Credit: Marvel.com
Cody Rhodes recently spoke with Marvel.com about working with his brother and more. Here are the highlights…
On Teaming With Goldust: I talked to some people this morning who talked to me last year around WrestleMania and I think they’re as shocked as I am to say, as it is for me to hear, to be one half of the Tag Team Champions with [my] brother Goldust. He’s 44-years old and in the best shape of his career. He didn’t even work for WWE when we started heading in this direction so it’s been a wave of surprise after surprise. It’s excellent. It’s a very happy time in my career and I’m not easily satisfied with what I do. I’m always trying to climb that ladder and this is one of the few times that I’ve looked around, surveyed the landscape, and been pretty happy.
On The Survivor Series: I’ve been a survivor twice. Both times I ended up like taking a bullet at the end of the match, one for Wade Barrett and one for Randy Orton. So this is a match I think I’ve got good experience in. It’s the match that’s the cornerstone of the pay-per-view. I think some people still remember the Thanksgiving classic that is the Survivor Series with these awesome pairings and “Mean” Gene [Okerlund] would interview all these colorful characters together. That still exists. It’s still the beating heart of that Survivor Series match. You have the polar opposites of the Shield and the Real Americans on one side. You have a character as ridiculous as Goldust, myself, you have the Usos who are also two brothers and you have Rey Mysterio. That’s what I like, the collection. I’ll tell you flat out, it’ll steal the show. There are excellent matches on there, Alberto [Del Rio] and [John] Cena, there’s Randy [Orton] and Big Show. But no match is going to come close to this and those guys can deal with that. It’s the Survivor Series match. I’m very excited about it.
On Rey Mysterio: It’s the first time I’ve looked at Rey across the ring and smiled. When he came back this [past] Monday, I’m glad they shut the cameras off early because I said out loud, I went to shake his hand, “You son of a [expletive].” I didn’t mean it in a negative way. I’ve got such a respect for Rey. That was the point in my career where I broke out. If I ever get a documentary of my career and say what the point was where things changed for me, it was Rey Mysterio. It was really a privilege to be a part of WrestleMania with him. I’m still a fan of Rey. I grew up watching Rey. I know he doesn’t like to hear that. I’m a fan of Rey and [he] and I are good friends now. We both bought huskies at the same time. I’m glad to see him return in the fashion that he’s returned because he has a lot left to give.
On The Current Comics He Is Reading: I’m looking at my app right now to see exactly where I’m reading. Probably the thing right now that has peaked my interest the most is INFINITY. Because I love Black Bolt and it’s really cool to see the Illuminati in the position that they’re in and who’s really, at their core, morally good. It’s such a corrupt hierarchy, even on the babyface side in the Marvel world. That I currently enjoy a lot. Plus, with the film, when “Avengers” came out, I was standing up at the Studio Movie Grill in Buckhead yelling, “It’s Thanos! It’s Thanos!” and everyone was just staring at me. I embarrassed the little crew I came with so I’m excited to learn more because I went back and you can read INFINITY GAUNTLET and stuff like that but it’s like watching an old movie. Sometimes you’re just not in the mood for it so I like the current stuff and catching people up to speed with him.
I think the current [GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY] is so well written. I would say it’s probably, if I’m going to take the time on the plane to read it, it’s probably the second or third thing I’ll read. That expanded universe was really, no pun intended, alien to me. And now I’m not as intimidated by it. The old me, I used to only crack the surface with the Silver Surfer and Galactus. That was as far as I could delve into it. But now I feel like I’ve missed a lot actually as far as what’s out there cosmic wise. Plus, when I was kid, I was massive Kree/Skrull [fan]. I could name everybody. Now I’m having trouble naming who’s who so it’s cool to get back out into the space realm of the Marvel Universe.
