Popular WWE Star Says He Learned A Lot Helping Cody Rhodes Return From Injury

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A popular WWE star says he learned a lot helping Cody Rhodes return from injury.

At WWE Royal Rumble 2023, Cody Rhodes made his long awaited return from injury after seven months on the shelf to win the Men’s Royal Rumble match.

In training to get ready for his WWE return, Rhodes trained with NXT stars Joe Gacy and Carmelo Hayes to ensure he was in complete in-ring shape.

Speaking on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Carmelo Hayes reflected on training with Cody Rhodes and noted he learned a lot from the experience. He said:

“So I know Cody had like, he’d been reaching out and helping me out give me like little pointers and telling me that things are good and giving me like, you know, just talking to me a little bit about certain matters prior to that.”

“And then I know he was getting ready to come back from the Rumble. And he had picked Joe Gacy and myself to kind of work around with him.”

“I think it had a lot to do with you know, Joe Gacy being a little bit bigger, me being a little bit more agile and faster.”

“And then obviously Cody, you know, just want to get to know us younger talent and stuff like that. But it was a huge honour.”

“And like I said in his documentary, I didn’t feel like I was helping him. I felt like he was helping me. He was fine. He was chilling but I was like, Oh my god.”

“This is how these guys do it. This is such a difference when you get in there with guys like that. Is such a difference like you like oh, this is that pacing this is that you know I mean, this is that energy. This is where you turn it up here. Like I learned a lot with Cody. I really did.”

Carmelo Hayes last wrestled in a loss to NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov on the October 31 Halloween Havoc Night 2 episode of WWE NXT.

Hayes was confronted by his best friend Trick Williams, who seemingly accused Melo of attacking him a couple of weeks back.

Meanwhile, Cody Rhodes defeated Damian Priest at WWE Crown Jewel 2023. For the full results for the show, click here.

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