Former WWE Superstar and current Ring Of Honor (ROH) World Heavyweight Champion Cody Rhodes was recently a guest on WWE Hall Of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler’s podcast, Dinner With The King, to promote their match against one another this weekend (Fri. August 25, 2017) for the Northeast Wrestling promotion, as the NEW Heavyweight Championship and ROH World Title will be on the line.
Rhodes discussed his current situation with ROH, his career after leaving WWE, and WWE owning the ‘Rhodes’ name. You can check out the highlights below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GArkRkvwwp0
His current situation with ROH:
“Ring of Honor hates the fact that I genuinely remained a free agent; I did not sign a contract with them.
“I signed on for various dates, and I have many dates left with them. I really like Ring of Honor. But I’m not going to be exclusive anywhere. I did exclusive.”
Life after WWE:
“This is the happiest I’ve been in my career. It’s been so rewarding to get out there and do my own schedule. I’m very much a happy man. It’s a cool time.”
WWE owning the ‘Rhodes’ name:
“It’s a very simple matter of if I want to ask for my last name, if I want to ask for Cody Rhodes back to perform under it — I perform under it at non-televised events, it’s not secret to the fans that’s my last name — but when it comes to television, that’s WWE’s intellectual property. And I am wholeheartedly sure that if I were to ask them to go by Rhodes, they would have no problem.
“But I don’t mind going by just Cody. I think there’s something cool about it.”
H/T WrestleZone for the transcriptions