“Undeniable still uncrowned, ” Cody Rhodes gets candid after winning the Royal Rumble 

Cody Rhodes got emotional in a backstage interview and the post-show press conference, tracing his journey from Stardust to the American Nightmare winning the 2023 Royal Rumble match.


“Undeniable still uncrowned, ” Cody Rhodes gets candid after winning the Royal Rumble 

Cody Rhodes at the press conference after Royal rumble (via WWE)

The road to WrestleMania 39 is officially underway. After the conclusion of a successful Royal Rumble event, things are getting clearer for what the Mania card will look like. As the WWE universe witnessed, it was Cody Rhodes who returned in the men’s Royal Rumble match and came out victorious.

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In a conversation with Cathy Kelly, the 2023 men’s Royal Rumble winner said, “I was there on your first day of work. I was dressed as Stardust, at Six Flags. I tried everything I could to make that work but I mean that’s truly undesirable, right? And I love to say ‘undesirable to undeniable,’ but undeniable still uncrowned. And to be able to punch a ticket to the thing that he didn’t, I don’t have any words other than, I got to finish it, right?”

In the official press conference after the show, Cody Rhodes elaborated more on his journey from his release in 2016 as Stardust to his return six years later as The American Nightmare. Showing his gratitude to Triple H, he said, “I remember I talked to him in gorilla position one time when I was really frustrated doing Stardust, and I went to walk out. He looked back at me and said, ‘hey, rattle the cages.’ And that could have meant a lot of things… [But] I took it really literally. And I went out and rattled them as much as I could.” He remembered his father’s dream and told everyone that he no longer wanted to be a shadow of his father. He reflected that he had gone far enough with his last name. Now it was time for his first name to do the rest.

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What are the WrestleMania plans for Cody Rhodes?

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Cody Rhodes wins the Royal Rumble 2023 (via f4wonline.com)

The one-half of the WrestleMania main event is locked as Cody Rhodes punches his ticket to the Show of Shows. And though the match is still not official, the fans can guess the second half as well. Nonetheless, as most fans suspect, the American Nightmare will face off against the Undisputed WWE Universal champion Roman Reigns to have a shot at immortality. At the press conference, Cody Rhodes had words of praise for the Undisputed champion. The former AEW star called Roman Reigns the best wrestler in the world, and he couldn’t say the same about himself before defeating the Tribal Chief.

Now, the question in everyone’s mind is whether the Grandson of a Plumber will finish the story that his father couldn’t. It makes perfect sense for Cody to win the WWE Championship at WrestleMania and have his dreams fulfilled. And now appears to be a good time because Roman Reigns is losing control of his bloodline. Will his brothers come to the champion’s aid once again? Or will the American Nightmare fulfill the American Dream? The Royal Rumble has built even more excitement and thrills for the fans on the road to WrestleMania.

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