WrestleMania 38: Cody Rhodes reflects on big WWE return

Cody Rhodes finally made his WWE comeback at WrestleMania last night and has described what it’s like to be back in the WWE fold.

Wrestling’s worst kept secret was revealed in Dallas when Rhodes made his emotional return to WWE as Seth Rollin’s chosen opponent.  The American Nightmare recived one of the biggest reactions of the night from the 70,000 fans in the AT&T Stadium and the 36-year-old has already reflected on his WrestleMania moment. 

Speaking on The Ringer Wrestling podcast he admitted how much he appreciated the reaction and being back in WWE.

“Everyone kept asking me all day, ‘what do you expect?’ Of course, I was hoping (the crowd) would be happy, at least, ‘yay, boo,’ some sort of energy and feeling. I really didn’t want to put any expectations on it and I never looked out there. I never walked the ramp, never got to see the crowd. Coming up on that lift was the first time I saw the grandeur, the showcase of immortals, all the things that WrestleMania is. A feeling that I’ll chase the rest of my life. If we never get another one, as a wrestler it’s always, ‘I have to get another, what am I doing next year?’ If I don’t get another one, I feel so vindicated. To go from nowhere on the card and no desire to have me and no priority, and that’s not a knock on anybody, to go out in the wilderness and try everything I could to make noise and change our business, pro wrestling, sports entertainment, whatever you want to call it. I felt like they appreciated it and I appreciated them.”

Rhodes defeated Rollins in one the highlights of the night and it took some inspiration from Cody’s famous father Dusty Rhodes to finally put The Visionary away. Finishing the match with a flurry of jabs and a Bionic Elbow before