Cody Rhodes recently appeared on Gabby AF to discuss a wide range of topics. Here are the highlights:
On being part of WarGames at WWE Survivor Series:
“Give him his props. You mentioned Adam Pearce. Adam Pearce is outstanding as the general manager for Monday Night Raw. And I feel Nick Aldis on SmackDown will also excel in that role. I told Adam when I saw him on the mic, that was powerful. And you had to follow [William] Regal’s footsteps and announcing WarGames. It’s my first real War Games, but I’ve had a million WarGames. Matches in my head, in the car, when we were going over teams who would be on my team, and there was a moment after he said the words where we’re all looking tough and mean, mugging and staring at each other and half blown up. And then I couldn’t help but smile, I really couldn’t. Because this run from WrestleMania, when I came back in Dallas to right now through WrestleMania 39 in Hollywood right now has been just….I don’t know the word to describe it, but I don’t even want to say the word because I don’t want to jinx it. I don’t want it to end. Every week, there are more signs in the crowd, more noise, more this, more that and I just grew up wanting that and going into the WarGames. I’ll have to. I’m such an old-school fan of it. And you know, it was. My dad drew it on a cocktail napkin, and then they gave it to the guy. And it really all stemmed from the fact they just wanted to lower the cage because they were tired of waiting 30 minutes at these house shows for the local crew to set the cage up, and then not even sure if they got it right, but WarGames happens. I have to look at some of the modern WarGames as well, because Triple H brought WarGames back and, you know, took it from Dusty, and then he put his own spin on it without the roof and with the cages on the outside for the teams. He put his own spin on it. So I don’t want to be the guy who’s going in with all the old school. We’re going to run the ball right up the middle when it’s actually, you know, a passing and play action type game. So I’m going to look at both because it’s fun that it’s a combination of what Dusty created, what he and the Four Horsemen made iconic, but also what Triple H tweaked to keep it in the modern wrestling canon.
On JD McDonaugh:
“The reason I ask about JD is because he’s been one of the most impressive call-ups I feel from NXT, and I really wasn’t expecting it. I didn’t have low expectations. I didn’t have high expectations. But that’s potentially a big-time player moving forward. Again, could care less about him personally. His head’s giant. I mentioned the Funko Pop thing. No doubt it’s far beyond the size of his body, but he’s probably going to be a big-time player for WWE at some point. Just really, I’d say if you asked Judgment Day, they’d say he’s rose to the occasion.”
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