Professional wrestling legend and future WWE Hall of Famer Paul Heyman who is the special Council of the WWE Undisputed Universal champion Roman Reigns recently talked about the return of Cody Rhodes to WWE and also talked about his success outside of WWE.
Cody Rhodes was always treated as a mid card star in WWE during his first run in the promotion. He mostly focused on the mid card Championships and the Tag Team championships during this Run. He was fantastic at whatever role he was given. His Stardust persona was vastly criticized but he did it perfectly.
Paul Heyman Talks About The Success Of Cody Rhodes Outside Of WWE
In 2016 he was released from WWE and he spent his times out of the promotion for 6 years. He was one of the founding members of the AEW which is the biggest rival of WWE right now. He was a mid card star in the AEW as well. Earlier this year he decided to leave the promotion to rejoin WWE. He made his WWE return on WrestleMania 38.
The return of Cody was really well built. He was a mystery opponent for Seth Rollins in the event and the duo presented one of the best matches of the event. It looks like that he will be built as a main event star for the first time in his career. A lot of fans are even believing in the theory that he is going to be the want to dethrone Roman Reigns.
Paul Heyman who is the special Council of the WWE Undisputed Universal champion Roman Reigns recently spoke to 98.5’s Wrestling Inside The Ropes where he talked about the return of Cody Rhodes to WWE and also talked about his success outside of WWE. He said;
“Cody [Rhodes], is not only someone with, with an extensive legacy but I mean, my God, he’s the son of the American Dream, Dusty Rhodes, but he has carved out his niche. He’s achieved his accomplishments. And when he couldn’t gain enough traction in WWE to become a legend, to become a first-ballot Hall of Famer, to become a WWE or universal or unified heavyweight champion, he went out on his own. He blazed his trail.
“He created something, co-created, and helped create something that completely changed the complexion of the industry. And now he comes back to claim what he feels is his moment. And the only way that he’s going to be able to live that moment is to step into the ring with the Tribal Chief, Roman Reigns.
“What it’s a story that writes itself and, and, and Cody Rhodes is a magnificent talent who, whether he is, and he is the son of Dusty Rhodes, but whether he is, or isn’t the son of Dusty Rhodes on his own, just as Joe blow, not as big a name as Cody Rhodes, but still he could take the name, Joe Blow, and he could become huge box office.
“There is, I was dissatisfied with the landscape in the industry and I decided to change it myself. And that’s what Cody Rhodes did. He was dissatisfied with the landscape of the sports entertainment industry, and he went out on his own and, and along with others, uh, he changed it himself and he changed it along with the various people that, that, that collaborated to create a new landscape in the industry. So, yes, there are parallels.”
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