The current Ring Of Honor World Champion, Cody Rhodes, joined the Sam Roberts Wrestling Podcast. During the interview, Rhodes spoke on his former Bullet-Club mate; Adam Cole & why Cole should make the move to the NXT. “The American Nightmare” also revealed the reasoning behind his “F**k The Revival” sayings that has blown up via social media.
Here are the highlights:
Rhodes On Who He Thinks Is The Best Tag-Team In The World:
“I think the Bucks are hands-down the best tag team in the world because they can do it with anybody, anybody. So that’s my love for the Bucks. They can do it like [a snap of the fingers], whereas a lot you hear about these NXT match-ups, well, they should be the best match you’ve ever seen, they’ve had a month to go over it.”
Rhodes On Never Getting To Wrestle Roderick Strong:
“Roderick Strong didn’t get checked, it’s sad. I thought about making a new list yeah, but I feel like the first list was really good, but the second list would be… there’s more than just opponents. Like, we’ve talked about it. There’s the 10,000-seat arena, that would be on there, that’s a big part of it. Yeah, no, maybe I’ll make a new list.”
Why Adam Cole Should Make His Way To NXT:
“Everybody got to do what’s right for them and he won three different Ring Of Honor world titles and, I mean, he made history for Ring Of Honor. He made that his home, he provided them a really great body of work. If Adam Cole ever asked me, ‘what should I do?’, I’m not saying he did; I feel like the answer is definitely, ‘go to NXT, go to WWE.’ I don’t know if that’s the decision that he has made because you don’t know. If it’s your time, you’ve got to go and, hopefully, we’re seeing more and more, especially with NXT. Guys who built their brand, they’re kind of protected because they already built their brand. Roderick Strong, Samoa Joe, like they didn’t have to really come in and prove themselves, they already proved themselves. They’ve proven themselves to be the best. Galloway, perfect example and I hope that’s what Adam did.”
F**k The Revival:
“Okay, so Revival, here’s one thing; I took the Bucks’ side and here’s my logic behind it: Revival has had some absolutely bang-up, amazing performances on these NXT specials. Okay, the Bucks have these bang-up, unbelievable performances almost every night. When you’re in developmental and this is not a knock on NXT, it’s developmental because you don’t get a check for live events and you’re not on the road. That’s why it’s developmental. It doesn’t mean it’s less than, NXT is obviously incredibly, incredibly hot. It’s super, super cool and they do great things there, but when you have a month, a month straight, knowing of your match and you’re in a wrestling school for a month straight, every day, that better be the best match that anyone ever seen; whereas the Bucks show up with two hours [before bell time] and throw together the best match they’ve ever seen. All it does for me is wanting to see the guys wrestle. I want to see it and that’s the test. That’s the difference when people are like, ‘don’t call NXT developmental’. The difference is doing it every single night, not being in a wrestling school, doing it every single night, that is the difference. That is why it’s called developmental; it doesn’t mean that Samoa Joe, who is not on NXT anymore, or Bobby Roode are developmental talent, those guys are stars, but the difference is being on the road. That’s the difference, which they’ve all been, but that’s the difference. That’s why it’s developmental and one is called the main roster.”
