Cody Rhodes Expresses Interest In Pursuing Hollywood Career After Eventual WWE Retirement: ‘It’s A Definite Natural Extension Of What We Do’

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Cody Rhodes has addressed his future following WWE, revealing what he plans to do following his eventual in-ring retirement.

With the three-time WWE Champion previously filming for this October’s Street Fighter movie, Cody Rhodes has now stated that he is interested in telling more stories outside of the ring, after his wrestling career ends.

When asked about his goals on the Rich Eisen Show, Rhodes responded:

“I definitely want to grow beyond telling stories in the ring. I got the opportunity to do Street Fighter, it comes out this October.

“Kitao Sakurai directed this movie, I saw bits of it the other day. I think it’s going to be a huge hit. I hope it is, because I had such a fun time making it.

“I want to do more of that. What we do in the ring is tell stories, I’d love to do it outside of falling down in the pro-wrestling ring, but that’ll come when this is done. Cena’s a great example, Ric Flair’s another great example. Hulk Hogan, Triple H, my boss.

“Everyone who carried the actual main title in the industry has to carry it with the responsibility that comes with it, and the responsibility has a timeline on it. Keeping this as long as I can is the immediate goal.

“Beyond that, there’s a few matches left on the board at WWE I haven’t had, and there will be new matches coming about each day, because we have so many guys getting locked and loaded down in NXT that I’ll probably want to touch before all is said and done.

“Moving into Hollywood is a definite natural extension of what we do next. Just being able to tell stories. Batista, Dwayne, Cena, Terry Funk even.

“There has been so many examples of guys who really did well with it, and brought their skillset over to it.”

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Cody Rhodes’ acting aspirations are hardly new, with the current WWE Champion pursuing a Hollywood career at age 19, to the point that Dusty Rhodes even nicknamed him “Hollywood”, as recounted by Michael Cole on the March 31, 2023 SmackDown episode.

With Rhodes more recent appearances in Arrow and The Naked Gun, the WWE star has proven that his Hollywood dreams are more than just words to him, so it would be fulfilling to see him on the big screen for years to come.

Meanwhile, AEW World Champion MJF has stated that it’s his goal to become the fourth head on the Mount Rushmore of wrestlers-turned-actors.

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