"Nothing Offends Me More Than Pretend Wrestlers" - Cody Rhodes On Part Timers In WWE

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[@Atalas5]

this is what he said after being asked "What do you think of Logan Paul?"

[@joekuvorkian]

Thank you! I was over here like "New Japan Wrestlers are still wrestlers" but I didn't realize he was in character talking about Logan Paul. 😂

[@MValleysMostWanted91]

😂 i dont think that match makes any sense right now.

[@KtownMisfit1975]

Logan gets special training so he can perform. It's bs, he doesn't earn anything. It's a huge insult to wrestling.

[@joekuvorkian]

@@KtownMisfit1975 I don't disagree with you, however pro wrestling disrespected itself by allowing this stuff. They allowed it because he already had a following, it's how pro wrestling has always worked.

[@KtownMisfit1975]

​@@joekuvorkian and I agree with you. Could that be part of why WWE is doing so good now? Thanks to Logan, I think I feel sick now. Lol

[@user-jw5jb2vi2m]

Clarification, He's talking about the so called "Special Attractions" Not the Legends who come back for a Couple of Months and want to feel Normal again but can't Physically work a Full Schedule.

[@joe.limbus]

Or the people that have to have another job to support their wrestling career because it hasn't taken off....I get what Cody was saying tho, talking about the guys who only want to live a wrestling lifestyle without actually wrestling

[@jaccblikky8977]

I think he’s talking about the aew schedule

[@CDodger24]

Oh you mean the current US champ that has only defended his title twice?

[@jackrobinson6602]

@@CDodger24yeah but to give Logan his dues, you can tell he’s fell in love with the sport and really gives it his all

[@Klaus_the_Fish]

@@jackrobinson6602yeah ok lmao

[@spirit8296]

Cody’s got that 80s mindset, fresh from Dusty. I love it.

[@Clipper1094]

Yeah, I don’t think that’s a road we should go down again. The 80s wrestler mindset is a cautionary tale a lot of today’s wrestlers have heeded, thankfully.

[@theprodigy9617]

No ​@@Clipper1094

[@rockydon3400]

So he constantly stays fucked up on drugs and alcohol? That's what wrestlers did in the 80s kiddo

[@silpancho566]

Cody takes as a job and serious. I being a fan since the 80s. Love his passion, thank u Cody😊😊😊😊

[@JPYDKME]

Buddy he was born in 85😂

[@timewarpeatscrayons]

@@JPYDKMEi think he meant a fan of pro wrestling since the 80s, or a fan of dusty rhodes since the 80s

[@KtownMisfit1975]

AEW wrestlers should listen to him

[@syko2695]

They had the chance

[@loganfisher3431]

AEW has plenty of guys who eat, sleep, amd breathe pro Wrestling. We need to put a pin in the tribalism bro.

[@syko2695]

@@loganfisher3431 It's not tribalism to notice a distinctly visible pattern

[@MrFoffof]

@@syko2695 I'll bite - what pattern?

[@syko2695]

@@MrFoffof I'm not particularly trying to bait anyone, but since you asked; There are several people in AEW that you can tell are there exclusively to get away with being lazy. You have talent turning up once a week to do some spots or use some weapons and piss off again, talent saying in public that they don't care about learning from the many veterans they're wasting, plenty of talent that don't care to sell anything or make anything look even remotely realistic (Moxley's is particularly awful), and many other things that simply do not exist in the WWE because they make you learn how to do it properly and if you don't have a vested interest in doing so, they just send you back to the bingo halls. AEW took the cast of a bingo hall (quite literally in the case of PWG), put it on TV and did nothing to make the talent suitable for said TV.

[@flyinmonkeypunchlad7063]

"2 to 4 times a month" sounds like aew schedule 😂

[@Kfm7]

As I recall , cena said this same thing about the Rock but ended up regretting it. Cody needs to keep this in mind also. One day it might come back and bite him in the ass .

[@brocksells197]

Roman also said it to John during their 2017 feud and look at him now. Makes me wonder if Rock ever made similar comments to "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan back when they feuded

[@woahjuice.]

he doesn't mean full on part timers that have already done full time in the past, he means people who only show up once in a while and don't give it their all, like they don't care for the game

[@tonygucciano6875]

not about that. probly about logan Paul or someone like that

[@kylewalsh8809]

Samoans have had a huge bug up their asses the last 10-15 years. It's celebrities who think wrestling and average Telivised entertainment are the same.

