Cody Rhodes took his career to a whole new level when he defeated Roman Reigns to become the new Undisputed WWE Champion at WrestleMania 40 last year. It’s safe to say that Cody has a target on his back now that he’s the champion and you never know who might come looking for him.
Recently during a Live Q&A on Backstage Pass, JBL was asked if he would be interested in hitting Cody Rhodes with a clothesline, and the Hall of Famer made it clear that he would be happy take Cody out.
“Absolutely. Are you kidding me? That’s the Holy Grail. That’s the guy you want to clothesline. That’s there’s a lot of money tied to that clothesline. I would do that happily.”
JBL went on to talk about Cody’s success since winning the Undisputed WWE Championship and he praised The American Nightmare for being able to following Roman Reigns’ historic title reign.
“Cody is doing a fantastic job. I could not be more proud of Cody. I love Cody and he’s just, you know, taking over after Roman Reigns had a reign that was the most dominant we’ve seen since Bruno Sammartino. Nobody thought you’d see something like that again. To follow that is really tough. Cody Rhodes has followed it and taking WWE to a new level. You know, Warrior could not follow Hogan, guys could not follow Sammartino, but Cody has done an incredible job. I don’t know who could follow Cody. I don’t got anybody who could, but I wouldn’t mind clotheslining him.”
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