WWE Superstar Cody Rhodes entered the Royal Rumble and did exactly what he said he would, winning the match and earning the right to challenge for the championship at WrestleMania in two months.
Speaking to the media after the match, Cody was asked about working under the direction of Triple H and what it means to him. Cody responded by saying, “You guys have seen me without a leash before. I get a little wild. It was great to have that structure, but I’ve had an unbelievable experience and an unbelievable education in wrestling. I’m not meant to do anything else. It was easy then when I came back, and Vince was in charge of that. It’s easy now because, the way I look at it, and I don’t mean this as braggadocious or arrogance, this is something I talked about with one of my kids at the school; if I’m the best, then it doesn’t matter who is showing me where to go and telling me what’s next. If I’m the best, my transaction is simple. These fans pay their money, I make them feel something, and I can do that better than anybody. If I can, then it can be this person or that person. I will say I don’t want to get mushy with it, but Triple H has no reason to be a fan of mine if you really think about it.”
Continuing on, Cody would talk about his time in AEW and how he consistently took shots at Triple H and the company in general. He said “I smashed the throne, I took a lot of shots, always light-hearted, but I think he knew where I was coming from. I was hungry. He’s the one guy, I don’t think he remembers this, but I’ll never forget it. I talked to him in Gorilla when I was really frustrated doing Stardust. I went to walk out, and he said, ‘rattle the cages.’ That could have meant a lot of things. ‘Go talk to the writers.’ I took it literally and went out and rattled as much as possible. I’m so glad that relationship gets to develop now. Clearly, you guys see how I model my presentation and performance. I’m clearly a massive Triple H fan. I’m glad he’s the coach, and I get to play. I want to play quarterback. I owe him a lot for how he handled my dad. I don’t want him to look at me and see my dad. I want him to look at me and see me.”
You can see the video of Cody talking below. Thanks to Fightful for transcribing Cody’s remarks.
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