Cody Rhodes appeared on The Ebro Laura Rosenberg Show on Thursday (Nov. 12), and during the interview he blamed one of the program’s hosts for causing some “literal tension” backstage at WWE.
The host in question is Peter Rosenberg, who also works as an on-air personality for WWE. It was in that capacity that he stirred up drama with a remark related to Rhodes and Roman Reigns.
During the appearance on The Ebro Laura Rosenberg Show, Cody laid out what happened by first praising Rosenberg’s work with
WWE by saying he brings a “genuine love for what we do.”
The American Nightmare then quickly shifted to bit of criticism.
“But I also think he could benefit from being in the meetings every now and then and hear about maybe where we’re going, where we’re not going to go,” Rhodes said. “Every now and then, I’ll be watching the pre-show in the locker room thinking he’s going to say normal stuff. ‘He’s wrestling Gunther, and he’s got to look out for the sleeper.’ And out of nowhere, he’ll say something like, ‘Well, Roman Reigns is mad ’cause Cody’s been calling himself QB1. Tonight we’ll find out who QB1 is.’
“Me and this dude [Reigns] aren’t wrestling each other,” Rhodes continued. “So now you’ve set it off where there’s literal tension backstage over a thing that was said by someone who works for us.”
“And wasn’t there and didn’t even know,” Rosenberg added.
“I thought, ‘God, what a distraction,” Rhodes said.
Rosenberg then interjected that Rhodes’ recounting “wasn’t exactly” what he had said.
“Whatever you said, we weren’t on the same planet,” Cody said.
“I remember this moment well. What I said was there had been a lot of conversation about Roman’s match that night and don’t forget Cody is QB1. He always sees himself as the guy and he’s going to prove it tonight,” Rosenberg tried to explain.
Rhodes, however, disagreed with Rosenberg about what he said. He then added that the “bigger problem” with the comment was “other people were thinking it.”
“You’ve got the most aggressive fan bases ever who cannot agree about anything now going to war when we weren’ t wrestling each other that evening. So in a way it was fun, but it’s also distracting from what the story is,” Rhodes said.
Despite the headache Rosenberg may have caused for Rhodes, the WWE star said he immediately moved past the issue after it occurred, and he agreed with Rosenberg’s statement that the two have a solid relationship.
What do you think, Cagesiders? Should Rosenberg be given more information on WWE’s storylines so that he doesn’t cause unnecessary issues? Let us know in the comments.
