Cody Rhodes isn’t letting anyone take his spot heading into WrestleMania 40.
Even The Rock.
Ahead of next year’s shows on “The Grandest Stage of Them All,” Rhodes spoke with Busted Open Radio about what The Rock has done for the wrestling business, and how he won’t let him or anyone else stand in his way heading into WrestleMania 40.
Featured below are some of the highlights from the interview where he touches on these topics with his thoughts.
On how The Rock helped elavate the wrestling business and how he’ll forever be grateful for the groundwork he helped lay: “Nobody has asked me about The Rock. I think they’re scared to ask me or they don’t want to be rude. I’ll say this about The Rock. Coming on Pat’s show [The Pat McAfee Show], which I was watching live because I love Pat and then SmackDown. The Rock did for sports entertainment so much, and continues to do so much by being the biggest star in Hollywood, that I’m able to be at the level that I’m at because I can stand on shoulders like those of The Rock’s. He could have come on there and run me down and I would still have the highest respect for The Great One. He’s honestly a model superstar for anyone who wants to supersede expectations. With that said, no matter what he said, anyone who asked me or confronted me on it. I’m not flinching. I’m not flinching.”
On how he isn’t worried about The Rock taking his spot at WrestleMania 40 because he’ll outrun whoever is on the way: “I feel if The Rock and I were in the same room, he would expect nothing less from me. If you think it’s somebody else, I’m going to do everything I can to make sure you know it’s me. That’s the same attitude The Rock had when he was climbing the ladder. I don’t care who it is. If that happens to be The Rock. If it happens to be anybody. A wonderful superstar like LA Knight, a stellar performer like Sami Zayn. Line them up and I’m going to do everything I can to outrun them. I mean that with the utmost respect. I wasn’t shook at all by Rock’s big day out. What I would say is: not flinching. If Rock is part of WrestleMania 40, that would be outstanding, it’s The Rock, but I don’t think he’ll be in my spot.”
Check out the complete interview at SiriusXM.com. H/T to Fightful.com for transcribing the above quotes.
