Cody Rhodes selects The Rock as his pick for WWE goat
Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Sep 11, 2026, 9:56 PM
Last updated Sep 11, 2026

Cody Rhodes identified The Rock as the greatest WWE superstar of all time during a recent ranking exercise. While acknowledging their complicated personal history, Rhodes cited The Rock's global box office success and his tenure in the wrestling industry as the primary factors for his selection. Rhodes himself was placed in a separate tier labeled great, alongside CM Punk and Roman Reigns. The ranking also placed performers such as Undertaker, Triple H, Edge, and Stone Cold Steve Austin into a legend tier. Rhodes currently remains a central figure in WWE programming following his transition from AEW. The wrestler noted that despite personal differences, The Rock holds the status of top performer in the history of the promotion.
- •Cody Rhodes named The Rock as his choice for the WWE greatest of all time.
- •Rhodes described his personal relationship with The Rock as strained.
- •The list categorized performers into tiers including GOAT, legend, and great.
- •CM Punk and Roman Reigns were placed in the same category as Cody Rhodes.
- 9:56 PMYahoo Sports — Cody Rhodes names his ‘GOAT’ WWE superstar despite ‘not being his favourite person’
"Cody Rhodes is arguably the biggest star in WWE right now and is very much in the ‘GOAT’ conversation himself. Rhodes has been nothing short of a major success since he transitioned back to WWE from AEW and he now sits firmly among the best around.
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