Cody Rhodes has been working hard over the last few years and he’s managed to become one of the top stars in WWE. The American Nightmare has a plethora of moves in his arsenal, and some of them have been lifted from other wrestlers.
Recently Cody Rhodes spoke to Fightful about a rule he has when it comes to using moves that are used by other wrestlers, and he noted that he thinks everything is fair game if he’s faced a certain wrestler more than five times.
“Booker T, in the corner. Jerry Lynn also does it. I’ll do the spin over into a sunset flip. My rule is, if I wrestle you more than five times, I can do all your stuff. It’s only my rule, and people hate it. I love the Cody Cutter. I think it’s better than an Os-Cutter, but I did get it from Will, so fair play to Will, who’s super talented. Beyond super talented.
“If I’ve wrestled you more than five times, I told Jay Lethal this once, and he hated it,” Cody continues. “He’s like, ‘No, wait, no, no, that’s not how it works.’ I can do your stuff. It’s just my rule, and I’m waiting for someone to be like, ‘Hey, please don’t.’ But hey, I like to sponge. Part of what we do is, I got to lean into being a Rhodes, so I can do these Rhodes things. I got to lean into being part of the indie revival. I got all that, and I’m lucky to have been part of it. So I sponge off as much as I can. The Booker roll, which Jerry does as well, there’s a couple of Arn Anderson things that I do that are hard to visualize. It’s all someone else’s. I just try to put into a Nightmare package.”