[@ericsmusic5927]

Bro, this video is years ago lmao 🤣

[@lewiswestgarth813]

Say Logan Paul. Without saying Logan Paul

[@giuseppecosta811]

Well, Cody is helping to develop the Business, and the fact that he helped to create another Company to compete amongst the other companies, specially giving WWE a run for its money, gives Cody the Credentials to speak about everything in the Wrestling World. And the Guy is a machine, literally becoming an Incredibly Valuable Player in The Wrestling Business.

[@aaronxtreme3752]

What is even worse than that is when you're wrestling 6 times a week and are booked to work one of those weekend warriors. Absolutely the worst! I can elaborate more and more but I'll digress.

[@user-wl3mj2ds5m]

So you agree to losing?

[@petebagwell6666]

​@@user-wl3mj2ds5m he just means to work with one

[@TxWrestler5150]

Please elaborate. I'm curious

[@jac0736]

@@TxWrestler5150weekend warrior is a term thrown out to people that wrestle on the weekends but still have regular jobs and personal lives. It’s vet speak for this guy isn’t blowing his money on my training school to run hip toss drills again.

[@Bobby-uk2wo]

Pls elaborate Mr Bolea

[@dandyman204]

He’s talking about Enzo Amore

[@eliotheeternal]

What an entertaining champion telling us things that we already know🤣

[@MrWestTiger]

It's a bit of a privileged position to be able to wrestle any MORE than 2-4 times a month. If he's talking about this within the context of WWE than that's a different story. But there's plenty of wrestlers that would kill for a schedule that allows them to wrestle that often.

[@Raider_Rick]

Every wrestler is a pretend wrestler 😂

[@MrOuija-rr8kq]

It’s real goddamnit

[@albagubrath1]

Hasn't he only wrestled 3marches since winning the belt 😂

[@elijahreynoldsdrums3262]

I guess live events don’t count?💁🏾‍♂️

[@albagubrath1]

Course not 🤣

[@GarryG]

He's wrestled over 17 matches bro. Count live shows in. He's putting his body on the line​@@albagubrath1

[@Bayley4ever]

@@albagubrath1 Why don't live events count? They are still matches, they risk injury every time they go out there. And not everyone makes the money Cody does to only wrestle.

[@albagubrath1]

Only because the subject is matches...see folk moan about other wrestler who haven't wrestled on live TV but HAVE done live events so Cody would need to be on the same argument. Can't count live events for Cody but not everyone else.

[@Heedler]

He pulled back the curtain on AEW

[@augusto2006-amg]

"Pretend" wrestlers😂how ironic

[@KratosM4000]

So the entire AEW roster

[@Awesomenesspersonified]

The rock. Cena. And now romans reigns all used to wrestle full time with cena being the longest. Now they are all movie actors.

[@alexsmith3598]

He's said this about himself too. When he was in lesdership at AEW, he thought he lost touch with his performance.

[@craqqem8976]

Hes literally like this now that hes champion lol

[@OutlawNabil97]

Why should The Champion wrestle every week and defend his Title all the time, that's the job of the challenger showing and proving to us that they deserve to have a match with The Champ, open Challenges ruin the prestige of the Title and makes it like anybody can win it as if it's the 24/7 Title

[@ebi-chan2970]

Bs. He's srill doing a bunch of house shows and is number 1 in matches wrestle

[@jordanbone1898]

Does that mean he is taking a shot at roman because roman had a legit reason why he works part time

[@scoobyholcomb5580]

Roman Reigns and Logan Paul are definitely pretend Restless

[@dannywright1317]

Impressed by this thread and the shit bot comments

[@fatheadfred]

I disagree. Most of them pretend wrestlers didn't have a boost up the ladder.

[@jodystrickland9150]

Ouch Cody. I know a few guys who wrestle but also have a full time job

[@steviejunior9692]

I got to see Rhodes at a Super Show in Macon Ga. Better still I got to see Kingston advance in the King of the Ring tournament even though he lost the next round the next night. Rhodes needs to bring Kingston into the title scene again. That would be a series of great matches.

