WWE Name Addresses Unplanned Moment After John Cena In-Ring Retirement

The truth about an ‘unplanned’ segment featuring Cody Rhodes after John Cena’s WWE retirement match has been revealed.

With John Cena having officially retired at WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event with a loss to GUNTHER, Jackie Redmond caught Cody Rhodes moments after the celebration for the record-breaking star.

Rhodes would emotionally share his thoughts about the retirement of John Cena in an interview segment on the post-show, which Redmond later revealed was an ‘unplanned‘ moment.

Redmond has now provided further details on the impromptu interview during the latest edition of WWE Raw Recap, confirming that Rhodes had ‘no heads up’ that it was going to happen.

She explained:

“For lack of a better word, it was very raw. All of the credit in the world to Cody Rhodes for agreeing to do the interview on the spot.

“I do promise you, WWE Universe, he had no heads up that this was going to happen because we didn’t know that Cody Rhodes would stay by the ring while everyone else left to have a moment for himself.

“We saw that and it was like, we have to at least try to talk to him and figure out what it is he’s feeling, why he needs to be there, why he wants this moment for himself, just with himself and John Cena’s shoes in the ring.

“All the credit to Cody for being open to that, but also for being so real about his emotions. He was crying, he had tears, and for me, because I’ve done this wrong in the past in my career, it was one of those moments where once I asked the question, I was just going to let Cody go as long as he wanted to go.

“Say everything you want to say, I’m not going to ask a follow-up question until it is very clear that you’ve sort of emptied the emotional tank.

“I think it’s so awesome that Cody was able to be that open and vulnerable and emotional, especially as a man, a strong powerful man in WWE. To be able to cry on TV and say how emotional it is.

“It was poetic, a lot of the stuff he said too, so I really admire him for having the decency to do that, and yeah, it turned into a great moment that I think a lot of wrestling fans relate to.”

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A WWE star who was less impressed by Rhodes and his reaction following John Cena’s retirement match was Drew McIntyre, who would mock the champion.

Rhodes was among the WWE stars to pay tribute to John Cena following his December 13 retirement.

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