Cody Rhodes reveals his true feelings on being booed as a babyface

WWE Undisputed Champion Cody Rhodes recently opened up about being booed by fans as a babyface. The American Nightmare faced hostile crowds during his time in AEW.

Cody Rhodes is arguably one of the most beloved babyfaces in the wrestling world today. The American Nightmare has been receiving positive reactions from fans ever since his WWE return in 2022. However, Cody was constantly being booed during his tenure in AEW from 2019 to 2022 despite being a face.

Speaking on All The Smoke podcast recently, the Undisputed WWE Champion disclosed that he never got mad at fans despite receiving adverse reactions during his All Elite Wrestling tenure:

"I never get mad at fans. If fans had booed me in the past, and maybe they weren't supposed to boo me, or if fans had gotten to me in a social space, whatever it was. I never could go to sleep mad at them because they are also responsible for everything I have. And that's not just my career, but the confidence. You can't do it for silence, right? The live audience is what we do," Rhodes said.

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Cody Rhodes on his inspirations for not being bothered by fan reactions

In the same interview, Cody Rhodes also named the legendary Tully Blanchard as his inspiration for the mindset of not being bothered by boos or cheers as long as fans are reacting. Cody also revealed that John Cena has the same mindset.

"Tully Blanchard is a legend from the Four Horsemen. I remember him telling me, 'Your job is just to make them the loudest the longest.' Doesn't matter if it's boos, cheers, just the loudest, the longest. And ever since he said that (...) [John] Cena is of the same mindset, that's always been, 'Okay, I can do that.'"

Rhodes retained his Undisputed WWE Title against Drew McIntyre at the recently concluded Saturday Night's Main Event, and it remains to be seen what's next for him.

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