Cody Rhodes Recalls What Mama Rhodes Told Him After WrestleMania 39

Cody Rhodes shares advice his mom gave him after WrestleMania 39. 

Mama Rhodes became part of the story ahead of WrestleMania XL when The Rock kept using her name to highlight how badly he was going to beat her son. At WrestleMania XL, Mama Rhodes saw her son finish the story, sitting ringside as Cody defeated Roman Reigns to win the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship. 

“One thing about my mom is, my mom does not want to be on TV. She doesn’t want to be Mama Rhodes. She’s usually asleep during the show,” Cody said at the WrestleMania XL press conference. “She doesn’t know this, but I’ll never forget, I was really worried when I didn’t win at WrestleMania 39, the journey that I fought, ‘How can I get back to WrestleMania 40 and do it all again?’ I remember saying to her, ‘I just want to be quarterback.’ She didn’t mean it in any negative way, but how she slid right in as I said that and said, ‘Just one time.’ When she said that, I realized that I was out of time. It was now or never. WrestleMania 39, it felt this was it, this was the moment, this is the most obvious thing ever. No. What they asked me, what the challenge was, what the task was — I just heard The Miz, who I’ve known my whole career tell me that was an incredible amount of pressure. I’m not going to pat myself on the back here, but I feel the gauntlet was laid down and I was able to get through to the other side. Ultimately, the biggest challenge in front of me was the biggest movie star in the world, Dwayne The Rock Johnson, Mr. Heyman, now a Hall of Famer, and of course, the Tribal Chief, a man on the Mount Rushmore of pro wrestling, sports entertainment, Roman Reigns. I’m lost in all of this, if that makes any sense, I am. If I learned anything from my dad, if it’s a good night, you don’t want it to end.”

Elsewhere during the press conference, Cody commented on ending Roman’s reign and what Roman’s run meant. You can find his full comments by clicking here. 

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