Cody Rhodes wants the cheers to get louder and louder.
Rhodes’ entrance music consistently gets one of the loudest reactions in WWE events, with fans joining in en masse to shout Woah at the top of their lungs. Despite WrestleMania 39 not ending the way many had hoped, the positive reactions have not died down, if anything getting louder week after week. But what would make the WWE Universe cheer louder than ever for The American Nightmare?
Speaking with Fightful, Rhodes compared the crowd reactions he received whilst being at both AEW and WWE. The 2023 Royal Rumble winner then admitted that the best pop is yet to come.
“In both places, the reactions were wild. Arthur Ashe Stadium, I remember, in a way you think, ‘this is the coolest thing ever.’ There is this narrative that people want to push that we ‘weren’t trying for that.’ No, we were absolutely trying for that. It was happening and it was fun. I enjoyed it, not to the degree that I enjoy this, because this is times 100. No matter what times in the night when it happens, there is something special when it happens here. I don’t have one that I favor. The thing I favor is still being built, it’s still happening. The ultimate reaction, the ultimate pop, it doesn’t come every night, it comes maybe once. Once in a career, once in a lifetime. That’s what I’m trying to build to.”
Cody Rhodes Looks To Finish The Story
Rhodes did not get the fairytale ending he was hoping for at WrestleMania, losing to Roman Reigns in the main event of the show and allowing the record-breaking title run to continue. While many have been vocal about this being the wrong decision, higher-ups in the company believe that this was the right call. If reports are to be believed and Rhodes does go on to Mania 40 and dethrones The Tribal Chief, it could be one of the biggest pops in The Modern Era.
Rhodes looks to what is next for him on Raw following a monumental victory at SummerSlam over Brock Lesnar. A victory that Rhodes admits was rough on the body afterwards.
Interestingly, it has been hinted that a match with John Cena may be part of “the story,” as Cody Rhodes revealed in a recent Reddit AMA.