The winner of the 2023 men’s Royal Rumble match, Cody Rhodes will challenge Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship in the main event of WrestleMania 39.
Ahead of his title clash at WrestleMania, Rhodes has praised 16-time World Champion John Cena as the “ultimate role model” for his professionalism with the media, fans, and colleagues. During a recent appearance on the My Mom’s Basement podcast, The American Nightmare lavished praise on The Champ.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
Cody Rhodes on John Cena being the ultimate role model: “John’s the ultimate role model as far as how he conducted himself. Whether it was with the media, with the fans — the good fans, the more unruly fans, everything. He is the ultimate role model. And before he became a bus guy, I got to drive him around a little bit. He was just talking, but I was in my mind, just writing everything down that he was saying. He was really invaluable as a person to be around.”
On how he thinks he would act as the locker room leader: “But I think if you try to copy what he did … everyone’s got to do it their own way. And I think my style of — if I ever was to be somebody that was a locker room leader — would just be to lead by example. I know because my time in management and being an executive, as beneficial as that was to me and as educational as it was to me, sometimes it’s easier to lead by example.”
