Cody Rhodes has his eye on several potential challengers to the Undisputed WWE Championship.
At WWE Backlash, Cody Rhodes successfully made his first defence of the Undisputed WWE Championship when he defeated AJ Styles in a classic first-time encounter. Now, as he continues to write a brand new story following his victory over Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 40, Rhodes has a few potential opponents in mind for future defences.
Speaking on the post-Backlash press conference, The American Nightmare noted that it might be a better question for Triple H as the matchmaker for the promotion before saying a rematch with Styles is something he would like to revisit.
“That is a really great question. It’s almost a better question for Triple H in terms of the matchmaker, the person who is putting on these international PLEs. Clearly you can see the effort is being made to…we’re not resting on our laurels in the sense of ‘oh business is the hottest it’s been in the last two years.’ The intention is that next year when we’re at Backlash again, it’s even bigger. It’s even better. That would truly be amazing.
“Not to skate away from your question…there’s so many. I feel I’ve only scratched the surface perhaps with AJ Styles. I don’t know if we’ll revisit that. That’s a type of fight I’d love to get into one more time. And he left a little ding on my shoulder that perhaps I’d like to return the favor.”
Besides Styles, Rhodes singled out LA Knight as another talent he’d like to get in the ring with despite them both being “good guys.”
“There’s a lot of folks. I’ll tell you one that’s maybe a little strange. I could name everybody but LA Knight is somebody that I look at because, I get it, ‘oh they’re two good guys.’ I understand that. There is a flavor there. There is something about it.
“When you have that fever, you gotta know. You want to know. ‘I’m the man.’ ‘No, I’m the man.’ All that macho toxic alpha stuff that I still have a bit of, I suppose. There’s so many and there’s probably new faces that we don’t even know.”
Another bout that’s on many people’s list of dream matches would see Rhodes take care of unfinished business with The Rock and go one-on-one with The Great One.
“I’m not gonna say his name, he had a birthday the other day, but he returned a gift to me that I did not appreciate and when that man returns I’d like to take something from him as well.”
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WWE Has No Big Time Direction For Cody Rhodes
It has been reported that WWE has no “big time direction” for Cody Rhodes before The Rock and Roman Reigns make their returns to the company. Another man that has been mentioned by Rhodes is Randy Orton, but there have been no moves in that direction for the star.
H/T to 411Mania for the above transcription.