Cody Rhodes has shared his thanks for a fellow WWE star who changed his life when it looked like his career may not have taken off like it did.
In 2010, the Legacy faction of Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase split up after a year-long run together that had seen Orton reign as WWE Champion and Rhodes & DiBiase win the World Tag Team Championship.
Upon their split, all three of them went their separate ways, with Rhodes going on to debut his ‘Dashing’ gimmick.
In early 2011, Rhodes feuded with Rey Mysterio which led to a match between the two at WWE WrestleMania 27, which was Rhodes’ first Mania one-on-one match.
With Mysterio as the latest guest on Rhodes’ What Do You Wanna Talk About? podcast, Rhodes made sure to thank Mysterio for the experience and told the story of how Mysterio had a choice of opponents for Mania and specifically chose to work with Rhodes.
Rhodes, who got visibly emotional and had to dry his eyes with a tissue, said:
“You changed my life. I don’t get anywhere dude. I had nothing coming my way. I’d lost Teddy and Randy. I wasn’t the one who was supposed to go. It wasn’t a knock on me, I just wasn’t the one who was supposed to go.
“I got to experience things at a different level and play ball at a higher level, and I would have never gotten out of the blocks. I would have never had anything.
“I’m sure there’s someone in your career who had a moment with you where maybe you felt the same. But for me it is legitimately a core moment.
“Nothing happens without me walking into that building and you being like, ‘You wanna go in?’ And the rest was history for me.
“And of course there’s a myriad of highs and lows, but I would have never had a high. So I have to thank you.”
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