Cody Rhodes Says Leaving WrestleMania 40 Without A Title Would Be A “Failure”

Cody Rhodes was recently interviewed by Shakiel Mahjouri of CBS Sports, where he discussed several topics. Among them were his thoughts on WrestleMania 40, his WrestleMania moment, his time in AEW, and more.

Below are some highlights from the interview:

On leaving WrestleMania 40 without a championship:

“Ultimately, that’s a failure. It’d be a failed year. I hope that doesn’t come to pass…” Rhodes told CBS Sports while celebrating another bucket list achievement as the WWE 2K24 cover star. “Doubt is a beautiful thing. For people to take the ride with you. I doubted that Daniel Bryan could survive a match with Triple H and then survive a triple-threat match to get out of WrestleMania 30 how he did. But it was a marvelous moment. I don’t mind doubts at all. I, myself, can’t have any regarding everything else that’s going on. I have to be straight and narrow as far as where I’d like to go and how I’d like to get there.”

On having his WrestleMania moment:

“I feel like it could happen before. It could happen after. But I think it’s all the sweeter if it were to happen at WrestleMania,” Rhodes said. “Last year it was about the title, the championship itself and the way the match unfolded and being this close to the moment, that made it now a far more personal situation. So I’d love it to be at WrestleMania. No doubt you never know about WWE. The flow here is quite wild.

“I think the story that has been told throughout my whole career. The story that has been told since the late ’70s with my father and the WWWF championship. All of that. I don’t think anyone is looking to step in and hinder that in any way. Just because it’s been the leading story that we’ve had and it’s been a real story. And when it’s real, it’s the best.”

On AEW and how it helped him get to where he is now:

“I think as I grow old I’ll probably wax poetic and grow even fonder of the things I was able to be a part of. The people I was able to team with. When we were a group, The Bullet Club, The Elite, the idea was to change the world. We really did actually change, at least, our world.

“The reality is I can name about eight people. If one of them weren’t there it wouldn’t have happened. An alternative wouldn’t exist. It wouldn’t have spring-boarded me into the position I am now. All of these factors — and the biggest factor being the fans themselves.”

 

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