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Work at WWE; here is what I'm hearing about Mania 40 and the world title situation:
Rock/Roman vs Seth/Cody isn't going to happen. Cody no shows night one due to mysterious circumstances.
Hunter will make the main event a four way match: Roman vs Rock vs Drew McIntyre vs Seth Rollins for Seth's belt while still holding Roman vs Cody for Roman's belt as the main event for night two.
This way, Rock and Roman still fight while Seth gets his main event at Mania. Depending on if Drew re-ups his contract, either Seth pins Drew or Drew pins Seth. Rock and Roman meanwhile will have tension as Rock will clobber Roman by mistake trying to hit Seth.
Cody will be MIA until the last minute, showing up with an accusation that Roman/Rock tricked him into thinking they had kidnapped Brandi to make him miss night one of Mania.
Roman/Cody ends up with a screwjob ending akin to Survivor Series '97 with Cody putting Roman in a submission hold and Hunter (who will be ringside to make sure Bloodline doesn't interfere) calling for the bell so Cody wins the belt.
This sets up a double turn and Cody as the new corporate champion and Roman and Rock as the new top babyfaces.
This BTW is the compromise that has been struck to ensure Roman loses the belt to Cody and to keep Rock happy.
Cody will be feuding with Johnny Gargano and Randy Orton over the summer with Hunter keeping Roman from the main world title. If Drew re-ups, he'll feud with Roman for the Raw belt with Heyman switching to managing Drew. If he bails, expect Roman to feud with Gunther with Seth demanding Roman prove that he's