[@retrokoh]

Bro just shot at AEW under the guise of knocking Logan Paul in kayfabe.

[@miami444]

Logan Paul is better in the ring and on the mic. They gave you that belt as a charity. Enjoy your 15 minutes until Roman comes back.

[@eatingsfun]

When you withhold a wrestler from performing regularly and allocate only pay per veiw events to them, it makes people think they are of a higher calibre than wrestlers who appear every week.

[@prophetichippo]

I will say AEW wrestlers can’t do a WWE schedule. While it’s healthier on the body, fans wait for months at a time for the next AEW pay-per-view. They only work Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Meanwhile ole WWE gives you your fix every week. Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays, once a month on Saturday and house shows in between

[@user-md1hu8go5q]

Didnt Aew wrestlers wrestle 3-4 times a month? I thought that was a good thing for him

[@tommynorcal]

No, they would work other promotions inbetween

[@comradetyrone2298]

Nice to see to hat kayfabe isn't dead based on yhese comments

[@EyeMixMusic]

Wrestling "2 to 4 times a month" is exactly how wrestlers SHOULD be working to stay healthy. So many legends died young working 300 nights a year. Cody should not be glorifying that.

[@srjr91402]

Wrong, he absolutely SHOULD. EVERY single man and woman who became a professional wrestler CHOSE that life. They knew exactly what the risks were when they signed up, nobody held a gun to their heads and forced to become pro wrestlers, they did it because they WANTED to, if they didn't really want to wrestle and actually earn their money(unlike Roman Part-timer Reigns who sits home 3/4 of the year), then maybe they should have chosen a different career path. Don't make excuses for them, Cody is doin' those legends a massive service by glorifying their hard work and dedication to doing what they loved doing, their time spent, dedication and effort to what they loved is what makes all of those beloved legends as legendary as they are.

[@jarrettbatchelor1873]

Can’t wait to wrestle in the WWE one day

[@PaoloTheGooner08]

Well this aged well 😂

[@Noirflux]

I'm only gonna live for so long Cody.

[@DannyDiablo1013]

2-4 times a month is every week though.

[@sctmcg]

Sorry but he's talking like he's done something. Guy currently has the same number of major world titles as Vince Russo

[@Bobby-uk2wo]

Being Dusty’s kid I guess he don’t understand most indi guys only get that many bookings, wrestling 3/4 times a month is not a choice

[@colerobin7708]

He’s talking about celebrity appearances like Logan Paul

[@Bobby-uk2wo]

@@colerobin7708 seems bitter/upset that Logan Paul can just step in and do it

[@Bayley4ever]

I know and he forgets, WWE they wrestle Raw or Smackdown, then two house shows on the weekend. Not the schedule of a full time wrestler. LOL But, seriously maybe he is talking about Logan Paul or somebody like that, but, as much as I hate Logan Paul he is killing it in WWE.

[@Feuerfr3i]

Jim Cornette has been preaching this. Cody gets it.

[@03carlito03]

Cody throwing shots at Brock, Roman and Logan!!

[@ronero_urvanwar]

He's not talking about Roman or Brock. Those guys are experienced. He's talking about lazy wrestlers trying to make it in the business.

[@RC-ow2dk]

Some can only get on shows 3/4 times a month whilst breaking through

[@celticthunderfan16]

I think think what he is talking about isn't just working shows but also training. Even if your area only books shows 1 or 2 days a weekend (like most areas) you can be in the gym, watching footage, listening to seminars, working on your look and your gimmick. Wrestling is much mor than just your time in the ring in front of an audience.

[@jerwwilliams]

Did Ostrich cry after he heard this?

[@TheExileYT]

Only rarely does Cody make me wanna tell him to touch grass

[@zachariahmorris833]

That same thing is in every job. I see it in the trades. People see these shorts and memes and think that's how they should. act on a job site. It's like thier is a massive wave of people playing pretend.

[@ninjanunch2769]

Ric Flair lived it

[@gherreraj]

Oh yeah like when you wanted to be an actor then failed at that and decided to be a wrestler after. Yeah be fully committed huh. Just don’t Cody. Dustin is fully committed from the beginning. Wrestling was your back up plan.

