Cody Rhodes has given his thoughts on his catchphrase being the talk of the wrestling world.
Ever since he returned to WWE in April 2022, The American Nightmare has made it clear that he only has one goal, to win the championship that his father Dusty Rhodes never did. Doing everything he can to win the WWE Championship, the tagline for Rhodes’ mission has become “Finish The Story.”
The phrase has become used throughout wrestling since and is also the tagline for WWE 2K24, which Cody Rhodes is the cover star of. Appearing on Busted Open Radio, Rhodes was asked how he felt that others are now using his catchphrase in wrestling:
I love that you give me credit for it [‘finish the story’ phrase] because there’s actually a debate. So, I said ‘finish the story’ in a promo before the Royal Rumble and it was on my weight belt last year. But Michael Cole is the first person I think who said it on broadcast. So I feel like it’s Michael. ‘Finish the story’ might be a Michael Cole (thing) because at some point, we’re gonna start looking for who came up with this.
I actually talked to Triple H about this a few weeks ago. When I said the game was using ‘finish the story’ as a theme and I see Hogan talking about his story, Undertaker talking about his story, Steve Austin talking about his story. I felt like, oh, I’ve done something. I think the last thing that felt like it spread like wildfire a little bit was ‘Bullet Club is fine’, and that was fun, you know… being able to name FTR and those guys. That was a fun deal but this seems to be on a whole other level so.
Will Cody Rhodes Finally Finish His Story?
Not able to end WrestleMania 39 in the way that he would have hoped, Rhodes has secured the opportunity once again. At the 2024 Royal Rumble, Cody Rhodes entered at number 15 to win the match 2 years in a row, last eliminating CM Punk. As Rhodes celebrated the victory he made it very clear that his champion of choice would be Roman Reigns.
h/t to Post Wrestling