Cody Rhodes was a recent guest on Complex’s “Sneaker Shopping” podcast to give his thoughts on Roman Reigns getting special Nike shoes for WrestleMania 40 and why he believes Jey Uso should also get his own brand of sneakers.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On Roman Reigns getting his own shoe line: “I knew something big was up. I’d seen the stuff hit social, thought, ‘Oh, this looks great.’ For me, just because I grew up in the wrestling business, my mind sometimes goes to, ‘Well, it’s good for wrestling,’ and not, ‘Hey, you’re gonna be fighting this guy in a few hours and screw his shoes, whatever.’ But my mind went to, ‘Good for wrestling.’ I also saw that the Nike luminary figures were lingering around backstage, and I just tried all I could to make it clear that I was gonna try and be a big star that night. So every time someone was around, I would just be right in front of my poster or something like that, just trying like, ‘Hey, if you guys wanna make some other shoes, another set, I’ll be all about it.’ But Roman, that fits him perfectly and fits The Bloodline specifically. There’s a specific fandom for The Bloodline. That’s their world, those shoes.”
On Jey Uso needing his own line: “I think if somebody right now needed a shoe to come out for them and that be their specific version, it would probably be an Air Force specific version for Jey Uso. A YEET [specific]. Because I feel like anyone else, like me, I’m wearing these on the run-ins, I’m wearing these at the airport. He’s wearing them, not just at the airports, on the run-ins, but he’s super kicking people with these shoes, so that’s a whole thing.”
Lexis King recently appeared on the “Busted Open Radio” podcast to discuss his current run in WWE NXT, if he can call himself King of NXT without being NXT Champion, and more.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On if he can call himself King of NXT without being NXT Champion: “People can parade around their belts and their gold all they want, but at the end of the day, I’m on the show every week, and people are tuning in to see me. When I come on, the ratings go up. When things happen, who’s in between it all? I make all the moments happen here at NXT. I’ll give Ethan Page his credit. He came in here in a short span of six weeks, he put himself on top. But I’ve been in this picture since the day I got here, and I’m not going anywhere. Ethan Page, congratulations. Trick Williams, he’s got the crowd behind him. But The King is here to stay, and I’m not going anywhere anytime soon.”
On his goals in NXT: “I’ve already shown that I can hang with Oba [Femi]. I’ve already shown that the North American Title is attainable. I went four rounds for the Heritage Cup with Tony D’Angelo. There isn’t a battlefield that I don’t belong in. As far as the NXT Title, I think that’s what’s on my radar. I think that in order to really encapsulate and improve and culminate as The King of NXT, I’ve got to quite literally be The King of NXT, and that means being the top guy. That means holding the top belt, holding all the gold. When The King’s draped in gold, who’s gonna look better wearing it? Tell me one person that’s going to look more marketable, more important, has more of a respect and more of a legacy in this business. Who deserves it more than Lexis King? Please, tell me.”
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