On a recent edition of his “Wrestling With Freddie” podcast, former WWE writer Freddie Prinze Jr. evaluated the treatment Cody Rhodes received on the “RAW After WrestleMania 40” episode.
Since WWE is treating Rhodes as the new face of the company, Freddie noted that other Superstars in a main event position don’t receive the star treatment Cody Rhodes did as they aren’t seen as homegrown WWE Superstars.
According to Prinze Jr., since WWE still views Cody as “a homegrown guy,” he will receive better treatment than the likes of AJ Styles and LA Knight.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On WWE treating Cody Rhodes better since he’s a “homegrown” talent: “Cody was a homegrown guy. He came up in WWE, he left, but he came up during WWE and they’re always gonna take better care of their homegrown guys than they’re gonna take care of the outside guys.”
On how AJ Styles and LA Knight are not getting the same type of attention from WWE: “I think that’s why AJ Styles and LA Knight didn’t get the story that all the other characters got because all the other characters were homegrown guys and those two are not and they got less attention it felt like. They rocked their match. I thought their match was awesome, but I just didn’t care about their reason why.”
On WWE’s shows in the run up to WrestleMania 40: “It’s felt very different for months, before WrestleMania, and hopefully will continue that way because I’ve really enjoyed it. They’ve had a couple of misses but so has AEW.”
Rhodes will defend the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship against AJ Styles at WWE Backlash: France on May 4.
