Cody Rhodes Thought Someone Like Mick Foley Would Take Over His Dads Position At The WWE Performance Centre
Cody Rhodes thought someone like Mick Foley would take over for Dusty Rhodes at the WWE Performance Centre.
Prior to his passing, Rhodes played a large part in the development of superstars out of the WWE Performance Centre. In particular, he heavily worked on promos with some of the top stars of WWE today including the likes of Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins.
Speaking at the WWE Fastlane press conference, Cody was asked about coming to NXT.
“My manager can tell you this, when I came back to WWE, I flat out told him, ‘I will never step foot in the Performance Center.’ The reason was, not my dislike of the Performance Center, he’s [Dusty Rhodes] everywhere in there. That’s hard. Then I ended up being in the Performance Center a month later to do medical. I went back on that. I just want to go…I have a specific announcement I want to bring and I’m excited to be there and see Shawn Michaels and what he’s done. Carmelo Hayes is one of my favorite people. Trick [Trick Williams]. It’s an impressive group. I don’t think that’s in the cards for me. Here’s the thing, I have probably told you guys a bazillion things and somehow ended up in that exact spot. I don’t know. Dusty told communication. He taught promos, he called it communication. No one really filled that spot after he left. I always thought somebody like Mick Foley would fill that spot. Someone who has been there and did it. I’m not going to teach them anything. I’m going to be there with them and just enjoy it and have fun. It’s outside my comfort zone, I’m genuinely terrified. I’m a little terrified, but we’re in a crazy time for our industry and I’m excited for my announcement and to be able to bring that to the NXT universe, sports entertainment fans, and wrestling fans,”
Cody Rhodes
Cody is currently scheduled to make a major announcement on tonight’s edition of WWE NXT.
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