Earlier this year Cody Rhodes made his triumphant return to the ring when he entered the Royal Rumble match, and he punched his ticket for WrestleMania when he picked up the victory. Cody went on to challenge Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship, but ultimately he lost the match and Roman Reigns retained his championship.
The end of the match was a heartbreaking moment for Cody and his fans which The American Nightmare soaked up before he exited SoFi Stadium. During a recent episode of Dale Jr. Download, Cody Rhodes explained what was going through his head after the match while revealing that Bruce Prichard was the first one to greet him when he returned to the backstage area.
“At the time, when I was in OVW, the one that I needed to impress the most was a man named Bruce Prichard. He is a genius, remains a genius, in the industry, and he was Vince’s right hand. You need someone to write down all these ideas, someone to formulate. Bruce came down and knew was he was looking at. He knew me, knew that my dad cared. You could have done it as a favor for my dad, but the best favor he could do for my dad is lead me in the correct way.
To this day, Bruce is still plugged in to WWE, he’s the main guy. When I lost at WrestleMania, I was adamant that I was walking up the ramp. I’m not going side ramp or ‘losers lane.’ It’s the end of the show, 80,000 people, I want to look them in the eye, say sorry or ‘we’re going to get him eventually.’ When I walked up there, I wasn’t sure I was ready to walk into Gorilla. I took a second and [Bruce] came out the curtain. He was just him and I. We had a nice moment and I’ll never forget it. In my mind, I was like, ‘I need to reverse this situation and we have this moment again.’ Bruce has been a big part of my career that I didn’t realize was a big part of my career until I got older.”
As of right now Cody Rhodes is still trying to finish the story, and it’s rumored that WWE is considering a Rhodes vs. Reigns rematch for WrestleMania 40, but obviously a lot can change before the WrestleMania card is made official. Stay tuned for updates.
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