[@macdonaldsadler]

Not just in wrestling, in all things you do in life.

[@TheReaL_DFran]

Could this be, at least in some part, why he left a certain place & went back to another certain place?!? Im just saying...

[@scottiewiseman1192]

No

[@deathmauler181]

​@@scottiewiseman1192 maybe

[@scottiewiseman1192]

@deathmauler181 No, he even said it himself

[@TheReaL_DFran]

@@deathmauler181 I was just joking to begin with, but of course the mark squad has to come out to tell me NO he didnt! he loves those guys blah blah blah. I said it jokingly but there could be truth to it, Cody is such a great communicator that he would Never publicly admit any real tension/issues that has even the slightest chance to cast a negative shadow on something he helped create & Im sure still loves to some degree.

[@deathmauler181]

@@TheReaL_DFran i just sorta,saw it initially as just a bit of humor.

[@DeadEye42069]

Tf, once a week ain't good enough? I can have the same exact criticism for boxing and be called a moron

[@celticthunderfan16]

I think think what he is talking about isn't just working shows but also training. Even if your area only books shows 1 or 2 days a weekend (like most areas) you can be in the gym, watching footage, listening to seminars, working on your look and your gimmick. Wrestling is much mor than just your time in the ring in front of an audience.

[@DeadEye42069]

@@celticthunderfan16 that makes a lot more sense, shouldn't that be expected tho? Lmaoo

[@celticthunderfan16]

@@DeadEye42069 You know, one would hope. haha

[@dsadams17]

Wonder how he feels about Roman and Logan then...

[@Pahricida]

I'd rather watch logan paul than the young bucks 🤷🏻

[@jayjaywillz9890]

He’s clearly on about Roman

[@abaoaqu1333]

Can't be, roman had been a full timer for awhile before going part time.

[@jayjaywillz9890]

@@abaoaqu1333 no he is talking about Roman dude. Romans fuckin shit anyways

[@coryrobert7305]

This attitude is why he is so over with fans. He's there all the time giving his all, not just once in a while between movies or whenever he feels like it

[@RyanDMoore]

Seems to be talking about AEW

[@trob7090]

Cody has only wrestled twice on tv since mania. He literally is only wrestling 2-3 per month. Maybe once on tv a house show or two and the PPV. Just like Roman he is becoming very thing he set to destroy. 😂😂😂

[@buhbuhjaychampagne1706]

Most shows where he comes out and talks, he wrestles a dark match after the show is recorded. WWE has been doing this for decades. During the AE, it would be The Rock or SCSA vs. HHH and the good guy would win. Sends the fans home happy.

[@wanmanrmy]

It’s kind of hypocritical for a wrestling nepo baby to talk about what it takes to wannabe wrestlers without family ties to the business. Don’t get me wrong, Cody is great now but having Dusty as a dad was a massive part of getting him in the door and started.

[@Mike-bk5yc]

MJF

[@jackapples1]

Ospreay

[@markdaigle4030]

Agreed 💯

[@dailydriven2356]

Wasnt he on logans podcast?

[@jeffreybohne1465]

Facts

[@nsanelycrazy]

Pretend wrestlers. His old friends the bucks come to mind.

[@bluntforcetrauma2141]

Im still trying to figure out a reason why I should like this guy. The closest I could come up with is he is related to two gentlemen who deserved what he has way more than he does. Cody's career is not even half of how long Dustin has been sacrificing his body in there. On top of that, Dustin got some of the worst heat in history. And im not talking the heat you want as a heel. People hated his life for the Goldust gimmick. I suppose the second thing that is cool about Cody is his hell in a cell match with a busyed up shoulder/peck

[@DABIGDAWG001]

THANK YOU! I’ve been saying this. I don’t dislike the guy, he’s just meh.

[@AndrewJ9673]

Cody’s super committed to the business, and his past history of being unpushed in WWE and going around the world to independent events, making a name for himself, before returning to WWE is a true prodigal son story. I dont like his promos as much as some other wrestlers but his story is so real and thats why it works so well.

[@bensmith5231]

You don't like him because he did the oldschool way. He worked his ass off out the years and didn't do what moat have done and what you do in life. Suck dick to get to where you are !!!

