Cody Rhodes says everything isn’t what it seems in professional wrestling.
AEW TNT Champion Cody Rhodes recently spoke with Connor Casey of ComicBook.com and discussed the many fan comparisons between he and Homelander from The Boys, who Cody says despite the similarities in looks, his gear maker had no idea about when she was designing his new ring gear.
“I never want to ruin it for anybody. I never judge our fans or hold them accountable. They pay their money. They can do whatever they’d like. That’s the beauty of being a fan, but I can tell you Sandra Gray, who’s been making my gear since Dashing Cody Rhodes, has no idea about Homelander. And now, that jacket is forever synonymous with it, but it is a really unique parallel. I know people have a lot of fun with fan art when it’s concerned. With what’s happening with me and the reactions, I don’t want to ruin it for anybody, but I feel like the luckiest wrestler alive that we’re able to cause this polarity, that we’re able to have every show be clickbaited and discussed.
“And just the thing I am most excited about is, as with all things AEW, we’re not going a path that perhaps you saw on another wrestling show. We are going to be going in a different direction and that makes for great wrestling because it’s new, because it’s fresh. But yeah, with everything that’s going on with the crowds for me right now, I really have to pinch myself, in terms of (being) very lucky.”
Cody previously spoke about his patriotic look and said that it was more or less inspired by a colonial soldier. Read more about that look and his regrets of not getting a good shot of the 22-foot-long cape at this link. Cody also spoke about his feud with Sammy Guevara and said that things were going down a different path, which you can read more about here.
Amazon just announced that The Boys will return for a third season in June, so it doesn’t look like those comparisons will be going away anytime soon.
