Cody Rhodes Speaks About Having Dusty Rhodes’ Promos As Part Of WWE SummerSlam Entrance: “It’s Like He Came Down To The Ring With Me…”

It meant a lot to Rhodes to have his father a part of his entrance.

Before going on to defeat John Cena in the main event of SummerSlam to become Undisputed WWE Champion, Rhodes’ ring entrance included a mashup of promos from his late father, Dusty Rhodes.

The new champion guest appeared on the SummerSlam Sunday Post-Show and opened up about having his father’s voice accompany him to the ring. He said it felt like Dusty was out there with him.

“You’ve got a really wonderful — Brian Fadem in the truck and you’ve got Triple H and I had an idea of maybe some words that could describe the journey of a champion, the words of somebody describing the chase… Hey, the words they used were his words and ‘the view never changes’ is my favorite thing he ever said because it’s so accurate and no matter what you do here, it is so hard to climb and to put that view in a different perspective and to try and lead like he suggested. I can’t have him here with me, but in a moment like that, I can feel him with me and that’s a blessing. I’m lucky to have that, and it’s like he came down to the ring with me in a way.”

Rhodes and Cena embraced one another post-match, and Rhodes left the ring to Cena. The show closed with the return of Brock Lesnar, who laid Cena out with an F5.

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