Cody Rhodes needs his WWE Championship matches to have a unique really feel in comparison with different champions from the previous.
It was at WrestleMania 40 in Philadelphia when Cody Rhodes turned the WWE Champion for the primary time. Cody’s win over Roman Reigns cemented him as WWE’s high star who’s presently on the Smackdown model.
Since successful the WWE Championship, Cody has defended the title at stay occasions commonly whereas additionally selecting up wins over AJ Kinds at Backlash France and Logan Paul on the King and Queen of the Ring PLE in Saudi Arabia.
These two matches had been each thought of to be excellent by many individuals who watched them. The Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer rated the Rhodes/Kinds match at 5 stars, which is one other approach of claiming it was an distinctive match as a result of not a variety of matches will attain that degree in a given 12 months.
In an interview with The Babyfaces Podcast, Cody spoke about how he needs his WWE Title matches to signify a unique time for the corporate in comparison with what it was like throughout Roman Reigns’ 1,316-day title run that Cody ended at WrestleMania.
“Huge factor for me was, I needed the matches to mirror a unique time for the title, and I don’t know if the Logan [Paul] one checked that field essentially, however I can inform you the primary AJ match definitely did, when it comes to what myself as champion would seem like.”
“I feel a factor to keep away from, pitfall, is to make the comparisons to what Roman did as a result of it was such a novel time, Roman carrying WWE by COVID and having the titles for thus a few years and all that.”
“For me, it’s all about making it my very own factor, and the fact is, if WrestleMania XL was the height, then it was a very unbelievable peak. However I had a superb tendency to see the place the puck goes within the trade, and I feel it solely will get higher from right here.”
Whereas Cody particularly didn’t say it, he might have been referring to the Roman Reigns match template that noticed the Tribal Chief cheat to retain his title on many events.
Cody Rhodes Defending The WWE Championship At Conflict At The Citadel
On the WWE Conflict on the Citadel PLE in Glasgow, Scotland subsequent Saturday, June fifteenth, Cody Rhodes will defend the Undisputed WWE Championship in opposition to AJ Kinds for the second time.
The match was agreed to on WWE Smackdown in Louisville when an enraged Cody needed revenge on Kinds, who faked his retirement one week earlier and that led to an inexpensive assault by Kinds on Rhodes. After Kinds mentioned that he needed a WWE Championship match, Cody granted it, however provided that Kinds agreed to an “I Give up Match” and it turned official shortly after that.
Try the WWE Conflict on the Citadel lineup beneath.
* World Heavyweight Championship: Damian Priest (c) vs. Drew McIntyre
* I Give up Match for the Undisputed WWE Championship: Cody Rhodes (c) vs. AJ Kinds
* WWE Girls’s Championship: Bayley (c) vs. Piper Niven
* Intercontinental Championship: Sami Zayn (c) vs. Chad Gable
* WWE Girls’s Tag Crew Championships: Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill (c) vs. Shayna Baszler & Zoey Stark vs. Alba Fyre & Isla Daybreak
You’ll be able to watch WWE Conflict on the Citadel, streaming stay Saturday, June 15, at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT on Peacock in the US and on WWE Community in all places else.
