Last week it was revealed that a former WWE employee filed a lawsuit against Vince McMahon accusing him of sex trafficking, and abuse. The following day Vince McMahon officially resigned from the TKO Board of Directors and from his position as Executive Chairman of TKO.
Cody Rhodes picked up a major win on Saturday night when he won the Royal Rumble for the second year in a row. The American Nightmare spoke at the post-show press conference and Cody Rhodes shared his thoughts on the current WWE locker room when he was asked about the Vince McMahon allegations.
“I know as far as the news is concerned, we were finding out and reading the same things you guys were reading. You said a dark cloud, certainly. As far TKO, Nick Khan, and the board, clearly took it very seriously, acted immediately, and looking at the future, I don’t know the answer to that and I think somewhere is a really probably basic tenant of this crew, more than ever, from a roster standpoint, is very family. Never seen anything like this.
Most of the time, wrestling locker rooms are fighting, talking trash about each other, making fun of each other, sandbagging each other in the ring and all that nonsense. This crew is very team-based. Perhaps that’s the ingredient, everyone looking out for everyone, being accountable. For me as a performer, I’ve been through dark periods on our industry. It might sound cheesy, but it’s very reinforcing if you’re in my position, that it’s a time when, ‘Hey, we have 50,000 people out here, I want to give them something else from this weekend that isn’t a terrible situation, terrible news.’ I think we were able to do that. Obviously, as more news comes out, we’ll be seeing it like you do.”
H/T Fightful
