Cody Rhodes finishes his story, defeats Roman Reigns at WWE WrestleMania 40

The story has been finished. On a cold Sunday in Philadelphia, Cody Rhodes defeated Roman Reigns in the main event of WWE WrestleMania 40 to win the undisputed Universal title, completing the end goal of a multi-year run that began with his return two years ago at this very event. The match went roughly 33 minutes and featured a slew of run-ins like The Undertaker, The Rock, John Cena, Seth Rollins, Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso, and was followed by an outpouring of emotions unlike anything seen in wrestling in quite some time. The win ends the historic run of Reigns at 1316 days that began at August 2020's Payback and saw 31 successful title defenses, and a unification of the Universal and WWE titles against Brock Lesnar at 2022's WrestleMania 38. It was a reign that saw defenses over Lesnar, Goldberg, Sami Zayn, John Cena, Bryan Danielson, Kevin Owens, and others.  But it was his defense over Rhodes in last year's WrestleMania that surprised many and galvanized more as they thought the time was right for Rhodes to