’s best to go with your gut feeling when promoting wrestling:

"This is something that Jerry Lawler, my dad [Jerry Jarrett], Jackie Fargo, ‘Handsome’ Jimmy Valiant, one time sat me down and kind of gave me this kind of mindset. There’s something about a gut feeling, and sometimes promoters go with their gut. My gut still told me it would have been the right move. I don’t think it would have hurt Roman, I don’t think it would have hurt The Bloodline. I don’t think, if we wait a year, I don’t think, because we waited a year, there’s gonna be that many more eyeballs, there’s gonna be that much exponentially grown business. All the, ‘He didn’t do it this year, and we’re gonna do it next year because of X,Y, and Z,’ that’s still TBD. I think my gut tells me they missed the opportunity. I may be wrong, but I may be right. We will see. It was a hell of a match, a hell of a finish, and it’s funny how, a lot of the audiences will say, ‘Oh, this run in there and that run in there, oh they would never do that in the world title match.’ This match had been built and it’s the WrestleMania main event of night two, and they had five people run in. You talk about the layer upon layer upon layer, the Screwjob of all Screwjobs," Jarrett said.

H/T: Fightful