The conversation was about how much longer can Rhodes wrestle at a high rate.
A near three-hour chat with Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes was recorded for the FLAGRANT podcast. One of the conversational topics had to do with how much longer does Rhodes see himself wrestling at the level he’s at now.
He brought up his father Dusty Rhodes hitting the Bionic Elbow on Jon Moxley at Battleground 2013. Cody said that took place on the outside of the ring because it was not easy for Dusty to get into the ring. That is why Cody can see himself wrapping up his full-time in-ring career in his mid-40s. Rhodes is currently 39 years old.
The reason I said 45 (is when I’m aiming to wrap up wrestling on a full-time basis) is also selfishly because my dad was an old man wrestler. He wrestled all the way. I mean, he was probably 60 when he had-had his last match. Maybe even 65 and I hated seeing that. I knew people liked it, I knew he was okay but I hated seeing him that way. I wanted to remember him differently and Battleground’s the match where he hits his last Bionic Elbow on Dean Ambrose on the floor — Jon Moxley — and what people don’t know about that is the reason all of it took place on the floor is because he couldn’t get up the steps that easily, and I think at that point, that’s like the hardest thing to see is — you know, he knew though. ‘I got to call it.’ Like, let me go guys, let me go and that was one of the last big things he did with me on-screen but it was a really great gift but because of that, I don’t ever wanna overstay my welcome.
He went on to mention that he believes he failed at his management role for All Elite Wrestling. With now having experience in said position, Rhodes would ‘definitely consider’ taking on a behind the scenes role at WWE.
I had the management role with my previous company. I would say I failed at that. I didn’t necessarily succeed but I learned a lot from that failure and with this company, with WWE, if that’s something that comes up for me, ‘Would you like to be behind the scenes?’ It’s definitely something I’m considering. Because I had a whole run at it before where I pretty much bombed, so at this point I know, like, you know what? I think I can get this now. I think I can figure it out. Long way off though. Long way off. I wanna hang onto this (Undisputed WWE Title) as long as I can.
Coming up on the schedule for Rhodes is WWE Crown Jewel. He’ll be going one-on-one with World Heavyweight Champion GUNTHER and the winner is going to be crowned the first-ever Men’s Crown Jewel Champion.
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