Corey Graves is adamant on one thing – Seth Rollins vs. Cody Rhodes at WWE’s Hell in a Cell pay-per-view event was an instant classic – going as far as to call it his pick for Match of the Year. This is the match where Rhodes came in dealing with a torn pectoral muscle, which occurred just days earlier.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On their match of the year: “We’ve been dancing around it. I don’t think this is gonna come [as] a surprise to anyone listening, particularly anyone who listens to After the Bell on any sort of regular basis. And you [Kevin Patrick] and I unanimously agreed, the match of 2022: Cody Rhodes, Seth ‘Freakin” Rollins, inside Hell in a Cell.”
On Rhodes’ return at WrestleMania: “I’m gonna back up even a little bit further, because while we’re talking great moments and memories, I like things that make me feel good. I like things that make me laugh, make me happy. A moment that made every hair on my neck and arms stand up was back at WrestleMania, the shocking return of Cody Rhodes. One of the greatest moments of the year led into another great match.”
On the feud as a whole: “Let’s be all-encompassing here. Hell in a Cell to me was the greatest match. But the trilogy, the rivalry, the promos back and forth. The vitriol between Rollins and Rhodes, the backstory—Everything about it to me was a perfect sports entertainment story in the year 2022.
“From the moment Cody appeared at the top of the Cody-vator on the ramp of WrestleMania. A sight that nobody expected to ever see in that — it was a terribly-kept secret at the time. But in the grand scheme, no one ever thought Cody was coming back to WWE. He does, tears it up with Rollins. They do it again at WrestleMania Backlash, which is somehow is as good if not better than the first encounter. And then here comes the masterpiece. Cody Rhodes with a torn pec… you want to talk about moments and reactions being at ringside, Kevin? I will never as long as I live forget the collective gasp of the WWE fans in Chicago when Cody took his ring jacket off and everyone got eyes on that disgusting purple and black and blue wound that he was insane enough to fight through.”
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