On a recent edition of the “Busted Open Radio” podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Bully Ray compared Cody Rhodes’ Undisputed WWE Universal Title run to Rocky Balboa’s journey in the movie Rocky III.
According to Ray, Rhodes could benefit from having a formidable opponent like Clubber Lang, played by Mr. T in the aforementioned movie. He said,
“Cody Rhodes needs his Mr. T to show up. Yes, Cody’s got a lot of goodwill … but they’re not going to be getting the same level of story or intensity that they got with Roman and The Rock. So it’s going to be very easy for Cody to fall into these ten fights like Rocky Balboa had — yeah, you’re the number one contender, big deal. Nobody poses a credible threat. I want to know who’s Cody’s legitimate, credible threat. As a matter of fact, I would’ve liked to have seen him in the ring with that legitimate, credible threat already. I don’t like this little bit of a lull. I think Cody is cooling a bit.”
Cody Rhodes will defend his title for the first time against AJ Styles at WWE Backlash: France on Saturday, May 4, at the LDLC Arena in Lyon-Décines, France.
During the same “Busted Open Radio” podcast, ECW legend Tommy Dreamer critiqued WWE and AEW for holding post-show press conferences immediately after their pay-per-view events.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On WWE and AEW holding post-show press conferences: “I don’t know what purpose it serves. I thought the media thing at WrestleMania served a purpose. That’s when the shove happened, all that stuff. I thought that was cool, the slap. But then it goes back to media … What great thing has happened from any media thing, except getting knowledge that really has just been focused on the negative?”
On TNA announcing an injury report after TNA Rebellion since both fans and workers were concerned: “TNA [Rebellion], four wrestlers legit got hurt, and I saw that fans were concerned about them. You know why? Because the locker [room] was concerned about them. I said, why don’t we go kinda like ‘Real Sports’ and give an injury report on these people, because people are concerned about people that they actually care about. And we put it out on social, and it worked. But it wasn’t a press conference.”
