Cody Rhodes made headlines while making the media rounds during WrestleMania week when he stated that he nearly got into a fist fight backstage with Seth Rollins.
Rollins and Rhodes worked together from Rhodes' return at WrestleMania 38 to his injury at WWE Hell in a Cell with Rhodes winning all three matches.
Speaking to Daniel Cormier of ESPN, Rollins was asked for his side of the story regarding the near fight.
"I can't get into so many details on that. There is a level of truth to that. The bottom line is, I feel, based on my body of work and what I've contributed to this company over the course of this last decade; I should be in that position. I'm the one who has held it down while he drifted off and went and did his own thing, respect to him, great. He drifted off and did his own thing. I'm the one who held it down. Whenever everybody got hurt or did something else or went off or took part-time schedules or wanted to do less and ask for more or wanted to go somewhere else because they weren't happy -- you don't think there has been plenty of times where I haven't been happy or plenty of times where I haven't felt like I've been on the short end of the stick? There are a ton of stories I could tell about that, but I don't, I keep it to myself. I put my head down, I work hard, I vouch for this company. I feel like, what he's getting..I'm just not entirely comfortable with it. That just creates some natural friction between the two of us. When tempers flare, tempers flare. There is a little truth to that, but I can't get into too many details. There is some level of mutual respect, there has to be in this industry, but at the same time, there is animosity as well," he said.
Rollins and Rhodes will compete on different nights at WrestleMania 39 as Rollins will face Logan Paul on night one while Rhodes will face Roman Reigns on night two.
Fans can check out the lineup for both nights by clicking here.
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