Cody Rhodes spoke with Brian Fritz for Sporting News in advance of Friday night’s Ring Of Honor Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view; you can read a few highlights below:
Cody Rhodes shares his outlook on being ROH Champion and how it has changed him:
“I wanted to be world champion my whole life. Ring of Honor, with the reputation it has, it’s a legitimate world championship. It’s definitely changed my outlook on what I do in the ring and it’s changed my outlook on how I am as a person.”
Cody comments on introducing the ‘Ring’ of Honor:
“I’ve really taken to it. Not only taking the world championship but we’ve done something different. I will still carry the title if I feel so like I want to but the official Ring of Honor has been brought into the forefront and having fans and individuals I work with kiss the ring. The dark side of you, the dark side of me, gets a huge kick out of it.”
Press Release: Cody Rhodes Signs Exclusive Contract With Ring Of Honor
Cody comments on Steve Austin giving pointers after his match against Kazuchika Okada at G1 Special in USA:
“I went outside to the parking lot and Steve Austin, who had watched the show, is yelling at me across the parking lot to come talk to him. He gave me a few pointers on what he saw and he praised the show overall and he seemed to like my match. Man, that was a really touching thing. Who isn’t a fan of ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin and what he’s done for wrestling? To get his pointers, to get his feel, to hear that he enjoyed it.
“It was just a cool moment in time. And then Jim Ross jumped in. I’ll treasure that moment forever because I’ve seen my dad when he was a booker talk to ‘Stunning’ Steve Austin, give him a pep talk. What a time to be alive when 20 years later that something like that is happening again.”
