Robert Roode recently appeared on WWE’s The Bump for an interview and recalled his first opponent on WWE’s Main Roster, Dolph Ziggler. Ziggler and Roode are now Smackdown Tag Team Champions.
Roode spoke about facing Dolph Ziggler in his first match on the Main Roster:
“Before I got to WWE, I knew about Dolph Ziggler. I was always a fan of Dolph. When I first came on the main roster on SmackDown in 2015, Dolph was my very first opponent, and I couldn’t have been happier ’cause I knew the skill level I needed to bring myself up to match him. I knew the first couple of times I was in the ring with Dolph that we were great opponents. In the back of my mind being that tag team guy always, I knew that if I ever had an opportunity to have Dolph in my corner and to be a team, we would be dangerous. We would be exactly what we are: A great tag team.”
Roode also discussed how he would like to change history as a entrant in the Rumble or as defending tag team champ:
“Last year was my very first Royal Rumble outside of The Greatest Royal Rumble. Last year, obviously, being eliminated by Brock Lesnar rather quickly was not so great. So, I’m looking to make new memories in a couple of weeks. Whether it’s defending these tag team championships or going into the Royal Rumble myself and winning it, I’m looking forward to what lies ahead.”
Robert Roode lastly commented on his rise to the top in WWE:
“You have to have confidence in yourself, and up to that point, I was in the business for 15 years, anyway. I felt like I had a great track record, and I had a lot of confidence at that time. Obviously, that confidence carried over to my NXT career. I became the NXT Champion fairly quickly. I had a great and memorable run down there. I enjoyed my time there very much. Then, coming up to SmackDown in 2017, I just continued to have that confidence and believed in myself. I knew that if I kept on this path and kept working hard, my career would continue for as long as I wanted it to. And here we are, 15 years and on top of the mountain as the SmackDown Tag Team Champions, and I couldn’t be happier.”
Credit to WWE’s The Bump and H/T to WrestlingInc for the transcription.
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