Cody Rhodes has been one of the top stars in WWE ever since he returned to the company in 2022. Rhodes recently defeated Drew McIntyre to become a three time Undisputed WWE Champion, and he’s set to main event WrestleMania for the the fourth year in a row.
Recently some fans have seemingly grown tired of seeing Cody in top spot and The American Nightmare referred to himself as a “polarizing wrestler” during an appearance on Insight with Chris Van Vliet. While talking about how the mixed reaction makes him feel, Cody said that he’s honored by it.
“That’s the thing. I’m honored by it. I’m honored by the passion of both sides of the coin. What I would like to do and to honor those who are so excited and those who are so not, however you’d put it, is I want to make sure that I’m not gotten to by it. I think with everything I’ve been through and everything in the business, you hear people say you got thick skin. I can definitely say I have thick skin now, because I used to not have thick skin.”
When asked if he’s trying to win over fans who might be booing him Cody added, “I don’t want to say no, but there’s a really great line, you watch Rick and Morty? What does he say? He says something about, ‘I don’t care that you boo me, because I’ve seen what you cheer,’ and that is very much my approach often. I spoke about this recently with the big dude from Barstool, Brandon [Walker]. I spoke about that Leslie Knope Parks and Rec episode about bowling, where she spent so much time on the guy who was never going to vote for it in the first place. Unfortunately, you do that to discount your own, the people who are already there for you, but I don’t want to be against them either, if that makes any sense. I think John had it perfect, and watching John, having my own skin really, really beat up and thickened up over the course of my career has made it so that I think I’ve got the lane I can run in and make something very entertaining for both sides of the coin.”