Cody Rhodes Reveals He Made House Show Pitch to WWE

It’s no secret that former Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes misses house shows. The American Nightmare has expressed the same several times in recent months. Cody hosted Jey Uso in the latest edition of his What Do You Wanna Talk About? podcast, during which he revealed that he requested the WWE top brass to bring back one house show loop per month.

However, Rhodes did not reveal how the top brass responded to his suggestion. Though he admitted that if WWE does go ahead with his suggestion, we could reflect on the same in a year or so and think it was a bad idea, the SmackDown Superstar still believes that regular house shows would bring back a sense of camaraderie, besides allowing wrestlers to hone their craft without the added pressure of being on TV. He stated the following (H/T: Wrestling Observer):

“I had suggested some of the top brass in the company for a myriad of reasons: camaraderie, the reps, and the general sense of working here. It’s hard to think you work somewhere if you’re only there a couple of days a week, right? Versus the schedule for when we first started, where it was full tours, live events, then you come to TV, and then you’re home less time…

“I had suggested to them, I said, ‘Run one weekend a month, call them house shows, make them almost poke the fourth wall a little bit in terms of what they are.’ They’re canon, but they’re not. You’re going to see some of the stuff you see on TV, but it’s going to be a bit more of a mixed bag. And maybe you’re going to see some people you’ve never seen before who are getting their first rep in front of you. Run them that way where there’s an intimacy to them that’s advertised. ‘This is a house show. That’s what you guys are getting, and it’s going to be awesome.’ They’re so fun, so fun.”

WWE has heavily cut down on live events in recent years. However, the company still hosts house shows during international tours and back home during the Holiday season.

Check out the episode below: