Cody Rhodes made his return to the ring back in January and he returned in a big way when he won the 30 man Royal Rumble match. Rhodes is currently set to challenge Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship at WrestleMania 39 and he met The Tribal Chief face to face on Friday Night SmackDown last week.
While talking to Cody Rhodes on SmackDown, Roman Reigns brought up his relationship with Dusty Rhodes. The American Nightmare spoke to Kevin Kellam of WrestleBinge about the promo and he noted that he wasn’t interested in talking about his father.
“Can’t avoid it. Those nights when I make it clear that I’m not going to talk about Dusty at all is the night that the other guy talks about Dusty. Just recently, with Roman, I wasn’t really interested in the idea of ‘we’re going to converse on my father,’ but he has a very unique relationship, and had a very unique relationship with my father, so he’s the one that took it up there.
I’m always hip and keen to the amount of emotion that happens with me on television. Everything everyone has been watching since I came back at the Royal Rumble is real. In an industry where there is a suspension of disbelief and areas of gray, this is the most real anything has ever been, trying to win a title that my family never got.
The last opportunity we got for it was in the late 70s. It’s as real as it gets. Coming back from a very real injury, trying to make it to the Royal Rumble, surviving Gunther until I was able to eliminate him, very real. I like that. I prefer that. I have the responsibility, but also to a degree, the burden of the character that I play is myself. That’s what makes ‘finish the story’ sound even better. It’s a real story.”
H/T Fightful
