“It Was So Surprising”: Cody Rhodes Recalls How He Was Proved Wrong by the Faithful WWE Universe After Returning at WrestleMania 38

The start of the year 2022 was wild for professional wrestling. The business saw the biggest jumping of the ship, i.e. Cody Rhodes, leaving AEW for WWE. This was indeed something nobody thought ever happen in a million years, but it did and The American Nightmare returned at WrestleMania 38. But Rhodes was worried about something else during his WWE return.

He faced Seth ‘Freakin’ Rollins at the grandest stage last year and the fans have tremendously supported him. Recently, Rhodes shared being surprised he was still getting a huge pop even after losing to Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 39.

Cody Rhodes on still getting a huge response from the fans

In a recent interview with Comicbook.com, the 37-year-old WWE star shared he thought fans would “boo” in WWE. Rhodes was of the opinion, him helping create and wrestle in AEW would let the fans not cheer him at WrestleMania 38 in Dallas. However, he recalled the opposite happened.

Rhodes said, “Well, I think its was so surprising in Dallas showing up. I remember being thinking they might boo me….But I thought maybe this audience will take time, and they received it so warmly. They were so excited and we had some record metrics in terms of adding me to shows and then merchandise stuff, that I was so nice to hear. But the thought for me for being an internal pessimist was well, it’ll fade.”

The former TNT Champion added, “Naturally, it’ll fade and we were in a situation we are it didn’t and now it’s grown. And now we’re kind of putting another position leaving WrestleMania not the champion. That’s the biggest challenge as far as from me to make sure that it’s hot as it has ever been.”

Nevertheless, Rhodes lost against Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 39, which was an highly anticipated match. Many thought he would win the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship this year. 

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However, that didn’t happen, but he still aims to take the titles from The Tribal Chief, which might possibly happen at WrestleMania 40. As of The American Nightmare, has set his eyes on Brock Lesnar, whom he will face at Backlash.

Rhodes gets his hands on The Beast Incarnate

In the latest episode of RAW, the WWE Universe saw the former two-time Intercontinental Champion punch Lesnar. The Beast was standing in the ring, taking a shot at Rhodes when this happened.

Lesnar sold the punch from Rhodes like a cruiserweight wrestler. Subsequently, the fans are waiting for The American Nightmare to go toe-to-toe with The Conqueror on Saturday. The 10-world champion attacked the former AEW star on RAW after WrestleMania 39 and their feud started.

What are your thoughts on Cody Rhodes’ comments? Do you think Rhodes will challenge Roman Reigns again after a brief detour with Lesnar? Share your opinion below.

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