Cody Rhodes believes his current WWE run is vastly different to previous runs due to his experience.
After being granted his release from the company in 2016, Cody Rhodes returned to WWE at WrestleMania 38 as Vince McMahon’s hand-picked opponent for Seth Rollins. Since then, he’s gone on to main event WrestleMania 39 against Roman Reigns, coming up short in his quest to dethrone the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion.
Speaking on a recent edition of Busted Open Radio, Cody Rhodes opened up about his current time in WWE, saying the high profile matches he’s having wouldn’t read the same if they happened in his previous run.
“You mentioned something. You said it must feel new. It does, and it feels new. And I always tell people, ‘Hey, I’m a slow learner. It took me a while to get to the spot I wanted to be.’ But when I think of a new match, when somebody says Cody versus somebody, even if we had done that match eight years ago, ten years ago, it doesn’t read the same way. It all reads brand new because I had found my footing, and it was always so nice and humble, and you guys are just making me feel great.”
“I Was Arrogant” – Cody Rhodes
Continuing, Cody Rhodes spoke about his time prior to his WWE return in 2022, saying that he was “arrogant” and “grizzled” then but now has different motivation for wanting to succeed.
“I’m waiting for Dave to drop the hammer on some tough questions here, but I’ll say there was a period of time, and maybe it wasn’t when I was in WWE when we were hanging out, there was a period of time where I really feel like I lost my compass and I was arrogant, and I was grizzled. You know how guys get grizzled long before they ever should be grizzled?
“I was all those things, and I was really angry. And a lot of that work is evident when you look at what I did with New Japan and Ring of Honor. And there was like an anger to me that I was motivated differently.
“Now, it’s not anger that motivates me. It’s, you know, maybe having a daughter that’s probably changed it. But, you know, it’s different. And it’s been better for me as motivation. It’s been more positive. I really appreciate you saying that.”
Elsewhere on the show, Cody Rhodes explained why he doesn’t believe The Rock will be taking his spot at WrestleMania 40.
Rhodes is set to compete inside WarGames at the upcoming Survivor Series PLE on November 25th.
In a new interview, Cody Rhodes has commented on the possibility of his daughter Liberty becoming a future WWE Superstar.
h/t WrestlingNews.co