Cody Rhodes Says It Would Be The “Honor Of His Life” To Face WWE Legend
Cody Rhodes has addressed the possibility of wrestling one of the greatest stars in the history of WWE.
When Cody Rhodes became the Undisputed WWE Champion for the first time at WrestleMania 40 this past April, he did so by beating Roman Reigns in a Bloodline Rules Match that saw several WWE legends come to Cody’s aid to fend off The Bloodline.
One of those legends was John Cena, who is a man Cody has spoken about fondly since they spent a lot of time together early in Cody’s career.
As most WWE fans know, the year 2025 will be Cena’s last as an in-ring competitor. Cena recently said he’ll appear on about 36 WWE shows around the world in 2025 with his last match coming in December of that year. What we don’t know yet is who he might wrestle again.
At the wildly successful Fanatics Fest NYC event, Cody Rhodes was asked about a potential match with Cena as part of Cena’s retirement tour.
“We get to live in this era, he’s definitely a man of his word. When he says it’s farewell, it truly is farewell. If you have the farewell tour t-shirt, go and get it, this is it. I drove John around for a year and I learned everything I possibly could. Didn’t realize I was learning so much at the time.”
“It would be the honor of my life to wrestle John Cena in any capacity. He’s the GOAT for a reason.”
The “GOAT” term that Cody used means Greatest Of All Time, which is also the phrase that WWE often uses when they talk about Cena’s place in company history.
Cody Rhodes Set For Talk Show Appearance On WWE SmackDown
It’s going to be a busy week ahead for Cody Rhodes since he’s going to defend the WWE Championship against his good friend Kevin Owens at Bash in Berlin on August 31st. Before that, Cody will be part of a five-show WWE European tour.
On the August 23rd edition of WWE Smackdown, Cody will be a guest on the Grayson Waller Effect talk show. Here’s what else WWE is advertising for tonight’s Smackdown.
- The Bloodline battle The Street Profits in a WWE Tag Team Championship Match
- Bianca Belair, Jade Cargill and Naomi take on The Unholy Union’s Isla Dawn & Alba Fyre and Blair Davenport
- LA Knight defends the United States Championship against Santos Escobar
As always, you can read all about what happens on tonight’s Smackdown right here on TJRWrestling.