“Cody Rhodes Made Cody Rhodes” – Giving Him the Biggest Compliment of His Life, WWE Legend Believes Cody Rhodes “Earned” Everything “Himself”

It’s not an easy thing to find your own path in this world. Especially when a world is as big as the pro wrestling industry. Regardless of the struggle, something advised Cody Rhodes to keep on to his quest of finding his place in the pro wrestling world. It took him some time to do so, including his independent circuit and work in AEW, to catch onto this momentum.

And now, even former WWE employees like Eric Bischoff give him credit for the same. According to Bischoff, Rhodes is the only one responsible for bringing himself to the position of a top wrestler.

Bischoff gives Cody Rhodes his due credit

In the latest episode of his podcast, 83 Weeks, Eric Bischoff was talking about a lot of things. By the end of the episode, Jon Alba, who was chatting with Bischoff, suggested that Rhodes is ‘knocking on the John Cena door’. To this, the former WCW personality couldn’t help but agree. In fact, he elaborated on how the person responsible for bringing Cody Rhodes to the top is the wrestler himself.

In 2016, The American Nightmare left WWE because he was not satisfied with the direction the promotion was taking him in. Throwing back his thought to this decision of his, Bischoff commented, “Cody Rhodes made Cody Rhodes the day he quit WWE and stood up for himself and what he believed in.”

He praised Cody’s decisions to run an independent circuit, join AEW, and leave it when he no longer believed in the promotion. To this, Bischoff added, “Dusty Rhodes believed in Dusty Rhodes and Cody is so much like Dusty, it’s unbelievable to me.” At last, he closed with an impactful claim, saying, “Whatever Cody Rhodes descends to in the stardom of this industry, he’s earned it himself. Nobody gave it to him.”

This journey of The American Nightmare becoming ‘Cody Rhodes’ is what the wrestler also wants the world to see. Hence, he created a documentary on his career and personal life so far. Following the release, he also starred in a couple of interviews to talk about the documentary. He also gave his fans a deeper look into that struggling time of his career through these interviews.

Rhodes talked about the time he caught a glimpse of his potential

Soon after the premiere of ‘American Nightmare: Becoming Cody Rhodes’, the pro wrestler appeared in an interview with Sports Illustrated. There, the interviewer enquired him about this one time in the documentary where Cody’s mother thought he would either ‘die’ or ‘end up in jail’ because of his drinking problems. Fortunately for the wrestler and his family, it didn’t happen. And he had to thank wrestling fans for this.

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According to the 38-year-old, the moment the fans chanted his name during MITB 2013 despite there being a number of ‘big names’ in the ring was a precious moment for him. This gave him a glimpse of his true wrestling potential. After three years, he left the promotion to find a better place in the pro wrestling industry and eventually found it.

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