Cody Rhodes vs. Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 39 still creates division among fans.
RAW Superstar Cody Rhodes was a recent guest on INSIGHT with Chris Van Vliet. When asked if there was any version of WrestleMania 39 where he left the event as Undisputed Universal Champion, Rhodes admitted he’s not too plugged into the WWE creative aspect because he got burned out on it during his time in All Elite Wrestling.
“One thing that’s been really very real and in front of your face, and accurate is that the long road sometimes can be very special, but you have to see it,” Cody Rhodes said. “You have to really; if you say it out loud, no, that’s not gonna work, no way.
“But if you see it, then you start to feel it. And it’s even sweeter if that moment comes, if that day comes, but there was, I’m sure, a myriad of plans. I’m so plugged out of a creative aspect,” Rhodes explained. “Even if I had the best idea ever, I would be afraid to pitch it to anybody. [And that’s] just because it just burned me out doing it. And I was too young to be doing it. I should have just been throwing my tights on, boots, on being a wrestler, superstar. However you want to put it. But that was the job. And that’s what the audience wanted and just was a lot of taxing, great lessons though.”
Lean Into It
When asked if he was okay with having his father, The American Dream Dusty Rhodes, being a central part of his story heading into WrestleMania 39, Cody said he was definitely okay with it.
“Yeah, I was okay. I was definitely okay with it,” Cody Rhodes said. I got to the point where at the end of my run with AEW and the beginning of my run with WWE, where I was really big on leaning in. I’ve been leaning out for so long, I’ve been leaning out. Okay, there’s they’re starting to boo here. And you’re kind of split; let’s lean into it. Let’s, let’s stir it up.
“When I came back, and the story was a real story, that is actually what I talked to Vince and Bruce about in that meeting. ‘Hey, here’s the WWWF title, I have it. Dan Lambert gave it to me. This is the whole reason I wanted to be in the business, this physical piece of [history], this thing right here, this belt, this championship belt.’
“So I was fine with leaning in. Because it feels like it’s now or never, in a sense. It’s now or never that there’s things you have to earn. And when you’re someone’s kid, and you’re second generation, third generation, you have them all at your disposal from the beginning. But there’s a difference from when you use them at the beginning and when you’ve earned them.
“And I felt like I’d earned them. And I remember Stephanie McMahon said this. She said use everything; use everything you have. And there couldn’t be a more appropriate time to use everything. Oh, WrestleMania, the main event, essentially getting elected president, is getting that match the final match. Use it all, use everything you have, and leave no stone unturned. And she was right.”
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