The reaction from the WWE Universe was breathtaking and Cody has now spoken about it in an appearance on WWE’s The Bump.
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Former AEW EVP Cody Rhodes made an exhilarating return at WrestleMania 38 in a match against Seth Rollins. Rhodes won the match in emphatic fashion by channelling his inner Dusty Rhodes as he hit Rollins with bionic elbows and paid homage to his late father, The American Dream.
The reaction from the WWE Universe was breathtaking and Cody has now spoken about it. In an appearance on WWE’s The Bump, Rhodes said, “I was trying hard not to have expectations, but you have to. You’re thinking about it so much when you’re locked away, training for the time I was away, thinking about it. I was expecting a more polarizing reaction, because of the last bit of wrestling I had done, I was a bit more of a ‘let’s go Cody!’ ‘Cody sucks!’ type, which I love.
“But also, I’m an outsider. I broke the throne, I helped create an alternative promotion. I caused an incredible amount of disturbance in this world. And how beautiful it is. It wasn’t a negative return, it was a positive.”
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Cody then went in-depth about his match with Seth Rollins. He believes the match came off as well as it did because of the genuine competitiveness between himself and Rollins.
He said, “In what we do, it’s always best when it’s real. And there is an element of genuine competitiveness between guys of similar ages who have travelled somewhat similar paths and been around similar mentors to be better than the ever. And I think both individuals had something to prove in this match. Seth, having deserved a WrestleMania match and having been someone swinging the championship around just a few years ago back when I was here originally. I think you have two guys going for it and that makes for a really competitive match.
“Also, we’re both very violent. I don’t know if you saw me afterwards, full hamburger meat from the Kawada kicks. As weird as that sounds, I like it a bit rough. If there’s going to be another one, it’ll be a lot of the same. It’s just real. Two guys who want it, right? He couldn’t accept sitting there, watching a WrestleMania. And he couldn’t accept it, so to have that singles match, to make the real walk, that walk, that just ups everybody’s anti. I’m getting excited thinking about it,” concluded Rhodes.
