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Hall Of Famer Believes They Played A Huge Part In Cody Rhodes’ Success

Cody Rhodes parted ways with WWE in 2016 and since then his career has changed drastically. The American Nightmare hit the ground running after leaving WWE and he became one of the hardest working wrestlers on the independent scene and then eventually one of the key figures who helped to launch AEW.

Rhodes has since returned to WWE and he is now one of the top stars in the company which is a major change compared to how he was used during his previous run.

When Cody Rhodes was first trying to make his mark in WWE he feuded with Booker T and Rhodes successfully retained his Intercontinental Championship when he defended the belt against Booker T at the TLC pay-per-view in 2011. During a recent interview with MuscleManMalcolm, Booker T talked about working with Cody Rhodes and he explained why he wanted to put Cody over.

“I feel like I have a huge part in Cody Rhodes success [laughs]. I chose to put Cody Rhodes over. I wanted to work with Cody Rhodes. I just saw a World Championship caliber athlete in Cody Rhodes and I wanted to see him get his just due. Coming out of that group, everybody got a little bit of a shine, I thought Cody was the guy who kind of got left out in the cold and I said, ‘let me help him out a little bit.’ Working with Cody definitely gave him that sense of, ‘I can do this.’ Him going out on his own, he proved he can do it. Big ups to Cody Rhodes.”

H/T Fightful

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