Cody Rhodes pitched selling his soul to The Rock’s daughter

Cody Rhodes was involved in one of 2025’s most talked about storylines in WWE, which involved Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson wanting his soul. Wrestling fans know the angle never completely played out with Cody keeping his soul, and John Cena instead turning heel before going on to win Rhodes’ Undisputed WWE Championship at WrestleMania 41. But fans almost saw a very different version of events, Rhodes revealed during a recent episode of his What Do You Wanna Talk About? podcast. According to The American Nightmare, he had an idea of giving up his soul to The Rock’s daughter instead of to The Final Boss. Rhodes made this revelation while speaking with The Rock’s daughter Simone Johnson, who was his guest on the podcast. At the time of when the “soul” angle took place, Simon was serving as NXT’s general manager under the name “Ava.” “When The Final Boss asked me for my soul, I thought, you know what would’ve been funny, is to relent and give my soul, but not to him —this is at a time when yo