[@puffdutchtwo]

Yeah you’re cool but Ospreay is the 🐐

[@chelseatillidie3450]

The irony of a pretend wrestler (wwe style wrestling is scripted and thus is pretend compared to actual wrestling like you see at the olympics) saying he hates pretend wrestling is not lost

[@ryanjacques4278]

Cody you have wrestled 2-4 times last month

[@joshuahobbs8255]

He is talking about the AEW wrestlers who think they good like the Bucks.

[@heretic600]

Easy to say when you never had to work a real job to get food in your face, has Cody ever had a job, in between that week of graduation and daddy put him in developmental?

[@AlwaysAlpha88]

And yet wrestling is grown men playing Pretend! Rofl

[@frankalfano9735]

You could tell you guys talking about we should stop the tribalism have no clue what professional wrestling is about. Professional wrestling has always been tribalism if this wrestler or that wrestler was from a different promotion. You didn't like him. That's how heals and faces were made across the country. You could be in one territory and be a face there, but another territory and be a heel. Could you imagine if in the '90s we were told stop with the tribalism during the Monday night wars? No, you were either a WWE fan or a wcw fan. You were not both so you young guys that actually don't understand professional wrestling need to shut up already.

[@elvisfngmf1325]

Cody boring but to me all independent wrestling is nowadays is indoor backyard wrestling

[@johnbarton41]

I hope people know when Cody retires he's going to start his own promotion

[@FatalCharade]

_I thought he was talking about those yardtard, juggalo, jeff hardy wannabes you see in every indy promotion._

[@dja1647]

They always say this, until they become them John Cena, the rock work until you barely need to work at all if cody was on there level he would be just like them hypocrite I know the shows fake so who cares

[@G.MOBAStudios]

Cody Rhodes vs Logan Paul this month at KOR 😂

[@josephfreisinger1488]

He's pretty much talking about Logan Paul. I can definitely tell

[@Boo_Boo-]

He’s definitely not

[@NORWOODShadow]

Sounds like the entire AEW roster

[@Klaus_the_Fish]

Your mom blew the AEW roster?

[@gordonramsayslambsauce2519]

these guys nowadays don’t know how to ACTUALLY wrestle though… it’s just flips and tricks

[@victoraldaba4483]

Hence all the wrestlers in AEW that’s why he left

[@fullmetalrants843]

Definitely talking about aew😂

[@winstoncannady4224]

WWE has done a bad job of building up opponents for Cody. These respect matchups will get tiresome soon

[@IBangedUrMom69420]

That’s the point, how do you think Reigns became so popular. Sooner of later the crowd will turn and when the hate is at its peak, he’s gonna turn full Homelander and go bad

[@noeldiaz7304]

AEW?

[@professorgnomes7565]

Maven ? 😅

[@dannykenny6656]

This guy chats so much shit all the time

[@Trumpamaniac_223]

Basically 100% of the AEW roster.

[@w0lf469]

100% of every wrestling company that isn't WWE.

[@dcrggreensheep]

​@@w0lf469 So New Japan wrestlers don't work hard?

[@OutlawNabil97]

And now he's wrestling a KZbinr that only wrestles 4 times a year not even once a month

[@itsmedre141]

Some guys need a break on there schedule some wrestlers be on there job day in day out for years and years Cody's only been in WWE for two years he has no right to be talking!

[@inniciwetrust2039]

rhodes has been a wwe superstar for a long time and his family are wrestling legends

[@DanielYahuahYahushaTorah]

No wonder he left AEW.

[@jadoef.m4131]

I thought he was gonna say racism since he ended that

[@TheGreatSerpentor]

Soooo, Roman Reigns?

[@DB-bc5zh]

Aew

[@spraymie]

The bucks?

[@iildrummerboy6969]

Aka 80% of WWE

[@Trendnet18]

AEW

[@Solid_Jackson]

Disagree entirely Nothing wrong with a weekend warrior if they recognise that about themselves Self aggrandising because he has known nothing else

[@WahooSerious]

Old school mentality

[@mneri84]

Calling out aews top stars.

[@therealbongamkhize]

Some guys do this better part time than you could ever do it full time. You are so boring. We want Roman