Cody Rhodes defeated Kevin Owens to retain the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship at Saturday’s WWE Bash In Berlin 2024 pay-per-view event.
During the post-show media scrum, Cody discussed the demands of being the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion and admitted that he hadn’t fully grasped the extent of the responsibility that comes with the title.
He said, “I dreamed…this was a big thing I wanted, to win the WWE Title and be the first Rhodes with the biggest prize in our game. I can’t say it’s not been what I envisioned as much as, I could have never guessed, even with a lifetime of building up to it, I could have never guessed the amount of responsibility that is handed to you in terms of how you go about doing the live events, how you go about doing your press. Every piece of that, I thought I would have a lifetime to prepare for it. I remember Roman Reigns actually said something to me in an interview, face-to-face, he was talking about the idea of ‘if.’ ‘If’ I was to get to the edge of the mountain and actually do this, that I’d be really tired. I don’t like the T word, at all. I don’t believe in it in our industry. I think the grind is a good thing. I can say there was definitely some truth to what he was saying. It’s a different type of responsibility. I’m still having the most fun I’ve ever had in my life. I really am. With every step you make, it affects the WWE. That’s just a lot of responsibility. If anything, I hope it’s made me better as, of course, a pro wrestler, but I hope it’s made me better as someone in the company of WWE and my business savvy, as Mr. Heyman always calls it in terms of navigating the future in pro wrestling once I officially hang up the boots, if that makes any sense.”
Cody won the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship from Roman Reigns earlier this year at WrestleMania 40 (Night Two).
