Cody Rhodes recently appeared on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, where he discussed his rivalry with The Rock.
The Rock teamed with Roman Reigns vs. Rhodes and Seth Rollins in the WWE WrestleMania 40 headliner of night one, where the heels went over. The next night, Rhodes won the Undisputed WWE Universal Title from Reigns. The Rock, Bloodline, and others got involved. This was after The Rock returned in January and pushed behind the scenes for a singles match with Reigns, causing WWE to change its plans for a Rhodes vs. Reigns bout. Once there was backlash among fans, things changed.
Cody vs. The Rock is in the works after WWE teased it on the post-WrestleMania edition of Raw, and both have hinted at it in interviews since then. It all comes down to whether they could do the match at WrestleMania 41, depending on whether Rock’s schedule allows it. Here are the highlights:
On whether Rock upset him with any of his promos: “Depends on what line you know….when you’re the Director of the Board, you can do whatever you want. The show is not going off the air and no one’s getting fired if you do something that’s a little outrageous. That gave him free rein to develop and enter into the Final Boss what he is. Well what happened with the rock at WrestleMania 40 is the first time that ever made me feel like first time I ever believed in my own hype. So the first time I ever thought, ‘Oh, maybe someone from this generation did get over,’ you know, like, because, to me, I tell my students, I tell people all the time, nobody today is over. Because you’re over all the time and to me over as you can’t step a foot out of your house without cameras without a moment I just have a loftier opinion of over. John Cena is over. Because the first time I thought ‘Oh, maybe that’s happening, line wise. He the only line I think he crossed was he made my sister to non-canon, because he had mentioned that I had two other siblings and that being Dustin and Kristen, who are from my dad’s first marriage, which is you know, you’re not wrong, that I do have them and he was explaining he’s when he called me a mistake. But he made he made Teil noncannon, and Teil was like the closest I have. Is my original best friend. You know, so that was a little I felt bad. I felt bad for her. I feel Mama Rhodes is a person who never wanted to be ever on camera. And now he’s got a security guard and Heathrow Terminal Airport, you know, like she’s so if he thought that was a line that he was crossed, I feel maybe it actually backfired because she’s now a part of it all.”
On the possible match: “The offer still stands. And again, if he never comes back, he’s done at all. He really has. And as much as I insulted him previously, it was an honor to be part of his last outing. But what I learned physically in the ring with him. It shouldn’t be his last outing. There’s more. There’s not just gas left in the tank. There might be multiple tanks. There’s more, and I would like the WWE Universe or pro wrestling fans, I’d like them to see that. I think there’s a world where WWE Director of the Board is great, but I think there’s a world WWE really benefits and this young audience being able to connect with him. They don’t know him as the People’s Champ. They know him as the Final Boss. I’m that offer stands whenever.”
If you use any portion of the quotes from this article, please credit Insight with Chris Van Vliet with an h/t to WrestlingNews.co for the transcription.
