Cody Rhodes Optimistically Responds to Receiving ESPN Honor, Leaving WWE Roster Members Behind

The year 2023 is about to end and the next year is on the horizon. This means that it is time to know who has been the most influential personality in WWE and pro wrestling. While Rhea Ripley bagged ESPN’s Women’s Wrestler of the Year, and LA Knight received the Breakthrough Wrestler of the Year accolade, the spot of Men’s Wrestler of the Year remained open. And surprise, surprise, Cody Rhodes swept in to bag the title. However, according to him, his story is not done yet.

Cody Rhodes keeps his “eyes on 2024” on the back of marvelous 2023

ESPN awarded the American Nightmare with the title of the Men’s Wrestler of the Year. The former AEW star conveyed his gratitude and remarked that he believes his story has yet to come to a close. While he thanked ESPN and Marc Raimondi for the honor, he hinted that he aims to pursue the title next year too. He tweeted, “Thank you to @espn & @marcraimondi for the honor. Eyes on 2024..” This honor has done nothing but boost his confidence to perform in 2024.

While Knight, Ripley, and Rhodes bagged their respective titles, other stars from various promotions were not behind. MJF received the title of the Promo Artist of the Year for his wacky promos. AEW’s FTR won the tag team of the year, as opposed to WWE’s dominating tag team of Finn Balor and Damian Priest. Debut of the Year award went to the Second City Saint, CM Punk.

The former AEW star returned to WWE after almost a decade. His return received a positive reception from the WWE faithful. While the Storyline of the Year went to Bloodline 2.0, WrestleMania 39 bagged the PPV of the Year. Fans might agree that the 2023 mega event had every right to receive the honor, as fans witnessed someone who could take on WWE’s current Undisputed Universal Champion, Roman Reigns.

Since his return to WWE back in 2022, Cody Rhodes has outlined his desire to finish his story. What he means by this is that he wants to be the ultimate champion, as he has to live up to the name of his father, Dusty Rhodes, and his brother Dustin Rhodes a.k.a Goldust. For this, he had aimed to take down Roman Reigns and become the Undisputed Champion of WWE. While the build-up for the showdown was exciting, the main event is something fans loved a lot.

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The two stars complimented well to each other inside the ring. While fans believed that Rhodes would be the one to break Tribal Chief’s no-loses streak, Solo Sikoa interrupted the match. His Samoan Spike left the Royal Rumble winner succumbing to a heartbreaking loss. The Tribal Chief then performed his spear and won the match. While he could not win at WrestleMania 39, do you think Cody Rhodes will end the Tribal Chief‘s reign next year? What do you make of the latest honor he received? Let us know in the comments section below.

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