WWE Legend Predicts’ Cody Rhodes’ Success in 2023 Against Hulk Hogan’s Iconic 1996 WCW Stint

Ever since his comeback, WWE has pushed Cody Rhodes as the top babyface of the company. After his return from the injury, The American Nightmare not only earned himself a spot at the main event of WrestleMania 39 against Roman Reigns, but also he earned the love, support, and respect of millions of WWE fans.

In addition, fans also believe that he has the potential to outshine The Tribal Chief soon and become the top name in WWE. But according to a WWE legend, this may not have been the case almost two and a half decades ago when comparing Rhodes to a different star and in a different era.

Cody Rhodes would not have been successful on WCW: Eric Bischoff

Eric Bischoff was the special guest for one of the recent virtual interviews held by Sportskeeda Wrestling. During the interview on WrestleBinge by Sportskeeda, he gives his stance on whether the 2023 Royal Rumble winner would have been able to leave his mark on WCW in 1996.

The former Executive Producer and Senior Vice President of WCW said“it’s so hard to say because everything was different in 96.” And he has no idea what he “would’ve done back then.”

The professional wrestling booker says that during the time for a year or two,” all the focus was on the nWo” because “it was so strong and so hot.” He continues to say that he can not imagine any other star “putting ahead” of Hulk Hogan‘s nWo at that particular time frame. 

He concludes his stance on this topic by saying Rhodes “would have been still a very important part of Nitro.” But he would not have “gotten more attention than the nWo.”

Bischoff picks Rhodes as babyface of the year 2022

During the interview, the interview host also asks The WWE Hall of Famer to pick one superstar as the babyface of the year 2022. And he chose The American Nightmare and says, “There is no comparison, and that’s not taking anything away from anybody else. But let’s just look at the reality.”

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The former on-screen general manager of Raw states the red brand superstar had an “amazing impact in his match with Seth Rollins“ at WrestleMania 38 after “his comeback to WWE.” He claims Rhodes has delivered “memorable, passionate, real, authentic, and compelling promos” over the past year. And he has been a “phenomenal” babyface in WWE.

The WWE Legend further states that nobody comes close to Rhodes when it comes to being the babyface of the company.

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