Cody Rhodes officially punched his ticket to the main event of WrestleMania 39 by winning the annual 30-Man over-the-top-rope extravaganza on Saturday night. The American Nightmare eliminated WWE Intercontinental Champion GUNTHER to score the biggest victory of his career at the Royal Rumble event at the Alamodome.
Rhodes returned to WWE at WrestleMania 38 following his exit from the promotion in 2016.
While speaking to Ariel Helwani of BT Sport following his Royal Rumble victory, Rhodes admitted to envying John Cena and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson for their spot at the top of the food chain while discussing his past frustrations with WWE.
You can check out some highlights from the interview below:
Cody Rhodes on being upset about a bus that was in front of him with the faces of John Cena and The Rock: “For whatever reason, I was drinking Yoohoo, and it had been in front of me for about a year, and I get it, it’s Cena, it’s Rock, but I was getting so close and getting knocked back down and I took the Yoohoo bottle and I threw it against the side of the bus and I told [Brandi] ‘I just can’t do this. I can’t be number 25 on the call sheet, I can’t even be 1b, man. I want to play quarterback.’
His apology for throwing a Yoohoo bottle at The Rock’s face: “Maybe I had some things when I left that I was right about, but there was a lot I wasn’t right about. … But yeah, I threw a Yoohoo bottle against The Rock’s face. Poor Rock, I’m so sorry.”
Cody on how he was frustrated because he wanted to be in the top spot as well: “These guys, they’re on top and on top and on top, and they’re on top for a reason. I just wanted to be in that spot and it took me some time to get even close to it.”
Rhodes will now challenge WWE Undisputed Universal Champion Roman Reigns in the main event of WrestleMania 39.
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