Cody Rhodes: ‘If You’re A Randy Orton Fan And You Want Him To Get 15, I Don’t Think You Wanted Him To Get 15 Standing Next To Pat McAfee’

Cody Rhodes says fans don’t want to see Randy Orton win his 15th World Title standing next to Pat McAfee.

Earlier this month, Pat McAfee was revealed as the mystery man in the Randy Orton/Cody Rhodes storyline. Orton is currently scheduled to challenge Cody for the Undisputed WWE Championship on Night 2 of WrestleMania.

Speaking with Joe Tessitore on WrestleMania 42 Countdown, Cody Rhodes discussed his storyline with Randy Orton involving Pat McAfee.

“There’s a expression in my family when it comes to WrestleMania specifically, where we say, that’s a curve ball. Curve ball. We had a curveball here. I thought we were going into this student vs. teacher. I thought I’d get the opportunity for the guy I had my first match on WWE TV with, to look at me and see me. I’ve said that a bunch, that’s a really important thing for him to see me and know, oh, he’s a totally different animal. Not only that, he’s gonna beat me. I need him to see that and know that, that’s what I thought I was going into. So put on top of it as if it’s just a cherry, but it’s clearly far deeper than that.

The fact that he left me in a pool of my own blood on your desk. If you’re a Randy Orton fan and you want him to get 15, I don’t think you wanted him to get 15 standing next to Pat McAfee and being something that he’s never been before. This is a tricky word in our world, but I’ll tell you, it’s fake. The Randy Orton that you’re seeing now is fake. The Randy Orton that you’re seeing now will do anything, as we’ve seen, to get to 15. So again, you can’t reconcile that, and really doesn’t help me or behoove me to look at all the good stuff. I know what I felt, I felt the steps against my head. I felt the chair against my head. You only really need one to know what you’re walking into at WrestleMania 42 and how you need to be walking into it.”

Nick Khan recently said WrestleMania 42 will overdeliver while mentioning Pat McAfee’s involvement. Fans can check his comments here.

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