Rhodes and Lesnar will go toe-to-toe at WWE Backlash on Saturday, May 6, live on Peacock.
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GameSpot: I wanted to start out by throwing a number at you.
I asked 2K and Cat Daddy.
And they told me that there are 33 Cody Rhodes cards in WWE Supercard.
They cover pretty much every version of Cody Rhodes that you have portrayed on WWE television.
Did you realize that you were so well represented in this game?
Cody Rhodes:I don’t think it’s really hit me, in general.
I knew the same thing in terms of having 33 different variations.
Just because my focus has always been what’s right in front of me, you know?
In this case, in beating Brock Lesnar.
But it’s very sobering.
Let’s get to 40.
How do we get to 40?"
And hopefully, we can do that.
It’s very interesting that Supercard is almost a living museum of WWE history.
Wrestlemania just happened and we got a brand spanking new “American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes card.
And to be honest, I’ve forgotten a lot of things that I thought I would never forget.
I have to believe a Supercard version of that is somewhere around the corner.
I was in so much pain.
I had ice on it all day.
I was just miserable.
But again, I’ve never watched the match back.
And we’re going to talk about it."
I’ll watch it back then, I guess.
That was fun because my brother sent me that overnight.
you’re free to’t just find a regular bull rope and the original Dusty cowbell just anywhere.
Yeah, that’s very special.
This year also marks your return to WWE’s mainline video game series.
And not only are you back, but as the version of yourself that you created outside of WWE.
What was that like for you?
And did you have any input in your presentation?
Because your character has a lot of pyrotechnics on his way to the ring.
I said this when I first came back.
I said I have a very complicated contract.
I think a lot of people thought that meant money and no, it didn’t mean money.
It meant all kinds of weird little–I’ll just go ahead and say it–petty things.
I keep an eye on this brand because we worked so hard.
Then showing up at Wrestlemania, it almost hit its final form.
Now, we’re obviously looking ahead to you and Brock going one on one at Backlash.
I was in the arena for the Raw after Wrestlemania, when you were beaten down by Brock.
Not the most fun ending to that show.
How exactly does one prepare for a match against Brock Lesnar?
You’ve faced a lot of different types of people.
But I’ve yet to see anyone quite like that.
But I just feel like I don’t know how to put it.
It feels like there’s an ace up my sleeve that Brock Lesnar is not aware of.
We’ve got this new addition."
I’m very optimistic.
But again, you say that, and then you’re standing across from Brock Lesnar.
I think they’re very different stories.
And I think they’re all really special stories, you kind of said it yourself.
And I think everyone thought this was the end.
And it wasn’t.
Everyone saw it, you already know.
That involves the WWE Championship, which way, way, way back was the WWWF Championship in 1978.
That’s the story that needs to be finished, that I want to be finished.
The goal was to get my hands on the title that he never fully got to take home.
And that is still the goal.
But I imagine a lot of things will happen.
That’s a huge, huge, huge rematch.
So right now what’s laid in front of me is Brock Lesnar–can’t look past that.
And last thing, I know you’re a huge Zelda fan.
How are you feeling/preparing for Tears of the Kingdom?
I’m fully preparing in the sense that I redid a Breath of the Wild playthrough.
And I’m really focused on stuff that I didn’t touch last time.
I just wanted to get through the narrative.
The story I was really, really loving.
I got all that.
So I’ve been doing stuff like trying to beat Lynels.
And I don’t want to be a jabroni.
I mean, pushing 80, maybe 90.
And it’s cool that it brings people together.
Note: This interview has been condensed for clarity and length.
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