Cody Rhodes puts things in perspective.
Scott Fishman of TV Insider spoke with Cody Rhodes to promote his new “American Nightmare” documentary on Peacock. A large portion of the documentary deals with Rhodes trying to “finish the story” at WrestleMania 39. Rhodes lost to Roman Reigns that night, and Fishman asked how Cody thinks his father would have reacted to the decision.
“As smart as my dad was — and I consider him among the guys who are super geniuses in sports entertainment in terms of how to layout and carefully craft a story and create a character and help that character connect. Even with his experience and resume, he would have been coming to WrestleMania as a dad,” Rhodes said. “As a dad, he would have not liked the outcome. He would have struggled with the outcome, but he has been there.
“He got me into sports when I was very young. I was looking up at the lights a lot in amateur wrestling. I was getting pegged with baseballs when I played baseball. He was there for all this. He saw all the moments when I was down and knew the importance of getting back up. The hardest thing about that match was the walk up that ramp. He knows what can come from that,” Cody pointed out. “I don’t think he would have his business hat on at all. From a dad’s perspective, he would be pretty irate.”
Part Of The Story
Cody was then asked what message he wants people to take away from the new documentary.
“That they are equally part of the story. When you watch the documentary and see how people jumped on board the train early on and had to grin and bear through things and still stayed on board. I can actually cite you a bit. I have talked to you for the majority of my career. With every interview, there has always been this gleam of hope. This possibility that I would move out of the block I was in. That’s covered in the doc in terms of it’s no not about me proving critics wrong as it’s about proving fans right. It’s a story where that’s very prominent.”
American Nightmare: Becoming Cody Rhodes is streaming now on Peacock.
