Triple H wasn’t angry when Cody Rhodes broke a throne reminiscent of The Game’s King of Kings aesthetic, the WWE CCO has revealed this week.
At AEW Double or Nothing 2019, Rhodes used a sledgehammer to break the Triple H-inspired seat in an unsubtle shot at the King of Kings.
On a recent edition of the “Allen and Carly” podcast, Triple H recalled his reaction to the spot at the time. He said,
“I laughed about it then. People make that stuff out to be so much more than it is. If I was in his shoes, I’d have done the same thing. And it’s one of the things that I love about Cody is, I watched Cody go from being a kid in this business, and I don’t mean that as disrespectful. He’s literally a kid.
“His dad was in some way a mentor to me. We started NXT together. He was a big part of that system, I learned a lot from Dusty and sort of sitting under his learning tree as well. We had a wonderful partnership. And to see him grow from literally this kid to coming in, trying to find his way in the business, and come out of his dad’s shadow which was monumental. Then gambling on himself to go find himself and find who he was.”
Cody returned to WWE in 2022 and has been one of the promotion’s top stars under Triple H’s creative direction.
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