Cody Rhodes Debunks WWE SummerSlam Heel Turn Rumours

Cody Rhodes says that if there was ever a discussion on him turning heel at SummerSlam, it didn’t go far.

With John Cena abruptly ending his heel run on the August 1st edition of SmackDown, many fans thought WWE was setting the stage for Cody Rhodes to turn heel when he challenged Cena for the Undisputed WWE Championship at SummerSlam just two days later.

However, it wasn’t to be, while Rhodes did defeat Cena to regain the gold, the surprise of the night instead came in the form of the returning Brock Lesnar.

While speaking to Jimmy Traina of SI Media, Rhodes was asked about whether a heel turn was ever on the cards at SummerSlam and who would make that decision. The American Nightmare explained that he’s a team player, and at the end of the day would do what he was told to, but first there would be a discussion where he could get his point of view across.

“Well, so I play for the team. So if the coach tells me this is what we’re doing, I might have a question or two about it. I can weigh an objection or not, or a comment, but also that’s the whole quarterback element. I’m gonna run the play.

“So when discussions like that and Unreal’s kind of shed some light on this, but you have that writer’s room. Ed Koskey’s right there. You have Triple H. Of course, The Final Boss, always present in a way, and Nick Khan. That would be a big discussion that we would all have.”

“Hunter’s Gonna Make The Call” – Cody Rhodes On Decision-Making In WWE

When it comes to a potential heel-turn, Rhodes says that if there was a discussion about it, it didn’t reach him. He went on to say that if it did come up, he would have ideas on how it could happen.

“If it was discussed, it didn’t go far. I don’t think it got to me by any means. Because I would have some ideas on maybe how I would execute it and what would happen. But again, I think if you’re Triple H and you’re looking at three years of record business and you’re looking at your team as it is.

“Rhea Ripley, who’s a face of the company, CM Punk, who’s a face of the company, Seth Rollins who’s a face of the company, young Bron Breaker who’s on his way up, Jacob Fatu on his way up. I think if you look at your team, if you move a piece in a big way, does it affect the rest of the team? Do we keep running? Do we keep record business?

“Who knows what it may be. But yeah, that’s a discussion that this company in the way it’s done today, it’s a team effort. Hunter’s gonna make the call, but he’s got a good war room of people to weigh it all out.”

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H/T to SEScoops for the above transcription.