Cody Rhodes On Whether Dusty Rhodes Is On His Mt. Rushmore Of Wrestling

Cody Rhodes explained recently why his father Dusty Rhodes is “sometimes” on his Mt. Rushmore of professional wrestling. The Mt. Rushmore question remains one of the most prevalent interview questions of pro wrestlers, one Cody himself has answered a number of times and with different narrower categories.

During his latest appearance on Insight With Chris Van Vliet, Rhodes said he was “flipping the script” and asked Van Vliet his Mt. Rushmore. Van Vliet named Steve Austin, The Rock, Hulk Hogan and The Undertaker. He then asked Rhodes if his father was on his, and asked Rhodes his Mt. Rushmore of movies. You can see the highlights below:

On If Dusty Rhodes Is On His Mt. Rushmore:

“Sometimes he is because I look at it from the need for the big thing that happened in the ’80s in terms of Hogan being a big part of it on the other side when he was at the Fed. See how I did that? Closed circuit and pay-per-view. Vince, Hogan: closed circuit becomes pay-per-view. Boxing, of course. Don King is a massive part of that, but we were doing that also here in the South. We were doing that as well. Maybe not with such a pomp and circumstance, but that’s one of the reasons why I kind of will put Dusty there. In addition to that, all the people he started, and all the people he helped in the final chapter, I’ve noticed that he had such a lasting impact. It’s one of the things I hoped for Hogan that I was obviously so bummed about is the documentary comes out and he passes, and it’s Hogan didn’t get to have that old man run. He didn’t get to have that senior advisor that whatever it may be he didn’t get to do that, and I think that would have been something that would have been really great for the industry as a whole because he’s Hulk Hogan.”

On His Mt. Rushmore Of Movies:

“Empire Strikes Back. You have to put Godfather. I have my two. I don’t like them, but it’s a personal one. Forrest Gump, and Tombstone.”