Cody Rhodes has been on an amazing run since returning in WWE in WrestleMania 38. He was able to win three consecutive live events of premium victories against Seth Rollins before being sidelined for the rest of 2022 as a result of the torn pec.
Rhodes returned to his first Royal Rumble in January, winning the Men’s Royal Rumble match before headlining the second night of WrestleMania 39. There, he lost to Undisputed World champion Roman Reigns.
When he appeared on Busted Open Radio, Rhodes talked about how this match is fresh, as when they would have played the match eight to ten many years earlier, the match would not be the same. He believes it’s new due to the way he handles things in WWE as opposed to the way he dealt with it during his debut.
“You spoke about something. It must be fresh. It certainly does and is new. It’s why I inform people that I’m a slow-learning person. It took me some time before I got to where I desired to get.’ However, when I imagine a new match, if someone mentions Cody against someone regardless of whether we’d played that match 8 years ago, 10 years ago, it does not look in the identical way,”Rhodes declared. “It is all fresh because I’ve established my footing and the way I handled it was always friendly and humble, and you guys make me feel good. I’m eagerly awaiting Dave to take the hammer down on some of the toughest questions and I’ll just say that there was a certain period of time, and perhaps it wasn’t while I was working in WWE when we were chatting and hanging out, but there was a time in which I think I lost my sense of direction, and I was arrogant, and I got gruff. What happens to people who become grizzled before they are ever grunting? I did all of those things and was very upset. The majority of my work can be seen when you examine what I worked on when I was working on New Japan and Ring of Honor. There was a sense of angry feeling that I was driven differently. It’s not my anger that drives me. It’s perhaps having a daughter who’s likely changed my life. However, it’s not the same. It’s worked better for me in terms of motivation. The effect has been positive. I truly appreciate your having said that.”
