Cody Rhodes Says He’s Honored By Being A Polarizing Wrestler
Crowd reactions for Cody Rhodes have changed a bit over the last year, with more fans booing him than they did previously, though he remains one of the most popular babyface wrestlers in the company.
Cody is no stranger to crowds turning on him despite not changing much, as the AEW crowd began to reject him by the end of his run, despite being a babyface on television.
Speaking to Chris Van Vliet on Insight, Cody was asked about being a polarizing wrestler.
“That’s the thing. I’m honored by it. I’m honored by the passion of both sides of the coin. What I would like to do and to honor those who are so excited and those who are so not, however you’d put it, is I want to make sure that I’m not gotten to by it. I think with everything I’ve been through and everything in the business, you hear people say you got thick skin. I can definitely say I have thick skin now, because I used to not have thick skin,” he said.
Asked if he’s trying to win over the audience that might be booing him, he replied, “I don’t want to say no, but there’s a really great line, you watch Rick and Morty? What does he say? He says something about, ‘I don’t care that you boo me, because I’ve seen what you cheer,’ and that is very much my approach often. I spoke about this recently with the big dude from Barstool, Brandon [Walker]. I spoke about that Leslie Knope Parks and Rec episode about bowling, where she spent so much time on the guy who was never going to vote for it in the first place. Unfortunately, you do that to discount your own, the people who are already there for you, but I don’t want to be against them either, if that makes any sense. I think John had it perfect, and watching John, having my own skin really, really beat up and thickened up over the course of my career has made it so that I think I’ve got the lane I can run in and make something very entertaining for both sides of the coin.”
Cody is set to defend his Undisputed WWE Championship against Randy Orton at WrestleMania 42.
While making the media rounds, Cody commented on the “Golden Boy” moniker. You can find his comments here.
