Undisputed WWE Champion “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes appeared on the Flagrant podcast to talk about a number of topics, including WWE legend Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson coming in and almost taking his spot at WrestleMania 40.
Rhodes said, “In his defense, I think Rock has become so busy, his output is incredible. I don’t think he knew so much about the current landscape. He knows the company backward and forwards; the show is called SmackDown because he said that word. He set the table for everybody, but I don’t think he was always keeping an eye on the table. I think over the course of that week, and I could be wrong, I’m so glad that he did see ‘Okay, it’s bigger.’”
On if he has any beef with The Rock:
“No, just when a situation like that happens and it’s very real, the fans have made a choice. It’s very real. I think there is a lingering tension, perhaps. I universally love him. I grew up a Rock fan. We have yet to debrief on WrestleMania and what happened. I bet his story is a little different. Maybe some bad advice came or maybe he didn’t get good knowledge of, ‘Here is the current layout and who is sitting at that table.’ I’d love that, if one day we could have this debrief. I never want to do anything in secret or behind the scenes. Truth is, when that happened, you start thinking, ‘What if I told such and such this story.’ No, you can’t. I got very defensive.”
You can check out the complete podcast in the video below.
(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)
