Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes met for the second time in the build-up to their WrestleMania main event match, and it was as good as one would expect. There were almost zero references to Dusty Rhodes, and it was a malicious back-and-forth promo between the two superstars without outright burying each other.Roman Reigns took the first shot as you may have guessed, and two major references sent fans spiraling. The first was Reigns referencing that Cody ran away after he couldn't deal with his Stardust character, and the second was the fact that he partly created All Elite Wrestling and ran away when it was time - referencing Cody's AEW departure in January 2022.While Reigns didn't mention AEW by name, it was a clear dig and fans went crazy about it:WorldWrestlingExaggeration@WWExaggerationBro @WWERomanReigns just toasted @CodyRhodes and spoke absolute facts about stardust and AEW. #WWERaw1Bro @WWERomanReigns just toasted @CodyRhodes and spoke absolute facts about stardust and AEW. #WWERaw👑𝔸𝕕𝕒𝕞 𝔾𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕘👑@AdamGoldberg28Paul’s faces when Roman said he couldn’t get over in AEW #WWERaw9712Paul’s faces when Roman said he couldn’t get over in AEW 😭😭 #WWERaw https://t.co/iIk12FAMbXWayne@BigMFWayneThe fact that this Cody and Roman story features a series of subliminal AEW references. I love it #WWERaw2The fact that this Cody and Roman story features a series of subliminal AEW references. I love it #WWERawjaysonXcrossPart3@jaysonXcross3Naw, Roman did not just say Cody ran from AEW #WWERawNaw, Roman did not just say Cody ran from AEW 😂😂😂😂😂#WWERawWDS@WDSWWEProps to #WWE for not trying to bury #AEW here with this Roman Reigns & Cody Rhodes promo!#WWERAWProps to #WWE for not trying to bury #AEW here with this Roman Reigns & Cody Rhodes promo!#WWERAWAllan@Allan2ThousandShoutout to AEW. I like that Roman didn’t even bury them. He just mentioned them to put down Cody #WWERAW3Shoutout to AEW. I like that Roman didn’t even bury them. He just mentioned them to put down Cody #WWERAWBryan Henry@DinkaHenry16Roman telling Cody he couldn’t get over in AEW. #WWERaw twitter.com/i/web/status/1…41Roman telling Cody he couldn’t get over in AEW. #WWERaw twitter.com/i/web/status/1… https://t.co/Rtx9oTATUdChristopher Bullock@cenyce1990Roman is foul for saying that. That AEW mention..... ouch #WWERaw1Roman is foul for saying that. That AEW mention..... ouch #WWERaw https://t.co/r3nKMcvYQnJoey Karni from The Angle Podcast@theangleradioRoman Reigns mentioning AEW and how Cody ran away from not being able to get over #WWERAW61Roman Reigns mentioning AEW and how Cody ran away from not being able to get over #WWERAW https://t.co/ZUiZMSVnAI*Uncle Howdy Hottie Hooper* HOOKsuke@Puto_TakagiI appreciate that Roman Reigns didn't bury AEW, he buried Cody Rhodes going from white hot babyface to booed so badly he had no choice but to go back to WWE. #WWERaw11I appreciate that Roman Reigns didn't bury AEW, he buried Cody Rhodes going from white hot babyface to booed so badly he had no choice but to go back to WWE. #WWERawFans seem happy with how Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes handled the AEW referenceThis was the perfect example of how to set an intense back-and-forth promo without burying anybody or anything else. Under Vince McMahon's regime, fans wouldn't be surprised to see Reigns outright burying AEW.WWE@WWEDid @CodyRhodes predict @WWERomanReigns' future?#WWERaw2869568Did @CodyRhodes predict @WWERomanReigns' future?#WWERaw https://t.co/LebDDtvs78Instead, he simply referenced it and the fact that Cody Rhodes ran without putting AEW down at all. Cody's response to him was also great, and it was a good way to build up anticipation for the main event of WrestleMania - with the two competitors not even laying a finger on each other.What did you think of Reigns referencing AEW? Voice your thoughts and opinions in the comments section below!