In an interview Brandon Walker on the Barstool Rasslin’ podcast, Cody Rhodes talked about his storyline with Anthony Ogogo from the spring of 2021:
“I regret almost everything about the Anthony Ogogo angle. Almost everything about it.”
“A white guy talking about race relations, who has an American flag tattoo on his neck, I can see why people would use the terms ‘tone-deaf’ when it came to that. Then trying to defend it and all — Just again, intentions were good and sincere and I was so excited about Brandi and the baby but it just — That should have just been one where I went out and almost just winged it. It set the angle in a tailspin where it just wasn’t a classic, USA vs. UK, fun-spirited deal. I was going to go over to the UK and have the return match. Now I just never want to think about it again.”
