WWE Raw star and the winner of the men’s Royal Rumble match of 2023 Cody Rhodes who is also a former two times WWE Intercontinental Champion recently talked about his elder Dustin Rhodes and discussed the importance of him in his life and career. He also discussed how he influenced him.
Cody Rhodes was introduced to the world of professional wrestling at a very young age. He made his WWE debut alongside his father, and from the very first day it was pretty much clear that this kid was special. But in his early career he was never been treated as a big thing in WWE. He was mostly a mid card and he did pretty amazing.
Cody Rhodes Discusses The Influence Of Dustin Rhodes In His Life
After spending over a decade with WWE, he decided leave the promotion. In 2019 he joined the newly founded professional wrestling promotion The All Elite Wrestling and it never seemed like that he would ever be back in WWE again. But it actually happened, he actually made his return to WWE.
At WrestleMania 38 he made his surprise return and for the first time in his career he had been treated as a main event star. He went on to win the men’s Royal Rumble match of 2023 and he challenged Roman Reigns for the WWE Undisputed Universal Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 39.
Cody Rhodes who is also a former two times WWE Intercontinental Champion recently spoke to Hot 97 radio where he talked about his father the late great Dusty Rhodes and discussed the importance of him in his life and career. He also discussed how he influenced him. He said;
“He actually came to my amateur wrestling practices and he’d wrestle with me on the mat, which was fun, because we would really go at it. We did not have a childhood together. He’s 16 years older than me. I don’t give Dustin enough credit as far as how important Dustin was to me growing up, and how I know how important he was, was I’d go to the Omni shows in Atlanta and Dustin would go out and maybe wrestle Stunning Steve Austin or Brad Armstrong.
“He used to get what we would call a chick pop where all the women would just go nuts over him. He was also so tall. I remember being there and thinking, ‘Yeah, I came here for Sting, but that’s my favorite wrestler, you know, is my brother.’ I don’t ever talk to him about that. I have now, but again, it’s how brothers talk. You don’t want to get on that emotional level. But I don’t give him enough credit as somebody, even as a teenager when Goldust was happening.
“I was a bit of an old soul. I had figured it out. It didn’t shock me. I get what he was trying to do, entertain people, and maybe he was the bad guy in the entertainment segment. But yeah, he’s one of my favorite wrestlers and I don’t give him enough credit. Then having been in the ring with him when we tagged together or when we wrestled one another, he is one of the top five that I’ve ever touched in terms of how quick he is, in terms of his general communication, in terms of his conditioning, and he’s fifty something years old.”
Quotes via WrestlingNews.co