Cody Rhodes WWE return: How many people knew about shock come back

Cody Rhodes WrestleMania return was only known to a few people in WWE, The American Nightmare has revealed. 

Wrestling’s worst kept secret was finally outed on Saturday night, when Cody made his emotional WWE return as Seth Rollins surprise opponent for the first night of WrestleMania. However, despite the reports in March that Rhodes had re-signed with WWE, only a few knew the how’s and when’s of his comeback with the company.

Speaking to The Ringer Wrestling Show, the 36-year-old was asked who he called to tell that he had signed a deal to bring him back to WWE, and he revealed that he kept it very much on the downlow, with only a few key names aware of what was happening. 

Nobody. The real ones, the OGs knew [I was coming back]. The one guy who had a hard time not being told was Kevin Owens. I was just wanted to keep it quiet, keep it on the low.

I didn’t even tell Randy [Orton], I haven’t even seen Randy. I heard he’s a really good guy. It blows my mind. This guy threw a dynamite stick in a lobby in Mexico the first week I met him. Now, he’s a family man? What the hell are we doing? I didn’t tell anyone, I kept it very limited. Only Brandi knew, my mom knew, maybe a few others.

Rhodes also admitted that he even kept his return secret from a family member who still works for the company. Stating he wanted to wait until the night for everyone to see it.

My cousin works here as a timekeeper, and even he didn’t know. It was the best-kept secret in wrestling but I really wanted to keep everything low-key. WrestleMania is the one time you don’t know what’s happening, and won’t know until you see it. Like when Bryan Danielson won the title at WrestleMania 30, you knew he was going to, but had to wait until the end of the