Cody Rhodes Opens Up About Real-Life Issues With Major WWE Star

One Cody Rhodes rivalry really is personal.

From the moment Cody Rhodes returned to WWE at WrestleMania 38 in 2022, he was focused on winning the WWE Championship. And that quest to win the title his famous father never held immediately put him on a collision course with Roman Reigns.

The pair eventually met at WrestleMania 39, where Reigns won, and again at WrestleMania 40, where Rhodes finally climbed to the top of the mountain.

But what made their storyline so intriguing for fans was the undercurrent of genuine tension between them.

Cody Rhodes Reflects On Rivalry With Roman Reigns

On the latest episode of his What Do You Wanna Talk About? podcast, Rhodes opened up about his rivalry with Reigns, although he was careful not to name The Tribal Chief. Interestingly, he described their situation as “as real as it gets.”

“Sometimes the most authentic and personal stories make for great money, ticket-selling, in terms of general revenue,” Rhodes said. “People will never know how real wrestling is in different aspects than just what they see in the canon and the narrative. And that’s the most beautiful thing.

I hate using him as an example, but my greatest rival in this company, I don’t even have to say his name, it’s as real as it could possibly get.

It’s as real as it could possibly get. ‘You would like to be QB1, I would like to be QB1.’ It’s every piece of it. But it’s also, when we get in there, that’s probably my favorite guy to make music with. I don’t know what that is.”

According to a recent report, Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns are set to battle for the WWE Championship for a third time, but maybe not at WrestleMania.

H/t to f4wonline