Cody Rhodes on Roman Reigns “Beef”, Finishing Fathers Legacy, & Vince McMahon Story

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh

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4.6 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2024

⏱️ 164 minutes

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yerrrr WWE CHAMP Cody Rhodes came to Flagrant studios to show off the belt, talk to us about this insane Vince McMahon documentary, help break down some wrestling beef for us and tell us his insane rise, fall and story within the world of professional wrestling. INDULGE 00:00 Intro 00:57 Vince Doc is truly incredible + Rep it properly 3:33 Cody is THE White Meat Baby Face 6:48 Finishing The Story + Being a Nepobaby 9:31 Dusty Rhodes + Hall of Fame Speech 12:02 Start in WWE, highs and lows + felt locked in 14:24 Little battles, Hated being Stardust + Work on your craft 19:29 Dustin liked Goldust, Father proud too 22:42 Leaving WWE, burn. the boats + huge risk 26:12 Living check to check + Brandi had his back 27:58 Posting “The List” + Seeing his impact 33:50 Bullet Club + Meltzer’s tweet “I’ll take that bet” 41:00 All-In mania + Things that went wrong 46:12 Tony Khan connect + AEW being created 52:57 Worst experience as Indie + ”dead or in jail” 57:30 How much was Cody making? 59:32 What is the Cody Lie? 1:02:47 Why shake the cage again? 1:04:25 Vince’s offer + Cody owning his IP 1:10:02 1 match + Why not challenge for title on AEW? 1:14:14 Seth Rollins + nerve-wracking return 1:16:15 Need guidance on being Face v Heel 1:24:15 The Pec injury 1:29:29 Pure enjoyment, the “f word” + 100% real 1:34:43 Focus group every night + Triple H calling the play for 39 1:38:37 Brock Lesnar’s rub + unbelievable professional 1:41:18 The Rock’s return + being heartbroken 1:44:36 We want Cody + Rock becoming The Final Boss 1:49:06 Not the best of friends with The Rock 1:51:07 Seth Rollins is the man 1:57:02 “Finish The Story” + Real moments 2:02:58 “Thank you for the house” + Roman is incredible 2:04:14 How hard is this the schedule? 2:05:05 Behind the scenes tension + We need the tan 2:08:30 We need attachment + find your thing 2:11:28 Recruitment, the It factor + Mega Man moves 2:16:32 How to work the crowd 2:18:55 Learning your opponent + speaking Carnie 2:21:11 Not trying to crack up + Modern WWE 2:27:59 Emulating sports now + Biggest pops 2:31:46 Why does a character plateau? 2:34:25 How long can Cody go on for? 2:38:27 Honoring Dusty Rhodes with mom 2:42:01 Cody’s daughter changed EVERYTHING Pick up your copy of WWE 2K24: https://wwe.2k.com/2k24/buy/

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0:00.0	One of the most magical things I've ever seen is The Undertaker showing up to choke slam the rock.
0:05.0	Yeah.
0:06.0	In the moment, I'm laying in the corner.
0:07.0	So I see this man roll in the ring like a wild animal.
0:10.0	But then no one sees this.
0:12.0	He looked over at me and just went.
0:15.0	And as soon as he winked, I kid you not, the lights went out.
0:18.0	And I thought like, he's magical's magical you know did anything go wrong
0:23.5	everything is it true that Vince flies to your house to pitch you on coming to
0:29.7	w w w he scribbled on a piece of paper the amount of money the contract would be for and just
0:34.1	slid it across well was it 15 times more than what I had been making.
0:38.4	I always say like it's a peck well spent.
0:40.3	I kept my jacket on the whole day.
0:42.1	And I remember Michael Hayes, he asked to see it.
0:44.7	I started unsit my jacket a little bit.
0:46.3	And he goes, no, no, no, save it.
0:48.6	Did you feel like you were spearheading it?
0:50.4	Or do you feel like there was other?
0:52.5	Yeah. any year or do you feel like there was other i yeah yeah talk that shit why you need baby
0:55.5	what's up everybody welcome to flag and today we are joined by the motherfucking champ man
1:01.5	Cody rose is in the back by the baby oh wow yes yes okay thank you as I was saying to you
1:06.8	before the pod you know we are we are guys that were very much wrestling casuals, okay?
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