Cody Rhodes steps as much as face The Rock in tag crew motion at WrestleMania subsequent month, and his brother has an express three-word message for The Nice One.
Cody will stand throughout the ring from the legendary wrestler turned film star on April 6 because the first night of WrestleMania 40 is foremost evented by a high-stakes tag crew match.
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Rhodes companions with Seth Rollins to fulfill The Rock and Rock’s real-life cousin, Roman Reigns, the undisputed Common WWE Champion.
Whereas the large image seems to be WWE’s establishing Rhodes as its prime star and fan favorite, there’s little question Dwayne Johnson has been dominating the headlines.
As a part of the on-screen feud between the 4 grapplers designed to hype WrestleMania, the place Rhodes and Reigns will wrestle one another in the primary occasion of evening two, there have been some robust phrases spoken.
Monday evening noticed Cody blast Johnson an “a******” in response to The Rock labelling his foe as a “mistake” at delivery and issuing a thinly veiled menace to the American Nightmare’s mom.
Whereas all issues could also be honest in love, conflict {and professional} wrestling, the powerful speak has actually caught the eye of some outdoors of WWE.
Rhodes’ brother, Dustin, is likely one of the most controversial stars of WWE’s famed Perspective Period within the Nineties – he wrestled as Goldust and was a former Intercontinental Champion.
A veteran of the enterprise, Rhodes continues to be a part of rival organisation All Elite Wrestling, and took to social media to take a pop at The Folks’s Champion.
Starring in a promotional video staged by his Rhodes Wrestling Academy, he hyped matches, stars and championships, earlier than turning the tables and directing his consideration to The Rock.
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“Yet one more factor,” he mentioned on the finish of the video on X. “Zoom in right here somewhat bit.”
Rhodes, Cody’s elder sibling, then regarded into the digicam and added: “F*** The Rock!”
Whereas wrestlers speaking smack about each other is way from a brand new sensation, the sight of 1 Rhodes publicly weighing in on a feud involving one other might elevate an eyebrow or two contemplating they work in competing firms.
As Goldust, Dustin Rhodes was no stranger to controversy throughout his WWE run.
The character pushed the proverbial envelope of sexuality at a time when only a few did on display, as a sinister and theatrical celebrity, clad all in gold and recurrently making suggestive remarks and gestures to the corporate’s prime male stars.
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He held the Intercontinental Championship 3 times in WWE, as soon as defeating the legendary Scott ‘Razor Ramon’ Corridor on the 1996 Royal Rumble.
He ended his most up-to-date stint with the corporate in 2019 earlier than linking up with Tony Khan’s AEW.
That Spring, he battled brother Cody in a stellar match at Double or Nothing, with Cody popping out on prime in a match rated as a five-star encounter by famous wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer.
