
WWE Superstar “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes spoke with Fightfulโs Sean Ross Sapp on a number of topics including his rule about taking the moves of those he’s wrestled in the past.
Rhodes said, โBooker T, in the corner. Jerry Lynn also does it. Iโll do the spin over into a sunset flip. My rule is, if I wrestle you more than five times, I can do all your stuff. Itโs only my rule, and people hate it. I love the Cody Cutter. I think itโs better than an Os-Cutter, but I did get it from Will, so fair play to Will, whoโs super talented. Beyond super talented.โ
He continued, โIf Iโve wrestled you more than five times, I told Jay Lethal this once, and he hated it. Heโs like, โNo, wait, no, no, thatโs not how it works.โ I can do your stuff. Itโs just my rule, and Iโm waiting for someone to be like, โHey, please donโt.โ But hey, I like to sponge. Part of what we do is, I got to lean into being a Rhodes, so I can do these Rhodes things. I got to lean into being part of the indie revival. I got all that, and Iโm lucky to have been part of it. So I sponge off as much as I can. The Booker roll, which Jerry does as well, thereโs a couple of Arn Anderson things that I do that are hard to visualize. Itโs all someone elseโs. I just try to put into a Nightmare package.โ
You can check out the interview in the video below.
(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)