Professional wrestling legend and WWE Hall of Fame Jeff Jarrett who is a former four times WCW World Heavyweight champion recently gave his reaction on Cody Rhodes working with torn pectoral muscle at WWE Hell in a Cell and reflected on the criticism WWE faced for letting him work in this situation.
Cody Rhodes made his return to WWE at WrestleMania 38. Former four times WWE World Champion Seth Rollins was scheduled to meet a surprise opponent at the grandest stage of them all. That surprise opponent turned out to be none other than Cody. The news of the return was already leaked but it was an amazing moment.
Jeff Jarrett Reflects On WWE Allowing Cody Rhodes To Work With Torn Pec
The feud between the duo continued even after WrestleMania 38 and they had two rematches after that. In all three occasions, Cody came out victorious. At the Hell in a Cell pay per view event, the duo was scheduled to face Each Other inside Hell in a Cell. Before the match, Cody picked up an injury but he still decided to compete with it.
The injury was very much visible during his match at Hell in a Cell. But the duo gave a hell of a match, Cody’s performance was really amazing. He had been praised by the critics worldwide for putting up such an amazing performance. But on a parallel note, WWE face massive criticism for letting him wrestle with such a vicious injury.
Jeff Jarrett who is a former four times WCW World Heavyweight champion recently spoke on My World with Jeff Jarrett podcast where he gave his reaction on Cody Rhodes working with torn pectoral muscle at WWE Hell in a Cell and reflected on the criticism WWE faced for letting him work in this situation. Jeff Jarrett said;
“I’m watching the Cody match in my bedroom, and [my wife] Karen and [son] Cody are out in the big room. I’m watching Seth, the entrance, and all that. When [Cody] gets in the ring, you know something is coming. When the reveal happened in my house, there was a ‘dad!’ from Cody and a scream from Karen.
“You know what I immediately thought? Kevin Dunn and company shot that – it generated the response to where, if you’re sitting in the nosebleeds, you can’t see that. But you put that on the big screens and the whole audience can see it at the same time. You get that ‘ohhhh.’ I thought those little things, it just sets WWE’s sports entertainment storytelling ability to a whole other level. I immediately thought ‘great job’ because you talk about emotional.”
“I’ve learned this over the years – I’m not sitting in Cody Rhodes’ chair, I’m not sitting in the decision maker’s chair. Ultimately, it falls on the Chairman’s decision. I don’t have all the facts. I don’t know all the circumstances. I don’t know all those kind of things. So, without me being in the know on all the details that go into this, I kind of say it’s this simple – I love the criticism online because that means they’re watching and talking about the product, first and foremost.
“The people who want to throw darts, if you really drill down to it, they have an ulterior motive because it’s ultimately Cody Rhodes’ decision. That’s first and foremost. Cody willingly wanted to do that. So, anybody that is criticizing this is criticizing Cody. The other thing is, I’m super positive that doctors gave permission and everybody had to go through the process in this situation to say, ‘Okay, this decision is jointly made, and we’re going to do this.’
Quotes via 411 Mania